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My Schedule
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Next Stage Presents The Luyas
6 schedule::attendees
Location
Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 3-4
eventtype Panel, Interactive
event::about It is easy to get lost in the Luyas’ musical world—their retro-futurist songs are drenched in echo, and built from guitars, French horn, piles of keyboards, drums and percussion. Singer/guitarist Jessie Stein expands the band’s already wide musical vocabulary when she plays the Moodswinger—a 12-string electric zither designed by the Dutch experimental luthier Yuri Landman. The Luyas are currently working on their forthcoming first album with Dead Oceans, slated for release in early 2011. Working with engineer Jeff McMurrich (Tindersticks, Constantines), The Luyas have also teamed up with friend and colleague Owen Pallett who is lending his arranging skills and violin playing to a number of tracks.
event::tags #SXSWNextStage
5:00 PM
to 2:00 AM
kNERD Launch Party
104 schedule::attendees
Location
Skinny's Ballroom
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
6:00 Birds & Batteries
7:00 The Boxing Lesson
8:00 Lost In The Trees (one of NPR's favorite new bands of 2010)
9:00 Black Books
10:00 Lacuna Incorporated
11:00 The Authors
12:00 Twin Tigers
1:00 Not In The Face
event::about
kNERD.COM Launch Party
Come have some free drinks and live music with us!
Skinny's Ballroom (used to be Club 115)
5pm - 2am
115 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin TX
Click "Attend" for this show at
www.knerd.com/bands/knerd
to receive free drink tickets.
NO BADGE REQUIRED
***drink tickets are limited. Arrive early to receive your tickets.
event::tags free drinks
Website http://www.knerd.com/bands/knerd
5:30 PM
to 6:30 PM
The Lonely Forest
20 schedule::attendees
Location
The Phoenix
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Baeblemusic Takes On Texas: Presented By Lexus, MOG, and ROKU
NO BADGE REQUIRED - FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
event::tags SXSW, Baeble, Baeblemusic, The Phoenix, Mog, Roku, Lexus, The Holidays, Evan Voytas, Brahms Lovett, Free Music, concert, party
7:00 PM
to 8:00 PM
The Boxing Lesson
19 schedule::attendees
Location
Skinny's Ballroom
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Part of the kNERD Launch Party
Website http://www.knerd.com/bands/knerd
7:00 PM
to 2:00 AM
Syndicate Conflict Of Interest Party
112 schedule::attendees
Location
PureVolume House
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
9PM We Barbarians
10PM Grouplove
11PM The Lonely Forest
12PM The Sounds
DJ Penguin Prison
event::about
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
The Lonely Forest
37 schedule::attendees
Location
PureVolume House
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
The Sounds
157 schedule::attendees
Location
PureVolume House
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Surfer Blood
409 schedule::attendees
Location
Emo's Main Room
eventtype Music
Artists Surfer Blood
event::about Hailing from West Palm Beach, Florida, the quintet known as Surfer Blood had a breakout year in 2010 with the release of their debut album 'Astro Coast' in January 2010. Months prior to the actual release, Surfer Blood took the CMJ music festival by storm playing an incredible 12 shows. Spending the winter months leading up to their album release, Surfer Blood criss-crossed the nation on tour supporting Japandroids and Art Brut. Never breaking straight into the new year, getting a major boost from all around rave press reviews, including a 'Best New Music' tag from Pitchfork Media, the band continued their incessant touring. This year has taken these Floridians across Europe several times, as far as Japan for Summer Sonic and Australia for Splendour in the Grass festivals; they ended out the year with a support tour for Interpol. Because of their dedication, 12 months later Astro Coast is topping several year end lists. NPR deemed them "America's best new pop band", they made Rolling Stone's "Rookies of the Year" list, Filter Magazine listed their album as #7 of the year, plus making the list of numerous others: MySpace, NME, Urban Outfitters, Rough Trade Shop. Based on the longevity that the album stayed in PopMatter's rotation, they regard it as "unfuckwithable" and PrefixMag said, "Surfer Blood is the best '90s band working today." For 2011, Surfer Blood will return with an EP of new tunes to be released in late spring. More touring will inevitably ensue.
event::tags All Ages
11:30 AM
to 8:00 PM
Paste Magazine Party
451 schedule::attendees
Location
The Stage on Sixth (formerly Radio Room)
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
March 16, 2011
12:00 - 12:35 PM Ponderosa
12:30 - 1:00 PM TV Torso
1:00 - 1:35 PM Futurebirds
1:30 - 2:00 The Wealthy West (Brandon Kinder)
2:00 - 2:35 The Civil Wars
2:30 - 3:00 Keegan DeWitt (trio)
3:00 - 3:35 Trampled By Turtles
3:30 - 4:00 Jeremy Messersmith
4:00 - 4:35 Lost In the Trees
4:30 - 5:00 Matthew & The Atlas
5:00 - 5:35 Lord Huron
5:30 - 6:00 Kopecky Family Band
6:00 - 6:35 Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
6:30 - 7:00 Sondre Lerche
7:00 - 7:45 Eisley
event::about
In less than a month, thousands of artists, fans and music professionals will descend upon Austin, Texas for SXSW 2011. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the weeklong event. As part of the festivities, Paste will be hosting two days’ worth of showcases, March 16-17.
Sponsored by Qdoba, Orange, Enthos, Touch and Izze, The 2011 Paste Party In Austin will take place at The Stage On Sixth—located at 507 East 6th Street. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. and artists will be performing from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Qdoba will also be providing free burritos and nachos to those attending (while supplies last).
The parties are open to the public and SXSW badgeholders, age 21+, until capacity. RSVP to attend!
event::tags free food, free music, paste
12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Brooklyn Vs. The Bay
271 schedule::attendees
Location
Red Eyed Fly
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info Brooklyn:
-O'Death
-The Spinto Band
-Delicate Steve
-Smoosh
-Milagers
-Warm Ghost
-Dream Diary
-We Barbarians
The Bay:
-Dodos
-John Vanderslice
-Mark Eitzel
-The Mumlers
-Taxes
-Sea of Bees
-The Limousines
-O'Death
-The Spinto Band
-Delicate Steve
-Smoosh
-Milagers
-Warm Ghost
-Dream Diary
-We Barbarians
The Bay:
-Dodos
-John Vanderslice
-Mark Eitzel
-The Mumlers
-Taxes
-Sea of Bees
-The Limousines
event::about 15 bands from the city that never sleeps and the city by the bay go head to head in one killer day of music.
event::tags Free Drinks
Website http://austin.noisepop.com/
12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
San Diego Hoe Down 2011
85 schedule::attendees
Location
Lustre Pearl
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
UME, Silent Comedy, Little Hurricane, Leslie & The Badgers, Writer, Saint Motel and American Royalty.
event::about
There is no better way to start off your wild and exciting week at SXSW than with free beer and tacos and great music courtesy of the San Diego Music Foundation and several wonderful sponsors.
Featured musicians at the San Diego Hoe-Down include UME, Silent Comedy, Little Hurricane, Leslie & The Badgers, Writer, Saint Motel and American Royalty.
Do you miss the months between SXSW each year? We’ve got your fix at the Hoe-Down -- mix and mingle with San Diegans and find out more about their wonderful San Diego Music Thing conference which is held annually. This year’s conference takes place on September 9 and 10 and will feature panels from music industry professionals, performances, mentoring sessions and more.
Admission to the Hoe-Down is complimentary with your SXSW badge or please RSVP. This year’s Hoe-Down is sponsored by the good folks at Bar Pink, BMI, The Casbah, Front Gate Tickets, Hi-Speed Soul, The Ruby Room, San Diego City Beat, North Park / San Diego Music Thing, Soda Bar, and the San Diego Music Foundation.
event::tags Free beer, free tacos
12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
The Billy Reid & K-Swiss SXSW Shindig
121 schedule::attendees
Location
Swan Dive
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
KEEGAN DEWITT 12-12:30pTHE ROMANY RYE 12:45-1:15pJESSICA LEA MAYFIELD 1:30-2pTHE APACHE RELAY 2:20-2:50pHAYES CARLL 3:10-3:40pCAITLIN ROSE 4-4:30pJASON ISBELL 4:40-5:10pCIVIL WARS 5:30-6p
1:00 PM
to 1:30 PM
Ham Sandwich
32 schedule::attendees
Location
Hole In The Wall
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Ham Sandwich
event::about
The Midgetmen are excited to be hosting our 4th Texas Jumpstart party during SXSW 2011. We've moved to the Hole in the Wall for this year, but The Midgetmen's Texas Jumpstart 4 will still be 100% free with 100% free beer (til it runs out).
1:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Saint Arnold Brewing's 1st Annual Texas Day Party!
95 schedule::attendees
Location
Ginger Man
eventtype Unofficial Party
event::about
Saint Arnold celebrates Texas Music at SXSW!
Free-to Pies! Tasty Texas Ales! Fine Texas Music!
- Eve & The Exiles(1p)
- Thunderchiefs(2p)
- Al Staehely & 10K Hrs.(3p)
- Ugly Beats(4p)
- The Freddie Steady 5(5p)
1:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Texas Sized Tumblr MeetUp
107 schedule::attendees
Location
Clive's
eventtype Unofficial Party
event::about
We're going to Texas for SXSW and if you're on Tumblr, we want to meet you. Come on down to CliveBar for a Texas-sized meetup.
We're giving away hundreds of Tshirts, thousands of buttons and a whole mess of stickers. Get Excited Y'all, we got some kegs!
(until they run out)
Clive Bar
Corner of Rainey & Davis Street
SXSW Soundtrack provided by OperationEveryBand
****Must be 21 or older****
event::tags 21+, free booze, free Tshirts
2:00 PM
to 8:00 PM
Macbeth/Keep-A-Breast Party
57 schedule::attendees
Location
PureVolume House
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
2PM Poema
3PM Grand Tarantula
4PM Twin Atlantic
5PM The New Regime
6PM Anthony Green
event::about
All Ages
3:10 PM
to 3:40 PM
4:00 PM
to 5:00 PM
Ugly Beats
38 schedule::attendees
Location
Ginger Man
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Ugly Beats
event::about
Presented by Saint Arnold Brewing Co. and Steady Boy Records
4:40 PM
to 5:10 PM
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Brett Dennen
107 schedule::attendees
Location
Radio Day Stage Austin Convention Center
eventtype Music
Artists Brett Dennen
event::about Brett Dennen is a talented folk/pop singer and songwriter from Northern California. Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as an “Artist to Watch” and identified as one of Entertainment Weekly’s eight "Guys on the Rise," Brett’s narrative-rich and timeless songwriting has garnered instant critical praise and the adoration of music supervisors who have featured his music on popular television programs such as House, Grey’s Anatomy, and Scrubs. Brett has headlined every major city in the United States, Europe and Australia and has been hand-picked by a "who's who" of his contemporaries including John Mayer, Jason Mraz, and Dave Matthews to support tours. His fourth album, Loverboy is due out in April 2011.
event::tags All Ages
5:00 PM
to 5:30 PM
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
61 schedule::attendees
Location
Hole In The Wall
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
event::about
The Midgetmen are excited to be hosting our 4th Texas Jumpstart party during SXSW 2011. We've moved to the Hole in the Wall for this year, but The Midgetmen's Texas Jumpstart 4 will still be 100% free with 100% free beer (til it runs out).
6:00 PM
to 6:30 PM
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
49 schedule::attendees
Location
The Stage on Sixth (formerly Radio Room)
6:30 PM
to 1:30 AM
Past/Futures Records and Monster Nature Agency Present
73 schedule::attendees
Location
Liberty
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
7:00 - 7:30 Eyes Lips Eyes http://www.eyeslipseyes.com/
7:45 - 8:15 Lighthouse Music http://www.lighthousemusicband.com/
8:30 - 9:00 Grandfather Child http://www.superunison.com/grandfatherchild/
9:15 - 9:45 Bastard Lovechild of Rock n Roll http://blorrmusic.com/
10:00 - 10:30 Che Arthur http://www.chearthur.com/
10:45 - 11:15 The Beauvilles http://thebeauvilles.net/
11:30 - 12:00 The Strange Attractors http://www.myspace.com/thestrangeattractors
event::about
Past/Futures Records and Monster Nature Agency Present an unofficial SXSW party! Admission is FREE, but come early, caus' we're serving up some free beer and delicious foods.
NO BADGES/WRISTBANDS REQUIRED
Find us at http://www.pastfuturesrecords.com/ and http://www.monsternature.com/
7:00 PM
to 7:30 PM
Eyes Lips Eyes
4 schedule::attendees
Location
Liberty
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Eyes Lips Eyes
event::about
Past/Futures Records and Monster Nature Agency Present an unofficial SXSW party! Admission is FREE, but come early, caus' we're serving up some free beer and delicious foods.
NO BADGES/WRISTBANDS REQUIRED
Find us at http://www.pastfuturesrecords.com/ and http://www.monsternature.com/
7:30 PM
to 8:30 PM
Brett Dennen
71 schedule::attendees
Location
ACL Live at The Moody Theater
eventtype Music
Artists Brett Dennen
event::about Brett Dennen is a talented folk/pop singer and songwriter from Northern California. Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as an “Artist to Watch” and identified as one of Entertainment Weekly’s eight "Guys on the Rise," Brett’s narrative-rich and timeless songwriting has garnered instant critical praise and the adoration of music supervisors who have featured his music on popular television programs such as House, Grey’s Anatomy, and Scrubs. Brett has headlined every major city in the United States, Europe and Australia and has been hand-picked by a "who's who" of his contemporaries including John Mayer, Jason Mraz, and Dave Matthews to support tours. His fourth album, Loverboy is due out in April 2011.
event::tags 18+
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Matthew and the Arrogant Sea
29 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Matthew and the Arrogant Sea
event::about Matthew Gray began his young career as a solo performer playing locally while fine tuning his craft for songwriting. Before long it became apparent that his musical vision included more orchestration and hands; enter The Arrogant Sea. The band's sound continues to grow and grow as they strive to achieve everything they desire. The chances of seeing them play the same set twice are very slim. Matthew and the Arrogant Sea create something new for themselves and the audience each and every time they play live.With the release of "Family Family Family Meets The Magic Christian" the band saw new heights.The record was named one of the best releases of 2008 by the Dallas Observer. Since then the band has toured with Midlake and received great reviews from Paste magazine, Pop Matters, Absolute Punk and Prefix Magazine as well as local nominations for best band, best record, best live act and best song. They've played with Akron Family, Dungen, Loney Dear, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Asobi Seksu, Great Lake Swimmers, The Paper Chase, Woods, Centro-matic, Warpaint, Clem Snide, The Middle East, Women, The Spinto Band, Bettie Severett, The Starlight Mints and many other great bands. 2011 is looking to be a very successful year with the release of their second effort " You Can't Tame A Wild Rabbit " being hailed as one of the most anticipated records by the Dallas Observer.
event::tags 21+
8:30 PM
to 9:00 PM
Grandfather Child
5 schedule::attendees
Location
Liberty
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Past/Futures Records and Monster Nature Agency Present an unoficial SXSW party! Admission is FREE, but come early, caus' we're serving up some free beer and delicious foods.
NO BADGES REQUIRED
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Dan Dyer
27 schedule::attendees
Location
Speakeasy
eventtype Music
Artists Dan Dyer
event::about Soul-folk singer-songwriter Dan Dyer has been a fixture on the Austin music scene since the late 90s, when he was frontman for the much heralded blues-rock outfit, Breedlove. For his debut solo album, "...Of What Lies Beneath", (2004) Dyer headed to New York City and Miami to collaborate with veteran rock legend Lenny Kravitz, who produced and released the record on Kravitz’s own Reprise imprint label, Roxie Records. Dyer then returned to Austin, his musical birthplace, to record and release his 2008 self–titled album, a soul-revivalist recording produced by David Boyle in an old snake-charmer church turned studio on the east side of Austin. It was named one of the top 10 local albums of the year by both the Austin American Statesman and The Austin Chronicle, and climbed to the #3 R&B spot on iTunes within a week of its digital release. The Chronicle called it "a blue-ribbon disc. At once joyous, creative and satisfying, Dyer channels 1970s era Hathaway and Wonder with modern panache and without a hint of mimicry." Dyer’s voice and live performance intensity are raw and hot, yet soulful and sensitive, drawing from a wealth of classic soul, blues, folk, and R&B legends. The audience is treated to a special brand of commotion as Dyer switches from piano to guitar, sometimes performing with a boyish grin, and other times with a perspiring concentration. He has toured the US extensively, in support of his own releases, and alongside artists such as Lenny Kravitz, Corinne Bailey Rae, Rufus Wainwright, Laura Izibor, Ledisi, and others. He has also been invited to perform at major festivals such as Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, Essence Music Festival, Voodoo Music Experience, and New Orleans Jazz Fest's Annual Piano Night at the House of Blues.
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
J Mascis
229 schedule::attendees
Location
La Zona Rosa
eventtype Music
Artists J Mascis
event::about J Mascis is probably best known as the frontman of the highly influential indie rock trio Dinosaur Jr. With acclaimed LPs like 1987's You're Living All Over Me and 1988's Bug, the group emerged among the most highly regarded in alternative rock history, with Mascis' brilliant volume infused guitar heroics becoming a primary influence on the burgeoning 'grunge' movement - Mascis was also credited by many for single-handedly bringing back the guitar solo to underground and indie rock. By reintroducing volume and attack in his songs Mascis shed the strict limitations of early 1980's hardcore and practically reinvented punk rock in the process. Mascis' body of work continues to inspire a generation of guitar players and songwriters today. In 1991, Dinosaur Jr. disbanded and Mascis released More Light, his first recording under the moniker J Mascis + The Fog. With its revolving line-up of stellar musicians J Mascis + The Fog continues to churn out new material and tour frequently. Members and collaborators of the Fog have included Mike Watt (Minutemen / fIREHOSE), Ron Asheton (the Stooges), Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices), Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine) Dave Schools (Stockholm Syndrome / Widespread Panic) and Kyle Spence (Harvey Milk). Aside from his work with The Fog, Mascis finds himself behind the drums in the band Witch, and most recently playing guitar with garage rockers Sweet Apple. He is also known to perform solo acoustic proving that there are truly no limitations to his abilities. Fans of Mascis' huge guitar wails will not be disappointed by his intimate acoustic performances as he always brings in plenty of pedals to pepper these performances with the sonically enhanced solos he's best known for. In addition to his own work Mascis has been heavily involved behind the scenes appearing on, producing, and mixing records for a string of highly regarded acts like: fIREHOSE, Tad, Buffalo Tom, Beachwood Sparks, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, The Breeders and many others. J Mascis has also composed music for film and has occasionally appeared in films such as Alison Anders acclaimed Gas, Food and Lodging. When the original line up of Mascis, Lou Barlow on bass and drummer Murph re-formed in 2005 for select live dates it was apparent that the years apart had not eroded any of their vitality. Restoring the sound established by the opening hat-trick gambit of Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me, and Bug, 2007's Beyond continued the band's march into rock greatness by making old ears smile and new ears bleed afresh. In 2009 the band released Farm, Dinosaur Jr.'s first double LP and their fifth full length record by the original line-up, an album propelled by the unique energy of one of America's greatest living rock bands hitting their stride.
event::tags All Ages
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
The Luyas
43 schedule::attendees
Location
Red 7
eventtype Music
Artists The Luyas
event::about The Luyas is the project of Pietro Amato, Mathieu Charbonneau, Stefan Schneider, Jessie Stein and occasionally Sarah Neufeld. The band first came together somewhat haphazardly, the initial result of which was their debut album, Faker Death, which the band released independently, and then on Canadian boutique label, You’ve Changed Records. In 2009 the band made a record with old friend and Canadian master, Jeff Mcmurrich, maker of the coolest records north of the border. Many hours of processing live sounds through boxes ensued. Torrid romances played themselves out, families crumbled, the economy weakened, Owen Pallett did orchestral arrangements, everybody cried. Life is life for everyone. The Luyas played with their boxes. Coffee, beer, whiskey, worse; All of this was processed through a space echo. Then it was the end of the summer. So the band went to Europe. They toured extensively supporting Bell Orchestre. Sarah cut Jessie’s hair off into the Danube on the last day of the tour. Look out for a new album to be released on Dead Oceans in 2011.
event::tags All Ages
9:15 PM
to 9:45 PM
Bastard Lovechild of Rock n Roll
2 schedule::attendees
Location
Liberty
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Bastard Lovechild of Rock n Roll
event::about
Past/Futures Records and Monster Nature Agency Present an unofficial SXSW party! Admission is FREE, but come early, caus' we're serving up some free beer and delicious foods.
