the pains of being at sxsw

sxsw 2011:

true widow

cloud nothings

the pains of being pure at heart

whomadewho

nite jewel

gold panda

summer camp

wolf gang

royal bangs

darwin deez

memoryhouse

yuck

big k.r.i.t.

baths

puro instinct

weekend

owen pallet

the pains of being pure at heart

moby (dj set)

the strokes

glasser

calvin harris

diamond rings

pipes

miami horror (more like miami horrible, nahmsayin?)

boyz noise

pictureplane

small black

glasser

kurt vile

deerhunter

tuneyards

!!! (aka "slut slut slut")

beach fossils

duff mckagan's loaded

games

maps and atlases

tv on the radio

big boi

!!!

dead milkmen

silent diane

veronica falls

rainbow arabia

shit robot

trentemoller

highs:  cloud nothings (19 year olds killing it like veterans), pains of being pure at heart (belong is my current fucking JAM / made me wanna hold my heart and sway / "we tried each other / let's try another"), memoryhouse (sounded amazing in a church), weekend (favorite rock show of the week), calvin harris (my first srs adrenaline rush of the week courtesy of those murderous staccato synths), pictureplane (how ridiculous is that video?) (dude was wearing doc martens, tights, cut off shorts, a baggy shirt with an all-over print of rats fucking, a "parental advisory" hat circa 1991, fingerless gloves, and one dangly earring AND, not coincidentally, put on my favorite show of the week), beach fossils ("fuck this venue, especially the sound guy"), big boi (fucking big boi!), rainbow arabia (skinny smoky voiced brunette with a record out on kompakt writhing on the floor at my feet begging me to hold her?  in.); shit robot ("best DJ set i've ever seen" lol), trentemoller (henrik vibskov on drums!).  also riding my bike all over austin, more dark haired girls, free beers, smoot & co., fricano's (jonah best sandwich alive!), my dope house for 1, my chauffeur, britt rollin' hard, and on and on.

lows:  whomadewho (trite), nite jewel (boring), wolf gang (caricatures of obnoxious englishmen / wannabe rockstars), owen pallet (come on bro), pipes (stupidest shit i've ever seen) (can't even find him online to provide an example of how shitty), dead milkmen (dusty and retarded).  also my dope house for 1, standing in line for 4 (!) hours for big boi, fucking standing period, breaking nick's truck :(, those brooklyns and the jameson in my pad going untouched, no afterpartying, this wack famers tan that got scorched into my body.

all in all, another amazing year.