It's just a blur now

Yesterday is pretty much a blur right now. After getting delayed this morning waiting for a cab to get me to downtown Austin, I had a great, great day.

Missed Nada Surf because of the cab delay. Once I got into downtown, I hit Flatstock at the convention center. I didn't end up seeing my first band until 3:30ish - a band called Loquat from San Fran. Film School, who I really dig, was up after that and did not disappoint.

After Film School, I hustled over to Emo's for The Onion Party. I caught the last few tunes from Tokyo Police Club then got a great spot to catch Tapes N Tapes. Tapes brought the noise - great set. Got to hear a lot of their new stuff too. They have an album coming out real soon.

Got dinner with The Shiv and plotted out the rest of the night then.

The Shiv and I headed to see Martha Wainwright, but the showcase was $20 to get in, so a balked and made different plans. Just too much to spend considering that I was going to pay at a couple of other venues that night too. So, I headed for some coffee and watched a band playing outside Seattle's Best Coffee on 4th street. I headed up to 6th street after that to catch Cincinnati's Wussy play their showcase. They were not my kinda band, but good none-the-less.

After Wussy, The Shiv and I head out to Austin Music Hall to see if I can get in to see Yo La Tango and My Morning Jacket. I have no badge or wristband, so I have to pay cash to get into most of the shows at night. We took a bike taxi over and I ended up getting in! Yo La Tengo was just coming on when we walked in the door. They rocked out, then MMJ blew the doors off the place. The Shiv and I got a decent view up on in the balcony seating. As the set (2 hours!!) wore on, folks headed out for other shows and I moved to center and had a great view. MMJ played a lot of stuff off their new album for the first time live and NPR was broadcasting it.

I figured my night was done at that point, but as I got a text message from Kevin saying he was heading downtown to see Holy Fuck. I said "what the hell?" and got there on the double. There was a good line going into the place they were playing and it was small. I still ended up getting in paying cash and caught most of their set - great stuff.

Headed back to the hotel after that - probably around 2am. There were still plenty of people still out on the town even then.

So, tons of photos went up last night from yesterday.