Via Audio at SXSW

The Automatic at SXSW

Grace Potter acoustic

As I mentioned after last Thursday's post, we caught Grace Potter at Cedar Street Courtyard and instantly fell in love with this girl all over again. Following her set, the crowd demanded an encore performance. While the sound guy wouldn't allow it and soon began unplugging all the mics, Grace came out with her guitarist Scott Tournet and did an acoustic, unplugged number - this girl didn't need no microphone anyhow! She can wail!

West Indian Girl clips and interview

Eugene McGuinness of Liverpool

Christian Scott is SIIICK!

Every now and then, it’s nice to step back from the non-stop Rock and Roll and take in something completely different. Not that there’s anything wrong with tight jeans and long-haired hipsters…
A New Orleans native, Christian Scott is a jazz trumpeter based in New York with a kick-ass band that encompasses an intensive, brooding tone. Scott plays the hell out of his Gillespie-style trumpet, exploding each note into his microphone with ferocious energy. And Scott’s band is just as amazing as their frontman.
It didn’t matter that he was extremely jet-lagged, having flown to Austin all the way from Berlin, Germany where he had just played a show. Scott and his band delivered a hell of a set at Bourbon Rocks on Sixth Street, gaining mad props from a packed house who were most likely expecting some blonde-haired, blue-eyed singer/songwriter from somewhere in the Midwest.

Also, two of the guys from The Automatic caught his set, as they were waiting to see their fellow Welsh friends Super Furry Animals play after Scott.

Watch the video clips of Christian Scott with a short interview by yours truly.

Goodmorning.

Not a happy camper. Off to downtown for day two, stay tuned for this and more:

• An interview with The Automatic
  
• Doghouse Records Showcase (Army of Me, Say Anything)
• Sire Records Showcase (The Shys, Armor for Sleep, Against Me!)
• Stax Records Revival (Isaac Hayes!)
• and a daytime performance by Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
  

That's hardly the half of it - we'll see where they day takes us. That is, if Brendan ever gets out of bed.

Merge Records Showcase VIDEO!