View our best festival photos gallery link Best of Sound On Sound     Created by FunFunFun Festival founders, the new SOS Fest aims to transform the typical festival experience for their fans, focusing on unique locations (a cool Renaissance Fest locale) and bookings of indie, punk, hip hop, metal, dance music, and comedy.The Schedule was packed full of fan-fave headliners Phantogram, Run The Jewels, Beach House, Purity Ring, Big Boi, Explosions in the Sky, Courtney Barnett and Flag. The Fest had a great punk rock vibe and benefited HAAM -a great charity helping Austin musicians with healthcare.

Music highlights included great sets from Cursive, Purity Ring, Run the Jewels,Big Boi (from Outkast), Empress of, American Sharks, Midgetmen, The Dead Milkmen, Flag, Phantogram, The Relationship, and Dillinger Escape Plan. Saturday was a killer Punk day-Flag (BLack Flag) was the highlight for many die-hard punkers.Purity Ring had a massive crowd and a total party scene. A few bands we were bummed we missed include: Bob Mould, Pussy Riot, A-trak,  Diarrhea Planet,Thee Oh Sees, The Frights, Diet Cig, Courtney Barnett, White Lung, and Youth Code. For tons more photos go to Austin 101 Magazine!

Overall highlights and lowlights: Although there were some growing pains overall the Fest was impressive and will just get better. The shuttles, the camping, the late night shows, the Fest App,the full schedule (12 hours per day on 4 stages competes with great established fests), and kids enter free.The severe weather evacuation/rain delay/downpours on Sunday were a bummer but the fest continued. Only a couple sets underperformed and felt weak like Death Grips and Wild Nothing. For more info on the fest go SOS.