SXSW through the eyes of Cayucas

- Photo by Cara Robbins

Heading towards the burning hot Texan sun, Cayucas are armed with their cameras as they make the long, cross country drive down to the world’s most anticipated new music showcase, SXSW.

Of course, blazing heat isn’t anything that’s going to bother this bunch of Californians who are set to unleash their unique and completely irresistible sun-drenched melodies and pop-tinged tendencies upon a very fortunate Texan crowd. We asked Cayucas to document their trip, and to take a few photos to show us SXSW through the eyes of one of the festival’s most hotly tipped bands. And here’s what happened.

“Cayucas Leaving Los Angeles”

“Crossing SoCal Desert”

“Ben reading a magazine to pass the time crossing Arizona”

“Christian believing in the desert”

“Zach hanging outside of Juarez”

“Morning jam in the living room”

“Nap time is over. No show tonight means no holding back.”

“Cayucas minus Casey. Our set got cut short and the promoters are shoveling drinks tickets as an apology.”

“Tom, you’ll be awake in 2 hours. I’m going to be dead for at least 6.”

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“We are playing the radio day stage in a couple hours. Right after Dave Grohl speaks”

“The Rhodes collects little rocks that mess with the keys. Here’s Banah doing some maintenance as Ben looks on. We’re playing at the Austin convention center at 3:00, after Dave Grohl speaks. We were instructed to not go onstage until he’s off.”

“The twins (Ben and Zach) before the Fader Fort show. Can’t wait to do this in Europe!”

“Ben hanging out at the Fader Fort. Converse gave us a huge crowd, AND they want to give us free stuff”

“While charming and noble, the Rhodes is damn heavy. We just played at a place called Peckerheads for My Old Kentucky blog. Our set was cut short, unfortunately, because we couldn’t find parking.”

“These shoes have lost a lot of tread on the streets of Austin over the last few days. We’re about to play a recorded set on Rdio that will be available for streaming later.”

“Just hanging out with John Norris. We’re all partying at the Secretly Canadian party. Another day of 12+ hours of nonstop music and beer.”

“This is me with the singer and drummer of The Walkmen. They showed up at the Secretly showcase and I had no choice but to geek out and take a pic. Also, I’m Christian, the guitarist. Nice to digitally meet you.”

“We stopped by the Beats by Dre shed. They get the award for most like a movie set.”

“Texas is huge. Maybe too huge. Hours and hours of driving and no towns. Just some lonely wind turbines. Anyway, we’ve got good tunes to jam to and good stories tucked away from our first SXSW.”

Cayucas will release their debut album Bigfoot through Secretly Canadian on 30 April, and the band will head to the UK to play the following live dates:

May

21- London, UK – The Lexington
22 - Manchester, UK – Soup Kitchen