SXSW: Friday, March 19 wrapup
Because we loved the Wrens show so much the night before, we decided to go see them perform again the next day at The Caucus. We arrived and caught the end of the DeathRay Davies show (who were good)... and then got up close to enjoy the Wrens set. (great to be closer cuz it was so packed at Friends the night before we couldn't even see the drummer - which you know I wasn't happy with :)The Wrens ROCKED it once again!!! They are so awesome live it just blows me away. The lead singer is so passionate - and they're just total professionals. At one point between songs they heard the music coming from the club next door (American Analog Set were playing at Club DeVille) and they all stopped and listened for what cords AAS was playing, and started playing them and then made up a song of their own. It was awesome! They just totally blew me away.
After that Rick & I headed over to this bar called Speakeasy to meet his friend Shannon for happy hour. Speakeasy was cool cuz it's a bar with a roof, lined with palm trees. We enjoyed some top shelf margaritas while the warm air breeze blew by.. I felt like we were in Florida or something! (in a good way) :p
We decided we better grab something quick since the night before our late eating hosed us on the StellaStarr show - so we grabbed some Gyros. While we were in there and Rick was standing up to order, this guy came in & sat down in his chair across the table from me (very cramped quarters) and I told the guy he couldn't sit there - and as he was getting up I added "even though you're The Thrills". Yup, it was the lead singer from the Thrills. After he moved over one seat, I chatted him up a little more asking him how their shows were going, etc. He said they're working on an album, blah blah blah. We saw them in SF a few months back and if you recall, I thought they kinda acted too rockstar, but even moreso I think it's just funny how much they sound like Grandaddy. Anyway, I obviously wasn't about to tell the guy all that to his face... but it was fun chattin it up with him for a bit anyway.
OK! So we headed out and thought we'd go check out this japanese band play at Caribbean Nights... but as soon as we got there we new it wasn't what we were looking for, so we took off. We wandered in & out of some places and then decided to settle down on the roof of some bar and give our feet a rest. At this point we'd been partyin and on our feet since Tuesday night - so we were starting to feel just a little tired and sore... but most of all the gyros made us kinda sleepy. Actually really sleepy. But we were determined to have a good time!! We thought we'd hit the Silkworm and TV on the Radio show - so we headed over there... but honestly Silkworm wasn't that great at all. arg. Then TV on the Radio took forever to get set up (zzz) and then when they went on their vocals weren't that good (which is what I love about them!) so that was kinda a bummer, too. Oh well...
So we slipped over to Rockstars and sat upstairs listening to The Fiery Furnaces finish up their set while we shared a few shots and people watched. And then - Broken Social Scene!!! This show was off the hook fun. They were great live - super great energy and it sounded really great. Lane joined us there & we were all standing about third row having a great time!! At the end they said they were finishing up, but kept playing and getting crazier and crazier. So long to the point that the manager was on the stairs (in their view) screaming and yelling with his fists in the air!! They were swinging from the pipes on the ceiling and giving eachother piggy back rides through the crowd and a bunch of crazy stuff!! It was this mad chaos of awesome fun energy - totally an amazing show!!!!
