Schuba's SXSW Roundup

It was another great day of music. I started off the day at noon at Schuba's SXSW Party. I saw Office, a member of Hanalei, and Tapes n' Tapes. The surprise of the Schuba's show for me was Nickel Creek. Dargan had recommended them, and they were so much fun and so great to listen too. Nickel Creek is a bluegrass band with a fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and an upright bass. They really had fun chatting up the crowd. The worst part of the show was the $2 bottles of water when they were offering Miller Beer and wiskey sours for free. I did get a nice poster of the show.

In the middle of the day, I headed over to Factory People to catch Mates of State. I thought they were going to be playing a set there, but instead, they were DJ'ing for an hour. Bill was adament that I go see them, so I'll have to catch them another time. At Factory People, I got another poster from Keds. They partnered with a rock poster designer Eleanor Grosch to do some of their new shoes, so she was there signing posters that she'd designed. They are brown with gold owls in a tree.

Afterwards, Rich met up with me and we headed over to Jovita's for Twangfest to catch Jolie Holland and Adrienne Young & Little Sadie (more of Dargan's recommendations). Adrienne Young was really incredible, and her fiddle player was also excellent.