SXSW Wrap-up


Here is the girl from The Octopus Project playing the Theremin.

The SXSW wave has crashed on the shores of Town Lake. I had a great time this year biking around to the staggering amount of free shows available. I never knew how much could be seen without a wristband or paying even one cover charge. I had a geeky fun time taking pics and, for the first time, using my phone and audioblog service to record peices of shows. The quality is so poor as to be of very questionable value, but at least for me, they are ways to remember, and hopefully give some sort of crude idea of what went on. Standout favorites of mine were Belle and Sebastian and Femi Kuti.

Femi Kuti

Femi Kuti and Belle and Sebastian are my favorite bands this time around. Femi seemed to be the exact incarnation of his father, Fela, with his large band, jazz-afrofunk jams, multi-intrument solos, and beautiful dancer/backup singers. I want his band: big horn section, backup singers and all.