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Friday, February 20, 2009
Meet the SXSW band: Monte Negro
Guitarist Jason Li Shing of Monte Negro, a band that has played SXSW before and also is party of the BMI showcase, answers our questions.
What do you hope to accomplish?
The sheer pleasure of playing is already an accomplishment for us.
What music can you not leave town without?
DJ Diplo and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Last song downloaded?
Last album bought was Santogold, it’s really great.
Do you have a favorite hangover cure?
Sleep
What’s your favorite piece of clothing?
A blazer
If you’ve been to Austin before, what’s your favorite memory?
Our first visit to the Whole Foods Headquarters.
It’s late, you’re hungry and time is short: what’s your go-to fast food franchise and what do you order?
In-N-Out Double Double and for us veggies pizza.
What’s the best thing you learned in school?
I learn more things on my own.
Does your band have a pre-show ritual? Any superstitions?
A spiritual hug.
What’s your favorite restaurant back home?
M Grill Churrascaria
What was the concert or album that made you want to play music yourself?
Emmanuel — a Mexican romantico artist who melted every chica’s heart and he wrote some really catchy ballads.
Also U2, that’s the band that made me give up my career as a doctor to become a musician and throw it all away.
What TV shows are you recording back home while you’re in Austin?
Ain’t got no television.
Do you have a favorite celebrity chef?
Jose Andres
A celebrity crush you’re willing to reveal?
My girlfriend agrees with this - Natalie Portman, es bella.
What should SXSW audiences know about your music?
Raw rock ‘n’ roll with a splash of eclecticism.
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Meet the SXSW band: Jedd Hughes
Jedd Hughes out of Nashville was at SXSW about five years ago. He’s part of the Rock Camp/BMI show March 18.
What do you hope to accomplish?
I hope to get as many people as possible talking about my music.
What music can you not leave town without?
I always leave with a brown paper bag full of records from Waterloo.
Last song downloaded?
Brett Dennen, “Ain’t No Reason”
Do you have a favorite hangover cure?
Two Berocca (made in Australia) in an ice cold glass of water.
What’s your favorite piece of clothing?
My dark blue leather jacket.
If you’ve been to Austin before, what’s your favorite memory?
Favorite is seeing Daniel Lanois.
It’s late, you’re hungry and time is short: what’s your go-to fast food franchise and what do you order?
Fish tacos at Gueros.
Are you more likely to go to day parties or SXSW panels?
Day parties.
What was the concert or album that made you want to play music yourself?
The Beach Boys Greatest Hits
What TV shows are you recording back home while you’re in Austin?
“Brothers and Sisters” and “Flight of the Conchords.”
A celebrity crush you’re willing to reveal?
Gwyneth Paltrow… She gave Radiohead the best intro at the Grammy’s.
What should SXSW audiences know about your music?
That it’s not born out of some TV show.
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It’s official: Cohen to kick off tour in Austin
The rumor has been confirmed: Leonard Cohen will start the North American leg of his world tour at the Long Center April 2, promoter AEG Live announced today. Tickets go on sale Friday Feb. 27 and can be purchased at the Long Center box office, charge-by-phone at 512-474-LONG or online at www.thelongcenter.org.
The 74-year-old Cohen, who hasn’t toured the U.S. in 15 years, will be joined by Sharon Robinson and the Webb Sisters on background vocals, Austin’s Roscoe Beck on bass, Neil Larsen on keyboards, Bob Metzger on guitar, multi-instrumentalist Javier Mas, Rafael Gayol on drums and Dino Soldo on sax. Gayol is well-known to Austin audiences for his work with Bob Schneider, Joe Ely, Patty Griffin and others.
The tour was announced following a one-off concert at the Beacon Theater in New York City Thursday. Here’s the setlist from that three-hour “warm-up” show:
Dance Me To The End of Love
The Future
Aint No Cure For Love
Bird on the Wire
Everybody Knows
In My Secret Life
Who By Fire
Chelsea Hotel
Hey That’s No Way/Sisters of Mercy
Anthem
Tower Song
Suzanne
The Gypsy’s Wife
The Partisan
Boogie Street
Hallelujah
I’m Your Man
Poem
Take This Waltz
So Long Marianne
First We Take Manhattan
Famous Blue Raincoat
If It Be Your Will
Democracy
I Tried To Leave You
Whither Thou Goest
