Hitchcock Recommends

Elvis Perkins, in today's Guardian report from South by Southwest:

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2040020,00.html

Elvis Perkins What is he like? His dad was Psycho actor Anthony Perkins; his mum died in 9/11; his debut album Ash Wednesday was released on XL this February; and he's been touring with My Morning Jacket. Chosen by: Robyn Hitchcock, psych-folk-rock musician "He looks like Another Side of Bob Dylan-era Dylan - the button-down shirt, mouth-harp and the hair going up - crossed with Rolling Thunder-era Dylan 10 years later with the upright bass. But the mood of the music isn't Dylan-y at all; it's quite ramshackle and very direct, passionate but not self-conscious. He didn't appear to take himself too seriously. There's a very interesting story to his life but the music that came out of it wasn't what you'd expect. He's got quite a feisty band, with a bass player who looks like Chuck Norris and a drummer who looks as if he must know how frightening he looks. And what with having two names that come from the Million Dollar Quartet - as in Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins; it's like being called Roy Cash - he is, as we say, so a story. One to watch." Where to hear him: Ash Wednesday is out now on XL. You can hear three tracks at myspace.com/elvisperkins