SXSW is a music festival that is hosted in Austin, TX ever year (usually during spring break) and since I happen to live only a few miles from Austin, I decided to go with a friend. And boy was it amazing! Not only was it free, but most, if not all, of the bands we listened to were GREAT! And I got videos to show you.
No I have not found a video with me in it, but if I ever do, I'll be sure to put it in. My friend and I were at the very front left and very front right stage of the days we went.
SXSW 2009 was being shown March 18-March 22. My friend and I managed to go on the 19th and the 21st.
The bands that we saw on the 19th:
Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Germantown NY (Rock)
Cold War Kids - Long Beach CA (Rock)
M Ward - Portland OR (Rock)
The bands that we saw on the 21st:
Fastball - Austin TX (Rock)
Beach House - Baltimore MD (Pop)
The Cannabinoids feat. Erykah Badu - Dallas TX (Avant/Experimental)
Explosions in the Sky - Austin TX (Rock)
Live video from Cold War Kids at SXSW 09' playing the song, "Hospital Beds"
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Live video from M Ward at SXSW 09' playing the song, "One Hundred Million Years"
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I became such a fan of M Ward now that I even made a fan video of it with characters from Jungledyret Hugo. Song is called, "Never Had Nobody Like You"
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Live video from Explosions in the Sky at SXSW 2009, song undetermined, but I love it anyways. x3
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The Grand Finale at SXSW 2009 while Explosions in the Sky are still playing their amazing long ass song. That might have been me that yelled "ENCORE!" We were nuts for the next ten minutes when they stopped playing, we really wanted more (video quality isn't as good).
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We had a lot of fun! All of the music was pretty good, if not GODLY AMAZING, and if you ever plan on being in Texas during spring break, then SXSW is to place to be to listen to live music for free. Oh, the band I liked the best out of them were M Ward and Explosions in the Sky.
And now I leave you with a picture of my T-Shirt I bought from SXSW 2009. :D