Austin Sound

Well, it’s certainly not Of Montreal. Some good pop licks and surprising turns, but eh, don’t quit your day job?

…may now be Andrew W.k., who finishes out his set hoarse and dirty but full of fist-pumping positivity. Sorry, James Brown, but the dude has played like 5 shows a day all week.

Dios has added a rough psych element to their sound. Sounds pretty good while retaining some solid pop sway.

A little singer-songwriter action to calm down Saturday night. Dan Mangan is pretty damn great, as is the cool little Live.Create.Lounge. A little bummed to have just now discovered both

These guys are all energy and blazing guitars. Songs are all in Chinese, but still rocks like hell

So our buddy the Ice Cream Man has been hyping this Chinese trio as a must see. As usual he’s right. Intense and scorching. Great stuff ( and good to be inside again!)

“welcome to Portland. Thanks for coming all the way up here!” Ha! Jared Mees rocking out with “The Tallest Building in Hell.” sound great despite the cold

And spray all you, but it’s cold and that’d be a dick move.’ The lead singer of Fucked Up is showing his gentlemanly side.

…later on, so come on down.

The inside of Cheer Up Charlies (mrs Beas) is packed, and Woven Bones is ripping the room apart. Holy hell earplugs! A dark droning massacre.