Diario

Wednesday marked the beginning of south by southwest. And on a spur of the moment, I decided I would be attending this year. I never had, and always wanted to; now I can fittingly say that I participated, and know from experience. I had no wristband - gospel in Austin, that week - and thus couldn't attend many shows. I scheduled the free shows throughout the capitol of my favourite artists, and set forth! Thursday, I arrived after the shorter-than-expected drive. I was worried about finding parking, but stumbled across a nearly empty parking lot in five minutes. Two miles of walking away was the Red House Pizzeria, whom held free shows all day; on this day, mostly bands from the UK were being featured. As I chomped through a delicious, fresh pizza, I accidentally got to see Slow Club - they were wonderful! - the new Mates of State. My intention was to witness the wonders of Fanfarlo though, before they returned to the UK themselves for an unknown period. …