Regine Chassagne from Arcade Fire walked past me earlier while I was chatting in the street with members of Alpine, then found myself standing next to Peter Buck at the Continental in SoCo. Spent some time at Alejandro Escovedo’s showcase, then rounded off the night by being guest listed (thanks to Dennis Shin) for the taping of a full set by the Shins for the Austin City Limits TV show. That was supposed to be the quiet Sunday come-down day. Whoa. Austin is some city.
Here are Mike’s Catshoe posts about his first day and his second day at SXSW.
This photo of Sharon Van Etten seems to capture the mood appropriately:
