GIMME TINNITUS

Mining 2009.sxsw.com, Vol. 10

In the spirit of the Sound Check Smackdown, today we have a grudge match in mp3 form. Today’s Question: Who is the best “girls”-named band playing at SXSW this year? Is it U.S. Girls or Girls or Vivian Girls or The Girls (not to be confused with Girls) or Parenthetical Girls?

Enjoy.

Downloadables:
A Day At The Races (sxsw mp3) by U.S. Girls
vs.
Lust For Life (sxsw mp3) by Girls
vs.
I Believe In Nothing (mp3) by Vivian Girls
vs.
Not I (sxsw mp3) by The Girls
vs.
A Song For Ellie Greenwich (sxsw mp3) by Parenthetical Girls

SXSW Schedules:
U.S. Girls schedule is here.
Girls schedule is here.
Vivian Girls schedule is here.
The Girls schedule is here.
Parenthetical Girls schedule is here.

Winner: uhh… Vivian Girls, I guess. What do you all think?

Note: there’s even more “girls”-named bands @ Gorilla Vs. Bear… here.

Anyway, have fun at SXSW y’all. Maybe I’ll go next year, provided our civilization doesn’t collapse.

Streamable: Miner + New Day Rising (Live @ Noise Pop 2009) (youtube) by No Age and Bob Mould (of Hüsker Dü fame, duh)



Editor’s Note: New Day Rising starts at 3:08 or so. Also, I’m just gonna put this out into the blogosphere… Bob Mould should do a nostalgia tour performing Zen Arcade with No Age as backup. Somebody make that happen. Thank you.


UPDATE: The No Age and Bob Mould vid is no longer available. So here are a couple different videos…


Streamable: New Day Rising (Live 2008) by Bob Mould



Streamable: Eraser by No Age



Streamable: Pneuma (youtube) by 50FOOTWAVE



Editor’s Note: Don’t forget to download EVERYTHING by 50FOOTWAVE (or is it 50 Foot Wave)… here.


Streamable: Sally is a Girl (youtube) by 50FOOTWAVE



Streamable: Clara Bow by 50FOOTWAVE



Streamable: Ginger Park (Live) by 50FOOTWAVE



Streamable: Bright Yellow Gun by Throwing Muses



Downloadable: Ulcer Soul (dim mak mov) by The Willowz

Streamable: Morning Light (pitchfork.tv) by Girls