SXSW Field Report: The Boxing Lesson 03/18/09
Since I couldn't go to SXSW this year I invited a handful of bands to submit "field reports" of their SXSW experience. First act to report in: Los Angeles-turned-Austin natives, The Boxing Lesson. (CGT interview here)
"The Boxing Lesson just finished our 7th show in a row starting back at the film and interactive section of SXSW and ending with our official showcase at The Cedar Door tonight. We are bruised and battered and ready for a day off! Friday starts back up again and we are finishing the weekend of the music festival with 5 more shows including our own annual day party at Guero's Taco Bar on Friday which includes some really exciting bands: Gliss, The Happy Hollows, Izzy the Eskimo and Superdrag.
"I need some sleep in a bad way but before I head off to bed, I thought I'd drop a line and tell you how big SXSW is this year. There are high numbers of international attendance and all the shows we have played so far have been really fun. The Spaceland/Echoplex party earlier today was amazing. Gibson sunk a lot of money into the main indoor (and airconditioned) stage, at Maggie Mae's where we played. The sound was thick and clear and we met a lot of cool people and saw some really awesome acts. At one point every band on the stage had a Moog. There were like 6 Moogs laying on the floor at one time. Crazy.
"From the Spaceland Party we went to visit our local radio station's set ups on 6th Street and did an interview for our local KLBJ. We went on right after Alex Jones (of Infowars and PrisonPlanet.com) and it was cool. After our showcase this evening we walked down to Pure Volume, a popular late night club that appears every year, but the line was huge and we were too impatient to wait. With our stomachs aching for food, we decided that we needed pizza, and not any pizza, we had to go to Stoney's, our favorite Austin pizza stand!
"By 11 p.m. 6th Street was packed and we made our way down to Red River for the good stuff. Their cheese slices are like heaven. After sucking down a Makers & Coke at The Side Bar, one of our frequent local haunts, and watching all the out-of-towners talk about moving to Austin, we decided that we better get some sleep so we can do it all again tomorrow. SXSW is awesome."
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