Serena Maneesh played SXSW, live MP3s

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Posted in SXSW | music on March 21, 2006

Serena Maneesh played SXSW, live MP3s

Thanks to all the attention Norway's Serena Maneesh received in 2005, they were one of the bands to see at SXSW this year. I only caught a few minutes of a set they played during a daytime show at Emo's; having already seen Serena Maneesh, I opted to stay in the other room where Of Montreal was playing. The next day I passed the band walking down 6th Street like a band of pirates. Playing 'name that band' while walking around Austin was one of my favorite aspects of SXSW.

SM played Cambridge, MA on March 8th. Bradley was there. He taped it and posted the audio as MP3s.

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Posted on March 21, 2006 12:19 PM

Comments (13)

I swung by their Emo's showcase on Wednesday night at SXSW; having only seen them once before (an uneven set at Bowery the week prior), I'm glad I saw them again in Austin. They are powerful.

Posted by Amrit | March 21, 2006 2:01 PM

We just put up some photos and a review from the Spaceland show. They were amazing.

Posted by Nick | March 21, 2006 5:31 PM

i caught them at the insound party on friday. their energy and live show is something to experience. highly reccomended.

Posted by laura | March 21, 2006 6:15 PM

awful

Posted by Anonymous | March 22, 2006 8:18 AM

they aren't in any way awful. Check your ears.

Posted by Anonymous | March 22, 2006 8:45 AM

They were pretty good at Bowery Ballroom this March. The openers Asobi Seksu and Summer Lawns also did a nice job. I also have a review and some pics up as well...

Posted by Eric | March 22, 2006 10:24 AM

Asobi was good that night, but Serena was at half their potential, as Emil told me in Austin. Their plane had been hit by lightning on their way from Norway, and they were concerned for their absent, ill and integral vocalist Lina Holmstrem. They felt really good about their South By shows, and deservedly so!

Posted by amrit | March 22, 2006 10:30 AM

Yeah, that's true. The instrumentals were great, but the vocals were much more muted than on their album.

Posted by Eric | March 22, 2006 10:54 AM

total pap smeared on a shit-cracker.

Posted by simon | March 23, 2006 8:45 AM

i had the misfortune of seeing them twice @ sxsw, ugh, what a snoozer....

Posted by Julio Enriquez | March 23, 2006 4:00 PM

i had the misfortune of seeing them twice @ sxsw, ugh, what a snoozer....

Posted by Julio Enriquez | March 23, 2006 4:02 PM

yeah whatever... that show was way too loud...

Posted by Anonymous | March 23, 2006 4:23 PM

if its too loud then you're too old