SXSW 2006 Live and direct from Austin Public Library!
by Patrick Wilkins

Well it's that time of year again, when 1400 or so bands from every corner of the musical globe, stylistic and geographical, gather in Austin Texas for the greatest music festival on the planet. Its got it all, from the Arctic Monkeys to Kris Kristofferson, and all points in between. 'Official' nighttime showcases and 'unofficial' daytime parties mean that you can spend about 12 hours a day watching live music, 4 days running. Bands usually have a one hour slot, so that's 50 odd bands, probably more than I would normally see in a year in the UK! Sleeping and eating don't rate highly on the things to do list!

Night Shows - Tuesday 14th March

Sleater-Kinney at the Guerrero Produce Warehouse on E6th
It doesn't get any better than this.

So the festival hasn't actually begun yet, it doesn't kick off until Wednesday, but there are wheels in motion already, the Strokes are at Stubbs BBQ, which sounds like quaint name but it holds about 2000 people, and Sleater-Kinney are playing the closing party of the film festival in a huge warehouse on the outskirts of town. This is a no brainer, the Stokes just released their third album, although you'd be hard pushed to tell it apart from its predecessors, and Sleater-Kinney last year released possibly the record of the century so far, 'The Woods' is a staggeringly powerful rock record that turned the direction of the band on its head. Could the same greatness transfer to the stage? Oh yes. Live rock and roll simply doesn't come any better than this. The venue, a produce market with a large yard high ceilings and high concrete walls, was not really suitable but as it was the a film festival event films were projected onto the walls throughout the evening, including a filmed introduction to the band from Henry Rollins. Carrie Brownstein commented it was 'like playing in a Cinemax, and sounds like it too', the sound rebounded around the building, which hardly did the band justice, and that coupled with the fact that many had come not specifically to see the band, might make you think that stops wouldn't be pulled out. Nope. The energy and raw unstoppable edge of 'The Woods' came through wonderfully, 'Jumpers' was even stronger than on the record, Carrie flinging herself around the stage, arms flailing, and and Corin busting into fits of pogoing. 'Whats Mine Is Yours' threatened to knock down those massive walls, and 'Rollercoaster' with its 'aaahh, aaahh, aaahh's had adrenaline pumping at even higher energy than the recorded version. Corin was in typically great voice, (your mileage may vary!), and Janet Weiss on drums (and harmonica!) was creating wave upon wave of relentless thunder beneath the guitars. Unlike most SXSW shows this was a full 90 minute set and after the band had played most of 'the Woods' plus a couple of older songs they returned for an encore which included a cover of Springsteen's 'The Promised Land' and closed with a crowd pleasing helter skelter run through 'Dig Me Out'. Simply not enough superlatives to convey how hot this band are right now, if anything comes close to this this week, I'll be very (happily) surprised.

Day Shows - Wednesday 15th March

Steve Wynn and The Miracle Three
Mother Egan's on W6th
A perfect start. One of the most consistent performers around and he put in a typically great high energy set here. Mostly songs were drawn form the recent 'Tick Tick Tick' record and included 'Cindy It Was Always You' and 'The Deep End'. Set closer was, as you might expect, the fiery 'Amphetamine'. Excellent. www.stevewynn.net

Charles Bissell (The Wrens)
Emo's on Red River
Having seen the Wrens fantastic live show this was well worth checking out. It fell into the category of 'interesting'. Charles built up his layered songs with a bank of effects pedals, in a sort of non U2 infinite guitar manner. Not very rock'n'roll but enjoyable. www.wrens.com

Tres Chicas
Mother Egan's on W6th
Caught the last couple of songs of this set from the side project/supergroup ladies of alt.country. Things sounded a little uninspired, the last song in particular which wandered in ta jazzy dance feel. Nice harmonies and all that, but the expression damning with faint praise comes to mind! www.treschicas.org

The Silos
Mother Egan's on W6th
Oh yes. Boxes all got ticked for this one, a very strong set from the New York based americana stalwarts. Walter Salas-Humara is a charismatic front man and considering the edgy electric sound he creates, it was something of a surprise to see him playing a battered acoustic guitar. The songs have a sparseness to them that suggests a twangier version of Morphine. 'The Only Love' was outstanding. www.thesilos.net

Patty Hurst Shifter
Mother Egan's On W6th
Well things are going well! Another very good set. Melodic rock with some fine pedal steel, hints of Whiskeytown, lots of Gin Blossoms, and even a touch of the Replacements, which, as we all know, is virtually a prerequisite for greatness. Highly impressive, I have some records to buy! www.pattyhurstshifter.com

The Gourds
Mother Egan's on W6th
A set that ranged from Bob Wills' western swing to the Stones disco ('Miss You'), an unpredictable, very entertaining and highly eclectic show. They reminded me of Los Lobos at times, also the guitarist had a definite resemblance to Johnny Vegas! As a live act it you'd have to be dead not to enjoy this band.

