Thursday was another day to enjoy music. I'm finding it harder to recall exactly what we did. But i do remember us discovering the French Legation Museum's lawn party. The museum has beautiful space and the lawn party provided two stages with pretty cool line-ups everyday. We caught Real Estate(whom I saw twice at SXSW). They have some good songs. They're nothing to write home about but they're a solid band. Beach Comber is a choice track.
One thing people should learn about sxsw is that if there is a band that is extremely hyped before the festival you should steer clear of any shows they are playing for fear of a human clusterfuck. This is twicely important to do if the band sucks. This year that band was brittish trio The xx. I'm sorry i dont like them. I find their live show boring and I dont buy the whole "minimalist sound" thing. yawn. The fat that people were wait in line all day to see this band is pathetic. dont waste your time.
Since I'm on the topic of the French Legation lawn party. I'm just gonna do a run through of the shows we saw there. Sharon von Etten played some quiet songs on electric guitar. Julianna Barwick bored us with her looped vocals but it was OK because the weather was beautiful and we were in the company of good friends laying in the grass. Holly Miranda played some forgettable songs as well. But the highlight of the lawn party besides the friends and the beer and the sun was one of my new favorite bands Woods. This trio is just a great band. Their lead singer is quite high-pitched (think Shins) and they write well-crafted songs while also retaining the ability to jam over a heavy bass line. Great band. I saw them twice at SXSW as well.
Night time time. Their were tons of big showcases to go to but we decided to go to a low key one at Wave. Our decision payed off big time. It was the carpark showcase and we saw Kria Brekkan, Toro y Moi (again), Lesser Gonzales Alvarez (baltimore represeent), and a pretty good band from california called the Growlers (be prepared for an awesome story here in a little bit). Avey Tare from Animal Collective was also "spinning records" in between sets. I couldnt muster up the courage to go talk to him. Kria Brekkan is his wife and she wins the award for most disturbing musical performance. I would almost consider her a performance artist. She sings in a high pitched child-like voice and uses loop pedals and keyboards. She is very thin to the point of unhealthiness. As bizzarre and creepy as her show was I really enjoyed it.
a favorite of mine that i was wishing they would play. Avey did not oblige.
In between sets I went to the bathroom. A guy in there was like "my friend just texted me and he says Bill murray is upstairs but I dont wanna walk up there if he isnt here." I went over to my friends and we decided to go upstairs and check it out. The growlers were playing on the roof and what do you know a old/high looking Bill Murray is standing front and center. Excitement ensues and we worked our way in to the crowd right behind Billy boy. Of course a semi-aggressive mosh pit break out. So yeah I moshed with Bill Murray that night. No big deal.
The growlers werent bad either.
And day two of sxsw was finished. two nights down two to go. great job life.
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