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SXSW scene report: Wax Poetics showcase at the Scoot Inn
It’s worth noting that with a $7 cover the crowd that packed the house at the Scoot Inn on Thursday night skewed towards native Austinites. Yes, there were badge-holders peppered through the audience, but it seemed like that a big part of the scene at the Puma/Funk Aid for Africa/Wax Poetics event was local music lovers taking advantage of the visiting talent and the relatively easy parking at the Eastside hideaway.
The party was hot. I missed Brownout’s opening set, which still had the crowd under the outdoor tent buzzing when I showed up, but caught NYC/Philly DJ Rich Medina dropping turntable science that brought truth to the title Wax Poetics. Grimy Styles did its hometown proud playing the kind of laid back, syrupy dub grooves you could lose yourself in for hours. The band then reconfigured into a solid backing outfit for Jamaican spitfire Jovi Rockwell who schooled the audience on Kingston slang then wove a set of love songs and party grooves that kept the crowd moving.
Meanwhile, inside the club San Francisco mixmaster was wrecking shop on the turntables. He blew my mind when his Afro-groove mix warped into a samba beat that became startlingly effective bed music for Paul Simon’s “Late In The Evening” then segued the whole thing into a ridiculously groovy remix of Crystal Waters “Gypsy Woman.”
I left before the party was over, but as I made it through the door it seemed a fresh posse of locals were turning up and getting loose.
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