Texas Tornado: St. Louis musicians invade SXSW

The Saint Louis University on-campus venue the Billiken Club is also curating its own stage on Thursday afternoon, in conjunction with the Twangfest/KDHX party. Appearing will be the "This Is American Music" lineup (including the Drams and Grand Champeen); the experimental electro duo Pattern is Movement; heartfelt Neil Young-ish folkies Deer Tick; Gentleman Auction House and keyboard-prog spazzes So Many Dynamos. The latter bunch of gearheads is fresh off finishing its third full-length, which it worked on with an impressive list of collaborators, including Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and mixer Alex Newport (At the Drive-In).

Piano-heavy, guitar-less trio The Feed is performing at several day parties; the Ben Folds-meets-Clash act should have a new record out sometime this year. F5 Records labelmates Earthworms and Nato Caliph will also be showcasing their new material at some day parties. The former released Bottle Full of Bourbon in January, while the latter unleashed Cipher Inside last year. And finally, singer-songwriter Geoff Koch is also doing the day-party circuit, before he heads to Nashville in April to record with Wilco's Ken Coomer.

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