Night Shows - Wednesday 15th March

Collin Herring
Exodus on E6th
A near local (from Fort Worth) with a couple of very good records under his belt, another about to appear. For this show Collin looked like Johnny Marr about 1985, vintage dark glasses added to the mystique (or maybe not!). He plays a shade of alternative country that sits very happily beside 'Strangers Almanac'. The live show didn't come across as well as the record, his voice was still as distinctive, but the bass and drums swamped the guitars and pedal steel (Herring Snr. on pedal steel, keeping his eye on Jnr.). The uptempo songs worked, such as 'Back Of Your Mind' which was still ringing around my head hours later, which is something in the musical bombardment that this town hits you with. Certainly one to watch. www.collinherring.com

Healthy White Baby
Velvet Spade on Red River
A hot tip from those that had seen them in their home city of Chicago, plus any band that takes their name from a line in 'Raising Arizona' cant possibly be bad! They are a Stonsey/garage three piece, but with significant roots (members form Blacks, Blue Mountain). They were quite low key as performers, but had an undeniable charm and appeal, things wandered almost into Creedence territory at times, they didn't particularly go for the 'rawk', but sometimes it turned up anyway. That's another damn record I have to buy. www.healthywhitebaby.net

World Party
Exodus on E6th
I never quite took to this band, always found something irritating about them, they did nothing to change that here. At this show the band played as a three piece with guitar, fiddle and keyboards. A new record is ready to go, and the old stuff is getting the remastering makeover, so hence they are back. I felt the set was a little flat, people who liked the band better than I confirmed this assessment. They also ran way over time, so if I ever meet one of them I will punch him hard since they forced the fantastic Plimsouls to cut their set short to keep the schedule.

The Plimsouls
Exodus on E6th
This was an amazing jaw dropping performance from the powerpop legends. It quickly became irrelevant that the average age of the band members must be around 50, and that their finest studio hour was a couple of decades ago. From the opening intensity of 'How Long Will It Take' it was clear that they'd got it, this is how to play hard, fast, hook heavy, guitar driven rock'n'roll. The packed out venue was bouncing from the start, 'Hush, Hush' sounded so fresh it could have been written a week ago, and 'A Million Miles Away' was pop perfection. Glorious. Obviously completely different from Sleater-Kinney, but up there with them as the best of the festival so far. www.petercase.com

Matt Mays and El Torpedo
Creekside EMC IH35
Well this was the short straw venue wise, a conference room in a hotel out by the freeway. Having said that the sound was actually pretty good, its just the atmosphere wasn't very rock'n'roll, more 'Here's the PowerPoint presentation of last year's figures'. Canadian Matt Mays, formerly in the Guthries, put in a fine performance here of Neil Young/Crazy Horse type rock with pop hooks thrown in. The young band are really something too, very tight and very capable, well worth checking out on his next UK jaunt. www.mattmays.com

Day Shows - Thursday 16th March

Of Montreal
Antone's on W5th St
A sugary indie guitar band with a hint of the Decemberists eccentricity. The vocals wandered into Bowie in Anthony Newley mode. Things almost touched on twee. I'm not overly fond of twee.

Brakes
Antone's on W5th St
This is the indie Brit bunch led by Eamon Hamilton formerly of British Sea Power, their fine record from last year 'Give Blood' caused a few ripples. The record and this show works on a short sharp shock punch line sort of basis, both funny and politically sharp.The band were clearly enjoying themselves in Texas. The short set length suited their often brief songs perfectly. 'I Cant Stand To Stand Beside You' very possibly an ode to Mr Blair, sounded terrific in this venue.

