March 17, 2007
So after waiting fruitlessly in line for 20 minutes to catch a song or two of the Apples in Stereo's unofficial Saturday set (Dallas' Jon Dufilho is now a member), I zoomed over to 1604 San Antonio St. (near the UT campus, waaay away from the action) for Black Tie Dynasty's 'other' SXSW gig.
After spending 15 minutes finding a sliver of a curbside gap to park in because of a St. Patrick's Day fest a block away, I arrive. The gig is a typical Austin house party show - outdoors behind a dilapidated, small quadriplex, painted that shade of yellow that was popular in 1977. It's not a venue so much as it is a garage rehearsal, and the garage is full of detritus and is uninhabitable by a loud band anyway.
Maybe 40 hep cats are here, though a smattering of SXSW badge holders, including a couple of lads from indie post-metal band These Arms Are Snakes, are mingling. The sound is marginal - this is outdoors, ya know, and they're playing through communal amps ... but the intensity is similar to BTD's club gigs.
But I'm sooo disappointed. Bassist Blake McWhorter didn't tease his hair up at all. That's how casual this gig is.
Posted by Mike Daniel 
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