SXSW h
as cleared out and Austin is back to our normal/weird self. Seeing the empty streets the Sunday afterward reminded me of an episode of Seinfeld where George gains access into a club of beautiful people – only to find it has vanished with barely a trace when he tries to go back.
The essence of SXSW was summed up for me amid cocktail conversations at one of the convergence parties with both filmmakers and entrepreneurs from all spans of the globe – including Istanbul, Toronto, Tokyo, and of course across the U.S. I couldn’t pull away from work to see as much of the Interactive festival as I would have liked, but a keynote by Dr. Brene Brown stood out as a highlight. As has become tradition for me as a bit of digital scrapbooking – here is a rundown of the music I saw – as best as my memory over a haze of four days can recall.
Wednesday
POP ETC
Coast Modern
Theo & The Get Down Stay Down
Thursday
Purple
Sunflower Bean
Hinds
Grace Mitchell
Ra Ra Riot
Friday
Spin Day Party
- Beach Slang
- White Lung
- Bleached
- BAIO
- Vince Staples
- Deftones
Youtube @ Copper Tank
- Muna
- Lewis Del Mar
Elliot Summer
Small Black
X Ambassadors
Saturday
Honne
The Heavy
X Ambassadors