Photo Gallery: SXSW standouts

If you haven’t gathered from our volume of posts about it these past several days, there is no shortage of live music at Austin’s annual South by Southwest conference. Here is a gallery of five performances that stood out to me as I darted back and forth across town: the wild southern-fried rock of Pond (who plays Johnny Brenda’s tonight); quick snaps of Titus Andronicus holding their own in a feisty set just before The Jesus and Mary Chain took the stage; an insane, irreverent performance by Barcelona’s Za! wherein two dudes with various instruments had a bonkers, Trout Mask Replica-inspired freakout; a solid afternoon showing by Brookyn’s White Rabbits; and a breezy evening performance by Creed Bratton, founding member of The Grass Roots, who you might also know as that guy from NBC’s The Office.