less talk...

Metric, formally arriving in America.


Giant light show not included.

Friday in Austin saw yet another steaming shitload of bands-I should emphasize that none of them were really shitty at all, just that there were a shitload of them.

Ghostface Killah played a Fader party, and was really quite good. Cadence was expectedly good, to a smallish crowd as part of an early hip hop showcase. The Lovely Feathers competed with fellow outdoor, but much louder, bands at a roadhouse near a cliff wall. Asobi Seksu was underwhleming, while The Boy Least Likely To overwhelmed with a very loud wall of sound. Both bands played at Elysium, which wins for sketchiest bathroom in all of Texas. The Spinto Band, who currently are sitting on a massive potential hit song, had to fight through the crowd to haul their gear to the stage, and thusly started way late and sounded much differently (read: generic) than I thought they would. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings were thrilling on the other side of downtown, and Neko Case brought on an equally massive (and massively talented) backing band to close the night. A sweaty night, with St. Patrick's Day really working as a distant afterthought in that setting.