Because when this decade is just a dream, and people have made peace with the fact that the Nineties truly were just the Seventies inverted (starts with punk, ends with bloat and disco/starts with bloat, ends with punk and disco), they will come to understand that Imp Teen's Slash/London debut Seasick was Nevermind inverted they're the Talking Head's to Nirvana's Sex Pistols. Richey's Bittersweet cemented her talents as one of Nashville's hopes for breaking its reliance on an endless recycling of bad clichés. KIM RICHEY: With two Mercury releases to her credit, Kim Richey is one of the few artists who's been able to not only appease but please people in both the Nashville and the No Depression camps. With Long As I Have You coming out on Virgin's blues imprint, Point Blank, NY-resident Hammond may not live in the Deep South, but he's still able to howl those words, blow that mouth organ, and play blues slide guitar as well as just about any bluesman he ever covered. In the Deep South, they've been working together for almost 100 years now, and for this reason John Hammond continues telling the story of the Delta blues. If the title doesn't clue you in and you don't know her from her All-Night Truckstop or Pulsillama days, just be prepared to smile when you least expect it and remember how her diamond-hard lyrics sparkled long after SXSW '98 passes into history.
JEAN CAFFEINE: When it comes to songwriting, Jean Caffeine can toss back a double shot of wry with the best of 'em, which is exactly what she did on last year's stellar, criminally ignored CD, Knocked Down Seven Times Got Up Eight. And they're playing before all the other showcases. There's your headliner - the royal family of the DIY set. You want headliners? Here, take Sonic Youth, anticipating the May release of A Thousand Leaves for Geffen. What about all those little DIY bands with nary a 7-inch to their name? They're the ones who need attention. SONIC YOUTH: Every SXSW, it's the same thing: "Who are the headliners, who are the headliners? Who are the big names?" Fuck the headliners. There's 24 hours in a day, see what kind of SXSW numbers you can put up.
See the locals, see the International bands, see your favorites. How 'bout them numbers? So, while we know the clock's already ticking, take a few minutes to get the inside scoop on a whole lot of bands you know absolutely nil about. In this week's special SXSW pull-out section, there's nearly twice that many bands covered - as well as all the Spoken Word showcases (p.42). Already, in the last two issues, somewhere in the vicinity of 200 showcasing acts have been covered - through features ("Picks to Click," "The Austin Music Awards"), blurbs ("International Bands," "Picks & Sleepers"), and album reviews. For the real music fan, the process of elimination starts now - with "Picks & Sleepers." Year after year, The Austin Chronicle provides what no other media outlet can provide: advance information on over two-thirds of the festival's showcases. How does the 1998 SXSW schedule look, then? Well, if you can't find 20 or 30 bands worth seeing in that time period, then may we suggest that Ft. In fact, it's safe to say that starting with Wednesday night and continuing through Sunday's showcases, there will be some form of music happening somewhere on Austin turf at any given moment. If you have time for day parties and in-stores, add four days to those five nights. And that's not counting the attendant acts the conference sweeps in every year. South by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands, divided by five nights, divided by you.
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