SXSW 2010 - DEMBYCRATIC EDITION

I just got back from Austin and besides having no blackberry and being analog for 3 days it was INCREDIBLE. Any real music lover MUST make SXSW an annual stop. PERIOD. Every band you ever want to see is out there and honestly my ears are STILL ringing.

Performance highlights that come to mind were The XX, Theophilus London, Marina & The Diamonds, Estelle, VV Brown, Raphael Saadiq, Broken Bells, Yelawolf, Honey Honey & my FAVORITE was a band called Carney. The lead singer Reeve is a lovechild made between Thom Yorke and Jeff Buckley raised by Robert Plant. SERIOUSLY. GET FAMILIAR HERE

Check out a DOPE performance of “Hum Drum Town” by Theophilus London Live @ Malverde:

Theophilus London - Live @ Malverde at SXSW 2010 from Ant Demby on Vimeo.

SHOUTS: Stone & The Couch Sessions, the XL/Beggars Crew, Caroline/CAA, Paul from The BBC, Marciano, Martin & Jackson & The Mayer Hawthorne crew, Thuy-An, Zoe Kravitz, Dan Solo, KJ from T.O., Danielle @ FOX, ATLindsay & The Motion Family Crew, Photos by Tone for the new camera tips, Rob Fields, Watts and TheLovers, J. Aisner, D. Smith and the Team CRUNK for keeping me up WAY past my bedtime…