SXSW Friday: The ladies rule: Elle King, Natalie Prass, Charlotte OC & more

SXSW Friday: The ladies rule: Elle King, Natalie Prass, Charlotte OC & more
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
March 22, 2015

All week I knew that Friday promised to be the busiest day for me music-wise from beginning to end. From noon to 1:30 AM, I hit five different venues and got to see a dozen different acts, almost all of which I hadn’t gotten a chance to see the previous two days.

My day started at Mohawk for House of Vans. I caught the tail-end of British synth-pop act JUCE. They had great energy and I liked their sound. Lead vocalist Chalin was able to get the crowd really into it, which is a lot to ask at noon after most people have partied the previous three days and were hungover. “Austin, you just got JUCED!” she shouted at the end of her set to great applause.

Viet Cong gift fans with grab bag, garage rock at Echoplex

Viet Cong gift fans with grab bag, garage rock at Echoplex
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
March 9, 2015


You can mark the Canadian rockers Viet Cong down for doing something at a show I had previously never seen before.

This past Friday at the Echoplex, lead vocalist and bassist Matt Flegel hit the stage with what looked to be a black pillow case. “I’m just gonna start pulling things out of the bag and hand them to you guys in the crowd.”

Of the things in the bag, a couple tall cans of PBR, some bottles of water, a banana, an orange, and even some Red Vines were passed out to an anxious crowd that waited until 11:30 p.m. to see the LA debut of these guys.

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