Martin Guevara and Alberto Diez of the Bilbao, Spain, rock band Capsula perform at Roux at the SXSW Music Festval on Wednesday March 18, 2009.

Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

The SXSW Music Festival got off to a great start Wednesday. Personal highlights for me were seeing Echo & the Bunnymen perform “The Killing Moon,”  Roky Erickson singing “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” The Heartless Bastards performing “The Mountain” and hearing “She’s About a Mover” performed by a band including Augie Meyers and Doug Sahm’s son Shawn Sahm.  

I spent many hours planning my SXSW coverage, but as I was walking to my first show of the day I heard a glorious racket coming out of the club Roux.  It drew me in, and there I made this photo of the Bilbao, Spain, band Capsula.  Discovering new bands and other surprises is what makes SXSW so much fun.

Online version
http://photoblog.statesman.com/sxsw-music-festival-day-one

http://www.austin360.com/music/mediahub/media/slideshow/index.jsp?tId=149960

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