Seattle-based Southside opened the (SXSW) weekend with hip-hop party jams filled with riotous lyrics, referencing everything from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Chuck E. Cheese to spaghetti westerns that had the audience bobbin' and the bartenders doing the running man. The self-proclaimed pioneers of drunken-trucker-garage-hop played a game of musical, er, instruments, taking rotating turns on the mike, drums, guitar, bass, and samples. Their raucous set borrowed from some unlikely sources (Mötley Crüe, AC/DC, Naked Eyes) that had almost every audience member partaking in the free-for-all party.
- Request Magazine (Minneapolis, MN)
Rap from near the corner of Beck and Kool Keith, Seattle's Southside dishes out its material on the Kurtis Empire label. On the wonderful "Please Southside Don't Hurt 'Em," the band throws dashes of chimes, Cypress Hill chops, and Casio into its mix.
- Willamette Week (Portland, OR)