On day three we went to the Dogwood and ran into standing room only. The place was packed and by the time we made it downtown everyone had a head start on drinking. No worries right? On to day drinking! We ran into Babs again (from day two) and she is now promoting Funky Batz. I… Continue reading Day three of SXSW 2018 & St. Patrick’s Day
Category: SXSW 2018
Day Two of SXSW 2018
We did a venue change from Hotel Vegas to St. Elmo's Brewing Company. I was excited since I am more of a small crowd guy. They had one very overwhelmed food truck (45 minutes for chicken wings) and several vendors ranging from Google Fiber to earth hammocks to solar panels to crystal healing and, of… Continue reading Day Two of SXSW 2018
Bubble Puppy
Oh.My.God.! Every band at Hotel Vegas had an average age of 25 and then these guys, in their 60's or 70's, come on and DAMN! Flowing guitar solos! Then guitar dueling! Then physic rock ! I'm melting! It brought the 60's and 70's back with full on kick assness! Looooove it! I think the universe… Continue reading Bubble Puppy
Elephant Stone
Trippy is how I would describe them if I only had one word. Really one word is all I could get out to enjoy them properly. If you're into eatables and hemp clothing then Elephant Stone needs to be in your playlist... that is if you are willing to support modern consumerism and the death… Continue reading Elephant Stone
ORB the band
Out of Australia is Orb and they bring the deep rich earthy dirty reverb of hard/heavy psych rock. I enjoyed them immensely as it was such a nice break of the endless shoe-gaze that seemed to saturate the venue. Oh...if they just broke out into a cover of Black Betty..... if only https://www.facebook.com/ORB-475112932588695/ https://orband.bandcamp.com/
Observation: Life 