NO BADGES/WRISTBANDS REQUIRED
Find us at http://www.pastfuturesrecords.com/ and http://www.monsternature.com/
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Reptar
30 schedule::attendees
Location
Maggie Mae's Rooftop
eventtype Music
Artists Reptar
event::about ZUMdAR sees you! Peek-a-boo! Reptar is a band from Athens, GA. We play music that has been likened to space chasm electro dance zone. It makes you want to cummm over to mommys house! There are 4 young gentlemen in the band who prefer to be refered to by the first letter of their last name: K, E, U, and of couse M. We have been playing music for about 1 and a half years. We are working with producer Ben H. Allen (Animal Collective,Gnarls Barkley, Deerhunter, Cut Copy) who produced our first single and our upcoming EP. Reptar is working on a full length album set to come out in the summertime. Get ready to have fun wit your friends. Come be our friend!
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 10:30 PM
Che Arthur
4 schedule::attendees
Location
Liberty
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Past/Futures Records and Monster Nature Agency Present an unoficial SXSW party! Admission is FREE, but come early, caus' we're serving up some free beer and delicious foods.
NO BADGES REQUIRED
10:15 PM
to 11:15 PM
Smith Westerns
400 schedule::attendees
Location
Stubb's
eventtype Music
Artists Smith Westerns
event::about Smith Westerns are Cullen Omori (vocals, 20yrs), Max Kakacek (Guitar, 20yrs), and Cameron Omori (Bass, 19yrs). Since forming in 2007, Smith Westerns have toured both the United States and Europe while supporting the likes of MGMT, Florence and the Machine, Belle and Sebastian, Girls, and Passion Pit. Their self-recorded 'lo-fi' self-titled debut was released in 2009 and garnered critical acclaim for its youthful and glam rock tinged approach to pop music. In the summer of 2010, Smith Westerns teamed up with Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TVOTR, Beach House) to record their sophomore effort in a proper studio the results of which became Dye it Blonde. Being released on Fat Possum Jan.18th, Dye it Blonde retains the charm of their debut but without the same financial shackles the result is a beautifully clean high quality recording of lushly layered pop songs.
event::tags All
10:35 PM
to 11:35 PM
John Vanderslice
194 schedule::attendees
Location
Red 7 Patio
eventtype Music
Artists John Vanderslice
event::about John Vanderslice has released 8 albums on Dead Oceans and Barsuk, touring the US, Europe, Japan and Australia. He founded a recording studio, Tiny Telephone, located in San Francisco, in 1997. The all-analog studio has recorded Death Cab for Cutie, Okkervil River, Deerhoof and Spoon.
event::tags All Ages
10:45 PM
to 11:15 PM
The Beauvilles
5 schedule::attendees
Location
Liberty
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Past/Futures Records and Monster Nature Agency Present an unoficial SXSW party! Admission is FREE, but come early, caus' we're serving up some free beer and delicious foods.
NO BADGES REQUIRED
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Amplified Heat
21 schedule::attendees
Location
BD Riley's
eventtype Music
Artists Amplified Heat
event::about The Ortiz brother's Amplified Heat is a Rock and Roll power trio from Hell by way of Austin, Texas. Like their hot sauce, Amplified Heat is not for the faint of heart. They like it loud, fast and raw… no bullshit, just unrestrained, relentless Rock and Roll. With their forthcoming release "On The Hunt", Jim (Guitar), Chris (Drums) and Gian (Bass) expand their sound into new territory, shooting up psychedelia and Lightnin' Hopkins-esque acoustic blues into their always consistent no frills Rock and Roll. The album was produced and recorded by their manager/producer, James Webber, in an old Texas homestead just outside of Austin, Texas. In an effort to go back to the basics and to get a snapshot of Amplified Heat in their most raw state, the album was tracked live and onto tape. The result is a powerful set of songs that'll make you feel like your speeding down the road in a souped-up black muscle car with a 44' on the seat, Robert Rodriquez-style. The three Colombian-American brothers' banded sense of rebellion started this 'until-death-do-us-part' pact they call Amplified Heat. As youths in Houston, TX, they played only when parents were out of the house. "Growing up in Houston was not much fun at all for us," Jim recalls, "Our parents where very strict and controlling. So we didn't go out much… until we got older and started to sneak out!" Their father confiscated their beloved Black Sabbath album after he saw what Chris Ortiz refers to "a bullshit TV special about Satanism and Rock N Roll." This only fed into their love of the pure Rock and Roll lifestyle. "We hated the shit we heard on top forty radio," Jim recalls, "all the latest music just didn't appeal to us except for ZZ TOP, Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughn and a bunch of other rock n roll bands of the day. We tuned into 95.5 KLOS, 94.7 KMET, K Earth… through that medium we were exposed to The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Zeppelin and Sabbath." On Sunday nights in Houston, Jim Ortiz recalls, "one evening I tuned into Z-107 Houston's classic rock station and they were playing Blues on Sundays. It is then when my love affair with the Blues began! first track I heard was Hound Dog Taylor and that was enough for me to grab a cassette tape and start recording! I heard Albert King, Lightnin' Hopkins, Johnny Winter and John Mayall's Blues Breakers! So, Chris and I set out to find other cats that wanted to play Blues and Rock n Roll." The sound of Amplified Heat emerged years later into a punishing sound. Their vintage Fender wall of sound consists of a 1968 Fender Blackface, 1967 Fender Bandmaster, 1969 & 1970 Fender Bassman heads and several 1966 Fender 2x15 speaker cabinets. "Why we use Vintage gear?" Jim Recalls, "Because that is the only way we found we could get the sounds we heard! We fell in love with old music! We set out to be the loudest band around! Regardless of what any sound man or club owner thinks! For us, to play music is to be true to yourself and we love it loud!" This is the way Rock and Roll is done, there's no doubt about it. And these brothers have committed themselves to the cause. David Fricke of Rolling Stone: "Amplified Heat…destroyed the crowd with a boogie-war vengeance. Rock dreams that quickly came to mind: Stevie Ray Vaughn fronting the Groundhogs; ZZ Top with Blue Cheer running in their veins." Amplfied Heat will set forth on a tour of select markets in support of "On The Hunt" on Gonzolandia Records.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Mother Falcon
35 schedule::attendees
Location
The Ghost Room
11:00 PM
to 4:00 AM
RCRD LBL After Hours
213 schedule::attendees
Location
PureVolume House
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
12AM Oberhofer
1AM Telephoned
2AM Moby
3AM Drop The Lime
event::about
11:15 PM
to 12:00 AM
Dead Black Hearts
8 schedule::attendees
Location
Aussie's Grill and Beach Bar
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Dead Black Hearts
event::about
Presented by:
WeAre78704.com
The Australian American Chamber of Commerce – Houston www.aacc-houston.org
Dart Music International http://dartmusicinternational.org/
event::tags free show, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, Peru
11:30 PM
to 12:00 AM
The Strange Attractors
3 schedule::attendees
Location
Liberty
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Past/Futures Records and Monster Nature Agency Present an unoficial SXSW party! Admission is FREE, but come early, caus' we're serving up some free beer and delicious foods.
NO BADGES REQUIRED
11:45 PM
to 12:45 AM
Flogging Molly
300 schedule::attendees
Location
ACL Live at The Moody Theater
eventtype Music
Artists Flogging Molly
event::about What makes a band truly remarkable? Insightful lyrics? Memorable melodies? Blow-your-mind live performances? The truth is that it takes all of those things along with a boundless enthusiasm, an infectious energy and a supreme devotion to the fans. With this rare combination, a band may ascend past "good," - or even the record industry's Holy Grail, "marketable" - and reach sublime. Drawing on the hardships and joys of their own lives and a musical history ranging from old world Celtic to modern day punk rock, the seven members of Flogging Molly do just that, and they do it with a charm and an ease that makes them one of the most accessible bands performing today. "We're not a traditional band," explains Dublin born singer/songwriter, Dave King. "We are influenced by traditional music and inspired by it, and we put our own little twist on it." Founded in Los Angeles in 1997 by the expatriate King, Flogging Molly got its start and its name from a local bar called Molly Malone's where the band played and grew and laid down the blueprint for its eventual success. As every member of Flogging Molly will emphatically explain, there were no predetermined expectations for the band's sound. From night to night playing to a packed house at Molly Malone's, the sound evolved organically. Traditional Celtic instruments like violin, mandolin and accordion blended seamlessly with grinding guitars and pounding drums. Without consciously attempting it, Flogging Molly merged the music of King's childhood in Dublin with the music of his adulthood in L.A. "If it didn't have mandolin, accordion, fiddle and whistle, it would be punk rock, and if it didn't have guitar, bass and drums, it would be traditional Irish music," King admits. With a sound anchored in such diverse influences and with band members ranging in age from their 20s to their 40s - a decidedly non-MTV-friendly demographical mix, Flogging Molly was not embraced by the mainstream music industry. The band simply didn't fit any preconceived notions of what a "successful" band was. Not deterred in the least, Flogging Molly embraced a DIY philosophy. Their amazing work ethic and rapidly growing fan base led them to DIY-style record label, Side One Dummy, and the two fit hand in glove. In 2000, their Side One Dummy debut, Swagger, featuring the anthemic "The Likes of You Again" and "Black Friday Rule" along with the best ode to a hangover yet, "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" (which later found its way into the Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt film, Mr. and Mrs. Smith), obliterated initial expectations before Flogging Molly headed back into the studio to record their 2002 follow up, Drunken Lullabies, which included instant classics like the rousing "Rebels of the Sacred Heart" and the doleful "The Son Never Shines (on Closed Doors)." 2004's Within a Mile of Home once more showcased the band's ability to play driving rock and roll on one track then slide effortlessly into lilting, pastoral harmonies on the next and contained a beautiful duet between King and Lucinda Williams on "Factory Girls." Flogging Molly's latest album, Float, recorded in King's native Ireland, delivers still another iteration of the band's sonic evolution. More mature yet retaining the immediacy that marks all of their work, Float may find the widest audience acceptance of any Flogging Molly album. Hard charging tunes such as "Requiem For A Dying Song," "Paddy's Lament" and "You Won't Make a Fool Out of Me" give way, as listeners have come to expect, to more sober ruminations on tracks like "Float." The overall effect is a symphonic layering of sound that possesses a unique rhythmic flow from boisterous to bereaved and back again. Long time fans and new discoverers will be equally astounded. Spend 10 minutes in a room with the members of Flogging Molly, and you will have no doubt about their passion for their music. As mandolin and banjo player Bob Schmidt describes it, "We're deadly serious about what we do. As much as it's a good time and a fun thing, it's no joke to us." Guitarist Dennis Casey echoes that sentiment, saying, "I just give it all I've got because I just believe in it that much." Flogging Molly isn't a mere band, they're a seven member nuclear family. They are as devoted to one another as they are to the music they create. It's no wonder their extended family - the legion of loyal Flogging Molly fans - keeps growing every day.
event::tags 18+
12:30 AM
to 1:30 AM
Duran Duran
428 schedule::attendees
Location
Stubb's
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Alpha Rev
38 schedule::attendees
Location
Lustre Pearl
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Surfer Blood
305 schedule::attendees
Location
Beauty Bar-Palm Door
eventtype Music
Artists Surfer Blood
event::about Hailing from West Palm Beach, Florida, the quintet known as Surfer Blood had a breakout year in 2010 with the release of their debut album 'Astro Coast' in January 2010. Months prior to the actual release, Surfer Blood took the CMJ music festival by storm playing an incredible 12 shows. Spending the winter months leading up to their album release, Surfer Blood criss-crossed the nation on tour supporting Japandroids and Art Brut. Never breaking straight into the new year, getting a major boost from all around rave press reviews, including a 'Best New Music' tag from Pitchfork Media, the band continued their incessant touring. This year has taken these Floridians across Europe several times, as far as Japan for Summer Sonic and Australia for Splendour in the Grass festivals; they ended out the year with a support tour for Interpol. Because of their dedication, 12 months later Astro Coast is topping several year end lists. NPR deemed them "America's best new pop band", they made Rolling Stone's "Rookies of the Year" list, Filter Magazine listed their album as #7 of the year, plus making the list of numerous others: MySpace, NME, Urban Outfitters, Rough Trade Shop. Based on the longevity that the album stayed in PopMatter's rotation, they regard it as "unfuckwithable" and PrefixMag said, "Surfer Blood is the best '90s band working today." For 2011, Surfer Blood will return with an EP of new tunes to be released in late spring. More touring will inevitably ensue.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
The Spring Standards
21 schedule::attendees
Location
Esther's Follies
eventtype Music
Artists The Spring Standards
event::about The Spring Standards are an energetic force of three-part harmony circling over a rock n' roll sound with an old country aftertaste. From small towns to big cities, they explode on stage with spirit, spontaneity, and a style all their own. They are, in no particular order: James Cleare, James Smith and Heather Robb. Each member of the band is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, and they use their strengths as a trio to create a sound that listeners might expect from a band twice their size. With an emphasis on three-part harmony and a variety of instrumental switching, their range and energy make each live show a unique event. Paste Magazine chimes, "It's no easy task to find a country/folk haystack buried amongst noisy New York needles, but this winsome three piece rewards the hunter." The band’s first full-length album Would Things Be Different, produced by Bryce Goggin, was released on April 13th of this year.
event::tags All Ages
11:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Brooklyn BBQ Showcase
387 schedule::attendees
Location
Hotel Vegas
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info Official Showcase Times TBA This Week.
event::about
BROOKLYN LAGER, THE DELI MAGAZINE, GAT5 AND VOLNADO PRESENT:
THE BROOKLYN BBQ-UNOFFICIAL SXSW PARTY
30 Bands. Three Stages. Free BBQ.
Beverages Provided By Brooklyn Brewery
+ Djs. Live Screen Printing. Photo Booth. Video Installations.
Bands:
The Gay Blades, Black Taxi, The Dig, Dream Diary, Weird Owl, Deadbeat Darling, Mieka Pauly, Grooms, Beautiful Supermachines, Emily Greene, Invisible Days, Heliotropes, Country Mice, Goes Cube, Apollo Run, Redheadphone, Joseph King, Decibel, The Courtesy Tier, Fan Tan, The Wicked Tommorw, Black Bells, Reaganometry, MORE TBA.
WITH SPECIAL LOCAL GUESTS:
The Black and White Years, Michael Kingcaid {of what made milwaukee famous}, Butcher Bear Sound System and Charlie, and The Midgetmen
RSVP REQUIRED.event::tags Texas BBQ. Brooklyn Bands. Free Food+Beer+Booze
11:00 AM
to 6:00 PM
Filter Magazine's Culture Collide
355 schedule::attendees
Location
Cedar Street Courtyard
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
The Deer Tracks (11am)
The Latebirds (11:30am)
Harrys Gym (noon)
Cary Ann Hearst (1pm)
Cults (2pm)
The Vaccines (3pm)
Foster the People (4pm)
Raphael Saadiq (5pm)
11:30 AM
to 12:30 PM
Sounds from Spain
106 schedule::attendees
Location
East Tent, Brush Square Park
event::about Don't miss it! Voted the best food at SXSW 09! Authentic paella, gazpacho, sangria, Spanish beer and wine, plus great new music from Capsula, Depedro, Mujeres, Polock, Russian Red and Telephunken. Show your SXSW badge for entry.
11:30 AM
to 8:00 PM
Paste Magazine Party
461 schedule::attendees
Location
The Stage on Sixth (formerly Radio Room)
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
12:00 - 12:35 Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr
12:30 - 1:00 Olof Arnalds
1:00 - 1:35 Seryn
1:30 - 2:00 Nathaniel Rateliff
2:00 - 2:35 Oryx & Crake
2:30 - 3:00 Luke Rathborne
3:00 - 3:35 Sarah Jaffe
3:30 - 4:00 Kim Taylor
4:00 - 4:35 Nicole Atkins
4:30 - 5:00 Exene Cervenka
5:00 - 5:35 Rural Alberta Advantage
5:30 - 6:00 John Vanderslice
6:00 - 6:35 David Wax Museum
6:30 - 7:00 The Submarines
7:00 - 7:45 J Mascis
12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
All Rights Reserved: A Real Official Unofficial Showcase
66 schedule::attendees
Location
Lipstick 24
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Indoor Stage
12:00 Hunnypot Warm Up
12:30 Dede
1:30 The Glass
2:30 Mother Mother
3:30 Living Days
4:30 The Lines
5:30 Shinobi Ninja
Outdoor Stage
12:00 Yael Mayer
12:25 Alexis Babini/Dion Roy
1:15 The Click Clack Boom
2:15 Robotanists
3:15 Shayna & The Catch
4:15 The Boxing Lesson
5:15 The Kin
event::about
All Rights Reserved
Hosted by Shukat Arrow Hafer Weber & Herbsman, LLP
Thursday 3/17/2011 12PM-6PM
Lipstick24 - 606 E. 7th Street B/W Sabine & Red River
Live Hunnypotunlimited.com Webcast - Special Guest DJ's
Open Bar
RSVP: Eventbrite or sxsw2011@musiclaw.com
event::tags Open Bar
12:00 PM
to 7:00 PM
Baeblemusic Takes On Texas: Presented By Lexus, MOG, and ROKU
124 schedule::attendees
Location
The Phoenix
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
5:30 - The Sounds
4:30 - The Submarines
3:30 - Jamie Woon
2:30 - An Horse
1:30 - Young Empires
12:30 - 1,2,3
event::about
Austin Texas is known for a few important things: breakfast tacos, warm weather, and a little gathering known as South By Southwest, a meeting of music and technology for a week-long party consisting of thousands of bands playing hundreds of shows every day across the city. Last year we took Texas with one day, and this year, we're claiming four. Our day parties will feature performances from the likes of Datarock, The Submarines, Hieroglyphics, Matt Nathanson,The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Boxer Rebellion, and many many many more (see the list below).
The shows are happening at The Phoenix (409 B. Colorado St.) from 12 to 7 PM, Tuesday 3/15 through Friday, 3/18. Each day will feature a variety of great bands, including a party for all you Interactive folks on Tuesday, and a day entirely devoted to the best hip-hop Austin has to offer on Wednesday. The parties are sponsored by Baeblemusic, as well as Lexus, MOG and ROKU.
RSVP to our events at Eventbrite and on Facebook. And don't forget to download our iPhone app to stay up to date with the latest news and schedule/set times!
