Erland and the Carnival

Catching up a bit. Here's what Dominick saw in Austin on Friday, March 18, 2011....

A few days have passed since I got back from Austin, and I'm still struggling to process the week. Yes, it was my first time at SXSW. Thanks to the never-ending supply of free tacos, music, beer, fellow music-devotees, and sunshine, I managed to retain that little-kid-like wonder throughout the week - even when severe sleep deprivation set in...

There were two official SXSW daytime stages in the Austin Convention Center: the Radio Day Stage and the Dot Com Day Stage. BrooklynVegan programmed the first half of the Thursday Dot Com Day Stage, really more of a This Week in Indie show as I chose the bands...

DOWNLOAD: Erland & the Carnival - Nightingale (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Still Corners - Endless Summer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Frankie & the Heartstrings - Ungrateful (MP3) In addition to the official BrooklynVegan SXSW Showcase (3/16), I'm happy to announce we are also officially presenting bands on Thursday, March 17 at the new Dot Com Day Stage in the Austin Convention Center. The li...

After Chris left the BV Loft Party all the way back on Friday, October 22nd, he headed over to Music Hall of Williamsburg for the Blue Flowers-presented CMJ showcase for a lineup of mostly UK bands including Chapel Club, Everything Everything, and Blood Red Shoes (who toured North America with Sky Larkin in October)...

"The great thing about Conor and his crew, playing for as a full band on this tour, is the variety of styles and feelings. On the low end of the spectrum you have Conor and his guitar singing about a girl named Cecilia, who got killed and dismembered...

DOWNLOAD: The Fresh & Onlys - Waterfall (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Erland & the Carnival - Trouble in Mind (Mp3) It's an early installment of TWII this week. Most o...