During a day that saw no less than Dolly Parton make her SXSW debut, the hottest ticket was arguably for Wet Leg, the Isle of Wight duo whose charmingly post-punk songs have made their upcoming album one of the most anticipated of the year. The line to see the band at Mohawk stretched all the way down Red River, but to those who made it past the door, the euphoric gig was worth the wait.
Day 4 also saw rare performances by Zambian group Witch, an unconventional heavy-metal panel, and our first (and hopefully only) Alex Jones-adjacent sighting of SXSW. Here’s what we witnessed in Austin:
Season of the Witch
Despite a wonderful, surprising revival in the past decade, Witch are not exactly a regular presence in the U.S. The Zambian rock pioneers are currently on only their second American tour, ever, in their nearly five-decade history. So Witch’s rather large footprint at SXSW has…