We've got a ton more surprises for you. Stay tuned for more information to roll out as the week unfolds!
event::tags SXSW, Baeble, Baeblemusic, The Phoenix, Mog, Roku, Lexus, Free Music, concert, party, 1, 2, 3, Young Empires, An Horse, Jamie Woon, The Submarines
12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Trumer Pils Afternoon Social
127 schedule::attendees
Location
Klub Krucial
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
12pm-6pm
1200pm-1230pm Dry River Yacht Club (Phoenix)
1245pm-115pm Robbers On High Street (Brooklyn)
1:30pm-200pm Tahiti 80 (France)
2:15pm-2:45pm Gun Runner (San Diego)
3:00pm-330pm The Lonely Forest (Anacortes, Wa.)
4:00pm-430pm Maren Parusel (San Diego)
4:45pm-515pm Honeymoon Thrillers (Nashville)
5:30pm-600pm Living Things (St Louis)
12pm-6pm
1200pm-1230pm Dry River Yacht Club (Phoenix)
1245pm-115pm Robbers On High Street (Brooklyn)
1:30pm-200pm Tahiti 80 (France)
2:15pm-2:45pm Gun Runner (San Diego)
3:00pm-330pm The Lonely Forest (Anacortes, Wa.)
4:00pm-430pm Maren Parusel (San Diego)
4:45pm-515pm Honeymoon Thrillers (Nashville)
5:30pm-600pm Living Things (St Louis)
event::about
Trumer Pils provides the suds for this SX Day party and with DVS Shoes and Matix Clothing on board you can expect some swag as well!
Not to mention a band lineup that can go toe to toe with any event at SXSW
NO BADGES REQUIRED
Trumer Pils provides the suds for this SX Day party and with DVS Shoes and Matix Clothing on board you can expect some swag as well!
Not to mention a band lineup that can go toe to toe with any event at SXSW
NO BADGES REQUIRED
event::tags Bands beer swag, Lonely Forest, Living Things, Maren Parusel
12:00 PM
to 4:00 PM
Wunderbar Lunch with the Germans
97 schedule::attendees
Location
Parkside Restaurant
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
DJ sets from Tobias Thomas, Schlachthofbronx, Brandt Brauer Frick and FM Belfast from 12-4pm
event::about
This is the second year running for the Wunderbar Lunch with the Germans event. It's the perfect first place to stop and kick back for a bit before you hit all the shows and meetings you have scheduled that day. Delicious food and drink is provided by Hayk Seirig and Phillip Patzig from gastropub Bar 25 in Berlin while you'll have a chance to network with the German music industry, hosted by Initiative Musik in co-operation with Reeperbahnfestival , C/O Pop , Jazzahead! and Berlin Music Commission - as well as 20 Berlin-based music companies and an additional 25 from throughout Germany. RSVP at: http://www.initiative-music.de/sxsw/
12:30 PM
to 7:30 PM
KEXP Live @ SXSW
174 schedule::attendees
Location
Mellow Johnny's
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
12:30pm ‒ Charles Bradley
2:30pm ‒ O.M.D.
4:30pm ‒ The Black Angels
6:30pm ‒ The Joy Formidable
1:00 PM
to 2:00 PM
HBO presents Treme - A special SXSW day party
227 schedule::attendees
Location
The Ghost Room
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Performances by legendary New Orleans and Cajun artists including the Pine Leaf Boys, Henry Butler and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, and the evening's headliner Dirty Dozen Brass Band with DJ Paul Craven
event::about
Entrace is free with your SXSW badge or RSVP for free.
HBO presents a very special Treme SXSW day party to celebrate the rich musical heritage of New Orleans and the return of the critically acclaimed series (Season Premiere, Sunday Apr 24th, 10PM). We are excited to present exclusive performances by some of the best New Orleans and Cajun artists. Join us for an afternoon of food, drinks and music.
event::tags Party
2:30 PM
to 3:15 PM
O.M.D.
148 schedule::attendees
Location
Mellow Johnny's
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
KEXP is broadcasting live from Austin, TX during the 2011 South by Southwest Music Conference, March 16th through the 18th. Join us at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop for exclusive live sets from Wild Flag, The Head and the Heart, The Black Angels, Yuck, Steve Wynn & The Miracle Three, and more. KEXP DJs Cheryl Waters and Kevin Cole will spin music between live sets.
2:55 PM
to 3:25 PM
The Wooden Birds
48 schedule::attendees
Location
Home Slice Pizza
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
The Wooden Birds
event::about
Home Slice Pizza is stoked to announce Music by the Slice 2011. This free day party (no rsvp, no badge required) runs March 17-19, from 1 PM to 7 PM daily. This year, for the first time, we are donating all of the profits from bar sales to charity!!!
Our charity for 2011 are the excellent folks over at Urban Roots – a sustainable farming program for young Austinites. Here is a little bit about them:
Now in our fourth year, Urban Roots is a youth development program that uses sustainable agriculture as a means to transform the lives of young people and increases the access of healthy food in Austin. By growing sustainably farmed vegetables, young people work together to serve the community, cultivate farming and business skills, learn the value of meaningful work, and discover how to eat and cook in healthy ways.
3:00 PM
to 3:30 PM
Sarah Jaffe
89 schedule::attendees
Location
The Stage on Sixth (formerly Radio Room)
4:15 PM
to 4:45 PM
The Boxing Lesson
27 schedule::attendees
Location
Lipstick 24
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Part of the All Rights Reserved Party; Outdoor Stage
Company All Rights Reserved
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
J Mascis
236 schedule::attendees
Location
East Side Drive-In
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
#Offline will take at the East Side Drive-In, located at 1001 E. 6th St., on Thursday, March 17 and Friday, March 18, from noon to 7:00 p.m. Special thanks to Puma, Musicians Institute, Brooklyn Brewery, and Vitamin Water.
5:00 PM
to 5:30 PM
Rural Alberta Advantage
183 schedule::attendees
Location
The Stage on Sixth (formerly Radio Room)
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
5:30 PM
to 6:00 PM
John Vanderslice
116 schedule::attendees
Location
The Stage on Sixth (formerly Radio Room)
5:30 PM
to 6:15 PM
Matt and Kim
445 schedule::attendees
Location
Red River Garage
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
FREE Texas BBQ, fried snickers, brownies, funnel cakes and more!
Live Performances by:
12:30PM Theophilus London
1:30PM Foster The People
2:30PM Tinie Tempah
3:30PM Friendly Fires
4:30PM Kids of 88
5:30PM Matt & Kim
Company MTV
6:15 PM
to 7:00 PM
Smith Westerns
423 schedule::attendees
Location
East Side Drive-In
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
#Offline will take at the East Side Drive-In, located at 1001 E. 6th St., on Thursday, March 17 and Friday, March 18, from noon to 7:00 p.m. Special thanks to Puma, Musicians Institute, Brooklyn Brewery, and Vitamin Water.
7:00 PM
to 7:30 PM
J Mascis
194 schedule::attendees
Location
The Stage on Sixth (formerly Radio Room)
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
The Strokes
748 schedule::attendees
Location
Auditorium Shores Stage (Lady Bird Lake)
9:30 PM
to 10:30 PM
Noah and the Whale
326 schedule::attendees
Location
Stubb's
eventtype Music
Artists Noah and the Whale, !!!
event::about Noah and the Whale Last Night on Earth In the early January of last year, Charlie Fink set to work on Noah and the Whale's third album. Holed up in a synagogue in East London, he had little to begin with - a few fragments, a sketch for a 10-minute song that resembled Street Hassle, and a set of lyrics begun on a New Year's Day train from Wales to London. But what little there was seemed to suggest the beginnings of something quite special, something markedly different to the songs they had written before. The continued maturation of Noah and the Whale has been a pleasing thing to follow - from the joyous burst of their debut, Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down, through the lovelorn sobriety of The First Days of Spring, it now reaches a kind of fruition on Last Night on Earth. Where The First Days of Spring was a contained and inward-looking record that moved at near-underwater speed, Last Night on Earth possesses a curiosity and a vibrancy, a romance and a restlessness, and a clutch of songs that mark out Fink as not just as one of the best songwriters of his generation, but also as a supremely gifted storyteller. These are tales of youth and ageing, of optimism and running away, as well of failure and pride. 'And it feels like his new life can start,' runs the chorus of No Distance Is Too Far. 'And it feels like heaven.' The album's strong narrative thread was in part inspired by Lou Reed's 1973 album Berlin as well as Tom Waits' 1992 record Bone Machine, and a little Arthur Russell thrown in for good measure. 'Just people songs,' is how Fink describes it. 'These are simple stories, so you could tell them in hundreds of different ways, and the way you tell them, that's sort of the music.' The way he tells them is at times broad-skied and anthemic - particularly on tracks such as L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N and Tonight's The Kind Of Night, while at others there are strokes of unabashed pop - Life Is Life, for example, or Just Me Before We Met. And at others still, such as on final track Old Joy, there is a sweet kind of wistfulness. Lyrically, they range from the nostalgic to the vital, songs charged with an urgency, a sense of movement, and an appetite for adventure and the unknown. It is, in many senses, a true coming of age record. 'I don't think that coming of age thing has been in anything I've done before,' Fink says. 'But from the beginning I wanted to write a record that had that excitement of being young and being in the night. I think it's that naivity - that feeling that things are happening everywhere except where you are, wondering what's out there in the wide world. It's when you're on a bus, you don't know where you're heading, you don't know what's at the end of it, and you have this fantasy that whatever's at the end of it is going to be remarkable and magnificent.' Certainly Noah and the Whale as a band now seem to have come of age. As the leaders of the same British folk-rock scene that spawned Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons, and Emmy the Great, with this album they appear to stand perhaps a little taller and a little broader than their peers; these songs possess a maturity, and a new kind of wisdom: 'Tall buildings and a wife won't be enough for me,' Fink sings on Old Joy. 'There is more in the world to be found than dreams.' The personnel shifted a little for Last Night on Earth. Drummer Doug Fink left the band last year to concentrate on his medical career. 'He's my older brother, and there's so many roles he fulfils on the road, not just the drummer, so it's kind of hard,' Fink says of his absence. 'But he's the first person I go to if I need to consult someone, if I need someone's opinion, so he's still been a big part of this record Â
And I think he will come back eventually.' Co-produced by Fink and Jason Lader [Julian Casablancas, The Mars Volta] in Los Angeles, Last Night on Earth features backing vocals by Jen Turner from Here We Go Magic, and gospel vocals by the legendary Waters Sisters, who famously provided backing vocals for Michael Jackson's Wanna Be Starting Something. 'I was teaching them the vocals for Old Joy,' Fink recalls. 'One of the sisters came in and asked for a latte with six sugars  six sugars! - and she downed that, went in and gave the best vocal take I've ever heard.' Elsewhere, the record features Adam MacDougall of The Black Crowes on Moog and Rhodes, and legendary percussionist Lenny Castro. There is a strong cinematic element to Last Night on Earth - from the deliberately Twin Peaks air of Wild Thing to the album's cast of richly-drawn characters. In part this was fed by Fink's experience of directing the short film that accompanied The First Days of Spring. 'Film is such a different writing process, it infiltrates the way I write songs,' he explains. 'And a lot of them I imagined as scenes - Tonight's the Kind of Night I imagined as this guy running away from home and getting on a busÂ
' It is also a richly poetic record: last year, Fink read the work of Frank O'Hara for the first time, and fell in love with his poem Having A Coke With You. 'I wanted Life Is Life to have a feel of that, or a tempo. Just the notion of it. Having A Coke With You is I think a very romantic poem, and that's the only outwardly romantic song on the album, and so I wanted it to have the same approach.' The album's title is also a nod towards Charles Bukowski's poetry collection The Last Night of the Earth - Fink says he was attracted to the sense of 'loser's pride' in Bukowski's work. 'In my head,' he says, 'there is a link between Lou Reed's Berlin, and Bukowski's poetry.' The track Life Is Life, is another Bukowski reference, its title tipping its hat to his poem The Laughing Heart - a poem whose final lines seem to sum up this record quite perfectly: 'Your life is your life,' it runs. 'Know it while you have it. You are marvellous. The Gods wait to delight in you.' www.noahandthewhale.com
event::tags All
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
I Was Totally Destroying It
40 schedule::attendees
Location
Easy Tiger Patio
eventtype Music
Artists I Was Totally Destroying It
event::about Hailing from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, I Was Totally Destroying It (IWTDI) have been swinging sledgehammers at barriers since early 2007. Can a band whose ages span seventeen years demonstrate the chemistry to keep them cohesive? Can a band toe the line between mainstream palatability and indie-rock influence while appealing to a wide range of audiences? Can a bumblebee overcome the ratio of its wing span to its mass and produce enough lift to take flight? We now know that the answer to all of these questions is a resounding YES. Mixing indie rock veterans James Hepler (Sorry About Dresden, Erie Choir) and John Booker (Strunken White, io) with talented young upstarts Rachel Hirsh (AOK), Curtis Armstead (Places to Live), and Joe Mazzitelli (Lemming Malloy) has so far been a recipe for awesome. A unique blend of 80’s rock- think Outfield and The Cure- and 90’s indie rock such as Superchunk, Velocity Girl, and The Anniversary, leaves listeners’ palates assaulted by pop flavor. IWTDI sweat and slave over their songs, leaving no aural opportunity unvisited. Their lyrics belie the sweet, sunny suggestions of their upbeat melodies, inviting you to listen in on their conversations about self loathing, fear, and intimacy. The end result is a feast of music worth sinking your teeth into.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Monahans
22 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Monahans
event::about Austin-based band Monahans, named for a region of desolate West Texas sand hills, balances thundering rhythms and atmospheric "landscape rock" with urgent pop anthems and spiritual campfire balladry (think Explosions In The Sky + R.E.M + Neil Young). What began in 2006 as an experimental offshoot of their previous project Milton Mapes (which recently had a song covered by Robert Plant) soon blossomed to reflect a widened spectrum of Americana. The band's lineup consists of Ramble Creek studio engineer/producer Britton Beisenherz, drummer Roberto Sanchez, songwriter Greg Vanderpool, and longtime Spoon bassist Joshua Zarbo. Albums to date include 'Low Pining' (2007, Undertow) and 'Dim The Aurora' (2009, Misra). In 2010, Monahans recorded and released a new song each month exclusively through their website while documenting the songwriting and recording process along the way. The series culminated with "Seabirds", a duet with Sinead O'Connor.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Oberhofer
75 schedule::attendees
Location
The Bat Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Oberhofer
event::about When your songs are too big to be contained: form a band. Maybe call it after your family name because you like the way it sounds (sh*t, if it worked for Bon Jovi then who’s to argue). Record those songs in the basement of your parents house in Tacoma. When that burns down, shake it off and move to New York. Find a new band to play with, start working on a symphony (no really, do it), mix your newfound formal training with the noisy exuberance of youth. Get raucous.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Swords of Chaos
8 schedule::attendees
Location
Prague
eventtype Music
Artists Swords of Chaos
event::about Swords of Chaos is a thrilling Icelandic four piece that has attracted local admiration with neck-breaking performances all over Reykjavík. They started out in 2008 and have played concerts all over Iceland. Their music can be described as hardcore rock and influences range from Sunn0))) to Converge to Fennesz. They are signed with Kimi Records and their first releases has recently been released.
event::tags 21+
10:20 PM
to 11:20 PM
The Lonely Forest
57 schedule::attendees
Location
Maggie Mae's Rooftop
eventtype Music
Artists The Lonely Forest
event::about Set between ancient forest and the forest-green waters of Puget Sound at the very edge of the continental US, Anacortes, Washington, population 17,000 sees a lot come and go. Ferries docked here delivers thousands of itinerant hippies, millionaires, and sightseers to farms and mansions dotting the remote San Juan Islands while Navy bombers and helicopters based nearby perform ear-splitting flyovers. Through all the coming and going, the local DIY community remains remarkably consistent and strong; an expression of defiant, end-of-the-line creativity. From that community come The Lonely Forest, a rock band of four Anacortes natives with no intention of leaving. From the outset The Lonely Forest -singer/guitarist/keyboardist John Van Deusen, guitarist Tony Ruland, drummer Braydn Krueger, and bassist Eric Sturgeon- has been about inclusion. In 2005, a raucous garage session inspired the guys (Braydn, Tony, and Eric) to join forces with Van Deusen's piano-pop. The newly formed entity, now called The Lonely Forest, played their first show while two band members were still in high school (the other two having recently graduated). Since that show, The Lonely Forest have racked up miles; steadily becoming heroes of the Northwest all-ages scene through relentless gigging around the region. From their first show at the Department of Safety, center of Anacortes' all-ages DIY scene, to their high-profile appearance at Bumbershoot 2009, a sold-out concert at the Showbox in Seattle last fall and a coveted spot on 2010's Sasquatch Festival, the accolades for The Lonely Forest have grown along with their fanbase. As grows their fanbase, The Lonely Forest 's music is continually expanding and evolving. At its core, the music features Van Deusen's soaring vocals and keyboard melodies wrapped tightly around Ruland's expansive guitar anchored by a heavy yet nimble rhythm section. The contrast of brilliant pop songs featuring lyrics about spiritual longing wedded to an almost prog-rock sensibility appeals to broad swath of listeners, from wide-eyed teenagers to jaded scenesters. As always, inclusion is important to these guys! The Lonely Forest will continue their steady climb to prominence from modest Northwest roots with the March 22nd release of their new album, Arrows, for Chris Walla's label imprint, Trans Records. Walla, guitarist and producer for Grammy-nominated rock band Death Cab for Cutie, made The Lonely Forest his first signing when he launched Trans with the support of Death Cab for Cutie's major label home, Atlantic Records. Trans and The Lonely Forest will be released through ILG, Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. In addition to his role as label head, Walla produced and mixed Arrows at Sound City studio in Los Angeles, Tiny Telephone in San Francisco and his own, Portland-based studio, Alberta Court. He also mixed three tracks - 'Be Everything,' 'Turn Off This Song' and 'Live There.' The rest of the album was mixed by John Goodmanson (Girls, Nada Surf, Owl City).
event::tags 21+
10:45 PM
to 11:45 PM
The Rocketboys
42 schedule::attendees
Location
Lamberts
eventtype Music
Artists The Rocketboys
event::about Austin-based indie band The Rocketboys—with no label and minimal outside help during the past five years—have paved their own way, achieving successful appearances at Austin City Limits (2007), SXSW (2010) and CMJ (2009), to name a few. After the self release of their well-received, debut full-length, 20,000 Ghosts, in 2009, The Rocketboys had tracks featured on a plethora of TV shows including 2010 Winter Olympic Games, The Real World, Teen Mom, The Buried Life and Keeping Up with the Kardashians, among others. Their self-sustaining streak ended when the band rallied their friends and fans across the country for their newest effort, Wellwisher, taking the recording process on the road and tracking almost the entire EP while on tour. From the back of the van to living rooms to the Paste Magazine office, The Rocketboys asked their talented friends to play and sing various parts on the recording, sacrificing sleep and sanity for a few weeks to record Wellwisher. Singer Brandon Kinder describes Wellwisher not as a concept album but a concept experience. The musical collaboration and nomadic recording process, combined with the lyrical themes of unity, brotherhood and relationships, all contributed to and exuded from the final product. “It’s interesting how it all came together and meshed thematically,” Kinder said. “The lyrics about the importance of the people in your life, our friends across the country who recorded various parts and everyone who helped us financially made the entire process about unity and collaboration.” The Rocketboys are still "creating rich anthems that are as infectious as they are sincere" (Paste Magazine) with "clear, ringing guitars and full-bodied keyboard arrangements, hard-driving drum lines and well-practiced transitions between calm and controlled chaos" (Austin American-Statesman). The band has already begun writing its second full-length, which will expand upon what Wellwisher offers. The currently unnamed release will be out by summer 2011 and feature a bucket of brand new songs from the boys.
