Wu Tang Clan
Apart from Ghostface, this was a bench squad version of the Clan. Can you call them the Wu Tang if only five of the original nine members show up? Read a full review and see a slideshow here.
… And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Didn’t these guys used to be an exciting guitar band? Down to only two original members, they seemed like a shadow of their former selves.
Shawn Scallen
Roky Erickson and the Meat Puppets
This brief onstage collaboration consisted of two of the most haggard-looking dudes at SXSW. Loose, sloppy and obviously out of practice.
Nite Jewel
It’s nice that she’s working with Dam-Funk and has a pro backing band now, but too bad she bored everyone but the super-fans pressed up against the stage.
Zach Slootsky
Ringo Deathstarr
The shoegaze revival act infuse some healthy garage rock energy into their recordings but just couldn’t pull it off live.
Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver)
Vernon played a flurry of shows with his side project, Gayngs, and college band DeYarmond Edison and sang hooks for Kanye West. But they were all dull.
Bosco Delrey
We see why Mad Decent signed this dubbed-out rockabilly weirdo, but the stage show still needs some work.
Shawn Scallen
Lil B
Okay, I did the cooking dance – Lil B’s signature move – for most of the show, but the left-field Berkeley rapper failed to captivate the audience. Read a longer review and photo gallery here.
