{"id":2541,"date":"2012-05-26T07:57:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T11:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2013-03-10T08:10:12","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T12:10:12","slug":"sxsw-2012-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=2541","title":{"rendered":"SXSW 2012 (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

L<\/span>ate, but it’s been done: \"\"<\/a>I finally managed to listen to all the songs (all of em) of this year’s SXSW torrents (previously<\/a>). More than last year’s effort (see here<\/a>), I had the feeling this was very painful. While I’m sure that this set of music does not reflect the state of the music scene (well, lets hope so), I thought there were a lot more hiphop\/soul\/yaddayadda acts this year. I don’t mind good hiphop but, honestly, everything sounds the same these days. Worst yet, I had the same feeling of the ‘regular’ music. I still ended up selecting over hundred tracks, which is more than I imagined. The main list is here<\/a>: unedited. Later this week, I will compile this stuff into edible portions. Before I head into the 5 best (or rather, surprising) acts and songs, I am surprised that last year’s best 5 songs<\/a> still appear frequently in my favourite playlist. Highly recommended songs. But without further ado:\n<\/p>\n

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  1. Hooded Fang – ESP (youtube<\/a>): Band from Toronto that surprised me with surf-rock-pop-lyrics. Refreshing and (I guess) already well-known in Canada for their prime minister Harper stunts.\n
  2. Maya Azucena – The Half (youtube<\/a>): Powerful mix of soul and rock. Mind you, she’s been around for a while. Obviously I had never heard of her.\n
  3. Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds – Make it rain youtube<\/a>) She’s apparently, white, but her vocals are like, you know, she could have been African American.\n
  4. Duck Fight Goose – Glass Walls (youtube<\/a>) Electronic pop. Check. Guitar effects. Check. Chinese. Wait? Is this going to be the the year of the rise of Chinese Rock?\n
  5. Todd Reynolds – Transamerica – (link<\/a>) With Transamerica, classically trained violist and composer Todd Reynolds blew my brains out. Member of the Steve Reich ensemble, he’s described as a “daredevil”, frequently crossing over to electronic music.\n<\/ol><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Late, but it’s been done: I finally managed to listen to all the songs (all of em) of this year’s SXSW torrents (previously). More than last year’s effort (see here), I had the feeling this was very painful. While I’m … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[553,509],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}