In anticipation of the South by Southwest music festival, which begins today in Austin, Texas, more than a thousand actsβalmost twice as many as last yearβoffered an mp3 to showcase their sound. We listened to them all. Many bands appearing in Austin did not release mp3s directly to SXSW; only those bands that did so were reviewed. The data used to create this table is available in a Google Spreadsheet. The reviews and ratings are available for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.
It would not be ethical for me to review his song, so I have asked him to contribute his own rating and review. Futomomo means thighs. Live Performance of this Japanese revolutional icon band has been rarely performed. A lot of people has been anxious for it, and anyone who has seen, has been attracted and cheered momentarily. On the stage, they not only play trombone, but also shout, sing, and dance.
Futomomo Satisfaction has eight members. Leader, Suzuyakko performs a lonely Geisha-girl. Lumiere performs an amazones. She attracts you by her wild and sexy dance. If I had all that bling and all those drugs and was permitted unconstrained erotic self-indulgence, I would make a point of being happy about it. Last year a singer from [a Pitchfork-beloved-band] wrote in to say that he liked my six-word reviews. I was excited because I, in turn, liked his music.
Thus I macked all over him and wrote him too many chatty emails. The conversation wound down. Here We Go Magic feat. Imagine the historical network of musicians. The synth player in this roots-rock band who also appears in that electrothrash outfit with the vocalist who played cello in the college ensemble along with the violinist who now leads a struggling new music quartet in Berlin.
His double-bass player constantly late to rehearsal once, while a graduate student in Paris, belonged to a three-man jazz group that performed wearing straw hats in restaurants. Examine the promotional copy for the bands at SxSW, the opening-group credits and past-band affiliations. They profit from the creators; they profit from the middlemen; they profit from the patrons, and they profit from the consumers. Quite the profitable enterprise there.
