SXSW 2024 has come and gone, and the overwhelming feeling about the festival this year is that it's dying. The whole thing went corporate long ago, but with the sale of SXSW to a billionaire a couple years back, and all the military contractors and arms dealers being in town last week for different panels while a genocide they're supplying weapons for goes on in Palestine, a large number of the artists pulled out of their official shows. Instead, they played the unofficial day parties that go on all over the city, and the general consensus was "fuck SXSW." I'm right there with them. While i still managed to see some great bands, SXSW like so much of Austin has sold out. I doubt i will try to attend things in the future with the same zest i used to have, and that makes me sad. Guess we'll always have the memories.
Anyway, here are some pics of the shows i saw last week. Highlights include the dreampop of Akira Galaxy, the bombastic sonic assault of Lip Critic, my wife winning us VIP tickets to see Sunny Day Real Estate, and Fat Dog baby. Check 'em out below and we'll see what happens in the coming years.
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| Friko |
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| Perennial |
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| Squirrel Flower |
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| Joyer |
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| Native Sun |
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| Faux Real |
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| Omni |
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| The Pretty Flowers |
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| Akira Galaxy |
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| DAIISTAR |
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| Chanel Beads |
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| Cumgirl8 |
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| Lip Critic |
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| Mugger |
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| The Belair Lip Bombs |
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| Wishy |
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| Cast of Thousands |
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| Vera Ellen |
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| Miranda and The Beat |
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| TV's Daniel |
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| The Courettes |
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| Near Beer |
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| Hinds |
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| Shower Curtain |
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| Fat Dog |
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| They Are Gutting a Body of Water |
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| Allegra Krieger |
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| Mamalarky |
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| Ekko Astral |
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| Die Spitz |
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| The Get Up Kids |
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| Sunny Day Real Estate |
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| Villagerrr |
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| Being Dead |
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| Fat Dog (again) |
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