Burning Brides
Antone's on W5th St.
Nirvana-esque grunge metal three piece. Very loud and very good at it. The vocals did get lost in the mix which did detract a little. One of those bands that has so much energy its a wonder the stage can contain them (plus if you didn't like the music there's always the jaw droppingly good looking female bass player to look at!).

The Drams
Club Deville on Red River
Tried to get in to see J Mascis but the timings were wrong and didn't have the right passes to see Ted Leo, but did have an invite to the New West party and arrived in time to see most of the Drams set. The Drams are Brent Best's post Slobberbone outfit. Though the lineup also includes the guitarist and drummer from Slobberbone, they play no Slobberbone songs. I saw this bands very first show at the same festival last year, and as you might expect they are sounding much more confident and fully formed than they did then. Generally its a poppier sound than Slobberbone, but once you hear the songs they stay heard, I remember some of the set from only one hearing a year ago! The record is one to look forward to.

Drive By Truckers
Club Deville On Red River
The band had their three guitar attack switch ed to all acoustic for this set, and the fact that phasers were set on stun rather than kill could well be why this performance lacked some punch. Only 'Gravity's Gone' worked well. It must have been a struggle for the band to cut the set down to 40 minutes!

Night Shows - Thursday 16th March

Deadboy and the Elephant Men
Stubbs BBQ on Red River
Came out of the New West Party to see something of a frenzy on Red River, it turned out the Beastie Boys were to play a previously unannounced show at Stubbs. This was clearly a big deal to some people, I went for pizza. I returned to see the end of the Beasties set and hung around for who I actually wanted to see. Deadboy and the Elephantmen are another rootsy duo with female drummer, male guitarist. The singers voice wanders at times into Bowie territory, other glam influences show here and there too. An interesting band, their record has made the shopping list! www.deadboyandtheelephantmen.com

The Novaks
Karma Lounge on W8th
In a venue like styled after some shady strip club in a 70s episode of the Sweeney the Novaks, a young Canadian band, managed to make you forget the dodgy decor, and how much your legs ached from walking round this damn town! Imagine if Tom Petty had taken a song like 'I Need To Know' and stuck with that as his blue print for a vein of perfect pop rock, that would be how it works with the Novaks. The singer does get a little too close to Petty at times but this unpretentious classic rock pop was a total joy to hear. One of the highlights of the week. www.thenovaksband.com

The Deadstring Brothers
Bourbon Rocks on E6th
This band play Exile era Stones with added pedal steel and female backup singer, so we are talking 'Tumblin' Dice' to be specific. Despite an obvious early 70s connection the band still managed to sound fresh and this was certainly one of the sets when the 40 or so minutes of allotted playing time seemed to fly by rather than having your mind wandering on to who you might see later in the day. Some really fine playing in this set, another one not to miss next time they hit the UK.
www.deadstringbrothers.com

The Organ
Nuno's on E6th
This one was popular, had to queue (or 'stand in line' as they say here) to get in. This is a bunch of young Canadian girls who play 80s indie, part Manchester, part Martha and the Muffins. They mostly look androgynous, and cultivate such a an aura of cool detachment that it becomes annoying. The keyboard player looked to be the only one bordering on enjoying herself, so what exactly is wrong with that? Maybe smiling causes members of this band to blow up like Spinal Tap drummers!
www.theorgan.ca

Gomez
Stubb's BBQ on Red River
Southport's finest are really popular in these parts which I wouldn't have guessed. The set was all new material played with typical skill and enthusiasm. A slight element of Claptonesque 'Dad-rock' creeping in but good songs none the less.
www.gomez.co.uk

Bottle Rockets
Bourbon Rocks on E6th
An unusual set by this band, playing their not yet released next record from start to finish in the order it will be on the disc, so no '1000 Dollar Car' or 'I'll Be Comin' Around'. Obviously as the songs are new they are not yet worn in, so the show lacked the bands usual energy. The new material will not disappoint existing fans, but if you didn't like them before this one is unlikely to change your mind.
www.bottlerocketsmusic.com

Day Shows - Friday 17th March

The Lovetones
Austin Convention Centre
A lucky coincidence this one, as I was just passing by and heard this band playing a 'press only' Aussie showcase. I'd heard one song by them before ('My Mantra') which was the one they happened to be playing. They sound like Teenage Fanclub playing Quicksilver Messenger Service, a psychedelic powerpop combo that works really well. One song was a full on space drug jam, but kept the attention and didn't descend into noodling, that is clever. Some very good stuff coming from Australia at the moment. www.thelovetones.com

