Artist: SXSW Showcases

Title: SXSW Showcases

Publication: The Austin Chronicle

Date: March 20, 2009

Ref: http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A756228

SXSW Showcases

Friday

SXSW Underage Day Party

Little Steven's Underground Garage/Wicked Cool Records

The Cocktail Slippers

8pm, Red Eyed Fly "Silvio Dante" himself hosts this showcase, which kicks off with Montreal psych-pop quintet the High Dials. S.F.'s Magic Christian features guitarist Cyril Jordan (the Flamin' Groovies), bassist Eddie Munoz (the Skunks, the Plimsouls), and drummer Clem Burke (Blondie) grinding out harmonic power-pop, while Copenhagen's the Breakers mix Faces-era Rod Stewart rasp with a pelvic backbeat. Dublin's the Urges nail the acid-daubed spirit of mid-1960s garage rock on 2008's Psych Ward. All-girl Oslo quartet the Cocktail Slippers balance that out with sugar-pop paeans to love. Then it's time for the Woggles, Georgia-bred purveyors of the hottest garage rock stage show around. L.A. indie quartet the Shys deliver stein-swinging sing-alongs such as "She's Already Gone" from last year's acclaimed You'll Never Understand This Band the Way I Do. We end where the revival began as Rochester, N.Y.'s the Chesterfield Kings preach the fuzz-tone gospel just as they have since 1979. – Greg Beets