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Graham Coxon
I left The Living Blue set early to make sure I could see one of my favorite guitarists, Graham Coxon, play his solo set at the Stubb's AstralWerks showcase. I arrived to find Cure acolytes VHS or Beta finishing up their set. I walked inside to get a beer, and I had my first celebrity spotting of SXSW—the ubiquitous Elijah Wood (aka Frodo).
Coxon's new music is quite punky in a 1977 British way. Coxon had the best guitar rig i saw at SXSW, a twin Marshall set-up. I had a feeling it was going to be loud, and I put in my earplugs (I noticed a lot of people who had this kind of earplug at SXSW). Coxon had tremendous energy, but I didn't find all of his songs to be as well-written as some of the ones he had done for Blur. The band had a glam-rock, cockney look about them. Coxon's guitar sounded great. loud and chunky. I have no idea why he had the second guitarist, a Ron Wood type whose Orange amplifier was very low in the mix for some reason. I wasn't sure whether it was technical problem or because he wasn't that great. When coxon stopped playing, the sound suffered.
He played two of my favorites: the new single "Freakin' Out," and the fuzzy "I Wish" from "The Sky Is Too High."
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Graham Coxon
I left The Living Blue set early to make sure I could see one of my favorite guitarists, Graham Coxon, play his solo set at the Stubb's AstralWerks showcase. I arrived to find Cure acolytes VHS or Beta finishing up their set. I walked inside to get a beer, and I had my first celebrity spotting of SXSW—the ubiquitous Elijah Wood (aka Frodo).
Coxon's new music is quite punky in a 1977 British way. Coxon had the best guitar rig i saw at SXSW, a twin Marshall set-up. I had a feeling it was going to be loud, and I put in my earplugs (I noticed a lot of people who had this kind of earplug at SXSW). Coxon had tremendous energy, but I didn't find all of his songs to be as well-written as some of the ones he had done for Blur. The band had a glam-rock, cockney look about them. Coxon's guitar sounded great. loud and chunky. I have no idea why he had the second guitarist, a Ron Wood type whose Orange amplifier was very low in the mix for some reason. I wasn't sure whether it was technical problem or because he wasn't that great. When coxon stopped playing, the sound suffered.
He played two of my favorites: the new single "Freakin' Out," and the fuzzy "I Wish" from "The Sky Is Too High."
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