The Living Things

I have to say that after seeing SO many bands all week in Austin that you can get kind of jaded or snobbish. Or, you can go the way some of my friends went, and that was downright exhausted. I get it, but you can lay around at home.

Luckily my enthusiasm caught on to one of my roommates and we headed down to Prague to check out a 4-song superset by the Living Things late night. Read more »

The AKA’s

So Friday arrives and again we hit up the kontinental breffiss and I fill myself to the brim with fried potatoes to try and sop up the booze. I know we found coffee Thursday night, but without having to carry my gear around, we were “freer” to visit “establishments.” Hence I don’t really remember too much about Thursday, really.

Unimportant. Read more »

This year's "official" logo. I can work with this.

Things were off to a great start. Still had my wallet, no major drama or fights. This is what I’m talking about.

After hitting up the kontinental breffis (eggs, bacon, and homefriiiiiiiiiies), the boys and I made our plan for the day. Turns out we’d all be separating for the day shows, but would come back together at some point. Austin is only so big.

For me: Avett Brothers at the Radio Room. The line for this show was down the freaking street. My pale, sunburn-prone self stood in line for over an hour to get in to this show. Also, this show was in demand because it was sponsored by Magic Hat. A semi-decent beer sponsoring a party is where you wanna go. Miller light gets REAL OLD REAL FAST. So, the line was longer than I expected. Read more »

A view of Downtown Austin

We meet again, Austin. This year was second year in attendance of the SXSW music festival, and I couldn’t be more excited. With too many bands to see on the agenda, it was “get off the plane, drop the bag, grab the cam and GO.” Read more »