September 18, 2016: BeerlandBarracudaSundayFunday

Alternating scenes between Barracuda (benefit for Pulse Nightclub victims) and Beerland with Nameless Frames, Boss Eye, Secret Bad Boys, Snooty Garbagemen, Empty Markets, Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes, Sauna Youth (from England), OBN IIIs, and Borzoi.



SELECTED PHOTOS:

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Nameless Frames

Boss Eye

Secret Bad Boys

Snooty Garbagemen

Empty Markets

Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes

Sauna Youth

OBN IIIs

Borzoi

VIDEO:

Nameless Frames - "Midnight (at the Junkyard)"



Nameless Frames - "Put It Back"



Nameless Frames - "Machine"



Boss Eye - "Chalky Adderall"



Boss Eye - "You've Gone Too Far"



Snooty Garbagemen



Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes - "Onna Bugeisha"



Sauna Youth - "Abstract Notions" / "Cosmos Seeker"



Borzoi - "Warheads"



Borzoi - "Invisible Meringue"



Borzoi - "Millipede"

March 16, 2016: Wednesday

Day 3 of southwestsouthwest 2016.
Excepting 4 bands at Side Bar, all scenes from the day/night Super Secret Records and Twistworthy Records showcase at Beerland with Ralph White, Suspirians, The Ex-Optimists, New Berlin, Nameless Frames, Skeleton, John Wesley Coleman, Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes, Bum Out, improvisational quartet Art Acevedo, Boss Eye and Evil Triplet.
The daytime detours to Side Bar were for The Blind Shake, SAVAK, Sweet Talk and OBN IIIs.


PHOTOS:

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VIDEO:

Ralph White - "Barrier"



The Blind Shake - "Parachute"



The Blind Shake - "More Land"



Suspirians - "Scarlett Sleeps"



Suspirians - "Black Holes Grow"



The Ex-Optimists - "42 & Blustery"



New Berlin - "I Don't Care"



OBN IIIs - "Trash Heap"



Nameless Frames - "Upstairs"



Skeleton



Skeleton



Skeleton



Skeleton



Skeleton



John Wesley Coleman - "Jesus Never Went to Junior High"



Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes - "Sundance Kid"



Carl Sagan's Skate Shoes - "The Heat"



Improvisational quartet Art Acevedo - "In Praise of Population Growth"



Improvisational quartet Art Acevedo - "We Belong in a Museum"



Boss Eye - "Saucer Boy"



Boss Eye - "Chalky Adderall"

January 28, 2016: Sahara Lawyer

Scenes from Sahara Lounge with John Schooley and His One Man Band, False Idol and OBN IIIs (pseudonymously billed as Metallica's Lawyer until shortly before the show).


PHOTOS:

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VIDEO:

False Idol



False Idol



OBN IIIs - "Trash Heap"



OBN IIIs - "Let The Music"

December 19, 2015: 12XU's War On XXXmas

Scenes from 12XU's War on XXXmas party at Beerland with Meet Your Death, XETAS, Sweet Talk, Flesh Lights and OBN IIIs.


PHOTOS:

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VIDEO:

XETAS - "The Jaws"



XETAS - "The Tower"



Sweet Talk - "Borrow Your Stuff"



Sweet Talk - "Good"



Flesh Lights - "UFO"



Flesh Lights



OBN IIIs - "Trash Heap"



OBN IIIs - "Worries"

July 25, 2014: A lotta Beerland/a little bridge

Most scenes from Beerland with Borzoi, Church Shoes, Meet Your Death and OBN IIIs; a few late night scenes from the Hangover Breakfast bridge show with Ghetto Ghouls and Slash & Spread.


PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

Borzoi - "Draino"



Borzoi - "Hang 10"



Borzoi - "Digits"



Meet Your Death - "Love & Death"



Meet Your Death - "Elephant Man"



OBN IIIs - "No Time For The Blues"



OBN IIIs - "The Rockin Spins"



Ghetto Ghouls - "Living Alone"

February 9, 2014: I'm too soft for a Spits pit...

Scenes from Red 7 with Flesh Lights, Secret Prostitutes, OBN IIIs and The Spits.


PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

Flesh Lights - "I Wait"

January 3, 2014: OBN-GIN(O)

Scenes from Beerland with Brain Attack, Pharaohs, Gino and the Goons and OBN IIIs.


PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

Pharaohs - "Gonna Feel Good"

November 7, 2013: Blind Shake! OBN IIIs! Dikes of Holland!

Scenes from Red 7 with Dikes of Holland, OBN IIIs and The Blind Shake!!!!


PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

OBN IIIs - "Kick Me Out"



The Blind Shake - "Can't Stand Life"

October 2, 2013: WesChuckleGravyIIIs

Scenes from Hotel Vegas with John Wesley Coleman, The Chuckleberries, Gravys Drop; further scenes from Beerland with OBN IIIs first Austin show in ~6 months.

PHOTOS:

March 12, 2013: Tillery Park (day) / Hole in the Wall (night)

Tillery Park (daytime) with Outer Minds (Chicago), Jacco Gardner (Netherlands, but in honor of our beloved Dikes, let's say he's from Holland), the Blind Shake (Minneapolis) and OBN IIIs; Hole in the Wall (nighttime) with Ol' Yeller (Minneapolis) and Grand Champeen. Photos of all the aforementioned, plus video of The Blind Shake and Grand Champeen.

