Austin bills itself as the 'live music capital of the world'. And there are numerous venues in downtown to back up that claim. The Austin Chronicle is a weekly listings paper and it's chock full of things to see.
I figured since I was in town I might as well go and see a random band playing.
Emo's is a venue on 6th Street and playing last night were The Postelles, The Constellations and Hockey.
All of the bands were really good.
The Postelles were a group of indie-pop kids playing toe tapping indie-pop songs.
The Constellations were an eight piece group (from Atlanta, Georgia) who played a really eclectic range of music -- sort of R.E.M., B52s, Matchbox Twenty and a whole lot more. I thought they were excellent.
Finally the headliners were Hockey. Again this band were really superb, kind of in the Passion Pit or Scissor Sisters mold.
Hockey finished their set at about 1.30am!!! Way too late for me.
6th Street was rammed. Mainly with scary groups of 'African-Americans' either trying to get in to bars and clubs or just milling around. It felt a bit intimidating really despite the fact that there was also a big police presence.
I grabbed a slice of pepperoni pizza and called it a night.
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