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River City Tanlines - Cheapo's, SXSW, Austin TX - March 19, 2011
[Memphis, TN] the
only show I was insistent upon seeing this SXSW – fronted by Alicja Trout, the
woman who dated Jay Reatard and formed Lost Sounds with him – since none of his
other material had the same sound as Lost Sounds, I attribute the sound to her
– she was so thoroughly not a disappointment – in case you’ve forgotten, Lost
Sounds are the best band of the 2000s: dark driving synth punk – despite this,
I just was certain she wouldn’t be a scenester and she wasn’t, bless her honest
heart - she showed up in blue jeans (they were skinny) and a bright-blue halter
top (literally could have been from Old Navy) – her hair was naturally brown
and a ridiculous mess, she had a little cloth tie buried in the nest – she was
medium height, not skinny but spare, you could see her cheekbones – yes, I have
a crush on this woman – she was very decorous while she watched the band before
her, no antics, spoke to the people who approached her – and then she hit the
stage and was a fury of guitar whaling – and it was over for me – she is a
goddess of rock without pretension or show or sexy little tricks – and so I
near cried by the end of the set – seeing women break boundaries does that to
me – so this band is not Lost Sounds, they’re more garage punk – she is
accompanied by a lean grizzly man on bass and a guy on drums – they played one
Lost Sounds song which was pretty much put me over the edge of ecstasy –
Rockboy, although not a Lost Sounds fan, did notice that the sound of that song
was dramatically different than the others: harder, more staccato guitar – I
always thought Lost Sounds had a keyboard but now I’m not sure – Alicja invited
the wild frontman of the Zoobombs up to accompany them on their last song which
I thought was very gracious – I’m not sure if he was following their lead or
they were following his (good sign) but it basically ended up that she and he
went into a guitar battle – it is just very apparent that the guitar and music
are within her, and that she does this because she loves it – she could kick a
boy’s ass any day
[Memphis, TN] the
only show I was insistent upon seeing this SXSW – fronted by Alicja Trout, the
woman who dated Jay Reatard and formed Lost Sounds with him – since none of his
other material had the same sound as Lost Sounds, I attribute the sound to her
– she was so thoroughly not a disappointment – in case you’ve forgotten, Lost
Sounds are the best band of the 2000s: dark driving synth punk – despite this,
I just was certain she wouldn’t be a scenester and she wasn’t, bless her honest
heart - she showed up in blue jeans (they were skinny) and a bright-blue halter
top (literally could have been from Old Navy) – her hair was naturally brown
and a ridiculous mess, she had a little cloth tie buried in the nest – she was
medium height, not skinny but spare, you could see her cheekbones – yes, I have
a crush on this woman – she was very decorous while she watched the band before
her, no antics, spoke to the people who approached her – and then she hit the
stage and was a fury of guitar whaling – and it was over for me – she is a
goddess of rock without pretension or show or sexy little tricks – and so I
near cried by the end of the set – seeing women break boundaries does that to
me – so this band is not Lost Sounds, they’re more garage punk – she is
accompanied by a lean grizzly man on bass and a guy on drums – they played one
Lost Sounds song which was pretty much put me over the edge of ecstasy –
Rockboy, although not a Lost Sounds fan, did notice that the sound of that song
was dramatically different than the others: harder, more staccato guitar – I
always thought Lost Sounds had a keyboard but now I’m not sure – Alicja invited
the wild frontman of the Zoobombs up to accompany them on their last song which
I thought was very gracious – I’m not sure if he was following their lead or
they were following his (good sign) but it basically ended up that she and he
went into a guitar battle – it is just very apparent that the guitar and music
are within her, and that she does this because she loves it – she could kick a
boy’s ass any day
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