Saturday was a slow going day. I spent almost my entire day at the Levi's Fader fort. If you havent been hitting this place up during sxsw you should. it's free you just have to rsvp and the line-ups are always good. this year Nas played as well as a bunch of the bands that I mentioned below. there was also free Budweiser and SoCo and delicious Salt Lick Barbie Cue. But the reason we were at the fort was because we found out That Bone Thugz n Harmony was going to close out the night there. The first band we saw was Stones throw artist Dam Funk. he is suck a character. very entertaining. see what i mean below. and yes he busted out the keytar.
other bands that followed were Dum Dum girls who looked very cool but I didnt find them engaging, Real Estate, Salem, Yelawolf, Sleigh Bells and then Bone Thugz. This was my second time to see Sleigh Bells this year and I must say they arent very good. They're actually annoying. The guitarist looks angry and acts like his riffs are so hardcore when they're actually kinda weak and the lead singer although she is easy on the eyes is trying way too hard to be a rock. Boo Sleigh Bells Boo. But the band that wins the award for funniest/worst/unbelievably bad/ I cant believe what I'm seeing/ I cant believe I like their music(on record) goes to Salem. I'm sure anybody who saw them at sxsw would agree. I actually like their new record. It's dark, has alot of depth and texture and their is some interestin g and creative stuff going on. But their live performance at the fort was horrendous and they were boo'd off stage. They started the set with a rap song called trapdoor (these are disaffected heroine addicted white kids from detroit so keep that in mind). The lead singer/rapper or whatever then proceeded to go over and try to play the drum machine. he was totally offbeat and looked as if he had never touched the instrument before. it was comical. they were not into it, you could tell. it was just really really bad and its a shame.
see what i mean?
but this song is good
Yelawolf was quite entertaining. He's a fast rapper. lots of bass. kind of like a white Twista. I wouldnt buy his album but I'll see his live show for free any day. He threw a bunch of beer in to the crowd as well as free jeans and shoes. He also brought two girls on stage and asked them if they liked to get drunk. they said yes and he gave them beers too. He could play my graduation party if he wanted.
He's really an intellectual.
and thats that
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