US Tour Day #6

US Tour Day #6

SXSW time was upon us, we got downtown around 11am to register at the convention centre. We bitched about the lines when we got there but there were literally 100 people lined up by the time we got our badges. The guy who took my registration  was actually the guy who booked our showcase which was cool. Got all our passes and shit together and hit the artist lounge for free beer, met Ben who’s following us around with a camera and hit the streets
    Basically they shut down about 8 blocks of downtown and there’s bands playing in all the 200 bars/venues non stop. People fucking everywhere, kind of similar vibe to the old Big Day Outs when there was no aussie pride involved.
     We headed back to HL and cleaned up then came back in to see Mariachi El Bronx play. The Bronx playing traditional mariachi stylee in full outfits with the bassplayer on trumpet and all. I left the guys to enjoy the normal Bronx set and went to see These Arms Are Snakes who were, as our French friend Alex says… FUCKING AMAZZZZING.  Finally got home about 3am for a couple of hours sleep before the first day of showcasing.