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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Palmer sunset

Caleb drew my attention to the Palmer redux all lit up behind us. An architectural wonder I should think and still recognizable.

For the second day of SXSW I went with my friends Dani and Jake to Auditorium Shores and ended up running into Caleb and Kara as well. I was looking to take it easy after my apparent bout with food poisoning the night before, and thankfully the breeze and dimming Austin skyline behind the stage coated my insides like pepto. Cold War Kids were meh, and it didn't help that the sound was really low. It got even worse when the Harley Davidson tent behind us fired up their loudspeaker for some auxiliary event.

Echo and the Bunnymen

Awesome show, I think they're playing two or three more times this weekend.

The Circlejerks

Not too long after this I got hit with dehabilitating nausea for some reason. I was out of commission for Juliette Lewis' set but got back on my feet for the last show...

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Some Douche Comedian

Man this guy was a tool. As a joke he crashed out the Circlejerks' drum set twice while they were setting up. Maybe it was him made me so sick.

H.R.

Great reggae/rock show, probably my favorite of the night.

The Gallows

Me, Will, and his buddy Mark went down to Emo's for their evening showcase on Wednesday. Gallows was a british punk band with short songs and a frontman that tried unsuccessfully to start a circle pit and dove off the outdoors bar roof into the crowd. Entertaining.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Broken social scene

Sunday, January 25, 2009

KRS-One + Ume 1/24/09

Went down to Mohawk to check out Ume play a show to mark the release of their new EP, Sunshower. Paid $6 at the indoor entrance and was able to roll over into the outdoor area, where the openers for KRS-One just happened to be pumping up a huge crowd. I think the tickets to that show were like $20, just lucked out on that one. A hip-hop and indie punk extravaganza.

I was surprised to see that Alex Jones and entourage were in full effect at the outdoor show. Apparently KRS and crew are trying to spread the word about 9-11 being an inside job and them and AJ make a natural team. It was an interesting show to say the least, KRS spitting over classical and jazz tracks as well as the usual pounding beats and table scratching. One thing: the whole time he was querying the onlookers about where "real hip-hop" might be located. I do hope he found it, he seemed genuinely concerned as to its whereabouts and general state of being.

Ume started fairly late but got right down to business blowing out my eardrums with heavy distortion and miss Lauren's whispers and wails. They did a great job laying out the new material but they also played plenty of the first record (Urgent Sea), which was a nice bonus. They really put on a great live show, highly recommended.