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BV-SXSW Friday party @ Red 7 in pics (Parquet Courts, Trust, Off!, Gruff Rhys, Classixx, Upset, La Femme & much more)

most photos by Amanda Hatfield; additional shots by Daniel Christiansen for Indiegogo; words by Andrew Sacher

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Like the one the day before, the second of our three BrooklynVegan SXSW day parties happened on both stages of Red 7 on Friday (3/14). Outside, the show opened nicely with Columbus, OH indie rockers Connections, followed by intense garage rock trio The Blind Shake, whose members were all decked out in uniform with tight black zip-up jackets and shaved heads. Then came together PANGEA with more garage rock but more on the melodic/accessible side, and they were followed by the punky pop of Upset, who count ex-Vivian Girl Ali Koehler and ex-Hole drummer Patty Schemel as members. After them came a wild set from more veteran musicians in the Keith Morris-fronted hardcore supergroup OFF!, and they were followed by ex-members of Women making shouty, jammy post-punk in their new band Viet Cong. Then came more (but darker and backed by a drum machine) post-punk from Beth Israel, and finally the show wrapped up with a headlining set from Parquet Courts

“I can’t remember a better show in the last five years–maybe 10–than the one Parquet Courts put on at the Brooklyn Vegan day party. It all depends on the show, right? Sometimes you can be transformed by an arena show or knocked over by some random punk band in a shoebox. But this was seeing a band that is RIGHT NOW! They have 1.5 albums under their belt, they have no fat, they have no gimmicks, they just flat-out torched the landscape. This was it, this is what seeing live music is about, this show–THIS BAND–is why I love music so much. A jaw dropping show.” [The Portland Mercury]

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Parquet Courts photos by Tim Griffin

Meanwhile, inside things got off to an eccentric danceable start with Parisian band La Femme, who were part new wave, part surf rock, part ye-ye, and highly entertaining. (NYC: We’re presenting their show this weekend at Glasslands.) It stayed in upbeat mode for psych rock trio The Entrance Band, but then calmed down a lot for the orchestral indie pop of Mutual Benefit. Tomas Barfod was supposed to go on next but had to cancel at the last minute, unfortunately, though once Classixx took the stage it returned to dance mode. Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys followed with a set that was partially solo, partially with accompaniment and fully entertaining, and then we got downtempo electronic pop from Jessy Lanza before inside stage closed with the gothy house pop of Toronto’s Trust.

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Shiner beer was on special and we gave away free Jameson, not to mention all the Veri organic soda that was on hand to keep you hydrated. We also let in 20 people each day who were taking advantage of Esurance‘s SXSW-wide #EsuranceAccess program.

Did you win a pair of Marshall Headphones? You may have if you tagged your Instagram with #BVMarshall (like that pink ball head thing did).

All the music we played between bands can be found on our Nokia MixRadio SXSW playlist. Nokia MixRadio were the ones in the pink tent outside all three days.

Indiegogo was there too. Maybe they fed you a free piece of pizza?

Special thanks to all of our bands and partners and sponsors for making this party possible. Pictures from Thursday HERE. Check out more pictures from the whole day Friday below (and a second set at BV Austin)…

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Indiegogo held a ‘Happiness Hour’ Friday afternoon and gave out free pizza to those who got there in time!

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Connections

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The Blind Shake

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The Entrance Band

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Mutual Benefit

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Upset

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Off!

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Viet Cong

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Gruff Rhys

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Jessy Lanza

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Beth Israel

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Parquet Courts

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Trust

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BrooklynVegan SXSW show photos:
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