More Austin Action

Amber Asylum serenades us with DOOM.

Music blog Crustcake have been recently running some of my (crappy) photography recently. Check their articles out here and here.

By the way, did I mention that I saw YOB twice in the same day?

Portlandia

I cannot get enough of this show.

What I Did On Spring Break

top: Wino of St. Vitus















bottom: Mike Scheidt of Yob

Unlike a lot of squares who ventured forth to the juiced up wastelands of Florida to get their spring break on, I hopped on a plane to Austin, Texas for my first ever South By Southwest. I got to see a staggering 43 (!) bands during the course of 4 days with a few multiples. Judging by the amazing bands that I saw live, such as Yob (who I saw twice on the same day), St. Vitus (who I saw for the first time), Pentagram, Eyehategod, Kvelertak, The Secret, and more, it was the next best thing to being in the Netherlands for Roadburn. Got to meet some awesome people. Tried new food. I even got to try some good ol' Texas barbeque. Cheers to Will for the hospitality, as well as Andy and Van of Crustcake for being such awesome tour guides! And folks, please tip (Grim) Kim well as she sells merch on the Metalliance tour.

Pics of South By Southwest, as well as some visits to some sites in Austin, here.

No juicy details to be spilled, because what happens in Austin, stays in Austin!

St. Vitus Metalliance Tour Shirt Back Design

Coming soon to a big city near you!

Crustcast Episode 7 Artwork

Cassette sized artwork for Crust Cake's "Crust Cast Episode 7" podcast. Watch out for it. It will contain a downloadable PDF file for those of you who want to preserve that digital episode on analog format.

RIP Phil Vane (Extreme Noise Terror)

From Pig Killer, drummer of Extreme Noise Terror:

http://grindcore.com/Thread-sad-news

"For those of you who haven't heard, it is with great sadness to tell you
that my great friend and Extreme Noise Terror bandmate, Phil Vane passed away in
his sleep last Thursday. After spending months at a time on the road with him on
the ENT tours, I saw nothing but a good, honest man. Gonna miss him."

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