Beth Orton
Waterloo Records on N.Lamar
Fine in store set from Beth, armed with just her acoustic. The set was inevitably mostly drawn from the new record, but also managed to fit in 'She Cries Your Name', a particularly good 'Stolen Car' and finished with 'I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine'. A much more confident performance than Ive seen from her in the past. www.bethorton.mu

Grand Champeen
Red Eye Fly on Red River
A haul to the other end of town for this very good local band and their sharp rock-pop, think Cheap Trick with roots. They sounded superb, full of life and ringing chords, plus they finished with an immaculate cover of Big Star's 'Daisy Glaze', which puts them in the Premiership as far as I'm concerned! Someone get this band to Europe! www.grandchampeen.com

The Bellrays
Parish on E6th
When I got to this venue a band was playing a fusion of metal and glove puppets, that's just wrong, even more bizarrely, during the change over, a rap duo obsessed with sex and bacon took the floor! The Bellrays came out of the traps at full pelt with a storming 'Revolution, Get Down'. Singer Lisa Kekaula looks like she's escaped from a 70s Shaft movie, but what a voice! The combination of loud fast riffing guitar and soul belter worked brilliantly. When some jazzier funk moments came in, things lapsed back to something more ordinary, but when they rocked they really rocked. A staggeringly good live band. www.thebellrays.com

Lady Sovereign
Waterloo Records on N.Lamar
This was an odd culture clash seeing the pint sized chav queen rapping about hoddies and mingers in deepest Texas. I'm not sure how much the crowd understood, but they loved it whatever, the reviews in the Austin papers the next morning were not so kind. Like her or not, she is undeniably at home performing. www.ladysovereign.com

Night Shows - Friday 17th March

Brakes
Blender Bar on E6th
BBC6 Music night introduced by DJ Steve Lamacq. Second time seeing Brighton band Brakes this week, not as good as the first as this venue has muddy sound which stopped the band sounding as edgy, still pretty good though.

Billy Bragg
Cedar Street Courtyard
Just Billy and his Telecaster, which is the way its meant to be! He really was on very good form for this set. Earlier in the week he played a show that included a run through 'Life's A Riot...' from start to finish, and this set also included songs from his great debut record. There was lots of political chat about the current US administration, which led into a new song about his faith in the American people to do the right thing. There was of course an element of preaching to the converted, and Billy's declaration that 'I'm the commie bastard your parents warned you about' was greeted with huge cheers from the packed out venue. The magnificent 'Milkman Of Human Kindness' started the show, 'St Swithin's Day' and 'Greetings to the New Brunette' also showed up. 'New England' was taken over by the crowd, but Billy did slot in the Kirsty MacColl extra verse. Set closer was a raucous 'All You Fascists Are Bound To Lose' on which Billy was backed by the Klezmatics (klezmer is a traditional music of eastern European Jews), for which clenched fists were raised along with voices. This show was exceptional, one of the highlights of the week. www.billybragg.co.uk

Marah
Antone's on W5th St
I see Marah fairly regularly in the UK so didn't need to specifically track them down at SXSW, but this was an interesting line up at Antone's so it was worth seeing how the band could trim down their exciting live show to 40 minutes. The start was great, kicking off with a fiery version of the Jam's 'In The City', the set following was mostly drawn from the last (very fine) record 'If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry' with a couple of classics from earlier in their career. It was odd not to get the usual banter from the brothers, but they obviously felt they needed to maximise the playing time.
It was a solid enough show by their standards but finishing with 'The Hustle' and 'The Dishwashers Dream' might not have been the best choice, not when you've got songs like 'Sooner or Later', 'Poor People' and 'The Closer'
on that record. www.marah-usa.com

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Antone's on W5th St
This 'Soul Revue' in a James Brown style was being talked up by everyone, not necessarily a good thing as expectations can be hard to live up to. The band played note perfect soul-funk, while Sharon explained her soul credentials and demonstrated her dance moves (the pony, the swim etc.).
However with site lines in this very full venue not being the best, this didnt exactly work, and so it just sounded like one long faultlessly played, but ultimately dull, funk jam. If they'd played more songs and cut back on the noodling it could have been much more impressive, as it was I was frequently checking my watch. www.daptonerecords.com