event::tags 18+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Japanther
129 schedule::attendees
Location
Habana Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Japanther
event::about Described as a “Performance Galaxy” by Vanity Fair and “Super hard, incredibly fast and overall inspiring” by Thrasher, Japanther has always been a band apart, running the gamut from performance art to punk rock and back again. Pushing parties to the limit and only stopping short of riots.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
102 schedule::attendees
Location
Swan Dive
11:15 PM
to 12:15 AM
Emmylou Harris
245 schedule::attendees
Location
Antone's
11:45 PM
to 12:45 AM
The Bangles
268 schedule::attendees
Location
Cedar Street Courtyard
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Danny Malone
22 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Danny Malone
event::about Dear people interested in the life events of the Danny Malone: While in a self-induced drug coma, a skinless tiger came to me. He told me to go back to my world, to find a man named Danny Malone. He said Danny had something of the tiger’s that the tiger wanted back. When I awoke eleven years later, I bought a walking stick and a map of the world and set out to find the tiger’s prey. This is what I found instead. Danny was conceived at 11:11 and born at 12:34 a.m. and p.m. simultaneously. All on the same day, a day that does not exist on present society’s calendar. At birth they say he weighed exactly the same as tiny little Baby Jesus: 8 lbs. 7 ounces. He never gained or lost an ounce, even though he appears full grown. Don’t believe me? Prove it to yourself. Walk up to him and grab him by his giant lady hips and give him a toss in the air, but don’t let him land on you, for Danny is not made of the same things as you and yours. Danny is made of marshmallow and razor blades wrapped in tiger skin. Danny’s music career started quite early. He played his first sold out show in the womb. He now plays music with his sister. There’s speculation that they were, at one time, married. I found no evidence for or against this. Oh and the dance moves … the dance … Danny owns all of his own dance moves, none borrowed and none stolen. Moves so powerful they have brought peace to warring peoples, joy to the depressed, and a cure for sickness. Once the world started moving in unison to the rhythm of the razor blades rattling around in that striped leather they fittingly announced the official development of a new religion based on the peace and love and all healing power of the dance. He is a saver and a wrecking ball. He would cut off his arms to bleed life into all that cannot feel and need to love. He has two sad monkeys. One of these monkeys is the devil himself and the other was born with pterodactyl wings. Danny would do anything that he could to protect these sad monkeys from the probing and dissecting of the scientists that want to study these frightening but beautiful creatures. Being the leader of the Dance Dance Religion he added an amendment that allows him to take these monkeys as his wives and to legally keep the scientists and celebrities at bay. Danny currently resides on a planet of his own making, a world of pure energy where chaos is king, and sadness is queen, and the prince is made mostly of violence and pain, where the rivers run with Thom Kha soup, the sad monkeys cry peanut butter tears and dance is the only form of communication. Forever in research, Airplane Airplane
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Ponderosa
23 schedule::attendees
Location
Soho Lounge
12:30 AM
to 1:30 AM
TV on the Radio
456 schedule::attendees
Location
Stubb's
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Owen Pallett
197 schedule::attendees
Location
Emo's Main Room
11:00 AM
to 6:00 PM
Full Irish Breakfast
150 schedule::attendees
Location
BD Riley's
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
11am - The Lost Brothers
11.30am Oh Ruin
12pm Pierce Turner
12.30pm The Mighty Stef
1pm James Vincent McMorrow
1.30pm Funeral Suits
2pm Halves
2.30pm R.S.A.G.
3pm Sacred Animals
3.30pm O Emperor
4pm LaFaro
4.30pm Sweet Jane
5pm Adebisi Shank
event::about
Music From Ireland presents a great chance to catch the hottest Irish acts for a second look at SXSW and enjoy a full Irish Breakfast in the bargain.
event::tags free Irish Breakfast, Irish bands, Music From Ireland
Website http://www.musicfromireland.org/
11:30 AM
to 5:30 PM
Sonicbids Party
235 schedule::attendees
Location
Maggie Mae's
event::about
Come celebrate 10 years of helping empower emerging musicians at Sonicbids¹ Official SXSW Party. Sonicbids partnered with Planetary Group and JanSport to bring you eleven hot bands that will rock the stage throughout the day, featuring The Jezabels, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Black Atlantic and more. So come on down to Maggie Mae's for free drinks, free food, sweet giveaways and great music.
12:00 PM
to 1:00 PM
The IFC Crossroads House
121 schedule::attendees
Location
7th and Brazos
event::about Join IFC live in-studio as we showcase the best of SXSW Film, Interactive and Music. Stop in for ALL DAY HAPPY HOUR, LIVE MUSIC every day, discussions with SXSW Film, Interactive and Music contributors, and other live events! Follow us on Twitter @ifctv for schedule updates. Friday, March 18 IFC Crossroads House performances include Emmylou Harris, Fitz and the Tantrums, Liz Phair, and the freecreditscore.com band, The American Secrets
event::tags All
12:00 PM
to 1:00 PM
SxSeattle
145 schedule::attendees
Location
Copa
event::about Seattle. City of Music. Coffee. Rock. Hip-Hop. KEXP. The Pacific Northwest music scene is vibrant and eclectic. Catch the buzz bands from Seattle and grab free flowing cups of caffeine jolt to pick you up or glasses full of the hair of the dog that bit you. Performing live are Macklemore, Fences, Ravenna Woods, The Young Evils, Wild Orchid Children, The Tea Cozies, The Redwood Plan, The Globes, Black Whales, Campfire OK, Grieves w/ Budo, D.Black, The Physics, State of the Artist and Sol. And check back to our web site as we’ll be announcing a surprise you’re sure not to miss! RSVP at www.sxseattle.com
12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
AV Club's March Into Softness 2011
368 schedule::attendees
Location
Mohawk
eventtype Unofficial Party
Artists Baths, Chikita Violenta, Ted Leo, Low, Maritime, No Joy, Sharon Van Etten, Small Sins, Wye Oak, An Horse, Tristen, Gentleman Jesse and His Men
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
OUTSIDE
Baths (5 p.m.)
Sharon Van Etten (4 p.m.)
Wye Oak (3 p.m.)
Ted Leo (solo) (2 p.m.)
Gentlemen Jesse And His Men (1 p.m.)
Small Sins (12 p.m.)
INSIDE
Low (5:15 p.m.)
Chikita Violenta (4:15 p.m.)
Maritime (3:15 p.m.)
An Horse (2:15 p.m.)
Tristen (1:15 p.m.)
No Joy (12:15 p.m.)
event::about
March Into Softness 2011, The A.V. Club's free SXSW day party, slated for Friday, March 18 at the Mohawk.
Plentiful (and hopefully free) libations and other party favors will be on hand as well. March Into Softness 2011: It’s free, it’s fun, and, more than likely, it won’t involve anyone getting smashed in the face with a can of Pepsi Max.
event::tags Music
12:00 PM
to 7:00 PM
Bloodshot Records Yard Dog Party
130 schedule::attendees
Location
Yard Dog
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
12 noon - 12:20 Carolyn Mark with The Jack Grace Band
12:30 - 1:00 Ben Weaver
1:10 - 1:40 Maggie Bjorklund with Cobirds Unite
1:50 - 2:20 Lydia Loveless
2:30 - 3:00 Exene Cervenka
3:10 - 3:40 Whitey Morgan & the 78s
3:50 - 4:10 Freakwater
4:20 - 4:50 Eddie Spaghetti
5:00 - 5:30 Ha Ha Tonka
5:40 - 6:30 Waco Brothers
event::about
Party sponsored by Rolling Rock and Blurt
Savory and sweet pies by Dangerously Delicious Pies
12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
BrooklynVegan, Partisan Records & KF Records Free Day Party
440 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
STAGE 1 (SWAN DIVE)
12:00 PM JBM
12:30 PM Bobby
01:15 PM Holy Sons
02:00 PM Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
03:00 PM John Grant featuring Midlake
04:00 PM Wye Oak
05:00 PM J Mascis
STAGE 2 (Barbarella Patio)
12:00 PM David Wax Museum
01:00 PM Dolorean
02:00 PM Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
03:00 PM Deer Tick featuring Jonny Corndawg
04:00 PM Old 97's
05:00 PM Middle Brother
STAGE 3 (Barbarella Inside)
12:15 PM AgesandAges
01:00 PM Paleo
01:45 PM Warm Ghost
02:30 PM Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers
03:15 PM Vetiver
04:00 PM Oberhofer
05:00 PM The Dodos
event::about
BrooklynVegan, Partisan Records & KF Records are excited to announce a FREE Day Party in Austin on Friday, March 18th from noon-6pm. The party will feature an exclusive Austin day party set by Middle Brother (aka Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, John McCauley of Deer Tick, and Matthew Vasquez of Delta Spirit). If you want to catch them though, you better get there early because the entire lineup is ridiculous and 100% free!
We will a...lso have FREE Blublocker sunglasses for the first 50 people in the door! there will be FREE vegan Izzoz breakfast tacos & loads of FREE snacks courtesy of Sensible Portions! we'll keep you hydrated with FREE Honest Tea! more FREE food & DRINK details TBA! there will be awesome giveaways from Partisan & KF Records throughout the day too! T
event::tags free, party, music, free food, free booze
12:00 PM
to 7:00 PM
BrooklynVegan/1000 Knives Austin Day Party
134 schedule::attendees
Location
Lovejoys
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
event::about
Ringworm
Wormrot
Gaza
Magrudergrind
Cough
KEN Mode
Kill The Client
Salvation
Owen HartAs if the door price wasn't great enough (FREE), Left Hand Brewery will provide gratis suds while supplies last. More details are forthcoming, but if you're headed to Austin (or already there), for now make sure and block off noon - 7PM on 3/18 for this (21+) event!
Now I'm happy to announce the third party which is happening 3/18 at Lovejoys! BrooklynVegan/1000 Knives are proud to present eight more bands includingRingworm! The gods of Clevo-core who will headline an unfucwitable day of 10,000 MPH speed and destruction! Well, destruction for sure. Speed? For the most part.
3/18 at Lovejoys (noon -7pm)Ringworm
Wormrot
Gaza
Magrudergrind
Cough
KEN Mode
Kill The Client
Salvation
Owen HartAs if the door price wasn't great enough (FREE), Left Hand Brewery will provide gratis suds while supplies last. More details are forthcoming, but if you're headed to Austin (or already there), for now make sure and block off noon - 7PM on 3/18 for this (21+) event!
event::tags free drinks, free admission, metal, brooklynvegan
12:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Frenchie Smith Records & 1Percent Showcase
61 schedule::attendees
Location
Guero's
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
1215p Dead Leaf Echo (NYC)
1p Colourmusic (Stillwater, Ok)
145p Living Days (NYC)
230p My Education (Austin)
315p Scorpion Child (Austin)
4pm Death Letters (Netherlands)
5pm Fake Your Own Death (SF)
6pm Smoke & Feathers (Austin)
7pm Speak (Austin)
8pm The Boxing Lesson (Austin)
9pm ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead (Austin)
event::about
RSVP: http://www.1percent.com/sxsw
Frenchie Smith Records + 1 Percent Showcase - Fri 3/18/11
NOON-10P
@ Guero's Taco Bar 1412 S Congress
Presented By The Loyalty Firm, World's End Licensing, The Boxing Lesson
event::tags tacos, frenchie smith records, the boxing lesson, 1 percent, guero's taco bar, free
Website http://www.1percent.com/sxsw
12:00 PM
to 8:00 PM
Music for listeners at the Red House Pizzeria
130 schedule::attendees
Location
Red House Pizzeria
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Bombay Bicycle Club (London, 7pm), A Classic Education (Bologna, 6pm), Jonquil (Oxford, 5pm), Floating Action (Black Mountain, North Carolina, 4pm), Generationals (New Orleans, 3pm), The Answering Machine (Manchester, 2pm), Frankie and the Heartstrings (London, 1pm), Kid Canaveral (Edinburgh, noon)
12:00 PM
to 7:00 PM
Shure Presents the Under the Radar SXSW Party 201
416 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
5:00 PM: Okkervil River (www.okkervilriver.com)
4:05 PM: Menomena (www.menomena.com)
3:15 PM: Telekinesis (www.telekinesismusic.com)
2:25 PM: Surfer Blood (www.surferblood.com)
1:35 PM: Owen Pallett (www.owenpalletteternal.com)
12:45 PM: Hooray for Earth (www.hoorayforearth.net)
12:00 PM: Porcelain Raft (www.porcelainraft.com)
12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Volcom Entertainment's Free Beer Party
146 schedule::attendees
Location
The Jackalope
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Valient Thorr
Wildildlife
Cerebral Ballzy
Jeff the Brotherhood
Heavy Cream
Broken Gold
event::about
It's Baaaaaack! Friday, March 18th, join us at the Jackalope for our notorious Free Beer Party. We're bringing together some of the loudest, fiercest bands at SXSW for an all-out rager of an afternoon!
event::tags Boulevard Brewing Co, Volcom, Valient Thorr, Free Beer, Free Entry
Website www.volcoment.com
12:30 PM
to 1:30 PM
Mastering Vinyl, Hear All About It
15 schedule::attendees
Location
Austin Convention Center, Room 11AB
Speaker Bob Ludwig, Michael Fremer, Doug Sax
event::about My panel will answer everything you want to know about disk cutting. Vinyl albums have experienced a big resurgence in the past few years. From a low point of less than 1 million units sold in 2006, to over 3 million last year. Every major project we master has vinyl cut for it. This panel will answer all your questions about mastering for vinyl, how it can be different from CD mastering and how to prep your masters. I will also present a historical over-view of disk cutting featuring photos and movies of my dual lathe mastering studio in the mid-80's.
event::tags Studio, vinylmaster
12:30 PM
to 1:30 PM
Smoked-Meat Poutine - The Montreal Special Sauce
6 schedule::attendees
Location
Austin Convention Center, Room 13AB
event::about Montreal has been known as a very fertile breeding ground for significant new talent. Why is that so and is it possible to recreate the recipe in other cities? Major players in the industry in Montreal explains and give hints on how to recreate the conditions that made Montreal music scene what it is today.
event::tags Policy-Politics, poutine
12:30 PM
to 6:00 PM
SPIN Magazine Party
395 schedule::attendees
Location
Stubb's
events::invitation
NOTE THIS EVENT IS BY INVITATION ONLY
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
TV on the Radio
The Kills
OMD
The Vaccines
OFF!
Smith Westerns
As well as up-and-comers:
MNDR
Young the Giant
Dom
Electric Child
28 Noth
In between all the bands, the event will feature DJ sets from:
Skrillex
Wolfgang Gartner
Designer Drugs
Anika
event::about
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After being awarded album of the year twice by Spin Magazine, TV on the Radio will headline the annual SPIN@Stubb’s party during the SXSW festival. This will be the band’s first performance in support of their upcoming album, Nine Types of Light, which is set to be released April 12.
1:00 PM
to 2:00 PM
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
224 schedule::attendees
Location
Radio Day Stage Austin Convention Center
eventtype Music
Artists Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
event::about Joe Lewis is stuffed into a van with his six bandmates and one stranger, as they hurtle across Texas to a gig in Marfa. Most of the guys are sleeping now, content in the knowledge they've just made the record of their lives. All killer, no filler, the fittingly titled, take-no-prisoners Scandalous (Lost Highway)'once again produced by Jim Eno, moonlighting from his main gig as Spoon's drummer'is a churning slab of rock & roll, blues and funk, laced with a double shot of 100-proof punkitude. This band has gotten tight as a gnat's ass through nearly two years of barnstorming without a break. ÂWe've grown a lot as a band, and so has our fan base, the lanky, enigmatic Lewis acknowledges. ÂHopefully it's still going up, but it will ultimately be what we make of it. As the shows get bigger and we get bigger, we have to keep improving to meet the demand. If we can't do that, it won't go anywhere. From the look in Joe's eyes as he glances at the one-stoplight towns and endless open country of central Texas whizzing past, you can tell he knows whereof he speaks. While on the road, they also eagerly soaked up the worldly knowledge of touring mates the New York Dolls and Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm. ÂThe Dolls covered Bo Diddley and Sonny Boy Williamson, and so do we, says guitarist Zach Ernst, riding shotgun in the van, as he does in the band. ÂThat youthful, aggressive, unschooled thing is really appealing to us. That's what we like to listen to and what we're shooting for. We've had some lineup changes since the first record, but at its core, it's still the same band, and everyone's excited to move on to the next stage. Like his forebears, Lewis writes from direct, often bitter experience with unflinching veracity. The songs of Scandalous are littered with the debris of age-old issues: hard times and one-night stands, lying and cheating, redemption and revenge. Gritty, raunchy and real, his music is not for the squeamish, but experiencing it fully can be genuinely cathartic. The album opens with the funky fantasia ÂLivin' in the Jungle, as Joe wails with tonsil-shredding abandon over a rhythm section erupting like a tropical storm and horns honking like hyenas in heat. ÂI've always said that if I ever got rich, I would go buy a bunch of land in the Congo or the Amazon, build a nice house and have an Amazon woman to hang out with, he explains, straight-faced. On the following ÂI'm Gonna Leave You, the band sends a jolt of electricity through a Mississippi hill country blues template. ÂIt's about leavin' a girl, just gettin' out while you can, before the shit gets too thick, he says, punctuating the line with a wicked cackle. From there, it's all hands on deck, as one sonic assault after another rips into the eardrums and the pelvis all at once. The instant-classic highway boogie ÂMustang Ranch recounts, in sordid detail, an overnight drive between Salt Lake City and San Francisco, Joe spinning out the narrative as a revved-up talking blues. ÂIt was a long, ridiculous drive, and we got the idea of stopping at the Mustang Ranch, he recalls. ÂWe were like, 'Let's go, man'we got nothin' better to do.' So we stopped in there, and it was a really odd experience. Here, another quick laugh escapes Joe's lips. ÂWe figured out that we don't fit brothels that well, and the girls are all fuckin' busted. But nobody caught anything. Then we left, and we stopped in Reno at six in the morning. It was a freaky experience. We went into a casino and got a cheap breakfast, and all the burnt-out gamblers were walking the town like zombies out there in the early morning. There were even weird lights hovering in the sky. That song's a true story, pretty much. Lewis seems to be channeling Robert Johnson on ÂMessin', which turns on his spooky, low-down vocal and acoustic guitar. ÂI'm just an old-style blues fan, and I'm tryin' to do that kind of thing with it, he says, reeling off the names of his favorite practitioners: Lightnin' Hopkins, Junior Kimbrough, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf and Magic Sam. The album's biggest surprise is ÂYou Been Lyin', a torrid, politically-themed workout in the tradition of Parliament-Funkadelic and late-'60s Temptations. Featured on this track are the group vocals of the Relatives, a Dallas gospel funk band that made some criminally under-exposed records three decades ago. ÂThey're like the greatest band ever, says Joe, Âand I'm glad we got them on there, 'cause they made the track really sweet. Here and elsewhere, you can also pick up the influence of the Stooges, another of Lewis' touchstones, in the confrontational physicality of the performances. ÂPeople call us a soul band, but we're more of a rock & roll band, he points out. ÂWe feel like what we're doing is different from the soul bands with horn sections that are out there right now, Ernst adds. ÂWe always joke that we would do that kind of music, but we're not good enough: our guitars are too loud, we're too primitive on our instruments, and Joe is more of a shouter and a talking-blues guy than a smooth soul singer. So we're carving out our own thing because it's the only way that we can do it. We can't play it any cleaner or smoother'and we don't want to, either. Growing up in Austin and Round Rock, Joe took it all in'Delta and Chicago blues, Memphis soul, Detroit garage punk'and what came out the other end was, and is, unlike anything else out there. ÂI don't know, man'I just kinda dove into it, Lewis continues. ÂThese neighbors of mine were in this country band and they got to go on tour all the time, and I had to go to work in this stupid factory. I was like, 'Man, I gotta get in on that.' So I pulled a guitar down off the wall of a pawn shop where I was workin' at the time and learned stuff as I went along. The people I was playing with wanted to practice all the time, and I was like, 'No, man, let's get out there'I wanna try to do this shit.' I pretty much learned on stage. After years of struggle to get heard, things started moving fast for Lewis after he and Ernst put together the earliest incarnation of Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, naming themselves after a crusted container of honey they found on the floor of their Âdisgusting rehearsal room. They went out with Spoon after Britt Daniel caught a set, and their subsequent, Eno-produced EP caught the ear of Lost Highway's Kim Buie, who signed them to a record deal. Eno then helmed their 2009 debut album for the label, Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!, much of it cut live off the floor. ÂThe album manages to maximize every incendiary second of sonic sexuality the band is putting out, raved PopMatters' Christel Loar. ÂMake no mistake, Lewis knows his history, but he also knows his moment, too, and it's now. The Honeybears aren't afraid to mine the past to make music for the future. That spot-on assessment goes double now. ÂWe pride ourselves on keepin' our own style and staying true to the guys we look up to, says Lewis. ÂWe play the music that we like listening to. It's always about the music first. As night falls, the van pulls into Marfa, the musicians rub the sleep from their eyes and stretch their muscles, which will soon be put to use unloading their gear. This is what they live for'another night blowin' the roof in front of a houseful of boozed-up locals looking for a thrill. For the paying customers, it's a few hours of sweet relief. For Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, it's another long day and hot night in the life of a working band'seven hungry guys with their eyes on the far horizon.
