are you local?

Hoooo boy. Look who made it out to hear music tonight? And kids? We're just getting warmed up. Eleven days until SXSW (but who's counting, right?). Anyway, tonight vita.mn had their annual SXSW sendoff for local artists who are heading down to Texas. There were a ton of great bands that played tonight (even the newbies who played for a chance to win the trip to SXSW).Then finally, at midnight (after five hours of shooting other bands), Astronautalis headlined. It was so much fun! Sims even joined him on stage for a song (which you can see in the photo), and overall it was just a damn good time. Now I'm off to bed. Don't worry, I have about 90 photos left to sort through tomorrow before making a big post of images. I'll update this blog when it's done.Update: Photos from the show are up over here. Enjoy!