Neko Case
Antone's on W5th St.
Neko perfectly demonstrated what a great voice she has in the closing show of the night, though there was more reverb on it than you could shake a stick at. Most of the set was from the well received new record 'Fox Confessor Brings The Flood', but we also got the fine 'Set Out Running' and a haunting 'Deep Red Bells'. There was some odd banter between Neko and her female backing singers (one of whom was Kelly Hogan)about tight clothing and its effects on the female anatomy! This show ran way overtime and was still going at 2.15am, I have to confess I didn't last to the end, which indicates that the show wasn't good enough to make me forget how tired I was and how much my feet ached! www.nekocase.com

Day Shows - Saturday 18th March

Rosanne Cash
Waterloo Records on N.Lamar
An in-store show playing a short set of new material plus a requested run through 'Tennessee Flat Top Box'. She has a great voice (duh!) but the songs were sadly rather bland and forgettable, disappointing. www.rosannecash.com

Luminous Orange
Mother Egan's on W6th St.
This Japanese band (from Yokohama) just happened to be playing when I was walking by so I went in to check them out since, from the street at least, it sounded interesting. They played in a punk-indie-shoegazer style with washes of guitar behind lightweight floaty females vocals. Very enjoyable, and left me, after the couple of songs I heard, wanting to hear more. The web site reveals they been around in some form since 92 which would go some way towards explaining how proficient they were, another band makes the 'CDs to get' list! www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~luminous/english_.htm

IV Thieves (Nic Armstrong and the Thieves)
Dog and Duck on Guadalupe
This Nottingham band were likable enough in the post Libertines world order of things. They have a noticeable 60s feel, not just the usual Beatles and Stones, but also a touch of the Kinks and less obviously the Turtles. Just, well, okay. www.nicarmstrongandthethieves.com

Peter Case
Dog and Duck on Guadalupe
This time Peter Case had his folk-blues troubadour hat on rather than his Plimsouls hat. Though he did do a Plimsouls song, 'Zero Hour' in a folky style, which sounded very Costello-esque, Id seen him before but never has he done any Plimsouls material. Not a bad set at all, but the Plimsouls set earlier in the week burned so bright, it was always going to be tough to follow.
www.petercase.com

Steve Wynn and The Miracle Three
Dog and Duck on Guadalupe
Again! But just when we were all thinking this was going to be more of the same, Steve and the band cranked it up a gear. The version of 'Amphetamine'
at this show was absolutely flying, the best Ive heard them play. Since the shows are short and time slots are not negotiable, encores are very rare at SXSW, this great performance deservedly got one. www.stevewynn.net

Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs
Dog and Duck on Guadalupe
This was a run through five songs from an upcoming 60s covers record ('Under The Covers vol 1') by this classic pop duo. It has to be said that it was a bit karaoke! Starting with Marmalade's 'I See The Rain' (I had to look that one up!), then Dylan's 'Its All Over Now Baby Blue', it was good but not thrilling. Plus doing Neil Young's 'Cinnamon Girl' is cheating, a song that good sings itself. Susanna Hoffs still has that trademark sweet tremulous voice, and several people took photos of her guitar amp because it had 'The Bangles' emblazoned on the side. Matthew Sweet I hardly recognised, since his London show about eighteen months ago he seems to have got a lot bigger, emphasised more by the fact that Susanna Hoffs is tiny, he still sounded good though. www.sidnsusie.com

Night Shows - Saturday 18th March

Polytechnic
Exodus on E6th St
This was the Manchester showcase introduced by none other than Tony Wilson. Polytechnic, despite their less than enthralling name, were very listenable indeed. While you cant take Manchester out of them entirely, they don't plunder the 80s Manchester sound wholesale, like some of the current indie flavour of the month bands, this set of songs was way more interesting than that. Modern, guitar driven, indie pop with vocals that reminded me of Pete Shelley. The record will be well worth hearing, and Tony said they were 'fantastic', and he knows what hes talking about! www.wearepolytechnic.com

Rhett Miller
Stubbs BBQ on Red River
Since he doesn't usually play in the UK either as a solo act, or with Old 97s, this was one to check out. The notoriously bad sound at Stubbs played a part here, at best during this set it could be described as muddy. Rhett also spent way too much time flicking his hair around, at one point some one in the crowd shouted 'You go girl!', you could get their point, a look at the pictures on the web site suggests hair product endorsement!. Again it was mostly a 'my new records out' set but included a couple of songs from 'The Instigator' and one Old 97s song 'Rollerskate Skinny'. www.rhettmiller.com

