Blood Bath Recap Pt. 1
BLOOD BATH RECAP
Hey Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, sorry for the delay but we’ve got videos and pictures from last week’s killer Blood Bath SXSW day party, starting with this bloody awesome collage video of the whole event, featuring Rolo Tomassi, the Action Design, the Whispertown 2000, Treasure Mammal, Prey For Sleep, Agent Ribbons, and Vermillion Lies. If you weren’t there you’re probably already torn apart mercilessly, but if you were and want to recap, here you go!
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ROLO TOMASSI – BLOOD BATH
Playing their first ever US show at the Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath here in Austin for SXSW, headliner Rolo Tomassi brought the pain in a big way with their blazingly original sound. Ripping through crowd-pleasers like “I Love Turbulence” and “Fofteen” while mixing up the setlist with excellent takes on the likes of “Beatrotter” and “Film Noir”, the brother-sister duo of Eva and James Spence ripped and snarled their way through every song, bringing attendees of the Peacock Lounge to their knees in awe. While the band has garnered enough attention in the UK to open for the likes of the Bronx and Fucked Up in huge clubs, the intimacy of the small east-side bar the group played at here in the US couldn’t have been a better venue for the immediate and vitriolic intensity of the group’s blend of prog-punk and brutal hardcore.
The band took a 24-hour total plane ride to Austin, had to purchase all new electrical converters once they got here (UK to US, who knew??), suffer through stringent 21+ alcohol rules (the members are all sadly underage, we’ll buy you drinks next time guys!), and put up with the sweltering Texas heat, and yet the quintet still managed to put on the most blistering set of the entire festival in our honest opinion. This time next year this band will probably be too big to play Blood Bath II, but we can always dream. On a side note, while they manage to play some of the fieriest hardcore on either side of the Atlantic, all five members of Rolo Tomassi (Eva, James, Bean, Joe, and Edward, not to mention their wonderful management) are among the nicest and most humble people in any band we’ve ever worked with. Kudos to them for being so professional and at the same time so fucking rock and roll. See you guys back in the States soon! Until then, here are some videos from the day’s proceedings and some more photos – enjoy!
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SXSW LIVE REVIEW – LISSY TRULLIE
We of course didn’t just have our own SXSW Day Show – we attended quite a few as well! And among the top acts we absolutely had to check out during the week was Brooklyn’s Lissy Trullie, the terrific female clone of Julian Casablancas, complete with lazy-vocal stylings and a blues-rock meets NYC garage guitar sound. Playing every single track from the unequivocally awesome Self-Taught Learner EP, as well as a few unheard tracks such as smooth rocker “Billy”, Lissy Trullie bled cool from every orifice, performing in trademark black-leather jacket, torn up tank-top, and 4-inch heels, appearing every-bit as confident in front of a packed Red 7 audience as she might in her favorite NYC dive-bar. If there was ever a buzz-band deserving of the hype, let it be this one, putting all the other big-city acts to shame with a simple sound done so solidly as to make you forget why you ever strayed from it in the first place. Confidently soaring through a set of sublime rockers, Lissy and company parted ways after an all too short set, packing up their equipment but leaving a lasting impression on the whole crowd. Definitely one of the best acts of SXSW 2009.
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YEAH YEAH YEAHS RELEASE SURPRISE 7″
In a move that has all of us audiophiles salivating like wild dogs, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced a special pre-order deal for their upcoming third LP It’s Blitz! that includes a special 7″ with their first single “Zero” on the A-side and a remix by none other than blog-buzzers Animal Collective on the other. Swing by InSound and pre-order this right now – we know we did! Until then, check out some more b-sides from the special-edition release below.Comments? Everyone have a good time at the Blood Bath?
Posted: March 23rd, 2009
Categories: blood bath, cannibal cheerleader, lissy trullie, rolo tomassi, yeah yeah yeahs
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