Phoenix Sun and Austin Lights

It is really funny how, on tour, your view of a city is oftentimes shaped by just a couple hours spent there. Flagstaff, AZ just became one of our favorite places to tour because we had a great night on Tuesday. The bar was crowded, people were dancing and the club owners were extremely nice to us.

Phoenix on Wednesday, on the other hand, saw a really slow night at a bar that was more strip mall than music scene, although we had a couple very awesome fans come out. We finished our set early and cruised through the desert heat overnight on a 1,000 mile trek to Austin for another show last night. Of course nobody in the band will say that they don't like an entire city, just because we had one slow, overly sweaty night there. Then again, while we are deciding where to tour in the fall, our brief memories of places are some of the most salient info we have to work on.

The Phoenix/Flagstaff contrast is one we have seen before with Dallas/Austin and Chicago/surrounding area. There is a tendency to get swallowed in big cities. There are a lot of cool people who are into music in these bigger cities, but they are exposed to much more stimulus all the time. Those who live in smaller towns are more likely to personally connect with your music. And so it is the Boulders, Vails, and Flagstaffs which we will constantly return to on tour.

Last night's venue was very chill, with some of the best looking lights we have seen all tour (hence the name, Light Bar). We are extra excited for our return to Maggie Mae's on Saturday, the rooftop view from the stage is amazing. Texas is good so far, but I know everyone is getting anxious to return to Colorado for our 4th of July show in Vail.

This morning we are working on booking fall tour, and reviewing some contracts for Mountainside Mardi Gras. While we can't tell you any of the bands we have firmed up for next August at Red Rocks, let's just say one's name is Ivan and the other is extra Dirty (and there's twelve of them).

Keep Austin Weird is the slogan here. We'll use our day off today to kick it in the city and find out how weird it gets.