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Boris
Artist: Boris
Hometown: Tokyo
Venue: SXSW Dew Music Festival at Town Lake, 4:55 p.m. Saturday
Pre-show buzz: Generally acknowledged to be one of the bands one had to see at SXSW, this doomy, majestic power trio played three times during the festival — this was the final one.
High point: Since this sounded like much the same set the band played at the Scion party, there were no big surprises. Guitarist Wata droned the e-bow as singer Takeshi — still sporting that hideous double-neck bass/guitar thing — crunched away. Also, they were projected on a fair-sized JumboTron.
Low point: That more Austinites didn’t take advantage of the opportunity to see this wonderful band.
Post-show buzz: That ruled. Boy, it’s hot out. Does this look like sunburn?
Afterthoughts: On March 17, 2007, in Austin, Texas, it was entirely possible to enjoy a funnel cake and watch one of the coolest metal bands of our epoch for free in park in the center of town. In the immortal words of Ron Burgundy, “in no way is that depressing.”
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