This year marked 12-year-old drummer Rachel Trachtenberg's fifth SXSW showcase playing in her family's band - no small feat when you do the math. Sharing the stage with her mother, father and the slideshows that accompany their quirky music, it seemed as if Rachel may be realising that the freakish charm of her father, while delighting crowds, may make it awkward for her to meet boys, and it showed in her stony face the entire set. The whimsical pairing of irreverent play-by-play lyrics set to slides of deceased anonymous people is as always entertaining to watch, even when dampened by poor sightlines.
Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players
BY Susan KrepartPublished May 8, 2007