Crib Notes

Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips

Creative Loafing contributing photographer Perry Julien has a show featuring several of his works, covering music and fashion up at West Egg Cafe. The show is made up of approximately 60 images. The music photography begins with shots from a Led Zeppelin show at Madison Square Garden in 1977 and ends with shots from a Devo show at SXSW in 2009.

The alternative fashion portion of the show features shots that were taken everywhere from the Clermont Hotel right here in Atlanta to the Chelsea Hotel in New York City. A large portion of the fashion photos feature Atlanta-based fashion designer/model Julia Badovinac.

The show opened on Wed., April 27 and will run through Mon., June 29.

See more photos from the show.

West Egg Cafe is located at 1168 Howell Mill Rd. 404-872-3973.

(Photo by Perry Julien)

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The Creative Loafing team survived the brutal drive to and from Austin for this year’s South By Southwest festival, kept alive only by gallons of gas station coffee and truck stop tacos.

While we chased down every free meal and drink ticket we could find, we also managed to see a tiny fraction of the 1,900 bands that played this year. Sure, everyone is talking about it today, but we didn’t see Kanye or Metallica. We’re OK with that. Check out a rundown of our favorite moments from the festival after the jump.

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“Haven’t you talked enough today?” Ian McCulloch, lead singer of Echo and the Bunnymen, asked the audience at Emo’s in Austin last night. He was in a typically dour mood, playing their late-night set clad in a pair of dark sunglasses and a heavy, black pea coat that didn’t make much since in Austin heat.

Despite all the industry schmoozing that seems to happen in the room of every single show at SXSW, Echo played an absolutely killer set to an otherwise rapt, packed crowd last night. FLickr has a ton of photos from the event.

The shows at Emo’s were among the biggest draws last night — a big line formed to see actress Juliette Lewis prance around in a cape with her new band Juliette and the New Romantiques. I wasn’t exactly impressed. The Leafy Green showcase next door at Emo’s Jr. had a great back-to-back line up, with sets from creepy folksters Larkin Grimm, recent Sub-Pop signees Vetiver, and San Francisco newcomers Sleepy Sun.

We missed Atlanta hero Janelle Monae last night, but we’re really happy to see Rolling Stone giving her some much deserved blog love.

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GRIP PLYAZ

He’s one of underground Atlanta’s most recognizable MCs. He’s also a struggling artist.

So in an effort to scrounge up the necessary change to send Grip Plyaz to SXSW where he can showcase his reputable talents this weekend, Lavish Life Social Club and Come Up Kids are throwing him a going-away shindig.

Hosted by Grip. DJs Slugger and DiBiase spin. $5 before 11 p.m. Tonight. Clermont Lounge (the strip club on Ponce, fool!), 789 Ponce de Leon Ave. 404-874-4783.

Here’s a recent Roll Call on Grip Plyaz:

Who are you?
Grip Plyaz. Hardest tool in the toolbox. Lavish Life Social Club representa

Describe yourself in three words.
Slum as hell

Who — dead or alive — would most you like to meet?
Kunta Kinte and Martin Luther King Jr.

Who would you most like to slap in the face?
Hitler

What song do you wish you had written?
“Poppa was a Rolling Stone” by the Temptations

Michael Jackson or George Michael?
Michael Jackson (the black one)

LP, CD or MP3?
MP3

If you could start one trend, what would it be?
Grip-Hop

If you could end one trend, what would it be?
This hipster shit

With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
Yo momma

(Photo by Chilly-O and HannibalMatthews.com)

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Austin Showlist is running one of the more accurate and discerning lists of shows taking place throughout the week at SXSW this year that won’t require SXSW credentials, and probably no admission fee.

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This week, half of the people who work on the Internet, half of the people who write about music in North America, and half of your friends are all going to head to Austin, Tex. for the sweaty, drunken party known as South By Southwest.

A few of us from Creative Loafing are making the drive and plan on watching about 1,000 bands, drinking 1,000 Lone Star beers, and swimming in the Barton Springs Pool. Out of all the bands playing, we’re excited about a few of them more than all the others. Check out more videos of our favorite new bands after the jump.

Sleepy Sun might be the best new rock band from San Francisco. They’re a bunch of young kids on their first cross-country tour, so expect some serious enthusiasm and a potential disaster wherever they go. This live clip is a psychedelic mind-blower.

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AT SXSW: Michael Stipe of R.E.M. (All photos by Perry Julien.)

Music conference vs. music festival.

Badges vs. wristbands vs. free shows.

Official showcases vs. un-official showcases.

Regardless of your opinions, there is something about 1,700 bands getting together for 24 hours of music.

I was able to see and photograph 49 bands over five days. Fucking rock excess.

Below are photos from: REM, Dark Meat, Ocha La Rocha, Elf Power, Dead Confederate, The Whigs, Von Bondies, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Raveonettes, Vampire Weekend, and X.

R.E.M.

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(photo by Chad Radford)

Here’s the lineup for the Rob’s House, Douchemaster, Die Slauterhaus label showcase (label heads pictured) happening Saturday at Austin’s SXSW festival. Check out this week’s CL for Chad Radford’s scoop on the DIY showcase.

Free. 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Sat., March 15. Beerland, 711 Red River St. Austin, Tex. 512-479-7625. www.beerlandtexas.com.

1 p.m. – Slab City (Imperial Valley, CA)

1:45 p.m. — Beat Beat Beat (Atlanta)

2:30 p.m. — Jay Reatard – (Memphis)

3:15 p.m. — Coathangers (Atlanta)

4 p.m. — Baby Shakes (Atlanta)

4:45 p.m. — Wax Museums (Denton)

5:30 p.m. — Gentleman Jesse (Atlanta)

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