fatties all.

The girl (with the checked headband) in the bottom-right corner of the first photo is ridiculously attractive! Holy wow.

BV- seems as if you had just as much fun at sxsw as everyone else did. my pictures can be found at flickr.com/photos/regisbluejeans some good, some sloppy. all fun- the best ones are from the three Yo Majesty shows i went to.

Mark B. either needs to get out more or is actually the girl in the headband herself.

white guys cant dance.

It looks like, while everyone is going crazy over the already overrated Girl Talk, they missed the real show at the Diesel party.

For anyone who was there (clearly BV was not), the two opening bands stole the show at the SXSW Diesel party...Illinois and The Epochs. The songs were far superior and the energy, despite a smaller crowd, blew the others out of the water. The air kind of got let out when Matt and Kim took the stage and went downhill from there.

I must ask, isn't the point of being a blogger to go discover new music? Sounds like all BV (and others, no doubt) do at this festival is go see their band du jour over and over and over. (Did you really need to head over to see Girl Talk....why not go to a smaller club and see an up and coming band BEFORE you hear about it on Pitchfork?)

The same was true for most bloggers and most shows (did we all come down here to see The Melvins and Bloc Party? I assure you the real tastemakers, A&R people, etc are checking out new music in Austin...not just drooling over the same stuff they write about day and night...

Thank you Tanya Young for letting us all know what the point of being a blogger really is....I was really confused about that before your brilliant post.

Hey, I'm just saying....I went to SXSW this year, as I have for the past 5 years, and each time, I'm amazed at how when I go see new bands, bands that are phenomenal live, nobody is there unless they've already gotten reviewed and showered with praise by every blog under the sun. I just want to know....whoa are the people who START the buzz? It's not BV, they follow up on the buzz bands. Gothamist is a bit better at finding talent themselves, I guess. But for the most part, bloggers aren't out there finding these new acts.

Then again, maybe I'm just jealous because I too am a blogger, and when I see ones like this explode despite the fact that they're not exposing much new stuff, I get frustrated.

But still, I stand by my point and would love to hear about some good shows people saw in Austin (not the ones at Stub's or The Fader party, please....) Tell us about a band you happened to stumble upon that blew you away.

*TY*

Ok Tanya, I'll bite, why don't you tell us all the name of your blog so we can see who the good undiscovered bands are.

I was at the Diesel party. The opening bands were boring and generic. Even the audience didn't seem to give a damn, most people were talking over them.

http://everydayilive.com/bands/sxsw07/content/IMG_8790_large.html

Fair enough, Sucka. I disagree with you, but at least you saw the other bands and can have an opinion. I'm just bored of people writing about the same acts again and again, not even taking the time to discover new stuff...esp. at SXSW, where most writers have a schedule that just takes them to the acts they've already been sweating for some time. I look forward to reading about new stuff on blogs when I get home from Texas and am disappointed when all I read is how much people liked Girl Talk for the twentieth time.

I do commend BV, however, for covering the Yo Majesty show...a show I stumbled upon and was happy I did. Kudos!

Sorry to be such a bitch, by the way. I was in a ranting mood today....I'm staying at my friends' in NY and sleeping on the hardwood floor, so I was grumpy this morning when I wrote that.