On your marks
Can you guess what happens today? No it鈥檚 not the , that was last Monday. After weeks of waiting the music finally begins to flow through the streets of Austin as the likes of Van Morrison, and kick off 5 days of indie electro, shoegaze, synthy, new wave, old wave, nu rave mayhem.
No forgetting metal, as remind us that we really should make time to catch up with and his friends, who headline the Vice Scion showcase along with and at Stubbs tomorrow afternoon.
The good folk at have also been busy posting about their party picks. They single out gigs featuring the likes of , and Canadian electronica experimenters today, and will no doubt be in the audience to see New Zealander鈥檚 , and (yes kids, Starsailor) tomorrow.
Some Velvet Blog on the other hand are giddy with excitement about seeing the heavily remixed and highly interesting , Melbourne鈥檚 and Philadelphia鈥檚 as well as the psych-folk stylings of and California鈥檚
In other news, Radio 1鈥檚 Bethan Elfyn has decided on a change of tact with for her stay at this year鈥檚 showcase. She鈥檚 booked herself into The Bed Box Inn, on the outskirts of Austin for the next few days. How she survives amongst the coyotes and cacti remains to be seen, but you can read more about it on the 麻豆社 Introducing blog.
Don鈥檛 forget the 麻豆社 Introducing showcase tomorrow at Rio. Until then here a video treat from the aforementioned :
Track: Fools