event::tags All Ages
1:20 PM
to 2:20 PM
Ponderosa
21 schedule::attendees
Location
threadgills world headquarters
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Ponderosa
event::about
It is Year 4, as once again Music Fog takes the stage in the Saloon Room at Threadgill's WHQ(AKA&. the back room, on the stage against the ruby velvet curtains,) 301 W. Riverside, in South Austin TX. It is an unofficial showcase so no badges or wristbands are necessary, just a desire to eat some good ole homemade food, and see some cooking music. We at Music Fog put the four day schedule together, and our video cameras will be rolling as we gather content for www.musicfog.com. Most times we do our thing behind closed doors, but this gig, we invite you to come and hang in the room for our taping. The Music Fog Motto, after all, is "How Hard Could It Be&.." and the answer, at least when we come to Threadgills is, "Pretty Damn Easy!" What with onsite parking, air conditioning, any drink of any color that you might want, Southern home-style fare with loads of vegetables, and the ever important indoor plumbing with those fancy new 'no hands towel machines. I don't know, they just intrigue me! And really, why would you even think of going anywhere else?
1:30 PM
to 2:30 PM
Matt Nathanson
45 schedule::attendees
Location
The Phoenix
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Baeblemusic Takes On Texas: Presented By Lexus, MOG, and ROKU
event::tags SXSW, Baeble, Baeblemusic, The Phoenix, Mog, Roku, Lexus, Free Music, concert, party, Matt Nathanson, Suuns, The Rural Alberta, Advantage, The Boxer Rebellion, Datarock
1:35 PM
to 2:15 PM
Owen Pallett
216 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Owen Pallett
2:00 PM
to 3:00 PM
Between the Lines of Andrew Earles' Husker Du Biography
17 schedule::attendees
Location
Austin Convention Center, Room 11AB
Speaker Andrew Earles, Grant Hart
event::about Writer Andrew Earles will discuss several topics centered around his recently-published biography of Husker Du. Among these topics will be how the music press has focused on certain aspects of Husker Du’s legacy, thus overshadowing the many groundbreaking steps taken by the band during their active years as well as the massive impact the trio’s legacy has had on the past quarter-century of underground music. Also discussed will be the sensitivity that remains at the core of Husker Du and the state of flux currently held by the band’s back catalog, even to this day, and how this influenced Earles’ biographical endeavor. This being Earles’ first book, some matters related directly to that will be touched upon, namely the mistakes made and lessons learned during the writing process.
event::tags huskerdubio
2:00 PM
to 2:45 PM
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
74 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella Patio
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Co-presented by KF Records (Knitting Factory) and Partisan Records.
2:15 PM
to 3:15 PM
An Horse
97 schedule::attendees
Location
Mohawk
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
event::about
March Into Softness 2011, The A.V. Club's free SXSW day party, slated for Friday, March 18 at the Mohawk.
Plentiful (and hopefully free) libations and other party favors will be on hand as well. March Into Softness 2011: It’s free, it’s fun, and, more than likely, it won’t involve anyone getting smashed in the face with a can of Pepsi Max.
2:15 PM
to 3:00 PM
The Republic Tigers
46 schedule::attendees
Location
The Liberty
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
The Republic Tigers
event::about
The Midwest Music Foundation is proud to present the MidCoast Takeover, March 18th and 19th, 12pm-2am, at The Liberty showcasing over 30 acts from Kansas City, Lawrence, and the Midwest region. Partnering with Midwestern Indie label The Record Machine, music magazines PopWreckoning and INK, and Kansas City’s premiere live music venues The Record Bar, Crosstown Station, and The Riot Room, MidCoast Takeover will bring artists from Kansas City and the region to the national stage at South by Southwest. Sponsored by Kansas City’s Boulevard Brewing Company, (available on tap throughout the event) MidCoast Takeover promises two days of music, mayhem, and general debauchery-the definitive Midwestern musical throw down. The Midwest Music Foundation is proud to support the DIY spirit of Kansas City’s intrepid and inspired music community. Up from the gut, out from the middle, we are the sound of the heart of American music.
Website http://www.midcoasttakeover.com/
2:25 PM
to 3:00 PM
Surfer Blood
534 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Surfer Blood
2:30 PM
to 3:15 PM
John Vanderslice
142 schedule::attendees
Location
French Legation Museum
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Lawn Party @ SXSW, presented by Other Music & Dig for Fire
3:00 PM
to 4:00 PM
Showcasing Scotland
90 schedule::attendees
Location
Latitude 30
event::about A stellar line-up of talents old and new from north of the border. Enjoy free food and drink as well as performances by Dam Mantle, Unicorn Kid, Rachel Sermanni, King Creosote, and Jon Fratelli. For guest list: http://www.britishguestlist.info/
3:15 PM
to 3:45 PM
Great Lake Swimmers
154 schedule::attendees
Location
3217 1/2 Hampton Rd.
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Part of the Muzzle of Bees Backyard BBQ. We have assembled a line-up that we’re incredibly excited about and will be serving up free bbq and ice cold beer all day long.
3:15 PM
to 4:00 PM
Scorpion Child
7 schedule::attendees
Location
Guero's
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Scorpion Child
event::about
RSVP: http://www.1percent.com/sxsw
Frenchie Smith Records + 1 Percent Showcase - Fri 3/18/11
NOON-10P
@ Guero's Taco Bar 1412 S Congress
Presented By The Loyalty Firm, World's End Licensing, The Boxing Lesson
event::tags tacos, frenchie smith records, the boxing lesson, 1 percent, the loyalty firm, guero's taco bar, free
Website http://www.1percent.com/sxsw
3:30 PM
to 4:15 PM
The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger
74 schedule::attendees
Location
French Legation Museum
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Lawn Party @ SXSW, presented by Other Music & Dig for Fire
3:30 PM
to 4:30 PM
The Rural Alberta Advantage
123 schedule::attendees
Location
The Phoenix
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Baeblemusic Takes On Texas: Presented By Lexus, MOG, and ROKU
event::tags SXSW, Baeble, Baeblemusic, The Phoenix, Mog, Roku, Lexus, Free Music, concert, party, Matt Nathanson, Suuns, The Rural Alberta, Advantage, The Boxer Rebellion, Datarock
3:50 PM
to 4:50 PM
J Mascis
194 schedule::attendees
Location
Radio Day Stage Austin Convention Center
eventtype Music
Artists J Mascis
event::about J Mascis is probably best known as the frontman of the highly influential indie rock trio Dinosaur Jr. With acclaimed LPs like 1987's You're Living All Over Me and 1988's Bug, the group emerged among the most highly regarded in alternative rock history, with Mascis' brilliant volume infused guitar heroics becoming a primary influence on the burgeoning 'grunge' movement - Mascis was also credited by many for single-handedly bringing back the guitar solo to underground and indie rock. By reintroducing volume and attack in his songs Mascis shed the strict limitations of early 1980's hardcore and practically reinvented punk rock in the process. Mascis' body of work continues to inspire a generation of guitar players and songwriters today. In 1991, Dinosaur Jr. disbanded and Mascis released More Light, his first recording under the moniker J Mascis + The Fog. With its revolving line-up of stellar musicians J Mascis + The Fog continues to churn out new material and tour frequently. Members and collaborators of the Fog have included Mike Watt (Minutemen / fIREHOSE), Ron Asheton (the Stooges), Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices), Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine) Dave Schools (Stockholm Syndrome / Widespread Panic) and Kyle Spence (Harvey Milk). Aside from his work with The Fog, Mascis finds himself behind the drums in the band Witch, and most recently playing guitar with garage rockers Sweet Apple. He is also known to perform solo acoustic proving that there are truly no limitations to his abilities. Fans of Mascis' huge guitar wails will not be disappointed by his intimate acoustic performances as he always brings in plenty of pedals to pepper these performances with the sonically enhanced solos he's best known for. In addition to his own work Mascis has been heavily involved behind the scenes appearing on, producing, and mixing records for a string of highly regarded acts like: fIREHOSE, Tad, Buffalo Tom, Beachwood Sparks, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, The Breeders and many others. J Mascis has also composed music for film and has occasionally appeared in films such as Alison Anders acclaimed Gas, Food and Lodging. When the original line up of Mascis, Lou Barlow on bass and drummer Murph re-formed in 2005 for select live dates it was apparent that the years apart had not eroded any of their vitality. Restoring the sound established by the opening hat-trick gambit of Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me, and Bug, 2007's Beyond continued the band's march into rock greatness by making old ears smile and new ears bleed afresh. In 2009 the band released Farm, Dinosaur Jr.'s first double LP and their fifth full length record by the original line-up, an album propelled by the unique energy of one of America's greatest living rock bands hitting their stride.
event::tags All Ages
4:00 PM
to 4:30 PM
Givers
168 schedule::attendees
Location
Emo's
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
The Windish Agency is excited to announce our 6th annual Austin day party, a massive event happening on March 18 from noon to 6pm. Every year since 2006, we’ve taken over Emo’s and Emo’s Jr. on the Friday of SXSW, assembled an unrivaled array of amazing bands, and made it 100% free and open to everyone. Now, with help from our friends at Time Out, Groupon, and Ticketweb, we’re thrilled to be bringing another stellar lineup to both stages in the hallowed halls of Emo’s.
4:05 PM
to 4:35 PM
Stereo Is A Lie
4 schedule::attendees
Location
Ghost Room
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
NAIL / MUSEBOX
Friday, March 18th: 12 – 5pm
Presented By The MuseBox and NAIL Distribution
Location: The Ghost Room 304 4th street
Drink specials by Magic Hat
Sponsored by Vitamin Water, Magic Hat and Monolathe
FREE with RSVP
event::tags Free with RSVP
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Dutch Impact Party
62 schedule::attendees
Location
West Tent, Brush Square Park
event::about MusicXport.nl invites you to the Dutch Impact party! Come enjoy free food, drinks, and live performances from five of the top artists from the lowlands. (Laura Jansen, The Black Atlantic, Death Letters, Go Back To The Zoo and De Staat). SXSW badgeholders only.
event::tags Party
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
J Mascis
169 schedule::attendees
Location
Swan Dive
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Co-presented by KF Records (Knitting Factory) and Partisan Records.
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Okkervil River
475 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Okkervil River
5:00 PM
to 5:45 PM
Owen Pallett
183 schedule::attendees
Location
East Side Drive-In
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
#Offline will take at the East Side Drive-In, located at 1001 E. 6th St., on Thursday, March 17 and Friday, March 18, from noon to 7:00 p.m. Special thanks to Puma, Musicians Institute, Brooklyn Brewery, and Vitamin Water.
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
6:00 PM
to 7:00 PM
!!! (chk chk chk)
353 schedule::attendees
Location
French Legation Museum
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Lawn Party @ SXSW, presented by Other Music & Dig for Fire
6:25 PM
to 6:45 PM
Ponderosa
25 schedule::attendees
Location
Maria's Taco Xpress
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Ponderosa
event::about
Sin City's Cosmic American Roadshow - 9th Annual BIG Austin Bash
Featuring 15+ of the most cosmic indie roots * Americana * alt. country artists from around the globe!
SPONSORED BY LONE STAR MUSIC * GRAHAM'S TEXAS TEA * TREATY OAK RUM & TWANG!
HOT Burritos * Cold Beer * Drink Specials * FREE * All Ages Welcome *
Website http://www.sincitysocialclub.com
6:25 PM
to 6:55 PM
Rural Alberta Advantage
144 schedule::attendees
Location
Home Slice Pizza
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Rural Alberta Advantage
event::about
Home Slice Pizza is stoked to announce Music by the Slice 2011. This free day party (no rsvp, no badge required) runs March 17-19, from 1 PM to 7 PM daily. This year, for the first time, we are donating all of the profits from bar sales to charity!!!
Our charity for 2011 are the excellent folks over at Urban Roots – a sustainable farming program for young Austinites. Here is a little bit about them:
Now in our fourth year, Urban Roots is a youth development program that uses sustainable agriculture as a means to transform the lives of young people and increases the access of healthy food in Austin. By growing sustainably farmed vegetables, young people work together to serve the community, cultivate farming and business skills, learn the value of meaningful work, and discover how to eat and cook in healthy ways.
6:30 PM
to 8:30 PM
John Vanderslice
69 schedule::attendees
Location
Mellow Johnny's
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
KEXP Live @ SXSW
7:30 PM
to 8:00 PM
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
The Head and the Heart
208 schedule::attendees
Location
Antone's
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
The Boxing Lesson
18 schedule::attendees
Location
Guero's
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
The Boxing Lesson
event::about
RSVP: http://www.1percent.com/sxsw
Frenchie Smith Records + 1 Percent Showcase - Fri 3/18/11
NOON-10P
@ Guero's Taco Bar 1412 S Congress
Presented By The Loyalty Firm, World's End Licensing, The Boxing Lesson
event::tags tacos, frenchie smith records, the boxing lesson, 1 percent, the loyalty firm, guero's taco bar, free
Website http://www.1percent.com/sxsw
8:05 PM
to 9:05 PM
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
240 schedule::attendees
Location
ACL Live at The Moody Theater
eventtype Music
Artists Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
event::about Joe Lewis is stuffed into a van with his six bandmates and one stranger, as they hurtle across Texas to a gig in Marfa. Most of the guys are sleeping now, content in the knowledge they've just made the record of their lives. All killer, no filler, the fittingly titled, take-no-prisoners Scandalous (Lost Highway)'once again produced by Jim Eno, moonlighting from his main gig as Spoon's drummer'is a churning slab of rock & roll, blues and funk, laced with a double shot of 100-proof punkitude. This band has gotten tight as a gnat's ass through nearly two years of barnstorming without a break. ÂWe've grown a lot as a band, and so has our fan base, the lanky, enigmatic Lewis acknowledges. ÂHopefully it's still going up, but it will ultimately be what we make of it. As the shows get bigger and we get bigger, we have to keep improving to meet the demand. If we can't do that, it won't go anywhere. From the look in Joe's eyes as he glances at the one-stoplight towns and endless open country of central Texas whizzing past, you can tell he knows whereof he speaks. While on the road, they also eagerly soaked up the worldly knowledge of touring mates the New York Dolls and Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm. ÂThe Dolls covered Bo Diddley and Sonny Boy Williamson, and so do we, says guitarist Zach Ernst, riding shotgun in the van, as he does in the band. ÂThat youthful, aggressive, unschooled thing is really appealing to us. That's what we like to listen to and what we're shooting for. We've had some lineup changes since the first record, but at its core, it's still the same band, and everyone's excited to move on to the next stage. Like his forebears, Lewis writes from direct, often bitter experience with unflinching veracity. The songs of Scandalous are littered with the debris of age-old issues: hard times and one-night stands, lying and cheating, redemption and revenge. Gritty, raunchy and real, his music is not for the squeamish, but experiencing it fully can be genuinely cathartic. The album opens with the funky fantasia ÂLivin' in the Jungle, as Joe wails with tonsil-shredding abandon over a rhythm section erupting like a tropical storm and horns honking like hyenas in heat. ÂI've always said that if I ever got rich, I would go buy a bunch of land in the Congo or the Amazon, build a nice house and have an Amazon woman to hang out with, he explains, straight-faced. On the following ÂI'm Gonna Leave You, the band sends a jolt of electricity through a Mississippi hill country blues template. ÂIt's about leavin' a girl, just gettin' out while you can, before the shit gets too thick, he says, punctuating the line with a wicked cackle. From there, it's all hands on deck, as one sonic assault after another rips into the eardrums and the pelvis all at once. The instant-classic highway boogie ÂMustang Ranch recounts, in sordid detail, an overnight drive between Salt Lake City and San Francisco, Joe spinning out the narrative as a revved-up talking blues. ÂIt was a long, ridiculous drive, and we got the idea of stopping at the Mustang Ranch, he recalls. ÂWe were like, 'Let's go, man'we got nothin' better to do.' So we stopped in there, and it was a really odd experience. Here, another quick laugh escapes Joe's lips. ÂWe figured out that we don't fit brothels that well, and the girls are all fuckin' busted. But nobody caught anything. Then we left, and we stopped in Reno at six in the morning. It was a freaky experience. We went into a casino and got a cheap breakfast, and all the burnt-out gamblers were walking the town like zombies out there in the early morning. There were even weird lights hovering in the sky. That song's a true story, pretty much. Lewis seems to be channeling Robert Johnson on ÂMessin', which turns on his spooky, low-down vocal and acoustic guitar. ÂI'm just an old-style blues fan, and I'm tryin' to do that kind of thing with it, he says, reeling off the names of his favorite practitioners: Lightnin' Hopkins, Junior Kimbrough, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf and Magic Sam. The album's biggest surprise is ÂYou Been Lyin', a torrid, politically-themed workout in the tradition of Parliament-Funkadelic and late-'60s Temptations. Featured on this track are the group vocals of the Relatives, a Dallas gospel funk band that made some criminally under-exposed records three decades ago. ÂThey're like the greatest band ever, says Joe, Âand I'm glad we got them on there, 'cause they made the track really sweet. Here and elsewhere, you can also pick up the influence of the Stooges, another of Lewis' touchstones, in the confrontational physicality of the performances. ÂPeople call us a soul band, but we're more of a rock & roll band, he points out. ÂWe feel like what we're doing is different from the soul bands with horn sections that are out there right now, Ernst adds. ÂWe always joke that we would do that kind of music, but we're not good enough: our guitars are too loud, we're too primitive on our instruments, and Joe is more of a shouter and a talking-blues guy than a smooth soul singer. So we're carving out our own thing because it's the only way that we can do it. We can't play it any cleaner or smoother'and we don't want to, either. Growing up in Austin and Round Rock, Joe took it all in'Delta and Chicago blues, Memphis soul, Detroit garage punk'and what came out the other end was, and is, unlike anything else out there. ÂI don't know, man'I just kinda dove into it, Lewis continues. ÂThese neighbors of mine were in this country band and they got to go on tour all the time, and I had to go to work in this stupid factory. I was like, 'Man, I gotta get in on that.' So I pulled a guitar down off the wall of a pawn shop where I was workin' at the time and learned stuff as I went along. The people I was playing with wanted to practice all the time, and I was like, 'No, man, let's get out there'I wanna try to do this shit.' I pretty much learned on stage. After years of struggle to get heard, things started moving fast for Lewis after he and Ernst put together the earliest incarnation of Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, naming themselves after a crusted container of honey they found on the floor of their Âdisgusting rehearsal room. They went out with Spoon after Britt Daniel caught a set, and their subsequent, Eno-produced EP caught the ear of Lost Highway's Kim Buie, who signed them to a record deal. Eno then helmed their 2009 debut album for the label, Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!, much of it cut live off the floor. ÂThe album manages to maximize every incendiary second of sonic sexuality the band is putting out, raved PopMatters' Christel Loar. ÂMake no mistake, Lewis knows his history, but he also knows his moment, too, and it's now. The Honeybears aren't afraid to mine the past to make music for the future. That spot-on assessment goes double now. ÂWe pride ourselves on keepin' our own style and staying true to the guys we look up to, says Lewis. ÂWe play the music that we like listening to. It's always about the music first. As night falls, the van pulls into Marfa, the musicians rub the sleep from their eyes and stretch their muscles, which will soon be put to use unloading their gear. This is what they live for'another night blowin' the roof in front of a houseful of boozed-up locals looking for a thrill. For the paying customers, it's a few hours of sweet relief. For Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, it's another long day and hot night in the life of a working band'seven hungry guys with their eyes on the far horizon.
