until texass. i just wrote down all the names of old/new friends alike who i'll be kickin it with and this year is holy crap crew for sure. i'll know something like 15 close homies, it's gonna be the bestest. to get in the spirit of thangs, I just killed some time viewing some of my youtube vids from last year. i forgot how many stellar acts i caught and how good the vid ops are at fader fort day parties. i think it's hilarious i have damn near 2,000 hits from my shaky shitty kanye vid of love lockdown. man, i love ye.
but damn, will this year hold a candle to last year's highlights? i mean, i can't say i found too much new stuff other than miss janelle monae - but a brief taste of what i did catch. . .
cursive
amanda palmer, again, & again (covering radiohead, on ukelele, even)
we have band (we have forgotten, already)
pains of being pure at heart (wow. dance moves, dude.)
handsome furs (love love love them)
wavves (this kid is such a gabie brat)
natalie portman's shaved head (hey, after several complimentary budweiser tallboys, you can pretty much get down to anything)
so this year. . . i'm looking forward to the fader fort, again, obvs. lincol hall/schuba's is showcasing a pretty solid chicago set with hood internet, sharon von etten (who i caught opening for final fantasy/owen pallett a month or so back), and a few others. muzzle of bees has a day time gig with peter wolf criier and some others i can't seem to recollect at the moment. death + taxes has a decent line-up, i wanna say the japandroids are headlining. . . terrorbird + forcefield pr has got a stellar day party with neon indian representing amongst others. and there's still hella events not announced yet; crazy how it all comes out at the last minute.
whatever happens, i'm sure a week in sunshine with fists full of shiner bock and hannah montanna notebooks will do me good. bat caves. dalmations. girlfrands. forget about this unemployment shit and just focus on some mad new beats.
3 weeks and counting. . .
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