Weekly Roundup | South by Langerado v2

One of the clear highlights from this year’s SXSW was the NPR showcase featuring The Whigs, Yo La Tengo, and My Morning Jacket at the Austin Music Hall. The show was webcast live and is now archived and available for streaming through NPR Music, and I suggest you load up all three of the sets and give the show a listen front to back.

• The Whigs
• Yo La Tengo
• My Morning Jacket

Sam, Mitch, Dave from Earvolution.com, and myself were all second row for the entire thing and were just completely blown away by all three bands. I’ll have a little more detail in a few posts this week, and enjoy some photos in the meantime.

The Whigs | 3/13/08 @ Austin Music Hall, SXSW 2008

Yo La Tengo | 3/13/08 @ Austin Music Hall, SXSW 2008

My Morning Jacket | 3/13/08 @ Austin Music Hall, SXSW 2008

Here’s a roundup of what we posted this week in case you missed it.

• Langerado 2008 | Day One Review, Photos So Far
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• Gathering of the Vibes 2008 | Lineup and On-sale
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• Pitchfork Music Festival | 2008 Initial Lineup
  Pitchfork Media announced the first round of artists for its Chicago-based music festival that takes place July 18th – 20th. Dubbed as an “annual right of indie passage,” the Pitchfork Music Festival always brings some very solid independent music…
• My Morning Jacket Previews New Album Material
  Last night, My Morning Jacket opened up the Evil Urges vault on the lucky fans in Houston, playing the title track and “Aluminum Park” from their much-anticipated new album (Evil Urges – on ATO). It seems as though after a…
• Bonnaroo 2008 | Late-Night Sets and Artist Additions
  With the initial Bonnaroo line-up announcement just about a month off the presses, they’ve now announced the late-night sets and made some artists additions. Check it out, if you haven’t already: Late night sets: My Morning Jacket Phil Lesh &…
• Drymount! | Flatstock 16 – The Andy MacDougall Interview
  My full Flatstock 16 preview will be coming shortly, but to whet your appetites I wanted to first post an interview with screen printing extraordinaire Andy MacDougall. Starting in 2006, Andy MacDougall of www.squeegeeville.com, and www.tmiscreenprinting.com began setting up printing…
• Live from SXSW 2008: White Denim @ Purevolume.com Ranch, 3.8.08
  Let the music begin! The past couple days at SXSW 2008 have been geekfest central, complete with a horrible keynote interview featuring Facebook’s quasi-demigod of a CEO named Zuckerberg and a s***load of panels dedicated to building (killer) web…
• Drymount! | Flatstock 16 Preview
  Booths upon booths; a previous Flatstock in Austin. Photo by nevbrown While over 1,000 bands and countless more fans and industry insiders have descended upon Austin for this year’s South By Southwest, more than 75 of the country’s best…
• The New Deal | 3/7/08 at Logan Square Aud. in Chicago
  After a bit of a touring hiatus, the New Deal made their return to Chicago last Friday night. It had been almost two years since they played Chicago’s Logan Square Auditorium and the last time was a throw-down, from…
• Lollapalooza 2008 | Wilco and Rage to Fill Out Lineup?
  Looks like we’ve got more lineup rumors for Lollapalooza 2008. This time Mr. DeRogatis is alluding to the possibility of Wilco and Rage Against the Machine as additional headliners for the Chicago festival. Those are ‘additional’ headliners tacked onto…
• A Whole Load of SXSW Music Downloads
  In case you are not able to make it down to Austin for South by Southwest, fear not, you can still get your ears wrapped around the music. Follow this link to a torrent at Greg Hewgill’s website with a…
• Dave Matthews Band and the Openers | 2008 Tour Dates
  I’m chilling with my feet up this morning and conserving some energy for the big SXSW show tonight featuring The Whigs, Yo La Tengo, and My Morning Jacket; I can’t wait for that and hope to hit the Vampire Weekend…
• Kraftwerk Announces Some US Dates
  Back in June, 2005 right at home in Chicago, I was able to catch one of the best concerts I’ve ever attended in my life: Kraftwerk at the Riveria. I could go on and on and on about why…
• Lotus Remix Project | Copy/Paste/Repeat
  In my mind, one of the best things about a live concert is the connection between the musicians and the fans that occurs through this medium. The crowd becomes a part of the equation by adding their own energy…
• Phish Friday | Lights, Camera, Reba
  Although most of our Phish Friday posts focus on audio recordings, you may have noticed that we’ve started to change things up by posting more video footage. While audio will always be the bread and butter of Phish Friday, it’s…
• Live from SXSW 2008 | I’m Still Alive but My Liver Isn’t
  I fully intended on staying caught-up on the blog and planned on writing from Austin while attending SXSW 2008, but the truth is that I found it incredibly hard to stay on vacation and attend great concerts while also…