event::tags 18+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Hayes Carll
97 schedule::attendees
Location
ACL Live at The Moody Theater
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Sarah Jaffe
109 schedule::attendees
Location
Momo's
eventtype Music
Artists Sarah Jaffe
event::about Sarah Jaffe – Suburban Nature If there is one thing that Sarah Jaffe will never have to contend with it is the idea that she is a female singer for females. There was once a time when being a female singer meant you would undoubtedly be put into an all too snug box. Is she an angry singer? An activist singer? A singer for the victims or the singer your mom bonds with you over? To be honest, when Sarah’s new cd Suburban Nature is released on May 18th she will insert herself into and destroy all those boxes simultaneously, because Sarah is a truth singer …and no matter who or what we are, we all need, and want, our singers to be truth singers. Jaffe’s words and voice seem like they are speaking to you, only to you, yet they contain a universal appeal evidenced by the fact that she’s recently toured with Midlake and Norah Jones. Two completely different audiences whom Jaffe, equally endearing and confident, easily won over. Growing up in Red Oak, Texas might not be ideal circumstances for breeding the kind of talent that is encompassed in Sarah’s songs, but it does beg the question of nature verses nurture. What we have in us before we are even us, and what we interpret because of life circumstances. Writing since her early teens, many of the songs featured on Suburban Nature were written long before she could even enter the clubs where they are now performed. Interestingly enough the first single “Vulnerable,” was written when Sarah was only 17, long before even the material on her first EP, the acclaimed Even Born Again, was produced. Even so, it comprises everything that matters about her voice. If there is one thread that flows through all of Sarah’s work, it is grappling with the self-serving cycles that are in all of us, and the aftermath that those needs deal out. “I’m a fan of life’s wicked ironies. These things that reveal the truth from an aerial view nowhere near your perspective of the situation, and through these realizations you find redemption.” And so it is with Suburban Nature. From opening track “Before You Go,” everything sounds as wide and deep as the Grand Canyon, the sonic spread covering every degree of the mix. It’s thick enough to feel when you breathe, but spatial enough to allow for the one thing that truly matters with singer/songwriters: their voice. When talking to the albums producer and engineer John Congleton (St Vincent, Polyphonic Spree, Explosions in the Sky, Clinic) about the spacious feel of the album, he had this to say on the matter: “I think it was intentional. Both Sarah’s and my feelings on this was that the vocals should be the focal point and have as much space as possible, while the music provided an emotional backdrop.” Skilled players such as Kris Youmans - cello (Bill Callahan, The Paper Chase, Micah P Hinson) Becki Howard – violin (The Crash That Took Me) Jeff Ryan – percussion (The Baptist Generals, St Vincent, Pleasant Grove) and Robert Gomez - guitar (as himself) provide this essential emotional backdrop. Just take a listen to “Pretender” for an example of the power and talent contained in this group of players. Layers of moveable music float in, out, under and over lines such as “So here we stand, like flowers in the cold, wilt and wither/Here's your chance/Tell me what you want/I'm a forgiver.” In other situations the group provides the perfect backbeat so Sarah is free to spin yarn that might not always be fact, but like we said, is certainly truth. On “Clementine,” she sings, “We were young, we were young, we were young, we didn't care.” Although only 24 you actually believe her. You believe her because you believe that no matter what her actual age, she lived through the war of a relationship or fifty that aged her to her core, and now her soul speaks to yours in the places where you have aged, and set down roots that flow as grid in a suburb becoming part of your nature. This is why we need singers like Sarah Jaffe and albums like Suburban Nature: We need a truth singer to be a soothsayer, and help heal us in the broken places of our time.
event::tags 18+
9:30 PM
to 10:30 PM
Eugene Mirman
71 schedule::attendees
Location
Esther's Follies
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Robert Earl Keen
85 schedule::attendees
Location
ACL Live at The Moody Theater
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Tapes n Tapes
300 schedule::attendees
Location
Rusty Spurs
eventtype Music
Artists Tapes n Tapes
event::about Tapes ‘n Tapes is a rock band from Minneapolis, MN, made up of Josh Grier on guitar and lead vocals, Matt Kretzmann on keys and horns, Erik Appelwick on bass guitar and backing vocals, and Jeremy Hanson on percussion. Grier said he formed the band in 2003, to “have fun with my friends. I always wanted to see if I could play music with others and for others.” Grier and his buddies amassed “tapes ‘n tapes” of noodling, experimental jams and declared themselves officially a band. In the winter of 2004, the band now known as Tapes ‘n Tapes bought some recording equipment and headed out to a rustic cabin in the woods of Wisconsin. They recorded their self-titled, now long out of print, seven song EP in three days. Songs like “Beach Girls” and “50’s Parking” from the EP are still in their live set today. Next up for the band was recording their critically acclaimed follow up, The Loon. Appelwick recorded, mixed and produced the eleven song record with the band in one week at a friend’s home studio. The Loon came out in November of 2005 on ibid records, and no one was ready for what came next. People started to notice the foursome’s jangly, melodic brand of rock and the band started touring – gaining more and more attention from music critics and fans all over the world. Even the Thin White Duke took notice. “’Insistor’ is the first single, and it's cracking. It was a slow grower, but once that chorus digs in there's really no escape,” said Mr. David Bowie. The prestigious XL Recordings re-released The Loon in July of 2006, the same month Tapes ‘n Tapes made their national television debut on the Late Show with David Letterman. The band then toured around the world for the next few years- playing shows with the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Spoon, Cold War Kids, The Black Keys, Echo & the Bunnymen, and The Wrens. In 2006 they were honored to play Reading/Leeds, and 2007 saw them rock out at Lollapalooza and Coachella. When starting to work out songs for their follow up, Walk It Off, the band was asked who their dream producer was. The obvious answer to them was Mr. Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT). With twelve songs in hand, the band made the jaunt to upstate New York to live and work with Fridmann for two amazing weeks- one week in September 2007 to record and one week in October 2007 to mix. However, years of touring, the political climate, and distance from friends and family had changed the band, and given them a different point of view- one that seemed to pervade their sound. Spin praised the record saying, “the tunes are tighter and performances far more dynamic and aggressive…..they can now pull off jittery punk and understated, graceful melancholy.” XL released Walk It Off in April of 2008, on the same day the band made their debut on Conan O’Brien. After touring and supporting Walk It Off for the following year, it was time for a little R & R- rest and relaxation. They purposefully took their time and tried to get back to a place where the band was fun, and not work. They also decided to go back to their roots and do everything on their own, with no label involvement. They cut ties with XL, and re-launched ibid records, their own label which initially released The Loon. The brothers tapes had saved their pennies over the years and set out to make the record they’ve always wanted to make – Outside. They wanted to record at home and self-produce, which they did over two weeks at The Terrarium in Minneapolis, MN in March of 2010. The next step was getting the talented Mr. Peter Katis (Interpol, The National) to lend his ears to the mix. Grier spent two more weeks in Bridgeport, CT, while Katis mixed the record to perfection. The result is twelve songs that are playful and melodic, while also capturing the essence and energy of their live show. Grier said, “We had a great time making Outside and we wanted our enjoyment of the process to be audible in the recording, and I think we succeeded.” One thing is for sure, Tapes ‘n Tapes feel like they are making music for the right reasons – fun and pure love for music. And as Grier always says, “Everything else is gravy.” Outside will be released on January 11, 2011.
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
The Black Lips
317 schedule::attendees
Location
Lustre Pearl
eventtype Music
Artists The Black Lips
event::about 200 Million Thousand What do you do when your sixteen and in deep shit? You're looking out at the world from the strip-mall and the detention hall, from the basement and the cul-de-sac and it just looks like there is a wall around you. Everybody tells you and your friends that you're going nowhere, that your lives are already ruined. What the fuck do you do? You hang around and smash stuff and get high and try to be a bad-ass, that's what you do. You steal and drink and smash up the car your mom gave you and pull your pee-pee out in public. You work at sandwich shops and fast-food joints and try to screw private school girls because they think your tough and the girls at your school think your gay because you pretended to give your friend a blowjob at the junior prom. You fuck it all up as ugly and as dirty as you can because, why the fuck not? Your parents and teachers and sandwich-shop supervisors look at you and think, "What happened to the kid? He has all the advantages in the world and he has chucked it all in the shitter. Doesn't he believe in the inherent goodness of our enlightened society? Doesn't he believe in any thing at all?" It is this question, the question of belief, nay, the question of faith, that is the crux of the matter. It is this question that was asked of the Black Lips. And the Black Lips have answered it. They have answered it in their songs and in their actions. They have answered it for every shit-assed, burned-out brat that staggers out of the suburbs. They have answered it resoundingly and continue to answer it. "Where is their answer?" you may ask. Do those psychedelic swamp guitar drones bear witness to a faith of some kind? Does the quasi-violent sexual comedy of their stage show underscore a deeply held belief system? Does their commingling of Deep South, big-tent revival rhetoric with hoary-throated, drug-haze mumble truly mean anything, to them or to anyone else? You bet your ass it means something to them. How would they have persevered through all the drudgery and threats of doom if it didn't mean a goddamn thing to them? Their adversaries have been formidable and numerous, and they have bested them all. Why, even in their earliest days, death itself reared its ugly head to attempt to halt their progress, and was dismissed directly. How, without faith, could the Black Lips have carried their message forth into the four corners of the earth? And so, on the eve of the release of their fifth album, the faith abides stronger than ever. A host of influences have passed through their gullet and provided the sustenance to keep their faith alive. The dusts of a southern back road and the big-city gutter puke crackle in the grooves of this record as it did in the previous ones. The shouts and moans and static continue to bear witness. "But faith in what?" the fathers, mayors and captains of industry might continue to ask. Well, if you've never been one of those shit-assed brats looking out into a world you were already excluded from, a world that sickened you, but for which there was no alternative, then you may not understand. But, through the eyes of one whom, like them, was a go-nowhere from the get-go, the Black Lips represent the faith that it takes to reject that world of sterile, futile, servile, silliness and forge your own world based on bravery and bad-ass-ness. They have carried to fruition the plan that has been hatched, and will continue to be hatched in the minds of dizzy, dumb and desperate youth the world over. Now they carry their message of faith to the world. FEAR NOT! BE BRAVE AND TAKE HEART! THE WORLD IS YOURS IF YOU ACCEPT THE POWER OF FAITH!!! (As I record these words a purple and orange fog engulfs the bay below me. The gin gimlets glide down my throat and I ponder the freedom that I, myself, have wrenched from the 'enlightened society' that once oppressed me. It is good and right that we should live free. I know this, the Black Lips know this, and the gulls in the bay below know this. Take this knowledge and go in faith.) Baby Gusty Accra, Ghana December, 2008
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Lucinda Williams
168 schedule::attendees
Location
ACL Live at The Moody Theater
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
The Republic Tigers
58 schedule::attendees
Location
Maggie Mae's Rooftop
eventtype Music
Artists The Republic Tigers
event::about Chop Shop Records’ experimental indie pop band The Republic Tigers will release a much-awaited 4-song EP, “NO LAND’S MAN,” on April 16, their first release since their 2008 debut album, “KEEP COLOR.” Self-produced and recorded in the band’s hometown of Kansas City, MO, “NO LAND’S MAN” includes three new songs, plus “The Nerve (Nervous Dancing),” an uptempo reworking of the song “The Nerve” from “KEEP COLOR.” “NO LAND’S MAN” will be available exclusively at independent record stores in celebration of Record Store Day on April 16. The digital configuration of the EP will be available the following Tuesday, April 19 at all online retailers. In addition to the EP, the band will release a colored vinyl 7” piece featuring “Merrymake It With Me,” the first track on the EP, and “Whale Fight,” an exclusive b-side. Prior to the release of “NO LAND’S MAN,” The Republic Tigers will hit the annual South By Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, TX. 2008’s “KEEP COLOR” drew widespread critical praise for the quintet. Blackbook described the album as “a tapestry of instruments and perfected harmonies,” and Filter asserted that the album “begs repeat listens.” Following the release of “KEEP COLOR,” The Republic Tigers performed their breakout song, “Buildings & Mountains,” on “Late Night With David Letterman,” and toured for months on end, opening for Travis both in the UK and Stateside, in addition to several U. S. headline runs of their own. In other news, the band has begun work in Kansas City on their second full-length album, expected to arrive later in 2011. THE REPUBLIC TIGERS --“NO LAND’S MAN” EP Available April16 through Chop Shop Records 1. Merrymake It With Me 2. The Infidel 3. Lonely As I Was 4. The Nerve (Nervous Dancing)
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Toubab Krewe
27 schedule::attendees
Location
Copa
eventtype Music
Artists Toubab Krewe
event::about Some music cannot be found on a map or within iTunes categories. Some music is so original it seems snatched from the great, invisible substrata that runs below all human activity, a sound aching to be born without a flag or fixed allegiance – free, questing, overflowing with immediate, tangible life. This is the music of Toubab Krewe, the vibrant Asheville, NC-based instrumental powerhouse that creates a sonic Pangaea that lustily swirls together rock, African traditions, jam sensibilities, international folk strains and more. While nearly impossible to put into any box, it takes only a few moments to realize in a very palpable way that one is face-to-face with a true original who recognizes no borders in a march towards a muscular, original, globally switched-on sound. Formed in 2005, Toubab Krewe has tenaciously honed their craft through relentless touring and a fierce dedication to carving out something they can truly call their own. The fruits of this hard work can be heard on their scintillating new long-player, TK2, being released September 7, 2010 on Nat Geo Music. What Justin Perkins (Kora, Kamelngoni, guitar, percussion), Teal Brown (drums, congas), Drew Heller (guitar, piano, fiddle), David Pransky (bass, guitar), and Luke Quaranta (Djembe, percussion) have wrought on TK2 reflects the many miles and musical journeys that have transpired since their studio debut. "It's five years later since our last studio album, and we've been doing almost nothing but playing together," says Drew Heller. "We've had a lot of time to further our musical relationships. I feel like this album was recorded at a really perfect time. The last track on the new album is an improvisation that was the very first sounds captured, and other things came out of that initial rush." This process of recording in the spirit and sifting for gold afterwards mirrors the Beastie Boys approach during the creative peak that produced Check Your Head and The In Sound From Way Out! Toubab Krewe exhibits a similar take-no-prisoners singularity in their work. This is a band that actively draws inspiration from whatever source floats into their purview, something they've exhibited in their half decade of heavy gigging, including regular appearances at major U.S. festivals like Bonnaroo, High Sierra, Rothbury and Wakarusa, and abroad at such legendary gatherings as Festival In The Desert in Mali. Their globe-hopping propensity has made them an emerging headliner at their hometown's famous Orange Peel and a familiar face as similar venues throughout the country. Whether on their own or collaborating with luminaries like the Last Poets' Umar Bin Hassan or Uncle Earl's Rayna Gellert, Toubab Krewe has already earned the attention and respect of a broad musical community. Toubab carries echoes of African greats like Ali Farka Toure, Orchestra Baobab and Salif Keita, no doubt picked up during the group's many visits to the Mother Continent to study and live in Guinea, Ivory Coast and Mali. What differentiates Toubab Krewe from other Statesiders inspired by African music is how they innovate on what they've learned, not simply recreating tradition but carving out a new trail that honors the African originators they admire by making something alive and contemporary that moves the line forward, something that's easy to pick up on with TK2. "We had a month and a half in the studio, and we were able to relax and play, almost a smudging process getting the energy in the right place," says Heller. "The time we had to record this album was conducive to not worrying about anything and just having fun, playing and getting into the creative process." From the ragtime piano tinged opener "Mariama" to the percussion fueled, slide guitar glide of "Gine Fare" to the subtle, inviting African echoes of "Konkoba" to the hypnotic, psychedelic slow burn of "Holy Grail," TK2 reveals Toubab Krewe to be rare innovators in a modern age often too ready to settle for more of what's been. Toubab Krewe is happily an exception to this rule, and those willing to take the journey with them are in for one hell of a cool, exciting ride.