PHOTOS:



VIDEO:

The Blind Shake - "Out of Work"



The Blind Shake - "Go Go 78"



Grand Champeen - "Paid Vacation"



Grand Champeen - "The Good Slot"

February 21, 2013: OBN IIIs tour kickoff

Scenes from the OBN IIIs tour kickoff show @Beerland with Dikes of Holland and Crooked Bangs!


PHOTOS:



VIDEO:

Crooked Bangs - "Wake Up/Livin' in Sin"



Crooked Bangs - "L'Heure du loup"



Crooked Bangs - "Something/Wolves Will Crush"



Dikes of Holland - "City Feet"

November, 8, 2012: Crooked Bangs, OBN IIIs, Flesh Lights

For a non-change of pace, I went to Beerland on a Thursday night and, surprise surprise, saw some great bands!


PHOTOS:



VIDEO:

Crooked Bangs - "L'Heure du loup"



OBN IIIs - "No Way to Rock 'n' Roll"



Flesh Lights

October 26, 2012: OBN IIIs

Scenes from the OBN IIIs record release show @Beerland, which I believe was also their first local show since their tour kickoff in May! In true Austin fashion, the records didn't arrive, but no matter (got the record a week later at Trailer Space)! Dikes of Holland kicked ass, Sweet Talk was great and then everybody lost their damn minds during the OBN IIIs set!


PHOTOS:



VIDEO:

OBN IIIs - "Runnin on Fumes"



Sweet Talk - "Same Place"



Dikes of Holland - "Streetwalker"



Dikes of Holland - "Future Eyes"

May 18, 2012: OBN IIIs, Holy Wave, Dikes of Holland...

Tour kickoff show @Beerland for the OBN IIIs and Holy Wave (on separate tours) with the aforementioned bands, plus Dikes of Holland and Low Times.


Some PICS...



And some VIDS...

Dikes of Holland - "Last Sentence"



Dikes of Holland - "Streetwalker"



Holy Wave

March 18, 2012: Day 6, Sunday

South by Sunday is always the best!
I spent most of the day at Uncle Doug's Chili Dog Fest @Side Bar and stepped over to Beerland for a few bands.
Here's the breakdown:
Carletta Sue Kay @Beerland;
Freshkills, Golden Boys, Purple Stickpin, Air Traffic Controllers, Hot Cha Cha, Kay Leotard, Zoltars, Melissa Bryan, Doug Gillard, Drunken Prayer, Jon Langford and Chums, Aaron Blount, The Ripe, Forever Changes, Crack Pipes @Side Bar;
Vockah Redu, OBN IIIs @Beerland;
December Boys, Church Shoes, Hex Dispensers, Kingdom of Suicide Lovers, Ugly Beats, A Giant Dog @Side Bar.
And that's it! I think there were another band playing after A Giant Dog, but their set was so good that it was the perfect way to end the week.

Now here's some PICS...


And here's some VIDS...

Carletta Sue Kay - "Pretty Inside"



Golden Boys - "Goddamn I Love the Ocean"



Kay Leotard



The Ripe - "Neverending"

February 4, 2012: OBN IIIs and Flesh Lights

Graham's fun as hell birthday party @Beerland with OBN IIIs and Flesh Lights.


Some PICS...



And 1 VID: OBN IIIs playing "No Enemies"...

January 6, 2012: Free Week Friday

Friday of Free Week @Beerland with Church Shoes, Golden Boys, Pharaohs and OBN IIIs

First, the PICS...


Next, some VIDS...

Church Shoes



Golden Boys - "Goddamn I Love the Ocean"



Golden Boys - "Older Than You"



OBN IIIs - "Runnin on Fumes"

December 28, 2011: OBN IIIs @Emo's

The OBN IIIs rocked the hell out of Emo's. One of the best shows of the year!


Again, it sucked that I couldn't get any video because I my extra battery and charger were unavailable to me for a couple of days.

December 17, 2011: All over the damn place

Saturday night was so frickin fun! Soulphonics and Ugly Beats @Legendary White Swan (early show), Candi and the Cavities and Manikin (with special guest George Stevenson) @Bernadette's, Shit Creek and Crisis Hotlines @Legendary White Swan (late show) and the OBN IIIs @Beerland!

Here are some PICS...


And some VIDS...

Ugly Beats - "KO'd"

Manikin - "Fumes"

Crisis Hotlines - "A.R.T.I.F.I.C.I.A.L."

November 17, 2011: Creamers Record Release show

Record release show at Beerland for the Creamers 7" single with (in order of appearance): Crooked Bangs, Creamers, Culture Kids and OBN IIIs. It was my first time seeing Crooked Bangs (scroll down to see video)and I thought they were great! OBN IIIs (scroll down for video) and Creamers kicked ass as usual and the touring band Culture Kids (San Francisco) rocked it!


Here are some PICS from the evening...


And here's some VIDS...

Crooked Bangs - "20th Century Mind"


Crooked Bangs - "Shrill"


OBN IIIs - "Do My Thing"


OBN IIIs - "New Innocence"