My Morning Headache

Saturday Knight

How do you like the throwback in the post title to one of the better groups I saw this weekend? OK, I'm lame. I would like to publicly apologize for that. But unfortunately, I don't have time. So, on with the summary of my Saturday night!

Gus and I originally went to see Asobi Seksu at a day show at Chuggin' Monkey, but they were running over an hour late so we decided to look elsewhere for our entertainment. I had My Latest Novel on my list, so we went to Buffalo Billiards to check them out.



I have to say I was impressed. They were very vocal heavy and their strong Glasgow accents seemed very topical, being St. Patrick's Day and all. Does that make any sense? A few of their songs were building anthems, reminding me of Asobi Seksu and The Frames.

After that I headed to Emo's to see if there was any chance in hell of me catching The Meat Puppets. Strangely enough, the badge line was really short and I practically walked right in. While waiting for them I actually heard "look how empty it is in here" which was exactly what I was thinking! I got this weird feeling that they were keeping everyone out of the show in order to save some room for more badges that might show up late.

This was one of the most "legendary" feeling shows I've ever seen. I saw the singer for Apples in Stereo there as well as the drummer for Sloan. The Meat Puppets were awesome, but totally over the hill. I hope they don't try to put on a big tour, because I don't see them being able to make it.



From there I went to see the Octopus Project with Blck Moth Super Rainbow. Elysium was completely packed. The show started really late, but once they played, it was crazy awesome!

This show well exceeded my expectation. It also reminded me that I need to see way more Octopus Project shows. At this point, I thought that this may be the best show I've seen at SXSW. But I still hadn't seen the Girl Talk showcase.

After the OP and BMSR rocked my sweaty socks off, I was off to see Tokyo Police Club.

This band is great. I was talking to someone in line right before the show and we both agreed, they're young, tons of potential, and if they gain some experience and apply it properly, they could be stadium worthy rock. Hopefully they don't get too cocky. There's a lot of hype around them right now. If they let it get to their head, a lot of potential could get wasted.

After that was the greatest SXSW show I've ever seen. Girl Talk kicked my ass and I loved every second of it. But I've already talked about that. Therefore, I'm done talking about Saturday.

posted by Ruhmann @ 3/18/2007 11:52:00 PM