Fun in Austin Texas!

So I just spent 4 days down in Austin Texas for a fun music festival called South By Southwest. It was a total blast.

I caught a bunch of bands:

Oranger
High Dials
Pilate
The Golden Dogs
Rumble Strips
The New Pornographers
Belle & Sebastian
Wolfmother
Derby - awesome pop rock band from Portland - totally deserving of more recognition!
Mogwai
Echo & The Bunnymen
Field Music
Jason Collett
The Hidden Cameras
The Most Serene Republic
Richard Hawley
Of Montreal
Serena Maneesh
The Chalets
Lonely Dear
Rob Dickinson
The Figurines
Small Sins
Wintersleep
Duke Spirit
The Elected
The Go Team!
Holy Fuck
Sarah Harmer

My highlights were:
ILLINOIS
THE STILLS
THE TWILIGHT SINGERS

Greg Dulli's still got it - here's the set list from the SXSW show.





My fun celebrity sightings included:

Mike D, J Mascis (3 times!) and Ray Davies (who was on my flight on the way back at 8am Sat morning from Austin to Altanta).

And I mistook Alan McGee's 17-year-old son for the lead singer of the Artic Monkeys. It was too funny when I asked Alan if the guy with him wasthe AC singer and he said, "No, Catonia, that's my son Dan". I swear he had the same haircut!