SXSW Interview(s)

[redgumball]

http://www.spin.com/gallery/see-inside-spin%E2%80%99s-private-sxsw-party?page=10#main

Ta-da!
Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell introduced Echo and the Bunnymen by calling them a huge influence on Jane's sound.



http://www.spin.com/gallery/see-inside-spin%E2%80%99s-private-sxsw-party?page=11#main

Say Ah...
Despite the blazing sun, Echo's McCulloch sported his characteristic garb -- a jacket and sweatshirt -- throughout the entire set.







Party Time!
Every year we pick the best SXSW acts to play SPIN's party at Stubb’s BBQ. This year’s lineup featured Echo and the Bunnymen, Black Lips, Glasvegas, Passion Pit, Justin Hawkins' new band Hot Leg, and more. Click through to see the best pics from the show -- including this shot of Echo and the Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch singing the band's classic "Lips Like Sugar."

[archivistmgc]

why on earth would they wanna do that?

Just cuz it's funny.

[In The Margins]

http://www.quickdfw.com/sharedcontent/d ... 8ba64.html

Echo & the Bunnymen

Much of the arty nonchalance, the elegant despair and the graceful melancholy at the heart of Echo & the Bunnymen can be credited to lead singer-songwriter Ian McCulloch. Onstage Saturday afternoon at the Bat Bar inside the Austin Convention Center, McCulloch led his four Bunnymen cohorts through an hour's worth of familiar songs during the band's return engagement to South by Southwest.

The SXSW Live taping – large cameras took up valuable space in an already overcrowded room – encapsulated the Bunnymen magic. McCulloch, dressed in black with sunglasses, epitomized the new romantic British movement from which the band emerged.

Angst, psychedelia, new wave and anthem rock played into cheered-on staples "Seven Seas," "Bring On the Dancing Horses," "Nothing Lasts Forever," "The Killing Moon" and, of course, "Lips Like Sugar." McCulloch, an expert at brooding resignation, can now be definitely seen as one of the architects of the sound that would influence Coldplay, the Killers and Radiohead.

[fat cherry]

epitomized the new romantic British movement from which the band emerged.

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[Kounelaki]

????

You beat me to it.

[In The Margins]

http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/2009 ... tml?csp=34

4. Echo and the Bunnymen. I had to have at least one flashback freakout last week, and it came during Echo's set, which ended with Killing Moon, The Cutter and Lips Like Sugar -- all in a row! (They also did Bring on the Dancing Horses, one of my faves.) Singer Ian McCulloch graced the outdoor stage in a peacoat, even though it had to have been at least 82 degrees. They sounded perfect. Sigh.

[Kounelaki]

http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/2009/03/sxsw-wrapup-my.html?csp=34

4. Echo and the Bunnymen. I had to have at least one flashback freakout last week, and it came during Echo's set, which ended with Killing Moon, The Cutter and Lips Like Sugar -- all in a row! (They also did Bring on the Dancing Horses, one of my faves.) Singer Ian McCulloch graced the outdoor stage in a peacoat, even though it had to have been at least 82 degrees. They sounded perfect. Sigh.

OMG! OMG! OMG!

[archivistmgc]

Rusty Spurs for those who don't check the official forum (or are banned ).

[tonywojo]

never heard them called the echo and the bunnymen before

that dippy interview chick