GitoGito Hustler
Beerland on Red River
Now this was something! A fantastically entertaining Japanese all girl punk band. Here they turned in a perfect comic book performance of Ramones style high energy punk, including a cover of 'The Locomotion'. Inevitably every song began with a shout of '1,2,3,4!', and the between song banter in very shaky English was priceless, frequent shouts of 'I love beer!' and 'I love rock and roll!', the killer line - 'Give me beer! Give me Grammy Award!'.
I'm not sure how listenable a record would be, the vocals were mostly a very high pitched girly squeal, but having said that the band could definitely play. This wasn't the best venue for them since the stage is low and not one of them is much above 5ft tall, but they looked great all in different coloured party dresses, flinging around what appeared to be huge guitars around. As a live show this was a major highlight of the week, simply unmissable! www.myspace.com/gitogitohustler

I Love You But Ive Chosen Darkness
Emo's Annex on Red River
I wanted to see this band because they have such a great name! Though they are a local Austin band, they sound very British, we are back in Manchester again with the Joy Division/New Order/Chameleons sound and Morrissey vocals. They were enjoyable enough, but that territory is becoming overcrowded I think. Their first full length record is just out, also their website deserves a mention for being very well designed in an unpretentious and
understated way, less is more! www.chosendarkness.com

Scott Miller and The Commonwealth
Opal Devine's on E6th St
I had no idea he was this good! This was a set of uptempo twangy country rock that barely let up in pace at all. A very tight band playing strong material, if he toured more he'd surely be capable of going on to much bigger things? I'm not sure Scott, or his excellent old band the V-Roys, have ever played in the UK, which is a pity as a lot of people would go for this in a big way. A drinking song did lose the momentum that had been built up by what had gone before, but that's minor, and certainly up to then it was all good. Oddly Scott reminds me of a young Joe Strummer, that cant hurt! www.thescottmiller.com

The Magnolias
Karma Lounge on W8th St
This had been a really good night, and this was the crowning glory, one of the best shows of the festival, the sad thing was that, for once, relatively few people were there to see it, I think a start time of 1am on the last night meant that some didn't have the staying power and had flagged from the strains of the previous three days. I am so glad I managed to make it to this one. Band leader John Freeman pointed out that the band don't really exist anymore, apart from playing one off shows like this one, you'd never know it though, they were staggeringly tight. A late 80s/early 90s four piece post-punk-pop outfit from Minneapolis, as you might expect you could hear the Replacements and Soul Asylum in there, but also big chunks of the Buzzcocks and the Undertones. The band were not phased by the small crowd and played as if their lives depended on it. Breakneck speed riffing guitars interspersed with pop hooks and 90 mph short sharp solos, just gobsmackingly jawdroppingly great. Songs were drawn from all their albums, 'Tear Up This Town' was even more souped up than on the record, in fact everything was up a few notches on the studio versions 'Hello or Goodbye', 'Asking The Time', everything was just scorching hot! John announced a song written before the band broke up in 97, saying it never got recorded, but it sounded just as good, if not better than anything that did. Do yourself a favour, if you don't know this band at all but like the Replacements/Soul Asylum from over there, or the Buzzcocks/Undertones from over here, track down a copy of 'Off The Hook', you cant go wrong, you'll want the others once you've heard that. One song played was 'Don't Pack It In', and I was thinking exactly that! It would be criminal for such a great band to fade away into nothing, they were brilliant, ***** brilliant.

That's that were done for another year!

Jackpot winners - Sleater-Kinney, The Magnolias, The Plimsouls, The Novaks, GitoGito Hustler, The Lovetones, Billy Bragg.

A pair of tickets to Alton Towers - Burning Brides, Brakes, Matt Mays, The Drams, Scott Miller, Collin Herring, Polytechnic, The Silos, Healthy White Baby, Patty Hurst Shifter, Steve Wynn, The Gourds, Beth Orton, The Bellrays, Marah, Luminous Orange, Grand Champeen.....

Better luck next time, you-gotta-be-in-it-to-win-it - The rest.