• 40 Watt: Dark Meat, Monotonix, Quiet Hooves.
• Caledonia: Nate Nelson & Cortright.
• Flicker: Annabella, Captain #1, Christopher Without His Liver, Kristi Rae.
• Georgia Theatre: Cosmic Charlie.
• Kingpins: Jay Gonzalez.
• Little Kings: One L.
• Mercury Lounge: Marc Harris.
• No Where Bar: Three Foot Swagger.
• Rye Bar: Mama Said, DJ Ryan Burrus.
• Tasty World (downstairs): Guff, Jonny On the Rocks, The Scissors, Vengeance, The Wrist Bandits.
• Tasty World (upstairs): Asher & Quick, The Atticus Hicks Band, B-Side Revolution, Jimmy Connelly, Joker, Lullwater, Soup.
• Wild Wing Cafe: 29.

• Alibi: Napoleon One Man Band.
• Caledonia: Part Bear, Ponderosa, Rockinwood.
• Flicker: Lake City, Venice Is Sinking.
• Little Kings: Debate.
• Melting Point: Geoff Achison and the Souldiggers.
• Rye Bar: Alec Wooden.
• Tasty World (downstairs): Commander Chameleon, Dead Men Dreaming.
• Tasty World (upstairs): Gypsies Killing Unicorns.
• Washington Street Tavern: Uncle Daddy & the Time Machine Revival.
• Wild Wing Cafe: Kenny Acoustic.
• WOW Cafe and Wingery: Nathan Shepard.

• Caledonia: SSummerbirds in the Cellar, Sleepy Horses, Gift Horse.
• Little Kings: Jumpin’ Jesus Christers.
• Melting Point: Lonesome Traveler Bluegrass Band.
• No Where Bar: Avery Dylan Project.
• Tasty World: Late Night Picture Show, The Vulpines, Batata Doce.

The Baton Rouge Advocate has an interview with Andrew Rieger of Elf Power, who stopped through town on their way home from SXSW.

The Whigs get a brief mention in the Winnipeg Sun on their SXSW show.

• 40 Watt: Ra Ra Riot, The Cribs, Jeffrey Lewis & the Jitters.
• Flicker: Tin Cup Prophette.
• Georgia Theatre: The Dictatortots, The Disregardables, Kite to the Moon, The Vinyl Strangers.
• Go Bar: American Cheeseburger, Brutal Knights.
• Tasty World: 5:30 - Great Society, Matias, Parachute Musical.
• Tasty World (upstairs): Betsy Franck & the Bareknuckle Band, Teenage Prayers.

Here are a couple of videos of R.E.M. performing Wednesday night at Stubb’s BBQ at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas.

I’m Gonna DJ/Man on the Moon:

Second Guessing:

Here’s a video of Dead Confederate opening for R.E.M. at Stubb’s BBQ:

Well, between spring break and everyone being in Austin for SXSW, this is one of the slimmest musical lineups I’ve seen in a long time, so no podcast today.

Friday:
• Alibi: Eli Carlan Band.
• Allen’s: Stereogun.
• Caledonia: Colossus, Subrig Destroyer.
• Flicker: Gemini Cricket, Oh Fortuna.
• Little Kings: Tony Tidwell, Timber.
• Mercury Lounge: The Chinese Buffet.
• Rye Bar: Betsy Franck & the Bareknuckle Band.
• Tasty World: The Help, Levi Lowery & the Community House Band, Wes Floyd & the Daisy Cutters.

Saturday:
• Allen’s: Kyshona Armstrong.
• Foxz: The Unforgiven.
• Georgia Theatre: Holman Autry Band.
• Little Kings: Breathlanes, Danny Cottar, John Miley & Dana Downs.
• Melting Point: Short Road Home.
• Rye Bar: Damian Churchwell.
• Tasty World: Arthur W. Waters & His Orchestra, Blues Affliction, Coleman Fox Band, Sol Junky.
• Wild Wing Cafe: Charles Ashley Moore.

R.E.M. performed last night/this morning at Stubb’s BBQ at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, and from all accounts, it was a rocking show that featured 10 songs off their new album, “Accelerate,” which comes out April 1.

And since we weren’t there, you can listen to the show on NPR (along with sets from Athens bands Dead Confederate and Summerbirds in the Cellar), and check out a photo gallery.

Here’s the setlist:

Living Well is the Best Revenge
Man Sized Wreath
Second Guessing
Drive
Hollow Man
Animal
Auctioneer
Mr. Richards
Fall On Me
Great Beyond
Houston
Electrolite
Accelerate
Until the Day is Done
Final Straw
Bad Day
Horse to Water
Walk Unafraid
Supernatural Superserious
Imitation of Life
I’m Gonna DJ
Man on the Moon

The band will be embarking on a European and North American tour in about a month. Stay tuned for more news.

• Caledonia: Birds and Wire, Daniel Clay.
• Farm 255: Angela Easterling.
• Flicker: Bros. Marler, Mike and Jon Guthrie.
• Kingpins: Jay Gonzalez.
• Little Kings: Mars Arizona, Ken Will Morton.
• Melting Point: Permagrin.
• Rye Bar: Completely Unoriginal, The Jerry Hendelberg Experience.
• Tasty World: Brian Connell, Kaitlin Jones, Rob Veal, The Zou.