Pomp Goes SXSW

We so wish we could party at SXSW, but we're sending surrogates! Check out Friendly Fire Showcase (featuring our Survival Issue with cover star Andrew WK) and their great events throughout the week. Don't drink less than we would--which is a lot.



Friday 3/19 - FRIENDLY FIRE & FRIENDS SXSW SHOWCASE
at Lambert's (402 West 2nd Street @ Guadalupe - less than a five minute walk from 6th St!)
free giveaways of Pomp & Circumstance magazine!

1am - SLOW CLUB (Moshi Moshi)
12am - OH NO ONO
11pm - A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW (Mis Ojos Discos)
10pm - ELK CITY
9pm - THE WHITSUNDAYS
8pm - TAPE DECK MOUNTAIN (Lefse)

Oh No Ono, Elk City, and the Whitsundays have some other shows throughout the course of the week to which you are all invited as well:

WEDNESDAY 3/17:
2:55pm - Oh No Ono @ Terrorbird day party, Red 7 (611 East 7th St.)

THURSDAY 3/18:
3:30pm - Oh No Ono @ Billions day party, Mohawk (912 Red River St.)
6pm - Oh No Ono @ Homeslice Pizza "Music by the Slice" party (1415 South Congress)

FRIDAY 3/19:
12:15pm - The Whitsundays @ Everlasting Records party, Design Within Reach (200 West 2nd St.)
2pm - Oh No Ono @ Mess With Texas, Waterloo Park (403 East 15th St.)
5pm - Oh No Ono @ Danish day party, The Music Gym (815 East 6th St.)

SATURDAY 3/20:
4pm - Elk City @ Redhouse Pizza "Music for Listeners" party (1917 Manor Rd.)
5pm - Oh No Ono @ Filter/Dickes day party, Lustre Pearl (97 Rainey St.)

Hesta Prynn Timewarp

It was a major time warp Saturday night at Webster Hall. Girls decked out in spandex, lace, and puffy dresses stumbled around in droves from the Awesome 80s Prom being held on the main floor, while downstairs in the Studio, music fans were treated to a free set by Hesta Prynn that sounded, well, 80s. I found myself uncontrollably wishing my girlfriend had crimped her hair before she met me at the show. Oh well.

Prynn, a member of white girl rap trio Northern State, is less about the rhymes these days and more about distorted bass lines, dance-y guitar riffs, and driving rhythms. This isn’t music that you can exactly sink your teeth (or your brain) into, but songs like “Coming Up” and first single, “Can We Go Wrong” showcased Prynn and her merry band of hipsters ability to turn out effective and ultimately enjoyable Franz Ferdinand-esque dance pop, while “Seven Sisters” saw her successfully slipping back into her old rhyming ways. The set was short, weirdly so it seemed, but as a result the energy remained at full tilt and the hardcore fans were left pleading for more.

Prynn is not much of a singer, nor does she really seem to care. Her mission is to make people dance and judging by the ubiquitous smile embedded on her face and the reaction of the large crowd (free or not, it’s hard get people out these days), mission accomplished. Either that or one of those prom kids spiked the punch bowl. Prynn is taking her act to Austin for a series of SXSW shows and if she struts and shouts the way she did Saturday night, she stands to be very successful there.

-Charlie Duerr