Sound of Marching Feet ::edit::

Dan, circa 1990

My amazing, wonderful, uber-talented brother FINALLY updated his blog! Check it out.

Sound of Marching Feet

::edited due to brotherly criticism::

:)

Lizzie Heads to SxSW

Austin Summer Afternoon, created by Stuck in Customs via Flickr

It's official: Lizzie is headed to Austin for SxSW!

After a lot of, "I can't, it's too much money, too much time off, too much I would have to do before hand, so impossible..." (basic, pure whining on my part), it finally kicked in a few days ago that I LOVE SxSW, haven't been to the event in over 3 years, and that I'm in desperate need of some warm weather, amazing music ALL day long (for 4 days straight), and some uber company that I normally only get to see but 2 times a year (I'm originally from Austin, TX, so I have many people down there that I miss on a regular basis). And so, I shuffled around my work schedule, found a $250 roundtrip ticket to Dallas, and arranged for some rides from some AMAZING friends (and brother) all to get me to Austin on the 14th!!

Keep your eyes peeled! If I'm not too giddy from the day (and night's) events, I will consistently be updating this thing with lovely SxSW action.

RAWK!

What's Lizzie Linking To

Photo by Elizabeth Fraser Photography, credited to The Tyranny of Ducks.

** Prince is releasing his newest song through Target. What?! (BrooklynVegan)
* After the lovely show at Sound Fix on Saturday, it may not close after all! (Gothamist)
* Loved Garfield comics as a child? You might find these a bit more disturbing (Garfield Minus Garfield)
* Bushwick has an arsenal of abandoned TVs on its streets! (BushwickBK)
* DUMBO now has a Recycle-A-Bicycle store.
* Love and Style: Christine Norrie on Romance and NYC (NYC Graphic)

Video Monday: Thunderstorms w/ Holly Throsby

Holly Throsby: A Shoot The Player Film from shoottheplayer.com on Vimeo.

Very cool with the approaching storm in the background.

Marissa Nadler @ Sound Fix (Brooklyn, NY)

Marissa Nadler @ InStore space in Sound Fix. Picture by Elizabeth Fraser Photography, credited to The Tyranny of Ducks.

I'm not quite sure what I was expecting when I went to go see Marissa Nadler play the final In-Store show at Sound Fix last night, but I was definitely surprised with what I got. First of all, since this was a kind of "end of the era" show for the once thriving record store, I expected the house to be packed. Add Marissa Nadler, and I expected there to be a decent line out the door. Add the fact that the show was FREE, and I thought there was no chance in hell we'd get in. Well, not ONE of my premenitions came true, because when my friends and I showed up "late" (about only 5 minutes early for the show), we simply and easily walked back into the performance space, and staked out a decent spot 6 heads into the crowd. True, we could have gotten a nice seated spot if we had come earlier, but we were in no way complaining. There were perhaps 5 dozen people in the space by the time Marissa Nadler took the stage, and not many more showed up after that.

For Marissa's performance, I have this to say: grim's fairytale. Standing and listening to Marissa Nadler playing live for 50 minutes made me feel like I was slipping slowly and deeply into a twisted fairytale, that wished to lure me in with comfort, but would eventually snag my heart if I let myself go too far down. Her voice was beautiful (though wavered a few times) and the simplicity of a duo of guitars really let the etherealness wash over the beautiful InStore space and everyone who had come out to see her. My only complaint is I think 50 minutes of her type of music is perhaps a little too much (for me, at least). My friend who had never even heard Marissa Nadler's music before last night, said," You know, one up beat song occassionally wouldn't hurt her" and I had to agree. It's very enticing to be trapped in Marissa's grim fairytale (just let it take you down, lose yourself in the twisted tales) but if you shake off that feeling, and simply sit with the music for awhile, it can become a bit too much. Marissa closed with a lovely, lovely banjo melody, which I adored and pulled me back in to nicely close things off, but in the end, it was a little too late to make me love the whole set. Odd, no one asked for more from her when she was over. We clapped and a few whistled, but I sensed a collective feeling of, "That's enough!"

Overall, it was a decent show and I enjoyed it. I can't believe this space is closing down (and how small the crowd was last night). It's a sad, sad thing, especially with such a unique space and all of those lovely LPs hanging around the store. After the show (and a PBR or two), my friends and I shuffled through the CDs and LPs, and I felt like I was back in high school and Waterloo in Austin, looking for my next, new inspiration of great music. I should go to record store more often.

Quack.

What's Lizzie Seeing: Saturday (Feb 28th)

There's a bunch of amazing music going on tonight, but here are my top picks:

**Marissa Nadler : Instore @ Sound Fix
Only Marissa could make me miss a Motel Motel show. I'll be there with bells on!
* Phosphorescent CD Release w/ MOTEL MOTEL and Mike Bones @ The Bell House
* The Depreciation Guild @ the Mercury Lounge

Enjoy the last day of February!

Yeasayer (Take-Away Show)

La Blogotheque has once again made me a very happy music lover :) I'd say one of the top 3 or 4 Take-Away Show ever!


Take Away Show #87 _ Yeasayer (full version) from temporary areas on Vimeo.

Want more info on Yeasayer?

* Brooklyn Vegan review of their show @ MHoW on Feb 14th (w/ many pictures) [the most recent show they have played].
* Myspace
* Website