event::tags 21+
12:10 AM
to 1:10 AM
J Mascis
242 schedule::attendees
Location
Red 7 Patio
eventtype Music
Artists J Mascis
event::about J Mascis is probably best known as the frontman of the highly influential indie rock trio Dinosaur Jr. With acclaimed LPs like 1987's You're Living All Over Me and 1988's Bug, the group emerged among the most highly regarded in alternative rock history, with Mascis' brilliant volume infused guitar heroics becoming a primary influence on the burgeoning 'grunge' movement - Mascis was also credited by many for single-handedly bringing back the guitar solo to underground and indie rock. By reintroducing volume and attack in his songs Mascis shed the strict limitations of early 1980's hardcore and practically reinvented punk rock in the process. Mascis' body of work continues to inspire a generation of guitar players and songwriters today. In 1991, Dinosaur Jr. disbanded and Mascis released More Light, his first recording under the moniker J Mascis + The Fog. With its revolving line-up of stellar musicians J Mascis + The Fog continues to churn out new material and tour frequently. Members and collaborators of the Fog have included Mike Watt (Minutemen / fIREHOSE), Ron Asheton (the Stooges), Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices), Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine) Dave Schools (Stockholm Syndrome / Widespread Panic) and Kyle Spence (Harvey Milk). Aside from his work with The Fog, Mascis finds himself behind the drums in the band Witch, and most recently playing guitar with garage rockers Sweet Apple. He is also known to perform solo acoustic proving that there are truly no limitations to his abilities. Fans of Mascis' huge guitar wails will not be disappointed by his intimate acoustic performances as he always brings in plenty of pedals to pepper these performances with the sonically enhanced solos he's best known for. In addition to his own work Mascis has been heavily involved behind the scenes appearing on, producing, and mixing records for a string of highly regarded acts like: fIREHOSE, Tad, Buffalo Tom, Beachwood Sparks, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, The Breeders and many others. J Mascis has also composed music for film and has occasionally appeared in films such as Alison Anders acclaimed Gas, Food and Lodging. When the original line up of Mascis, Lou Barlow on bass and drummer Murph re-formed in 2005 for select live dates it was apparent that the years apart had not eroded any of their vitality. Restoring the sound established by the opening hat-trick gambit of Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me, and Bug, 2007's Beyond continued the band's march into rock greatness by making old ears smile and new ears bleed afresh. In 2009 the band released Farm, Dinosaur Jr.'s first double LP and their fifth full length record by the original line-up, an album propelled by the unique energy of one of America's greatest living rock bands hitting their stride.
event::tags All Ages
12:15 AM
to 1:15 AM
Treasure Fingers
64 schedule::attendees
Location
Mohawk
eventtype Music
Artists Treasure Fingers
event::about Hailing from Atlanta, transplanted to NYC, and ready to take over the world: Treasure Fingers Treasure Fingers is Audio Viagra (NY Post) For the past four years, the DJ and producer born Ashley Jones has been making it rain in the disco with innovative remixes and original tracks. Jones is far from a new jack, having racked up over a decade of international club experience and studio chops as part of the legendary drum & bass group, Evol Intent. Yet as Treasure Fingers, he’s found a way to merge his diverse influences and deep history into a signature sound, packed with intricate basslines, chopped-up, gritty synth melodies, and party-ready drum breaks. It’s already captured the ears of everyone from Eric Prydz and Miike Snow to house legends Romanthony and Roy Davis JR (all of whom personally requested the Treasure Fingers remix treatment). His amazing new twist on Disco attracted the attention of such labels as Fools Gold, Defected and MOS to name a few. Treasure Fingers “Cross The Dancefloor: "I dj now, and right now this is my favorite song to play. It's a rare underground song" (Will.I.AM’s Favorite Party Starter Track, People Magazine) “Cross The Dancefloor” was Treasure Fingers’ debut, an inescapably catchy, vocoder-laced dance gem that two-steps over genre boundaries. The instant classic received support from A-List DJs around the world such as Erick Morillo, Pete Tong, Annie Mac, Sinden and Kissy Sell Out. Treasure Fingers has kept the momentum going with heavy touring and official remixes for numerous artists including Little Boots (I Am Sound), Chromeo (Vice/Atlantic), Estelle (Atlantic), Empire of the Sun (EMI), Kid Sister (Downtown), Kid Cudi (G.O.O.D/Sony), N.A.S.A (Epitaph), and James Curd (Om) (remix went to #1 on the Beatport Club Chart). A constant favorite on Hype Machine, he has also received amazing support from such blogs as Disco Dust, Boom Boom Chik, Indy Shuffle, Big Stereo and Discobelle to name a few. A new batch of equally funky Treasure Fingers originals & a mix CD are on their way along with tours in North America, Europe, UK, Asia, Australia and South America. These coming after successful tours and gigs with artists Roy Davis Jr, Fake Blood, A-Trak, Chromeo, Laidback Luke, Fred Falke, Felix da Housecat & Benny Benassi, to name a few. Treasure Fingers perfectly captures the sounds that young kids want to hear, while keeping the musicality of songs that the old school cats need. His version of Back Off Move Away is a disco groove that is full of modern synth sounds over such a funky bass line it's nearly impossible not to dance to. One of my favorite remixers at the moment and one of my favorite mixes of my own music to date. (James Curd [Greenskeepers]) What else would you expect from the A-Town original with the Midas touch, who continues to receive accolades and Radio 1 support from heavy hitters Pete Tong, Annie Mac (with a mini mix under his belt), Kissy Sellout, Jaymo & Andy George, all helping Treasure Fingers launch up, up and away into the future with people worldwide shakin’ it cross the dancefloor. "Treasure Fingers is one of America's best Nu Disco outfits. His high end production values, fresh ideas & all round good vibes has ensured we've been fans for sometime!" (Jaymo & Andy George, BBC Radio 1 In New DJs We Trust)
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Men Without Hats
115 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
The Head and the Heart
168 schedule::attendees
Location
Red 7 Patio
10:30 AM
to 4:00 PM
Rachael Ray Feedback Party
427 schedule::attendees
Location
Stubb's
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
The Bravery, Tapes 'n' Tapes, Fitz and the Tantrums, The Cringe, FreeSol, J Roddy Walston & the Business, Das Racist, Bob Schneider, Royal Bangs, Charlie Mars, Eli "Paperboy" Reed
11:00 AM
to 11:05 AM
11:00 AM
to 12:00 PM
Packaging the Experience: Attract Audiences to Your Records
13 schedule::attendees
Location
Austin Convention Center, Room 15
event::about As downloading music has quickly become the dominant form of distribution, the importance and role of the physical product has been challenged. Why should a fan buy the album when it's more convenient to simply download it? As artists and labels have worked to answer this question, what's emerged are exciting new approaches to packaging, lavish box sets that become fetish objects for hardcore fans, the creation of new content that enhance the experience of "owning" a record, the exploration of multi-formatted releases, the re-emergence of vinyl, merchandise-driven marketing, and the innovative use of the web both as a distribution channel as well as an additional component in the overall experience. By mining the experiences and perspectives of a diverse range of music industry professionals, this panel will deliver its audience keen insight on how to not only package the record, but to package the true experience of an artist or band. The panel's audience will come away with a deeper understanding of how they might "package their own experiences." They will learn, specifically, how multi-formatted releases, reissued catalogs, specialty packaging, web-driven distribution, merchandising, and other creative concepts drive fans to additional content and unlock new audiences for the music and art they make.
11:00 AM
to 12:00 PM
Pepsi MAX Lot
21 schedule::attendees
Location
Pepsi MAX Truck Experience
event::about Your home base for everything MAX at SXSW: happy hours, wi-fi lounge, BBQs, games, screenings, and, well, lots of free soda. Follow @PepsiMAX to find out what's happening and when! Located at 3rd and San Jacinto.
11:00 AM
to 11:30 AM
OK Sweetheart
6 schedule::attendees
Location
Valhalla
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
DETOX TO RETOX
Saturday, March 19th: 11am - 6pm
Presented by The MuseBox, CouchProfessor, and Eric Ervin
Location: Valhalla - 710 Red River Street
Free drinks provided by Barefoot Wines
No RSVP Necessary
Facebook Event
event::tags free booze
11:30 AM
to 10:00 PM
FYF Fest and Fun Fun Fun Fest present Mess With Texas
502 schedule::attendees
Location
East Side Drive-In
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Dead Milkmen, !!!, Odd Future, Surfer Blood, The Dodos, Ted Leo (solo), Thee Oh Sees, Deer Tick, OFF!, Screaming Females, Strange Boys, Fresh & Onlys, Davilla 666, Big Feedia, Lemuria, Dom, Esben & the Witch, Devin Therriault, The Growlers, We Barbarians, Ema, more TBA
12:00 PM
to 12:30 PM
Versus
39 schedule::attendees
Location
The Ghost Room
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Along with our official standing at this year's SXSW, Tampa, FL's New Granada Records is gonna have some fun throwing this little day party!
Come one, come all! It's free (noon-6:00PM)!
12:00 - VERSUS (NY)
12:45 - JOAN OF ARC (IL)
01:30 - HER SPACE HOLIDAY (TX/CA)
02:15 - SARAH JAFFE (TX)
03:00 - STAG (WA)
03:45 - DENISON WITMER (PA)
04:30 - OH NO OH MY (TX)
05:15 - DIGNAN (TX)
Thanks to our wonderful sponsors, we'll have beer specials from HARPOON and $2.00 tacos courtesy of COLIBRI CUISINE (authentic Mexican fare from Austin)!
REPOST, 'LIKE', SHARE... whatever the word is these days !
Questions directed to:
granadainfo@gmail.com
or hit us here on the ol' FB
http://www.newgranada.com/
HAVING FUN? Stick around for our official label showcase that same evening at The Ghost Room:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145676178820192
12:00 PM
to 2:00 PM
Whole Foods / Mantralogy
10 schedule::attendees
Location
Whole Foods Market - Lamar
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Sri Kirtan: www.srikirtan.com
event::about
Mantralogy to Bring Mantra Music to SXSW
IMPRINT RECORD LABEL TEAMS UP WITH WHOLE FOODS TO BRING A PIECE OF OM TO AUSTIN, TX
Mantralogy will bring fresh vibes to SXSX 2011, with their youthful brand of Mantra Music and clothing. The imprint label, of legendary rock label Equal Vision Records, promises to bring something new, something different – and something peaceful to the festival. Mantralogy will focus on their ultimate goal of uplifting and positively transforming the foundation of people’s hearts through music, lifestyle products, and events that support the growing culture of Mantra Music.
For their debut SXSW appearance, Mantralogy has teamed up with Whole Foods Market and local yoga studio, Black Swan, to host a string of showcases and events. “We intend to offer a peaceful breather during the non-stop rock marathon,” states Mantralogy and Equal Vision Records’ owner, Steve Reddy. “We want to create a place at SXSW for music industry people to share their love of music and yoga.”
Whole Foods Market representative Richard Gabaree adds, “The wondrous sights, sounds, smells and activity in the store make each trip to Whole Foods Market Lamar a tour of discovery. We are so excited to add Mantralogy to our list of events during SXSW and look forward to their contribution to our guests’ experience.”
Mantralogy artists, The Mayapuris, will be performing at Whole Foods Market on Thursday, March 17 at 5:30pm and at Black Swan Yoga on Friday, March 18 at 8:00pm, joined by labelmates, SRI Kirtan. SRI Kirtan will also be performing at Whole Foods Market on Saturday March 19 from 12:00pm – 2:-00pm.
The Mayapuris, kirtan’s youthful breakout band, have been touring non-stop behind their debut album Mridanga touching six continents including stops at Wanderlust (alongside Moby), The Bhakti Fest, Princeton University and Jivamukti NYC. SRI Kirtan bring a fresh sound to the Mantra Music scene combining a variety of western instruments and styles with traditional chants and melodies. Their second album, Live Your Love, recently debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard World Music Chart.
Mantralogy combines an edgy, punk rock attitude and underground DIY ethos with the ancient uplifting philosophies and culture of spirituality, yoga, conscious living and Mantra Music. Mantra Music, or Kirtan, is an ancient form of music heard in yoga classes around the world.
Mar 17 Whole Foods – Mayapuris @ 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Mar 18 Black Swan Yoga – SRI Kirtan / Mayapuris @ 8pm
Mar 19 Whole Foods – SRI Kirtan @ 12pm – 2pm Whole Foods Market
525 N Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78703
Black Swan Yoga
1114 W 5th St
Ste 202
event::tags kirtan, yoga, whole foods, mantralogy, spirituality, bhakti
Website www.mantralogy.com
12:00 PM
to 5:00 PM
BAMM.tv: "No Badge, No Prob" Fan Appreciation Party
146 schedule::attendees
Location
Palm Door
eventtype Unofficial Party
event::about
BAMM.tv Presents: A party dedicated to you, the indie music loving, tech savy, sxsw party goer!
Please join us to wrap up SXSW 2011 at the Palm Door with an open bar and prizes you won't want to miss out on!
Come download our new app and listen to music from:Nicki Bluhm, AB & the Sea, Typhoon, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, Great Lake Swimmers, Birds & Batteries and more TBA!
NO OFFICIAL SXSW BADGE REQUIRED.
12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Bham Goes to SXSW 3
19 schedule::attendees
Location
Annie's West
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
The Magic Math (12-12:35pm)
The Green Seed (12:40-1:20pm)
The Great Book of John (1:25-2:05pm)
Delicate Cutters (2:10-2:50pm)
The Grenadines (2:55-3:35pm)
Through the Sparks (3:40-4:20pm)
The Gum Creek Killers (4:25-5:05pm)
Vulture Whale (5:15-6:00pm)
event::about
Eight bands on the rise from Birmingham, Alabama will take over Austin for the third year in a row. This critically praised event has drawn thousands over the past couple years.
event::tags free booze, swag, good cheer, hugs
Website www.skybucket.com
12:00 PM
to 7:00 PM
BrooklynVegan & Profound Lore Metal Party
82 schedule::attendees
Location
Lovejoys
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Tombs
The Body
Grayceon
Wolvhammer
Dark Castle
Deafheaven
Batillus
Castevet
event::about
Metal Party hosted by BrooklynVegan and Profound Lore. Free admission.
event::tags free admission
12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
MOG at the Mohawk
373 schedule::attendees
Location
Mohawk
eventtype Unofficial Party
event::about
Main Stage:
4:40-5:40p - Big Boi
3:10-4:10p – TV on the Radio
2:00-2:40p – Okkervil River
1:00-1:40p - Wild Flag
12-12:40p - Smith Westerns
Inside Stage:
4:10 – 4:50 – Yuck
2:40 - 3:20 – Twin Shadow
1:40 –2:20 – Theophilus London
12:40 – 1:20 – Tune-Yards
12:30 PM
to 1:30 PM
Quiet Company
24 schedule::attendees
Location
Lipstick 24
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
THIS COWBELL GOES TO 11
Saturday, March 19th: 12 – 5pm
Presented by The Musebox and The Deli
Location: Lipstick 24 – 606 East 7th Street
Free drinks provided by Barefoot Wines
Sponsored by ASCAP, Soundtoys, Heard Entertainment, Swing House, Supergood Music
FREE with RSVP
Facebook Event
event::tags Free with RSVP
12:30 PM
to 11:30 PM
SXSW PARTY SUBAKI SHOWCASE
22 schedule::attendees
Location
The Chicken Farm
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Foe Destroyer,
Savage and the Big Beat,
Parachute Musical,
Rude Rachel,
Travis Vance,
TACO KITTY
Reptar,
Achachay, more to come.
event::about This show is free.
To RSVP send an email to SUBAKISXSWSHOWCASE@GMAIL.COM .
This does not guarantee entry, as walk ups are welcome with open arms, so bring your friends.
We are super excited to present some of our favorite bands from all around the U.S. & We have some International acts waiting on management to confirm. Label Reps/Press/Sponsors will be announced shortly, so stay posted and get your rsvp in.
We are FEATURING some incredible bands, so make sure you mark your calendars. Here's some of the lineup .
FOE DESTROYER - Denton/Austin Tx, Philadelphia Pa
SAVAGE AND THE BIG BEAT - Denton Tx
PARACHUTE MUSICAL - Nashville Tn
RUDE RACHEL - Austin Tx
TRAVIS VANCE (of oblio) - Nashville Tn
TACO KITTY - Denton Tx
REPTAR - Athens Ga
ACHACHAY - Austin Tx
To RSVP send an email to SUBAKISXSWSHOWCASE@GMAIL.COM .
This does not guarantee entry, as walk ups are welcome with open arms, so bring your friends.
We are super excited to present some of our favorite bands from all around the U.S. & We have some International acts waiting on management to confirm. Label Reps/Press/Sponsors will be announced shortly, so stay posted and get your rsvp in.
We are FEATURING some incredible bands, so make sure you mark your calendars. Here's some of the lineup .
FOE DESTROYER - Denton/Austin Tx, Philadelphia Pa
SAVAGE AND THE BIG BEAT - Denton Tx
PARACHUTE MUSICAL - Nashville Tn
RUDE RACHEL - Austin Tx
TRAVIS VANCE (of oblio) - Nashville Tn
TACO KITTY - Denton Tx
REPTAR - Athens Ga
ACHACHAY - Austin Tx
event::tags Foe Destroyer, Parachute Musical, Savage and the BIg Beat, Taco Kitty, best, party, free, music, unsigned, crazy, chicken, party, press, swag, byob, beer
1:00 PM
to 2:00 PM
The Lonely Forest
38 schedule::attendees
Location
Waterloo Records
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Part of Waterloo Records SXSW Showcase
1:00 PM
to 7:00 PM
Music by the Slice
150 schedule::attendees
Location
Home Slice Pizza
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
The Twilight Sad (1:00)
Mazes (1:35)
Times New Viking (2:20)
Nico Stai (2:55)
Wye Oak (3:30)
Kimya Dawson (4:05)
Telekinesis (4:40)
The Submarines (5:15)
Shad (5:50)
Aesop Rock with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz (6:40)
event::about
Home Slice Pizza is stoked to announce Music by the Slice 2011. This free day party (no rsvp, no badge required) runs March 17-19, from 1 PM to 7 PM daily. This year, for the first time, we are donating all of the profits from bar sales to charity!!!
Our charity for 2011 are the excellent folks over at Urban Roots – a sustainable farming program for young Austinites. Here is a little bit about them:
Now in our fourth year, Urban Roots is a youth development program that uses sustainable agriculture as a means to transform the lives of young people and increases the access of healthy food in Austin. By growing sustainably farmed vegetables, young people work together to serve the community, cultivate farming and business skills, learn the value of meaningful work, and discover how to eat and cook in healthy ways.
1:00 PM
to 6:30 PM
Terrorbird Media Party
160 schedule::attendees
Location
ND at 501 Studios
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down (5:30pm), Baths (4:45pm), John McCauley and Ian O'Neil of Deer Tick (4pm), Kyle Andrews (3:15pm), Starfucker (2:30pm), Acrylics (1:45pm), Chad Valley (1pm)
2:00 PM
to 3:00 PM
Meat Puppets
101 schedule::attendees
Location
Waterloo Records
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Part of Waterloo Records SXSW Showcase
2:00 PM
to 8:00 PM
PureVolume House Party
219 schedule::attendees
Location
PureVolume House
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
3:30PM Home Video
2:45PM Brahms
4:15PM Halos
5PM Augustana
event::about
2:15 PM
to 2:45 PM
Sarah Jaffe
103 schedule::attendees
Location
The Ghost Room
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Along with our official standing at this year's SXSW, Tampa, FL's New Granada Records is gonna have some fun throwing this little day party!
Come one, come all! It's free (noon-6:00PM)!
12:00 - VERSUS (NY)
12:45 - JOAN OF ARC (IL)
01:30 - HER SPACE HOLIDAY (TX/CA)
02:15 - SARAH JAFFE (TX)
03:00 - STAG (WA)
03:45 - DENISON WITMER (PA)
04:30 - OH NO OH MY (TX)
05:15 - DIGNAN (TX)
Thanks to our wonderful sponsors, we'll have beer specials from HARPOON and $2.00 tacos courtesy of COLIBRI CUISINE (authentic Mexican fare from Austin)!
REPOST, 'LIKE', SHARE... whatever the word is these days !
Questions directed to:
granadainfo@gmail.com
or hit us here on the ol' FB
http://www.newgranada.com/
HAVING FUN? Stick around for our official label showcase that same evening at The Ghost Room:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145676178820192
3:10 PM
to 3:40 PM
Appleseed Cast
112 schedule::attendees
Location
Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive In
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
part of Equinox Mish Mash
3:30 PM
to 4:00 PM
Wye Oak
196 schedule::attendees
Location
Home Slice Pizza
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Wye Oak
event::about
Home Slice Pizza is stoked to announce Music by the Slice 2011. This free day party (no rsvp, no badge required) runs March 17-19, from 1 PM to 7 PM daily. This year, for the first time, we are donating all of the profits from bar sales to charity!!!
