So Jenna and I took a budget road trip to Denton, TX to see Tilly and the Wall at the Rubber Gloves Recording Studio. We were going to go to Austin over Memorial Day to see Pink Martini, but those plans fell through, so I’m glad we kept to these. We had such a great time (needless to say), listening to two ipods worth of music there and back. We listened to the Books at least twice, but everything else was different the entire time.
Upon entering the bar and getting the requisite first drink (albeit at a beer-only establishment), we found Tilly and said hello. I believe Nick was first to point out that he remembered us from somewhere. Jenna and I simultaniously blushed. Then Kianna noticed our Tilly shirts and said they were “a perfect fit.” Jenna swooned. Jesus wept. It was all good from then on.
Ten Tin Feet opened for Tilly, and they were neat. Tilly was amazing. Nuff said. This concert totally blew the socks off their Little Rock one. The same was true about Of Montreal; when they played here in Little Rock, I wasn’t that impressed, but after hearing them again in Denton, I’m a fan.
The indie scene in Denton is bigger, but strange. Almost everyone there was younger than me, and most of them were posers. In Arkansas, the indie scene is pretty genuine (you can tell by the beat-up cars in the Vinos parking lot). In Denton, all the punk rockers drive nice SUVs. Lame.
All the same, everyone we met was amazing and cool. We exchanged a few myspace names and promised a few friend requests. After the concert we witnessed a little game of jump rope out back. No fights, no excessive drinking. Not like Arkansas at all, really.
Currently listening to:
The Lemon of Pink
Artist: The Books
Rating: 0
