dancing AND architecture: SXSW 2016 in Austin, Texas

We wandered the town for three days during SXSW 2016 and saw 50 bands. 50 bands! Our days started about 7am at the KUTX shows and then, for the most part, we wandered the town for random bands to hear (only September Girls and Peaches were on our "must see" list). We ended each day with a couple hotel lobby shows before returning home about 8pm to shower, sleep, and start it all over again the next morning. Yes, we were tired, but this is like treasure hunting where gems are around every corner. The jewels we found this year include Saint Sister, jungles!!!, Sisters, Riothorse Royale, birdcloud, and Tacocat.

1. Rattletree

2. Twin Peaks

3. Thao and the Get Down Stay Down

4. White Denim

5. Saint Sister

6. September Girls

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7. CALLmeKAT

Tara McPherson

8. The Away Days

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9. Jade Jackson

10. jungles!!!

11. Reatmo

12. The Battlefield

13. Ki

14. Flor

15. Sisters

16. Atash

17. Basia Bulat

18. Robert Ellis

19. John Doe

20. Possessed by Paul James

21. Kelley Mickwee

22. Riothorse Royale

23. Foreign Resort

24. Luke Winslow-King

25. The Wild Reeds

26. Sweet Spirit

27. Peaches

28. Bearson

29. Tangerine

30. Antonette Goroch

31. Tameca Jones

32. Matthew Logan Vasquez

33. Hayes Carll

34. Kacy and Clayton

35. The Quebe Sisters

36. Dana Falconberry and Medicine Bow

37. Hinds

38. Babyshakes

39. birdcloud

40. Gravys Drop

41. John Wesley Coleman

42. Mystery Lights

43. Sunflower Bean

44. Tacocat

45. Scully

46. Guantanamo Baywatch

47. Weenus

48. Leslie Powell

49. Luke Wade

50. Nortec Collective

Mies letting us know that he didn't appreciate getting breakfast so early and dinner so late. He, like so many natives, is not a fan of SXSW.