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SXSW Scene: Human Giant
Despite what schedules say, you just never know what you are going to see when you hit up a day party at SXSW. Maybe an unscheduled musician sitting in with some friends. Maybe a special host doing some announcing. And sometimes it’s much more odd. Such was the case Friday afternoon at Emo’s. As the Seattle-based Fleet Foxes took the stage and prepared to play for fans at the Pitchfork Party outside at Emo’s, two-thirds of comedy troupe Human Giant, Azi Ansari and Rob Huebel, rushed the stage with t-shirt cannons and began firing off balled up shirts into the audience. Maybe the host of the afternoon were just warming up for their show later at the Velveeta Room, or maybe it was just clever marketing wrapped in some physical comedy.
The Foxes took the move in stride, though they were obviously surprised. Bearded and seated lead singer Robin Pecknold was actually rather amused at the demonstration, saying it was just a few weeks ago that he was downloading Human Giant off of iTunes. “What a crazy world,” he said a couple of times before the band finally broke into song.
Video: Pitchfork party with Human Giant and Fleet Foxes
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