This is fine.
On Monday, I was tired. The four days between ACL Weekends included a day of recovery, a full week’s work of the day job in three days and quite a bit of time editing photos. Then three more days of fun, jams and mud – and not necessarily in that order. But it was time for entertaining out of town guests, playing tour guide, eating the best festival food and navigating through the depths humanity with a soundtrack provided by festival bands.
Well folks, it’s been a week since the ATH crew embarked upon Zilker Park for a weekend of music and general debauchery. Gates are open for Weekend Two, but here’s a recap of the highlights from last Sunday in case you’re still looking to relive or maybe you want some guidance as to who to see and who to skip for your Sunday scheduling. Catch each ATH member’s personal take on Sunday and see some gorgeous photos from B.Gray after the jump.
Have you recovered from your weekend debauchery at ACL Fest by now? I know the ATH crew has been struggling this week, but we’re ready for more shows this weekend. Now we shared with you our thoughts about Day 1 yesterday so naturally today we’ll be discussing Day two (Saturday). We’ve got some fancy photos and a few opinions on what went down. Check it out after the jump.
We had a great line up for the Alex Napping record release. Soft Swells was in town on their maiden tour. Lowin opened things up strong. We saw friends form Punctum Records, we saw friends from Modern Outsider. There were stories about a simultaneous 99 beer shotgunning. Merch and merriment at Cheer Up Charlies…
Click through for a few more thoughts and plenty of pics.
A big thank you to all who braved the elements on Thursday night to come hang with us. The show had a feeling of family as everyone was a familiar face. Ramesh shared a few stories of roommates and eating bugs. We spilled beer, cleaned it up, danced quite a bit and I was on hand to get photographic evidence of two great sets, She Sir opening and Ramesh celebrating this great new record. All hail, The King.
Won’t you join in a photographic journey as we pretended to ignore the flood outside…
This time around, we are seeing the “sensitive side” of The Twilight Sad. It is softer, yet still challengingly dark track from Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave called “Last January” which carries weight in vocals, softly ringing guitars and haunting synth woven in to the background. You can preorder the album now by clicking here.
The gents will be hitting the road in the fall with We Were Promised Jetpacks and they will be stopping in at The Mohawk. I will be there for sure.
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Fun Fun Fun Fest has announced the Nites lineup. Free to all wristband holders, with the USP folks getting to cut lines.
This year’s lineup features: Dinosaur Jr., MSTRKRFT, Guided By Voices, Foxygen, Mineral, Rocket From The Crypt, Meat Puppets, Angel Olsen, Courtney Barnett, Dum Dum Girls, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Octopus Project, Gorilla Biscuits, Deafheaven, Blood Brothers, Metz, Pallbearer, Negative Approach, The Dictators NYC, King Tuff, Sick of It All, Iceage, Knapsack, Gardens & Villa, Z-Trip, Majical Cloudz, 7 Seconds, Tinariwen, Forward (Japan), Power Trip, Bob Moses, Iron Reagan, MC Chris, Riverboat Gamblers, Neil Hamburger, Cass McCombs, The Jazz June, and lots more!
Click here for the big line up list.
This was pretty much a double headliner show for me. The first time I saw both of the bands that played last night at The Mohawk, Small Black and Washed Out, they played overlapping sets during a SxSW day party, the former backing the latter. Fast forward many years and we are reliving those glory days of buzz and free bandanas.
SOLD OUT!
Sweaty date-night dance party!
Click through for many photos and a few more notes…
Andre Obin is hitting the road. To celebrate, he gives you a nice little piece of bliss to bliss out to and you can download it. …free. Big fan of his work right now. While there is continuity, he changes style from track to track. The tones carry over, vocals, beats and weight vary, but there is always a nice bit of craftsmanship.
Austin will unfortunately not be on the list of cities visited, but those of you not in the Bat City, click that hyperlink thingie at the start of the text to get an eyeball on dates. I caught a set during SxSW a few years back; he was touring with a band in tow, believe that will be true again this time around.
Click that little down arrow box. Do it.
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| Date | 9/9/14 |
|---|---|
| Location | The Mohawk |
| Doors | 6:30pm |
| Tickets | Sold Out |
Hey, it is sold out, but you might get lucky with a few last minute ticket releases or your friends might have a ticket, so here is your reminder to bother them if they have an extra ticket or know someone that does…
Washed Out nearly got washed out the last time they played The Mohawk.
Now, we do have the treat of Small Black opening. The first time I saw both bands live was at the Mohawk, playing together. Pretty cool. #fullcircle
