Young the Giant on the road to SXSW 2011

Another year, another wave of people who are beginning to flood Austin, Texas for SXSW. This time around we’re being given a little bit of an inside look at the build-up to the event from a band’s point of view; it’s not like acts are able to just fly into town, play a gig or two, and leave, right? There’s always more to it than that, and to make things work most bands have to make serious plans along the way to and from the festival, performing everywhere they can and dealing with the normal rigors of touring. This year SPIN and HP are following the stories of a number of bands as they set off for the festival and in this video we watch the journey of Los Angeles’ Young the Giant begin.

This series of posts will also include videos following bands the likes of Rural Alberta Advantage, Yellow Ostrich and others, and are being sponsored by SPIN and HP Envy laptops.