Howdy from SXSW!

Greetings from the streets of Austin, PopWatchers!

Sympathies to anyone who had tix; why not use your raincheck to catch Dierks Bentley on Friday night?

First band of my festival: Young Galaxy, out of Montreal, on Arts& Crafts.

Melodic, shouty groove rock, with keys and tambourine,and a drummer who looked like George Harrison.

I give them a tentativestamp of approval, but would have to hear more than two songs to reallyknow.

But hey, Canadians (and the Arts & Crafts label) get a bigbenefit of the doubt.

In fact, I cant name a group of musical Canucksthat I dont enjoy… can you?

It seems as though they are garage-rocky, though.

I can hear them now… and they are covering Justin TimberlakesCry Me A River!

Well, okay then!

Thats one way to get my attention,and to trump Wham!.

Next: a much-hyped young man named Luke Doucet.