10 SXSW Artist pop quiz interviews and Showcases

Last Monday I kicked off a series of special daily SXSW pop quizzes.   There were no less than 10 posted between last week and yesterday.  Here’s the complete list of our REAL popolio SXSW 2011 Artists including their genres, links to each of their pop quizzes, and a listing of their official SXSW Showcases in date and time order. 

Make it fun, follow these shows like a road map and see if you can make it from one to the next.  The majority are tonight and on Saturday at 11:00 PM you’ll have to choose between BRAIDS and the Jezabels.  Tough choice!  Enjoy SXSW, y’all!!!

Jazz One
Genre:  DJ/Spoken Word Artist/Actor
pop quiz
21+ show at Speakeasy Kabaret (412 Congress Avenue) TONIGHT, March 17, 2011, starting at 8:45 PM

The Niceguys
Genre: Hip-Hop
pop quiz
21+ show at the Scoot Inn (1308 E. 4th Street) TONIGHT, March 17, 2011, starting at 8:50 PM

She’s a Tease
Genre:  Rock
pop quiz
21+ show at Flamingo Cantina (515 E. 6th Street) TONIGHT, March 17, 2011, starting at 9:00 PM

Roach Gigz
Genre:  Rap
pop quiz
21+ shows at the Scoot Inn (1308 E. 4th Street) TONIGHT, March 17, 2011, and Nuvola (105 E. 5th Street) TOMORROW, March 18, 2011, both starting at 9:50 PM

Unicorn Kid
Genre: Pop/8bit
pop quiz
21+ show at the Phoenix (409 Colorado Street) TONIGHT, March 17, 2011, starting at 10:00 PM

Quiet Company
Genre:  Indie Rock/Power Pop
pop quiz
21+ show at the Marq (422 N. Congress Avenue) next TONIGHT, March 17, 2011, starting at 11:00 PM

Tapes ‘n Tapes
Genre:  Rock ‘n Roll
pop quiz
Show at the Rusty Spurs (405 E. 7th Street) Friday, March 18, 2011, at 11:00 PM and an ALL AGES show Radio Day Stage Austin Convention Center (500 E. Cesar Chavez Street) next Saturday, March 19, 2011, at 2:00 PM

BRAIDS*
Genre:  Experimental Pop
pop quiz
21+ show at Club de Ville (900 Red River Street) Saturday, March 19, 2011, both starting at 11:00 PM.
*played 21+ show at the Beauty Bar/Palm Door (401 Sabine Street) yesterday, March 16, 2011, at 11:00 PM

The Jezabels
Genre:  Pop? Indie?
pop quiz
21+ show at the Maggie Mae’s Rooftop (323 E. 6th Street) Saturday, March 19, 2011, starting at 11:00 PM

Peelander-Z
Genre: Japanese Action Comic Punk
pop quiz
18+ show at Headhunters (720 Red River Street) Saturday, March 19, 2011, starting at 1:05 AM

Jazz One pop quiz interview – SXSW Artist

Local DJ and poet, Jazz One, creates old school/now school fusion of always danceable party beats.

Jazz One play a 21+ show at Speakeasy Kabaret (412 Congress Avenue) next Thursday, March 17, 2011, starting at 8:45 PM.

March 11, 2011

Name:   Jazz One               
Genre:  DJ/Spoken Word Poet/Actor
Forthcoming Release: MEGA (Self-Released)
Release Date:  March 12, 2011

This, That, or the Other
1. Underground OR Mainstream? Underground
2. Maintain Artistic Integrity and Vision OR Make a lot of Money? (OR Both)??? Both. Eventually the cream does rise to the top. If not, you can still look at yourself in the mirror.
3. Studio OR Stage? Stage
4. Spirituality OR Hedonism? Spirituality
5. Make Love, Have Sex, OR %$*!? It depends on how I’m feeling, the chick and the moment.

Fill in the Blank
6. Music is my soul food.
7. I’m musically inspired by Z-Trip, DJ Mel, DJ Orion, Saul Williams, Rakim.
8. If I could have made any music video it would have been “Big Pimpin’” by UGK and Jay-Z.                                               
9. If I was a super hero I’d be Kick-Ass.                                                       
10. Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll should change to Bank, Stank, and  Dank & Drank.    

Short Answer
11. I make music because:  Music makes the good times great and it makes the bad times bearable…
12. I want my fans to: 
–Download my iPhone/Android app.
–Download my stuff from iTunes.
–Come out to my SXSW Showcase.
–Lose yourself in the music for a little while.
13.  If I could only share one thing about myself it would be:  I’m like a Weeble.  I may wobble, but I don’t fall down.
14. Wild Card!  Download my new mixtape, MEGA, at www.djjazz1.com.
15. I want my musical legacy to be:  My pops worked construction most of his life.  I lost him a few years ago.  His legacy of quality work will last long past his life.  I want my legacy to be quality work, like my pops.  

The video Jazz One wishes he would have made!

Listen to “Bring the Ghostbusting Noise” a mashup of “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker, Jr., and Public Enemy’s “Bring the Noise” Jazz One did on the turntables one day.  Click on the pic to go to his official site.

 

Show pic-olio: 1/25/11 Questlove@Reyn Theatre – EP

photos by Deanna Fierro of El Paso Showlist

Read THE REAL popolio review of the Questlove show here.

Show Review: 1/25/11 Questlove@Reyn Theatre – EP

written by Deanna Fierro with photos by El Paso Showlist

See THE REAL popolio Questlove show pic-olio here.

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Concentrating.

On Tuesday, January 25, 2011, Questlove aka Ahmir Thompson graced the city of El Paso, TX for the second time with his DJ skills at the Reyn Theatre in the downtown area. 

Upon first arriving to the theater one would assume there was going to be a low turnout, but fans quickly filled the venue five minutes before Questlove hit the stage.  His fans were strong and represented well in El Paso.  During this performance he gave the audience three amazing hours of spinning and remixing with the help of his hype man, Nah Mean.  The beats were all smooth and steady.  Every transition and every mix got the crowd going and dancing non-stop.

From the start, Nah Mean, made it loud and clear to the crowd that he wanted to see bodies moving and couldn’t have expressed it better when he repeated twice, “This is a party, this is not a spectator sport.”   The audience totally let loose after that, singing along and some even breakdanced to the beats of Questlove.

The Late Night Social Club (LNSC) set up the event and entry price was set at twenty dollars per ticket.  Even at that price the performance and entertainment that Questlove gave that night was worth so much more.  I’m sure the fans and I would have been glad to pay more after what we were treated to that night.

Although most of the fans that night were familiar with Questlove as the cofounder and drummer of the Roots, he decided to show them that as a DJ he could shine just as much.  You can check out Questlove’s drumming skills on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where the Roots are currently the resident show band.  Whether he’s drumming or DJing, it doesn’t really matter how you get to hear it; nothing beats seeing the man perform in person. ♫♫

He's the Hype Man, I'm the DJ.

Check out this YouTube video of Questlove on the ones and two with his hype man, Nah Mean, doing their thing at the Reyn Theatre in El Paso.