Alice In Chains

Alice in Chains is one of my favorite bands of all time. I love the way they harmonize the vocals and the raspy voice the lead singer has is just so badass. Also their lead guitarist is my #2 idol (right after Jimmy Page) because of how amazing he can fit psychedelic solos into hard rock. Sometime Alice In Chains can be a bit too heavy for me, which I usually dont mind, but Id have to be in the right state of mind to listen to it.

SXSW

Unfortunately for me, I did not go to SXSW (primarily due to the fact that all of the best bands are only 18+) but I did go in 2013 where I saw Blue Hawaii and Radkey. I was fairly disappointed with Blue Hawaii but I did enjoy the atmosphere and the lights they had put on, but their music was too ambient, slow, and boring in my opinion. Radkey on the other hand was badass. They're a punk band that sounds quite similar to the Strokes whom I adore. I like SXSW more than ACL due to how ACL is too overcrowded for me

The White Stripes

About half of the songs by The White Stripes are pretty good while the other half sounds like jumbled nonsense. Jack White is probably one of the best guitarists of the 2000's, and I give him credit for making some good music with only guitar, vocals, and drums. His singing is too high pitched for a guy in my taste, but when he doesn't overdo it, his voice can sound really good. The White Stripes have some really far fetched songs though and a lot of their songs I can't stand to listen to so I just listen to their good stuff, where the guitar riffs are catchy and Jack White doesn't decide to ruin the song with singing so high pitched. All in all, I think The White Stripes are pretty good, definitely one of the better rock bands of the 2000's in my opinion

Elvis Costello

At first encounter, I found Elvis Costello to be too arrogant because of how his album cover says "Elvis is king." Yes, Elvis is King, but Costello. And I also don't like how he changed his name to Elvis in the first place, and called himself king right before the real Elvis died.  Musically, however, he's alright. The best thing he has going for him is his lyrics, which are pretty smart. But the way he sounds is just okay, he just sounds like some middle of the road band that nobody would really pay attention to, and it surprises me that he got famous. He's classified as Punk, which makes no sense because he doesn't sound anything like punk. But his mentality, | guess, is rebellious.