Earlier today we posted info about Idlewild performing at SXSW. They are one of the big 3 to be releasing albums just in time for SXSW. The other two are Coldplay and the Doves. Billboard.com reports “Doves will take a brief break from their U.K. tour in March to play a show as part of the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas.” 2 down, Coldplay to go.
Whoa there, Paco. Big 3?!?! What the fuck!?!? I mean, yeah, the Coldplay record’s gonna be huge. But Idlewild and the Doves? Sorry, just another couple mid-level Brit acts that won’t make a ripple over here. And if you think Coldplay’s gonna play SXSW, then you don’t realize how freakin’ massive they are. They’re headlining Coachella.
Sir Chunk-a-lot, in my world, Idlewild, Coldplay and Doves ARE the big 3 releases in March. As far as not making a ripple, well sir, get back to me later this summer and let’s see about that. While I do highly doubt Coldplay would play at SXSW, one can dream, right? I do realize how freakin’ massive they are … I stood shoulder to shoulder with 3000 other Coldplay fans 2 years ago when they played a show in Columbus.
Doves sold 109,000 copies of there last album in the U.S., Coldplay sold 3.5 million. I don’t think Coldplay will be playing SXSW :-) And even if they did we wouldn’t be able to get in! It’s gonna be hard enough to get into Doves and Idlewild shows.
Torr, have you been to SXSW before? Last year was my first time but I didn’t have a hard time getting into shows (and I had a wristband). Of course, I didn’t try to go see TV on the Radio, Franz Ferdinand, etc. I’d have to guess that Doves will play Stubb’s which holds a LOT of people. Don’t know where Idlewild will end up but I’d bet that they’ll do at least one in-store or afternoon performance (at least I hope they do).
Dove are cool, I suppose, but man Idlewild’s a dull live act. I wouldn’t worry about getting in to see them. They won’t be too big of a draw.
I’ve been to SXSW the last 4 years in a row. The Thrills and Franz Ferdinand were impossible to get into unless you waited in line for hours (and thus missed other bands.)
I burned, as I recess, their grotesqueness and line-drying size, but in a moment decided that they were merely the imaginary texas holdem books of some dark-haired fishing or pre-revolutionary tribe, some tribe whose last descendant had perished eras before the first ancestor of the Piltdown or add-on Man was born.