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show recap: fun fun fun fest [day three] (november 6, 2011)


photos by a.j. gutierrez; above: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Day Three of Fun Fun Fun Fest wraps up one of it’s biggest years in its six-year existence with one of the most exceptional and legendary bands to grace our presence: Slayer. But not before Auditorium Shores is filled with electronic, indie, and punk acts to help stifle the brutal blow. Hit the jump to catch write-ups on everyone from Grimes, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Mates of State and of course, Slayer.

- sunbear
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show recap: fun fun fun fest [day two] (november 5, 2011)


photos by a.j. gutierrez; above: Ra Ra Riot

With day one of Fun Fun Fun Fest in the can, Austinites once again braved the dust bowl that was Auditorium Shores, faces wrapped with bandanas to guard from the elements and with a hunger for more live music. From Swedish import Lykke Li to Austin backyarders Spoon, Saturday boasted one of the strongest lineups the festival has ever seen.

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- sunbear
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show recap: fun fun fun fest [day one] (november 4, 2011)


photos by a.j. gutierrez; above: Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

Austin, Texas’s Fun Fun Fun Fest has come quite a long way from its humble beginnings six years ago. From its first year at Waterloo Park with a bill comprised heavily of local acts like Black Angels, Spoon and Ghostland Observatory, the festival has ballooned into a nationally recognized music-fest capable of reuniting acts like The Descendents, booking stadium sized bands like Slayer, and drawing crowds that would rival its big-brother festival Austin City Limits. Now with a new seaside home at Auditorium Shores, the sixth annual Fun Fun Fun Fest has its sights set higher than ever, with the most impressive bill its seen in years.

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- sunbear
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fun fun fun fest lineup revealed (2011)


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with austin’s always lovely fun fun fun fest lineup revealed, everyone’s shittin’ their pants in anticipation. for the first time in its residency, it will:

a. be 3 days long, as opposed to 2
b. be hosted by the auditorium shores, as opposed to the dogshit waterloo park
c. have slayer playing

sunbear and i will probably be there, passed out in the grassy knoll from smuggling in vodka and roofies (for each other, obviously) in water bottles.

-grizzly

video: fun fun fun fest – video recap (2010)

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while aj was the chosen one of us three gallivanting about in austin during this festival, the other two bears were off getting drunk in their respective towns. this video recap of the equally glamorous and dirty as shit fest is for all who couldn’t attend it. those of you who did attend it can bask in the chaos.

-grizzly

show recap: fun fun fun fest [day two] (2010)

the dust bowl known as austin’s fun fun fun fest continued with it’s final day and biggest achievement to date, the reunion of the illustrious punk band, the descendents. stepping up when an injury sidelined planned headliners devo, the legendary west coast punk band set out for austin for their first live show in nearly a decade, causing a stir amongst festival goers. this once in a lifetime act would be joining the likes of best coast, deerhunter, p.o.s., mastadon, suicideal tendencies, yelle and more for the final day of fun fun fun fest.

- sunbear
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show recap: fun fun fun fest [day one] (2010)

Fun Fun Fun Fest once again descended upon Austin, Texas for its 2010 edition, corralling the best of crust-punk, pretentious indie, left field hip-hop, stoner-metal, and whatever else kind of music would draw the mases to the ten acre Waterloo Park for a three-day marathon of live-music, mosh-pitting, and binge drinking. this year, the festival featured it’s widest array of artists than any previous, from weird al to gwar, there was something for everyone. weworemasks’ sunbear was on hand to partake of said festivities, and the following is his recollection, as best he remembers it, of Austin’s 5th annual Fun Fun Fun Fest.

editor’s note: sorry about the extreme late pass here people, i could tell you that i’ve been busy with other things, but truthfully i was recovering from the two day ordeal that was the fest.

- sunbear
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the descendents – reunion show footage [fun fun fun fest] (2010)

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while we wait on sunbear for the impending doom that is sure to follow the fun fun fun fest coverage (photos and day 1/day2 recaps on the way), here’s a neat little clip. after a decade of inactivity, pop-punk kings the descendants reunited for a packed crowd in austin’s waterloo park. thanks to this guy, we have some high quality, voyeur footage from the historic occasion.

-grizzly

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show recap: fun fun fun fest [day one] (2009)

extreme late pass here folks, but the awesomeness that was fun fun fun fest left me stunned and reeling for quite some time. but i’ve collected the my thoughts and pictures and finally, i bring you coverage of austin’s glorious fun fun fun fest brought to you by sunbear and free miller high life tall boys. check out my write ups on yeasayer, cool kids, les savy fav and all the other fun (fun fun) acts after the jump…

- sunbear

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photo recap: fun fun fun fest [day two] (2009)

sunbear did some work on day two of the festival. the bands were much better for day two’s festivities, but the inclement weather really put a damper (pun intended) on the entire day. constant drizzles, rain and mud coupled with a nice pair of shoes and jeans ruined by aforementioned weather conditions all helped with that.

however, seeing GZA perform the majority of liquid swords, kid sister, health, crystal castles (not pictured – was not allowed), harlem and why? made for a successful sunday at the normally pleasant festival.

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-grizzly
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photo recap: fun fun fun fest [day one] (2009)

so we’re finally getting to the fun fun fun fest material. you know us, we’re lazy and very prone to procrastination. i mean c’mon, we have jobs and vodka to tend to. we ended up not being able to make it into the festival until 4:30, so we missed about 4 and a half hours of opening bands which included the likes of vega, young widows and russian circles, which was a definite bummer – but goes hand in hand with festival antics and hustle. the recap’s are coming soon, folks. for now, here’s a recap of day one’s events via sunbear’s camera lens.

hit the jump for photos of no age, neon indian, yeasayer, the cool kids and les savy fav.

-grizzly

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fun fun fun fest lineup announced (2009)

this lineup is looking something mean. much more cohesive and entertaining than last year’s lineup. looking forward to a lot of things this year and i’m sure you can figure out which bear is stoked out about which band. panda probably won’t attend because he doesn’t do the sun and anything that doesn’t have the all-day availability of vodka.

more info at the official website.

see you in austin on november 8+9.

-grizzly