SXSW Friday Day Pics
Exactly a week ago, I was strolling around downtown Austin, fuzzy-headed from free booze and ears ringing from standing in front of too many amps. Today is much less fun.
Let’s just re-live last Friday through pics, huh?
Warpaint lived up to all the good things I heard about them. You should go see them when they’re back for the Psych Fest at the end of April.
Also a very big amount of awesome: Local Natives. Also coming back to town right around the same time as Psych Fest. I caught them again that evening at the Frenchkiss Showcase and they did not lose any appeal.
I walked in for Lemonade, and the stage was lit by the most bright yellow light… It made me smile.
Diplomats of Solid Sound were all soulful, but I was totally excited for Holy Fuck, so I didn’t get into them as much as I could’ve. Dug the two female lead vocalists, though.
Love love love Holy Fuck. They throw down a kickass dance party every time, and their name is ever-so-appropriate: they start in on a song, and a beat or bass line or something will soon make you go ‘oh holy fuck that’s good’.
Hollywood Holt downed 4 tequila shots, one right after another, that had been brought up for everyone on-stage. He’s kinda my hero for that, albeit one with a very dirty mouth.
Speaking of a dirty mouth, you have heard Uffie, right? She’s so effing tiny, blonde, and lovely, and when she raps you can’t help but blush ’cause DAMN, but that girl has got a filthy way with language. It is so much fun, though, that you can’t really care.
Then it was off to Music Gym for the Danish bands day party, and Oh No Ono again, who I still wasn’t into terribly much.
And then the reason I stopped by. Yes, this was the third time I saw Choir of Young Believers in three days, what of it? The music was gorgeous, and I don’t know when they’ll be around again.
Immediately after the YACHT show, I tweeted: Dear @YACHTMUSIC, that show made my damn week. <3<3<3 from a girl in the front row. Unfortunately, their account is actually @teamyacht, so they likely didn’t see my effusive love. But really, that show was so much fun! They have gobs upon gobs of stage presence, and at one point a hand of benediction was laid on my head. If I hadn’t seen anything else that week I would’ve been happy at that.
One more post then I’m done with sxswmusic, y’all! Then it’s on to the Saturday through Tuesday evening parties before it all officially started…
Tags: Choir of Young Believers, Emo's, Lemonade, Local Natives, Oh No Ono, Peckerheads, sxsw, Uffie, Warpaint, YACHT