Wednesday, March 18, 2009

SXSW Day One: sunshine, freaks, mudbugs and live music



The music portion of SXSW began today as hundreds of musicians, fans and freaks took to the streets of downtown Austin to drink ice cold Lone Star beers and watch dozens and dozens of little-to-unknown bands try to generate buzz for their music. It's early, still, about 8pm, but there is no sign of things slowing down anytime soon. Here, the party goes on for days, nonstop, with more than a few hundred bands set to take to the stages, streetcorrners, bartops, sidewalks, back alleys, public transportation and anywhere else deemed fitting for a live performance.

The Wave is taking a break from the madness to post a few pictures and a video taken at The Mohawk of an intersting band called The Mae Shi, a Los Angeles foursome with curious amounts of energy and equal amounts of strange face-making antics. Stay tuned. We're heading out later tonight to check out some more music and craziness.

























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