Comments on: SXSW :: The Whigs (Thursday)

By: tom

tom — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:41:01 +0000

My contest submission for the Dean & Britta Back Numbers contest, being my favorite Luna song would be Bewitched because of its Hypnotic, atmospheric moodiess, which reminds me of the time I saw the band live as a first date with a girl I was trying to impress — and it worked. Besides I think Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison is on it and that makes all the more significant.

By: j. neas

j. neas — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:32:17 +0000

And for more great Whigs-ness, you can listen to my interview with them from right before South by Southwest. Click here for the post with the podcast link. You can click on the podcast link to stream it. The interview starts about halfway through this 3-hour show. They laid down a ferocious show in Chapel Hill two nights later, so they are the real deal.

By: Thepunkguy » UPDATE AT SXSW Wrap (by everyone else)

Thepunkguy » UPDATE AT SXSW Wrap (by everyone else) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:49:20 +0000

[...] E. Aquarium Drunkard is happy to be back in LA but loved SXSW HERE. And more updates HERE. [...]

By: Satisfied '75

Satisfied '75 — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:51:36 +0000

Yes! Las Maitas it was! Delish.

Pic is of The Whigs Parker Gispert.

By: paul

paul — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:05:14 +0000

This is probably a dumb question: who’s the picture?

By: James

James — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:04:02 +0000

I believe you are referring to Las Manitas, the soon-to-be closed restaurant on Congress. All in the name of progress…