Like a lot (seriously…a lot) of bands this year, CBC decided one night after a few beers: “South by…why the fuck not?” So we took time off our day jobs and piled onto a plane (then piled into a couple of Budget Rent-A-
Cars) and hit the road to Austin.

You get different stories depending on who you talk to, but we found it surprisingly easy // awesome to stick to the fringes of this batshit insane, weeklong music fest because even on the fringes you’re in the middle of a lot of cool shit.

We picked up 5 shows, including Rusty’s on Friday night and played with // met // hung out with some cool bands like My Gold Mask, White Girl and Shinobi Ninja. As cool local peeps go, the dudes in the awesome metal band Thunderosa had to be our favorites.

Other notably good times:

1. Trollin’ the streets full of hipsters and trannies and drunken frat boys at night, slapping CBC sticker on any clear surface we found (including right on the actual street…like, the tar part).

2. Gettin’ an awesome crowd-wide, call-and-response party happening—all we did was shout “SHUT IT DOWN!” really loudly, while trollin’ an anonymous, but probably uber-famous, rapper’s concert.

3. The DELI MAG show at Rusty’s was pretty awesome because the crowd was amazing and Kendra’s family was in the house!

4. Tacos.

5. Our rental house and Austin hosts. Amazing place, great people.

6. ZOMG ALL THE FREE PARTIES. Got liquored up proper, enjoyed performances from some pretty sweet acts, including George Clinton and Erykah Badu, Hank & Cupcakes, Solid Gold and Marijuana Death Squad.

7. BBQ. We ate ALL the meat (except Hilary, who’s a lame vegetarian or whatever).

8. Solange Knowles’ yellow lemon dress and her army of afro’d supermodel sistahs. God, they put us to shame.

9. Our fans, big and small. Special shout out to our awesome teen fans from Key Bar! We think the guys were jealous that our new teen girl fans only wanted a picture with Kendra, Hilary and Adina.

10. The sound guys. Friendly and ornery. Special shout out to Billy from Key Bar!