Maybe it’s just my blues-attuned ear, but more and more I’m hearing a blues revival buried in the depths of new music everywhere. Seems like I can’t go to an open mike these days without some skinny dude playing slide guitar and harmonica. Then I see this Pop Matters review from SXSW, which leads off with a what’s called a “blues-punk” band, Fatal Flying Guillotines (I would actually compare them to the Stooges, but what do I know?). It’s worth clicking over just to hear the raucous noise of this band, which admittedly has blues genes, but somewhere it cross-bred with glue-sniffing mutants. There are also reviews of a some other shows, including old Austin standby Joe Ely.
PopMatters | PopMatters @ SXSW 2008 | Music Days 1 & 2: Rabid Blues-Punk, Americana, and a Whole Lot of Crooning