Imagine, if you will, the worst possible way to spend a day at SXSW, one that doesn't involve an emergency colonoscopy or a Marnie Stern showcase, and then imagine something even more tedious and despairing, a day of utter humiliation and loathing. And then it really starts to go downhill.I should have spent the afternoon at Flatstock and the night shooting kamikazes in one of Austin's 43 slut bars.
Local producer/artist Splitface released an instrumental EP, The Autumn, yesterday via Indyground Entertainment. DJ Mahf and Calc2 also appear on the mini-album. Take a listen to the DJ Shadow-esque title track below -- dig that trip-hop, downtempo vibe -- and download the entire EP here.
MP3: Splitface, "The Autumn"
El Perro del Mar
Where: The Gargoyle
Playing With: Peter Bjorn and John
Sounds Like: "The 2009 release Love Is Not Pop furthers Sarah Assbring's deconstruction of pop and indie-folk forms -- the melodies linger, the grooves float, the themes sigh -- but a sonic laboratory of dubby delay and electronic glimmer and glitch catalyzes her songs. Mood pieces such as "Let Me In" and "It Is Something (to Have Wept)" -- the latter featuring a lyrical assist from writer G.K. Chesterton -- languidly unfold
