10 Acts To Watch At SXSW
March 19, 2009 - Indies
By Michael Ayers, Mariel Concepcion, Cortney Harding and Lara Marsman
Some of the artists who descend on Texas for this year's South By Southwest (SXSW) festival will soon step up to greater success. Here are 10 who will get some attention.
AIDS Wolf
When people apply the label "noise rock" to Montreal band AIDS Wolf, they're not using it as shorthand for "music that sounds a little odd." AIDS Wolf is loud, abrasive and has been compared to the sound of a 10-car pileup. But underneath the layers of deafening feedback and Chloe Lum's howls are surprisingly complicated chord progressions and even hints of melody. Influenced by everyone from Captain Beefheart to French avant-garde artists to the Cramps, AIDS Wolf seems to have little regard for popular music and instead focuses on pushing boundaries. It's not for the faint of heart, but if indie-pop is beginning to grate, AIDS Wolf is a fantastic and cathartic alternative.
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