On your marks
Can you guess what happens today? No it’s not the , that was last Monday. After weeks of waiting the music finally begins to flow through the streets of Austin as the likes of Van Morrison, and kick off 5 days of indie electro, shoegaze, synthy, new wave, old wave, nu rave mayhem.
No forgetting metal, as remind us that we really should make time to catch up with and his friends, who headline the Vice Scion showcase along with and at Stubbs tomorrow afternoon.
The good folk at have also been busy posting about their party picks. They single out gigs featuring the likes of , and Canadian electronica experimenters today, and will no doubt be in the audience to see New Zealander’s , and (yes kids, Starsailor) tomorrow.
Some Velvet Blog on the other hand are giddy with excitement about seeing the heavily remixed and highly interesting , Melbourne’s and Philadelphia’s as well as the psych-folk stylings of and California’s
In other news, Radio 1’s Bethan Elfyn has decided on a change of tact with for her stay at this year’s showcase. She’s booked herself into The Bed Box Inn, on the outskirts of Austin for the next few days. How she survives amongst the coyotes and cacti remains to be seen, but you can read more about it on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Introducing blog.
Don’t forget the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Introducing showcase tomorrow at Rio. Until then here a video treat from the aforementioned :
Track: Fools
