(Photo by Ryan Muir)

Well, this is a day late, but only because I had to get up at 6:30am on Sunday to catch my flight home, leaving me brain dead for the rest of the day. Note to self: never fly that early again. Oh, what’s that? My flight for SXSW leaves at 6:30am? Damn!

Saturday was, well….Saturday was pretty meh. Actually, Monotonix basically blew my mind, and everything that Andrew previously said about the band is completely true. They played the floor and tore shit up like I was hoping and expecting. My friend Michael even had to sit on the bass drum for about half the set, which proved to be a lot more fun for me than I think it was for him. Hey, you can even play Where’s Waldo? with bearded-hipsters from Portland in the above picture. I’ll give you a hint: I’m not from Israel.

Other than that, I wasn’t too impressed with what I saw on Saturday. I headed to Bottom of the Hill to catch British Sea Power, and both the openers (Colour Music and 20 Minute Loop) left me running for the smoking patio a song into their respective sets, and I don’t even smoke. Even British Sea Power, who I was pretty excited to see, was boring.

Oh, and I tried to see MSTRKRFT, but getting into that proved to be pretty ridiculous and definitely not worth the hassle.

And that was it. Now I’m home and nursing my liver until next week when I head out to Austin for plenty more hi-jinx.