Iggy Pop and the Stooges may be punk pioneers and bona fide rock ‘n’ roll icons. But just like any other band, they came to South By Southwest this week to hawk a new album.
The quintet’s fierce, nearly 70-minute showcase as part of the House of Vans at Mohawk provided a liberal sampling – actually a world premiere, as Pop pointed out to the sardine-packed club – of “Ready to Die,” the group’s first new album since “The Weirdness” in 2007 (also the last time it played at SXSW) and its first with guitarist James Williamson since the seminal “Raw Power” in 1973.
Pop and company peppered nine of the new tracks into the 16-song set, resulting in a relatively tame encounter with the group seemingly more intent on delivering the songs well than on generating the mayhem that’s standard at most Stooges shows. MORE HERE
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