Little Boots ::: Fader Fort ::: SXSW 2009

Upon first listen of Little Boots, I became instantly smitten by her sounds and demeanor. I watched her video of Stuck on Repeat in my small office cubicle over a dozen times. Her smashing performance the first night of SXSW was a resounding success , culminated with a Giorgio Moroder cover that would eventually set […]

Micachu and the Shapes ::: Fader Fort ::: SXSW 2009

It was one of those moments where you walk into a venue and you already can feel a good vibe being put on a by an unknown band. I rushed the stage with wreckless abandon to find the stage filled with three girls that looked like the escaped the island from Lord of the Flies. […]

Handsome Furs ::: Fader Fort ::: SXSW 2009

Call me selfish or spoiled, but I loved the performance from the band, but the fact that it was played at 2:15 in the PM (that’s Post Meridiem) outside made me a bit grumpy. The group nailed their performance. The energy created by the duo is remarkable and I’ve always said this, but will reiterate […]

American Princes & Let’s Wrestle ::: Fader Fort ::: SXSW Day 1

American Princes American Princes are a band from Little Rock, Arkansas that got the party started at the very much larger and very improved Fader Fort (if that was possible).  Their distortion was a bit overwhelming for me to handle this early in the day. Maybe in the right setting, it could have been a […]

Last Day @ SXSW

We will be wrapping up things today and amid speculation that there will be a Mr. West at Fader today, we will be planning accordingly. I have found my new favorite Mexican restaurant here, the salsa is to die for, and new Asian restaurant?! Random. We ate at Koriente for dinner yesterday and we were […]