POP SAVANT 2009 SXSW AWARDS

Pop Savant's 2009 SXSW Awards Best Band From The Eighties To Play A 300 Person Gay Bar Till 2 AM: Echo & The Bunnymen: Who rocked the joint like a Liverpool Club circa 1980. Best Band To Open For A Band Of Legends Playing A 300 Person Gay Bar and Realize That 99% Of The Audience Was Not There To See Them: The High Dials From Montreal, Canada Who were gracious in recognizing the polite crowd was there to see Ian McCollough & Crew. Best Band That Has Listened To Their Clash Records: Glasvegas: Not only showing the Joe Strummer poses but wearing a Clash T-Shirt as well. Best Band To Play A Great 10 Minute 4 Song Set: Vivian Girls: who played a short but sweet quicky at the sweaty Peacock Club Best Singer Songwriter With A Road Manager Who Should Be Dropped Of A Moving Tour Bus: M Ward -Hey Mr. Asshole Tour Manager we want the tape back and don't be surprised if one day an anvil falls on you head and crushes your ass like a cartoon animal. Worst Pogues Cover By A Band With A Singer With LImited Range And Talent: The Decemberists: whose lead singer Colin Meloy butchered the Pogues "Sick Bed of Cuchulainn" Best Video and Rockingness By a Band Of Men Pushing 60: Devo: Who rocked as hard as any band this week and brought a video presentation that is unsurpassed by any other band. Best Band Name By A Band That Likes To Shout and have Their Only Genre Called "Fightpop" : "Dananananaykroyd" You will be hearing from this band in the near future. www.myspace.com/dananananaykroyd Best Husband And Wife Band That Likes To Shout & Swear And Bring The Riot: Matt & Kim: Luna Never Sounded Like This! Best Band That Doesn't Phone It In After 20 Years: Primal Scream: who played the small 250 person Cedar Street Courtyard and rocked like it was 1989. Best Band That I Saw Twice And Has A Great New Album Coming March 30th.: Gomez: Sure, I'll shill for my boys...thanks for the great shows. Best Artist That Has Continued To Give us Great Music For Two Decades: PJ Harvey: She played songs mostly from her new album and they all sounded great. She's still a stunning figure to watch and listen to. Best Band With Track Suits: Datarock: Who have the coolest track suites since Goildie Lookin' Chain - Hey if you want to send me one, I'm an XL...you know how to reach me. Best Band To Not Be Deterred By A Room That Was 100 Degrees: Wavves: Who rocked hard when others would have cut their set short. Band With One Great Song And A Few Others That Are Meh on a Made For TV Concert: Airborne Toxic Event: Did you see me on Direct TV paying more attention to my cell phonen then the band? They sounded ok but I just wasn't blown away. Best Band To See Past 2 AM When You can Barely Stand After Four Days of Standing Walking Biking & Dancing: The WACO BROTHERS: Who Said Elvis And Johnny Cash have left the building & with a fill in drummer because their drummer managed to miss the show and was M.I.A.