Every March I do my version of spring break... Austin, TX for SXSW. Friends from around the country all meet up down south for a week of music, food, and amazing times. Here's a quick look at some of the images I shot this year. The past years are all up on my main site don't be scene. Some of the bands I shot this year... Broken Bells, Maps and Atlases, We Were Promised Jet Packs, Children Collide, Johnny Craig (from Emarosa), The Cab, Ha Ha Tonka, Matt Pond, Metric, Muse, & Cool Kids
i haven't been able to keep up with this as much as i wanted... who would've guessed. But i've been seeing some sweet acts and really just having fun hanging out. Last night I shot Metallica from the crowd... unique experience for sure. Then we hit the Driscoll for drinks outside on the balcony with new friends. it was sweet. Today is our last day (wtf, already) and there's rumor that kanye is playing fader fort tonight so we're going to hit that after breakfast, flatstock, rachel ray's party, ap party. Should be an action packed day. I'm going to try switching to dress shoes to mix things up... maybe I'll be back here at the hotel in 10 mins. oh, and while i love the mark II, RIDICULOUS file size. I shot 32gb yesterday to bring the total to almost 100gigs.
The film is, but hopefully the love for them isn't. I picked up a polaroid back for my Holga and I plan to take one shot of the people and places I encounter this week at sx. Should be an interesting project.
So this blog started about a year ago when I got confirmation for SXSW08. In that time I've been slower than I wanted to be at posting updates but I've been at about one a week. Expect that to step up this year. I've got a lot going, starting with heading back to Austin in a few weeks to cover SXSW09. It's an amazing time and I really enjoy catching up with friends from around the country at one week long party. It's going to be sweet.
Soooooooooooo I'm back from SX but I'll be updating some things a little late. Day 3 started out slooooow. After 2 solid days of walking around, drinking, going to bed late, and getting up early for panels I was already exhausted. And it seemed like they fucked something up and didn't book any solid shows for the afternoon. So carl had moved into the driskil on 6th and we crashed there for a little bit before heading out. I was trying to catch The Frantic bc I like them a lot and their label guy is cool. I swung by their venue but I knew I couldn't shoot bc it was SO dark and Carl txted me and said Cool Kids' line was getting out of control. So I rolled over there early. The thing about sx is you discover bands when you least expect it. We showed up to cool kids and they were running late and there were still 2 bands before them. The first of those two went on and it was AMAZING. They're a band from the UK called Does It Offend You, Yeah? And they kick ass. You've got to check this video out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIR5y9jksgI they were amazing and really nice guys. Prob my fav band of sxsw. After them was Flosstradamous (sp?) and it was okay. Then Cool Kids came out and owned. These guys are from the Chi but i've never seen them before. If you get the chance you should. After that we talked out way into Paramore (carl didn't have a badge or wristband). And then The Hush Sound (we had purevolume passes but it was at capacity). I shot that and then went outside and at the bar next door was my second fav band of sx: Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip They're awesome. Check em out.
Soooooooo, as expected my sxsw plan changed shortly before the trip. I scored a sweet hotel only 4 miles from downtown yesterday and a friend of mine is now riding down with me. I got a bunch more conf over the weekend including what seems like the place with the most consistent great shows the Pure Volume Ranch. And I got my Paste/Stereogum lam in the mail on Saturday. I've got a ton of stuff to tie up at the office before I bounce but it's going to be another rad trip to austin. Stay tuned for the details.
In just a few short days I will be on my way to Austin. My friends are all wusses and aren't rolling with me so I'm heading down by myself and I'll meet up with some friends in TX. Should be quite an adventure and part of the reason I started this blog back up. Stay tuned for all the craziness that is sure to ensue. Plus I'm covering for Amp Magazine so that'll be rad too.