Loving on Jarrod Dickenson and the Secret Sisters

On Sunday night, after sleeping most of the day recovering from our adventures in Vegas and the Grand Canyon, we met up with Steve and Cecelia to go see a friend of theirs, Jarrod Dickenson, play at Cafe du Nord. He was awesome, and it turns out he was opening for the Secret Sisters, two actual sisters from Alabama who can really, really sing.

I grew up going to shows in Nashville all the time, but there wasn't that option in Winston-Salem, and I haven't really gone to nearly as many since I've been living in San Francisco. 

Really liking Cults

I don't really like cults (the people groups with bizarre ideas about when the world is going to end), but I do really like Cults (the East Village based duo featured above).

If anyone has any experience sneaking into shows, I'm thinking about sneaking into either their sold out show or their private show in San Francisco next month. We'll have to make our plans offline though so their security doesn't find out about us! :)

Coachella v. Bonnaroo

I find it hilarious to compare Coachella with Bonnaroo. Now that I live in San Francisco, Coachella is the big music festival that everyone talks about and goes down to, but when I was growing up in Nashville, it was always Bonnaroo. The lineups at both are really similar, so they both attract people who like the same type of music.

But here's the difference. 

This is Coachella: 

And this is Bonnaroo:

At Coachella, everyone is very LA and showered and putting on a little fashion show. At Bonnaroo, we were wearing as little as possible without being indecent, and I don't think anyone was really thinking about clothes other than that. I actually only went to Bonnaroo one year, but in that one year, I could tell you without a shadow of a doubt that there was no kind of style like there is at Coachella, and I actually can't imagine planning my outfits for a music festival like this. 

Maybe I can't judge until I try both...

Coachella photos compiled by Elise from Style.com. Bonnaroo photos are all from my camera, probably taken by random strangers. 

Dancing with the DJ

I'm loving the "acoustic campfire" version of Dancing with the DJ by The Knocks. Aren't they awesome?!