{"id":519,"date":"2011-04-11T13:41:16","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T17:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=519"},"modified":"2011-06-08T18:35:54","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T22:35:54","slug":"the-imperial-rooster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/04\/11\/the-imperial-rooster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Imperial Rooster: My Heart is Thawed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Couch by Couch West<\/a>: it started out as a tongue-in-cheek backlash against the rising tide of babble that always inundates the online music community around South by South West<\/a> time. But while the whole thing started out as a joke that masked the fact that many of us were envious of the people who were going out to Austin to take in some great live performances, CXCW turned into a viable entertainment option of its own, complete with exclusive performances from unknown and name acts alike (Neko Case didn’t play SXSW this year, but she and her dog Liza did serenade CXCWers). NTSIB found more than a couple of acts that made us sit up and say, “We’ve got to get them on the blog!”<\/p>\n

One of those bands was the Imperial Rooster. Playing from a porch in Espanola, New Mexico, the Roosters showed up early and often at CXCW. Here they are in their CXCW performance of “The Ballad Of Lightning Bill Jasper”:<\/p>\n

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