My final day of shows…
(deep breath)
..let’s do this.
I started the morning by catching The Big Pink in the Convention Center. Yeah, the bass was heavy but it wasn’t giving me heart palpitations like it did before.
My first new act of the day was Justin Townes Earle.
This guy is what Ryan Adams used to be for me (minus the drunk dramatics). He mostly performed songs from his upcoming album and they’re so beautifully written and his solo acoustic performance was so amazingly intimate that it brought the crowd to their feet. He is an act worth catching.
Grabbing a grilled cheese on the run, I caught Dinosaur Feathers at the Dickies party.
Not bad. I can’t wait to see what they grow into.
As I had time to burn and wanted to maximize the number of shows I saw, I ducked into the British Party @ Latitude 30 to catch D/R/U/G/S.
Goddamn, this kid is a turntable wiz. His tracks don’t do him justice. Catch him live.
After dinner I raced all the way across town to catch a New York band, check, a Brooklyn band, check, a… fuck, I can’t remember what neighborhood they were from but that’s how they identified themselves (wankers), a band called The Echo Friendly.
Aaaaanyway, these guys were okay. Not bad, not great.
I started my way towards the center of it all and caught Dillion Francis.
First, if you read my tweet, I wasn’t kidding about meeting this beautiful girl that danced like a demon. Sorry, no pic. To dazzled.
But I digress. The kid was pretty great despite being drunk. Worth a listen.
I then hit the molasses that was 6th street to see LA band, correction, the Echo Park band (wankers), NO.
These guys were pretty damn good. I gotta look them up when I get home.
Next door I caught The John Steel Singers.
Poor guys, the main sound tech was so drunk I think he was having his son run the board. The result was that their sound was awful. Bummer.
Next I caught another band I first heard at SXSW, We Were Promised Jetpacks.
I love these guys but I’m not the biggest fan of their latest album.
I wandered back into The Stage on 6th (no woman waiting to choke me this time) and caught a bit of Jimmy Cliff.
What can I say, he’s a legend.
I finished the night with The Heavy.
Man, they brought it so hard that they brought the house down.
And my pick of the day is… shit, since it’s the last day I’ll give you three of my favorites that speak to the diversity of SXSW, as well as my own tastes.
First, Justin Townes Earle.
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Second, Dillion Francis.
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Third, NO.
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And that’s a wrap. Next stop, home.
Next fest: Sasquatch. I have two tickets. If you want to come with me, just write a 500 word essay about why you’d like to spend a sexy weekend with yours truly.
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