Category Archives: SXSW Blog

HearYa’s Unofficial SXSW Day Show Includes Low Anthem, Murder By Death, More

HearYa.com Unofficial Day Party
Friday 3/19 noon – 6pm | FREE to public!

Beauty Bar (@ the outside stage)
617 East 7th Street

Deep Dark Woods
The Mother Hips
Lissie
Joe Pug
The Low Anthem
Ben Nichols (of Lucero)
Murder By Death
Gringo Star
Love Language

Little Radio’s SXSW day party info

Little Radio always manages to put on some of the greatest day shows at SXSW. This year is no different, especially Friday.

Here’s the info:

Red-Eyed Fly (715 Red River)
12pm – 6pm, March 17, 18, 19
Free, 18+, No wristbands required, free Bloody Marys and Beer!

WEDS MARCH 17
05:20P-06:00P TBA
04:50P-05:20P The Growlers
04:20P-05:00P The Entrance Band
03:50P-04:20P The Happy Hollows
03:20P-04:00P Miles Kurosky (Beulah)
02:50P-03:20P Popwreck
02:20P-03:00P The Henry Clay People
01:50P-02:20P Findlay Brown
01:20P-02:00P Red Cortez
12:00P-01:20P Tenlons Fort + guests

THUR MARCH 18
05:20P-06:00P TBA
04:50P-05:20P Chief
04:20P-05:00P Jason Collett (Broken Social Scene)
03:50P-04:20P Those Darlins
03:20P-04:00P Sarah Jaffe
02:50P-03:20P Soko
02:20P-03:00P Shadow Shadow Shade (formerly The Afternoons)
01:50P-02:20P Matt Ellis
01:20P-02:00P Andy Clockwise
12:00P-01:20P Tenlons Fort + The Eastern Sea

FRI MARCH19
05:20P-06:00P TBA
04:50P-05:20P The Upside Down
04:20P-05:00P Spindrift
03:50P-04:20P Jason Simon (Dead Meadow)
03:20P-04:00P Warpaint
02:50P-03:20P Serena Maneesh
02:20P-03:00P Darker My Love
01:50P-02:20P Restavrant
01:20P-02:00P Dead Confederate
12:00P-01:20P Tenlons Fort + Manhattan Murder Mystery

SXSW 2010 Video Countdown: Your Twenties

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If you’re a sucker for clever Brit-rock like me, be sure to catch Gabriel Stebbing’s (ex-Metronomy) band Your Twenties this year in Austin. next time they’re stateside. Due to unforeseen circumstances they will be unable to attend this year’s festival. They’ve already had singles released on both Germs of Youth and Neon Gold.

SXSW 2010 Video Countdown: The Drums

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As it turns out, The Drums did not open for Phoenix here in Columbus in December. Bummer. But that won’t keep you from enjoying their surf-pop from now til Austin.

SXSW Updates: IODA, Annie Mac, Dixie Chicks, More

IODA’s Opening Day Bash at SXSW
Emo’s Annex, 603 Red River (corner of 6th & Red River), Austin, TX
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Open to the public / No wristbands or badges required

5:00 PM : Sleepy Sun
4:15 PM : Bear in Heaven
3:30 PM : Carsick Cars
2:45 PM : The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!
2:00 PM : Tobacco
1:30 PM : Summer Cats
1:00 PM : Zeus
12:30 PM : A Sunny Day in Glasgow
12:00 PM : Les Shelleys- Tom Brosseau and Angela Correa

More after the jump. Continue reading

Rachael Ray’s SXSW 2010 Party

UPDATE: Click here for full band list.

Rachael Ray once again returns to SXSW. This year her event is happening March 20 @ Stubb’s BBQ. 11AM – 4PM. The only confirmed band I’ve heard about is Shayna Zaid and The Catch.

Last year’s line up was solid – including The Hold Steady and The Thermals. Me and Kyle got pleasantly pickled by her drinks and food.

Fanfarlo announces Columbus date + SXSW

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MP3: Harold T. Wilkins or How to Wait for a Very Long Time

My own involvement with BenCo aside, I’m thrilled to announce that Fanfarlo will be coming to town to play The Summit on April 1st with Lawrence Arabia and Robert Francis supporting. (My previous thoughts on Fanfarlo here.)

From the press release:

Acclaimed U.K. five-piece Fanfarlo have announced more North American headlining dates for March and April with Lawrence Arabia and Robert Francis as support. The band whom are just finishing up a string of European headline shows will be back in America next week to make their national television debut on the Late Show with David Letterman Monday, February 15th.

Tickets go on sale Saturday. All tour dates, including SXSW appearances, after the jump. Continue reading

The Bay Area Takeover @ SXSW 2010

From the press release:

San Francisco’s premier indie music source The Bay Bridged is proud to announce the details for the 2010 Bay Area Takeover, our third annual free day party during the 2010 South by Southwest Music Festival. The party’s happening on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 from 11:30am to 6pm at Austin’s Beauty Bar.

Following in the tradition of two years of acclaimed events, BATO 2010 features our best lineup yet, with performances by fifteen of the San Francisco Bay Area’s hottest artists, who represent a broad cross-section of the Bay’s fertile indie music scene. Highlights include psych-rockers Sleepy Sun (ATP Recordings), the raw rock and roll of Ty Segall (Goner Records), and, back by popular demand, a set of magnetic electro-R&B from Wallpaper. (Eenie Meenie).
The full list of terrific acts includes:

Wallpaper.
Sleepy Sun
Ty Segall
Or, the Whale
Still Flyin’
Birds & Batteries
The Sandwitches
Young Prisms
Man/Miracle
Tempo No Tempo
Geographer
The Ferocious Few
Sonny and the Sunsets
Leopold and his Fiction
Hottub

With DJ sets from Bagel Ted (Bagel Radio) throughout the day.
More information about the party can be found at TheBayAreaTakeover.com. The party is FREE, but you should RSVP at our web site to receive priority admission.

SXSW 2010 Video Countdown: Local Natives

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For those planning on attending SXSW this year (or for those just curious about who will be there), I’ve been sifting through the extensive list as something of a countdown until the festival.

Today’s video is from Los Angeles-based Local Natives, who will be releasing their record Gorilla Manor on Frenchkiss February 16th.

Mexican Summer x Gorilla vs. Bear: SXSW 2010

We’re teaming up with the great Mexican Summer this year to bring you a day & night, official/unofficial blowout in Austin on Friday, March 19. Starring Washed Out, Memory Tapes, Real Estate, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, jj, and many more. Details coming soon…

MP3s and more over on Gorilla.