Our charity for 2011 are the excellent folks over at Urban Roots – a sustainable farming program for young Austinites. Here is a little bit about them:
Now in our fourth year, Urban Roots is a youth development program that uses sustainable agriculture as a means to transform the lives of young people and increases the access of healthy food in Austin. By growing sustainably farmed vegetables, young people work together to serve the community, cultivate farming and business skills, learn the value of meaningful work, and discover how to eat and cook in healthy ways.
4:00 PM
to 5:00 PM
4:30 PM
to 5:30 PM
Man Man
235 schedule::attendees
Location
Auditorium Shores Stage (Lady Bird Lake)
eventtype Music
Artists Man Man
event::about Man Man Life Fantastic (Anti-) It's hard to imagine what looked worse: the night a sleep-deprived, Ambien-addled Ryan Kattner hallucinated his way into a motor bike accident or the afternoon an electrician checking out his sublet's faulty wiring walked into his room and found nothing but a boar's head, half-drained bottles of booze, scattered tax forms, a Wurlitzer, a frame-less mattress, and writing on the walls. (They were song lyrics, but still.) 'He was severely freaked out. A haunted, wordless, freaked out. Maybe I wasn't living very sanely,' says the Man Man frontman, who also goes by his keyboard-clobbering alter ego Honus Honus. While it's easy to nervously laugh at the absurdity of it all now, Kattner's personal life got so dire a couple summers ago that he found himself wondering whether music was worth it anymore; whether a mounting pile of heartbreak, the heaviness of several friend's tragic deaths, and IRS bills outweighed the need to express it all on stage or in the studio. 'It's funny, because in the past, I was able to take bad situations and turn them into something creative,' explains Kattner. 'This time I couldn't at all. I felt nothing, which was worse than feeling miserable or depressed.' As a black cloud hovered above his head on the east coast, Kattner did what many aimless artists have done before him-he put most of his possessions away in storage and lived out of a suitcase. His wandering took him to Los Angeles, Austin, Portland, and wherever else a friend had a couch, floor space, and patience to spare. In the end, it took many months for the singer/multi-instrumentalist to pick up the pieces and funnel an endless procession of love and loss into the demo stages of Man Man's fourth album, Life Fantastic. But once the breakthrough moments started kicking in, he had no choice but to soldier on. Take what happened on New Year's Day not too long ago. Already a few months into some actual songwriting, Kattner stumbled into his very own after school special, best summed up by a new song
'If I razor cut some bangs,' he howls in 'Dark Arts,' clawing at the album's most unhinged arrangements, 'Will I forget who I am? Stare at the man who's in the mirror; how the fuck did I live this long, this way?' 'I sent my father a demo of that song,' says Kattner, 'and he called me afterwards to hear my voice. Make sure I was on the level. Everything about it sounds unhealthy, from the words to the vibe itself. But at the same time, I needed to get it all out of my head.' The exorcisms didn't end there, of course. Thanks to a renewed sense of purpose, the songwriting for Life Fantastic continued throughout the past year alongside promising sessions with the rest of Man Man: Drummer/Percussionist Chris Powell and multi-instrumentalists Billy Dufala, Jamey Robinson, and Russell Higbee.. Which isn't to say that things came together quickly. Contrary to the shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later rep of the group's live show, Man Man records have always involved months-or in this case, years-of refinement to reach a level everyone's happy with. For instance, it took an entire day-literally two nine-hour stretches-to develop just two verses in the aforementioned 'Dark Arts.' 'That's just the way that I work,' explains Kattner. 'I usually have to sing something at least 300 times before I bring it to the band. I work on the melody and the cadence, but I also want a delivery that feels real. I have to be able to sell what I'm saying, even if that mean sitting there with one verse on repeat." Not every song was the sonic equivalent of giving birth, however. Life Fantastic's title track is one example of every last piece falling into place perfectly, from subdued bursts of brass and swooning strings to a piano progression that literally dances circles around anyone within earshot. And then there's 'Steak Knives.' Easily one of the most beautiful, barebones cuts in the Man Man catalog, it sounds like a cavernous confessional set against creeping chords and heart-sinking chorus lines. Simply put, the thing's gonna make at least one person cry this year. To add to the considerable headphone candy quotient of the entire LP, Life Fantastic is the first Man Man album with a proper producer behind the boards. And not just any knob-twiddler, either. We're talking Mike Mogis, the Bright Eyes member responsible for the widescreen backdrops of nearly every major Saddle Creek release. 'The songs were fully-formed entities by the time we got to Mike's studio,' says Kattner, 'But he was there to say things like, 'Okay, that's a bit much.' He was able to help us carve the beauty out of the chaos we brought. It wasn't whittling down the points; it was sharpening them so they'd puncture even deeper.' Mogis was also there to fulfill any random requests the band may have (a gang chorus here, a childlike melody there, even some field recordings) and flesh out their flashiest ideas with the delicate string arrangements of fellow Bright Eyes member Nate Walcott (see: the climatic close of 'Oh, La Brea' for Man Man at their most cinematic). All while maintaining the order ab chao ethos that's been at the core of Man Man since their rail-jumping 2004 debut, The Man In a Blue Turban With a Face. 'I want us to be the kind of band you could bring home to your parents,' says Kattner, 'but at the same time, they're worried you might steal or break something. And you know what? They appreciate you for that very reason.'
event::tags All Ages
4:30 PM
to 5:30 PM
J Mascis
130 schedule::attendees
Location
Waterloo Records
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Part of Waterloo Records SXSW Showcase (inside)
4:40 PM
to 5:10 PM
Telekinesis
147 schedule::attendees
Location
Home Slice Pizza
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Telekinesis
event::about
Home Slice Pizza is stoked to announce Music by the Slice 2011. This free day party (no rsvp, no badge required) runs March 17-19, from 1 PM to 7 PM daily. This year, for the first time, we are donating all of the profits from bar sales to charity!!!
Our charity for 2011 are the excellent folks over at Urban Roots – a sustainable farming program for young Austinites. Here is a little bit about them:
Now in our fourth year, Urban Roots is a youth development program that uses sustainable agriculture as a means to transform the lives of young people and increases the access of healthy food in Austin. By growing sustainably farmed vegetables, young people work together to serve the community, cultivate farming and business skills, learn the value of meaningful work, and discover how to eat and cook in healthy ways.
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
The Lonely Forest
26 schedule::attendees
Location
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom A, B, C Foyer
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Hayes Carll
46 schedule::attendees
Location
Waterloo Records
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Part of Waterloo Records SXSW Showcase (inside)
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
5:00 PM
to 5:30 PM
The Ugly Beats
27 schedule::attendees
Location
Antones Record Shop & Tom's Tabooley
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
The Ugly Beats
event::about
An afternoon of great music.
event::tags free beer free food all ages event
5:15 PM
to 5:45 PM
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
48 schedule::attendees
Location
The Rumbler Lounge
6:00 PM
to 7:00 PM
Kurt Vile
167 schedule::attendees
Location
Waterloo Records
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Part of Waterloo Records SXSW Showcase (inside)
7:30 PM
to 8:30 PM
Bright Eyes
551 schedule::attendees
Location
Auditorium Shores Stage (Lady Bird Lake)
7:30 PM
to 8:30 PM
The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger
87 schedule::attendees
Location
Elysium
eventtype Music
Artists The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger
event::about The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger are Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl. Their debut album, Acoustic Sessions, shows their love of quirky and whimsical '60s folk pop, reminiscent at times of Syd Barrett, Incredible String Band and Simon & Garfunkel.
event::tags 21+
7:30 PM
to 8:30 PM
Toubab Krewe
32 schedule::attendees
Location
Habana Bar Backyard
eventtype Music
Artists Toubab Krewe
event::about Some music cannot be found on a map or within iTunes categories. Some music is so original it seems snatched from the great, invisible substrata that runs below all human activity, a sound aching to be born without a flag or fixed allegiance – free, questing, overflowing with immediate, tangible life. This is the music of Toubab Krewe, the vibrant Asheville, NC-based instrumental powerhouse that creates a sonic Pangaea that lustily swirls together rock, African traditions, jam sensibilities, international folk strains and more. While nearly impossible to put into any box, it takes only a few moments to realize in a very palpable way that one is face-to-face with a true original who recognizes no borders in a march towards a muscular, original, globally switched-on sound. Formed in 2005, Toubab Krewe has tenaciously honed their craft through relentless touring and a fierce dedication to carving out something they can truly call their own. The fruits of this hard work can be heard on their scintillating new long-player, TK2, being released September 7, 2010 on Nat Geo Music. What Justin Perkins (Kora, Kamelngoni, guitar, percussion), Teal Brown (drums, congas), Drew Heller (guitar, piano, fiddle), David Pransky (bass, guitar), and Luke Quaranta (Djembe, percussion) have wrought on TK2 reflects the many miles and musical journeys that have transpired since their studio debut. "It's five years later since our last studio album, and we've been doing almost nothing but playing together," says Drew Heller. "We've had a lot of time to further our musical relationships. I feel like this album was recorded at a really perfect time. The last track on the new album is an improvisation that was the very first sounds captured, and other things came out of that initial rush." This process of recording in the spirit and sifting for gold afterwards mirrors the Beastie Boys approach during the creative peak that produced Check Your Head and The In Sound From Way Out! Toubab Krewe exhibits a similar take-no-prisoners singularity in their work. This is a band that actively draws inspiration from whatever source floats into their purview, something they've exhibited in their half decade of heavy gigging, including regular appearances at major U.S. festivals like Bonnaroo, High Sierra, Rothbury and Wakarusa, and abroad at such legendary gatherings as Festival In The Desert in Mali. Their globe-hopping propensity has made them an emerging headliner at their hometown's famous Orange Peel and a familiar face as similar venues throughout the country. Whether on their own or collaborating with luminaries like the Last Poets' Umar Bin Hassan or Uncle Earl's Rayna Gellert, Toubab Krewe has already earned the attention and respect of a broad musical community. Toubab carries echoes of African greats like Ali Farka Toure, Orchestra Baobab and Salif Keita, no doubt picked up during the group's many visits to the Mother Continent to study and live in Guinea, Ivory Coast and Mali. What differentiates Toubab Krewe from other Statesiders inspired by African music is how they innovate on what they've learned, not simply recreating tradition but carving out a new trail that honors the African originators they admire by making something alive and contemporary that moves the line forward, something that's easy to pick up on with TK2. "We had a month and a half in the studio, and we were able to relax and play, almost a smudging process getting the energy in the right place," says Heller. "The time we had to record this album was conducive to not worrying about anything and just having fun, playing and getting into the creative process." From the ragtime piano tinged opener "Mariama" to the percussion fueled, slide guitar glide of "Gine Fare" to the subtle, inviting African echoes of "Konkoba" to the hypnotic, psychedelic slow burn of "Holy Grail," TK2 reveals Toubab Krewe to be rare innovators in a modern age often too ready to settle for more of what's been. Toubab Krewe is happily an exception to this rule, and those willing to take the journey with them are in for one hell of a cool, exciting ride.
event::tags 21+
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
An Horse
87 schedule::attendees
Location
Maggie Mae's Rooftop
eventtype Music
Artists An Horse
event::about Anyone who’s ever punched a clock has a work buddy. If you’re lucky, they might be a true friend; someone you spend more time talking with than you do with your family, maybe even your partner. Imagine if the two of you had the chance to leave your jobs behind and go on a crazy, incredibly fun, sometimes stressful but ultimately mind-blowing two-and-a- half-year musical adventure across continents and time zones, racking up accolades from the likes of Rolling Stone, Spin, People and Pitchfork. To the Australian indie-rock duo of Kate Cooper (singer/guitarist) and Damon Cox (drummer/singer), An Horse — who went from rehearsing after hours in a Brisbane record store to playing “Camp Out,” the single from their 2009 debut, Rearrange Beds, on Late Show With David Letterman — making their second album, Walls, isn’t just a chance to set the agenda for their next phase. It’s also an opportunity to reflect on the fantastical journey that has carried them here, a pipe dream made thrillingly real. “We'd worked in the record store together for a couple of years and talked every day — even on days off — mostly about music and film, which we continue to do every day now.” says Damon. “After listening to music all day together at work for two years, we had a really clear idea of what we liked and disliked musically.” That bond was the backbone of Rearrange Beds; after two years of relentless touring, though, including stints out on the road with Tegan & Sara, Death Cab For Cutie, Cage the Elephant, Silversun Pickups and The Big Pink, An Horse had become a different animal altogether. Cooper, like Cox, is frank in her assessment of their earlier album. “With Rearrange Beds, we made a record of two people learning how to play together. I don't think you can hear that on the album per se, but that's what it was.” This time, the pair decided to make a record that reflected their bond not just as music aficionados, but as musical collaborators. “Walls was really deliberate,” Kate explains. “We had hundreds of shows under our belt and we had figured out how to play off each other.” Regrouping in Vancouver after recharging their batteries in their respective homes — Cooper in Montreal, Cox in Melbourne — An Horse brought in Howard Redekopp (who has lent his sonic wizardry to The New Pornographers and Tegan and Sara as well as An Horse — Redekopp mixed Rearrange Beds) to produce the album. Now the duo would figure out how to play off the studio, too. “We had many lengthy discussions with Howard before we arrived in Vancouver to record,” says Damon, “and did five days of pre-production — pulling the songs apart, putting them back together, throwing some songs away and even creating new ones — which is something we'd never had the luxury of doing.” The atmosphere was comfortable and creative, which was just what they needed. “During the recording, Howard brought his old dog Fanny into the studio,” Kate explains with a wry chuckle. “One day I was getting up in Fanny's face while Damon was recording with a video camera. I was talking to her, telling her she was such a lovely dog, but Howard quickly intervened when he found us. He told us that Fanny had personal space issues and, had I gotten any closer, Fanny would have had my nose! A few weeks earlier, Fanny had bitten our assistant engineer Jaret's face and he had to be rushed to the hospital with Fanny sitting beside him in the car.” Walls has plenty of the whip-smart, energetic rock that propelled An Horse half-way across the world. The album’s opening track, “Dressed Sharply,” is as fizzy and explosive as a shook-up bottle of champagne, spraying the listener with showers of melody and noise. It’s no surprise that the tune is a fan favorite already, thanks to having been previewed in their recent shows. But on the song that follows it, “Not Mine,” the craft and care that went into Walls’ making becomes even clearer. Kate and Damon’s passionate vocals, weave into a pattern with Kate’s chiming guitar, building the intensity slowly and deliberately as Damon’s drums nudge the momentum along. It’s a powerful tension, one that marks the separation between Rearrange Beds and Walls, where the duo frequently return to that place where anything can shrink into a whisper or explode into a howl. “They’re my favorite songs on the record; songs like ‘100 Whales,’ where the mood fits in the middle. We wanted to make a record that sounded way bigger and more powerful, but not so big and crazy that it didn't sound like two people,” Damon says. The result is a towering sound that doesn’t buckle when it gets quiet, or for that matter, serious. Walls’ songs span a wide spectrum of emotions, which came to the surface after Kate had moved to Montreal. “I was really stoked because I had met a girl and was having a good time, but there were also a lot of really terrible things that had happened.” More specifically, the lyrics deal with the wrenching angst of being stuck on tour while a family member falls ill. Plenty of songwriters have observed the monotony of endless hours logged on the interstate, but when your mom phones you to tell you that she has to have major surgery and you can’t run to her side all the way in Australia, suddenly you’ve got bigger problems than the lack of roadside scenery between Buffalo and Pittsburgh. “No one in my family told me about my mom’s condition because they didn’t want me to come home,” Kate explains. “They said, ‘we didn’t want to worry you.’ So eventually I had this conversation with my mum where she said, ‘Alright, well, I’m gonna go in now and get this done,’ and I was, like, ‘Alright, bye...’ it was crazy. I was struck with this sense that I would have to spend as much time with everyone I care about now because they could die, but I’m going to be on tour, so I can’t.” There’s a disarming intimacy in Kate’s lyrics, whether she’s relating the experience of waiting for her mom’s results in “Brain on a Table,” or the less dramatic but vividly observed “Windows in the City,” where she describes games people make up on the phone when things like geography or work come between them. Both a sense of playfulness and feelings of longing are never far from the surface. Kate: “I think most of the songs for Walls were written in December 2009 to January 2010, when I was in Montreal. I was discovering a new city but I was missing everyone back home. And I was definitely getting frustrated with feeling lost. “When it’s minus 30 degrees out and my girlfriend’s working and my friends are away, and it’s like, what do I do in this apartment? I just wrote songs. Which was cool, I was really productive. ”In the apartment, there was a bird that wouldn’t shut up. His name was Uncle Pete and his painful ‘cheep cheep’ is all over the demos. I had to send them to Damon with notes like ‘at 2:23, TURN DOWN’ because Uncle Pete's chirps were so loud,” Kate recalls. When all was said and done, the album had become every bit as rich and varied as the time in their lives that it capped the end of. “It was a really rewarding and emotional process making Walls,” Damon says. “We could kind of reflect on what a crazy two and a half years we'd had. When we finished up I felt like I could breathe again, like a massive weight had been lifted. The warm Vancouver summer felt like an old friend guiding us though it all. It was a really exciting time.”
event::tags 21+
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Saint Motel
25 schedule::attendees
Location
Emo's Main Room
eventtype Music
Artists Saint Motel
event::about The explosive, cinematic, indie-pop band Saint Motel is, to put it best, hard to resist, and damn fun. In the world of Saint Motel, nothing bows to convention: Stages become forests and living rooms, and shows become kaleidoscopic mind explosions in 3D. This theatrically creative world is due in large part to the fact that the gentlemen of Saint Motel share a distinct interest in cinema. The band's keen visual sensibility has yielded an array of stunningly original videos that accompany songs from their recently released debut EP ForPlay, released via the band's label On The Records, and the physical or digital version of ForPlay includes the free added bonus of the beautiful, ultra-conceptualized videos for each song. Having met at film school in the summer of 2007, Saint Motel is A/J Jackson (vocals, guitar), A Sharp (lead guitar), Greg Erwin (drums) and Dak (bass) – musicians who constantly experiment and push boundaries within the songwriting process to keep evolving their signature sound that features unique guitar tones and surprising sonic twists throughout. Dear Dictator is the EP's first single, which is enjoying spins and support from influential Los Angeles radio station KROQ. The song balances a hauntingly beautiful melody and a powerfully familiar-feeling riff. Butch has a Frankie Valli-meets-The Who vibe with its catchy melody, gentle vocals, and huge climax, while Eat Your Heart Out is reminiscent of a more intense Muse with its atmospheric fire. To My Enemies showcases Sharp's use of the slide guitar that he manipulates to produce a mesmerizing horn-sounding tone. Pity Party has a build reminiscent of an earlier era and takes you away with quick turns and a memorable breakdown that warns "And if the world would end tonight, I won't be by your side." ForPlay's final track, Do Everything Now, is a steady build that grabs you and punch you in the gut with its musical force, and sounds like the soundtrack to Jack Kerouac's On The Road. The raw energy apparent in Saint Motel's music is felt at a new level when experiencing them live. The band's live shows are marked by this effusive energy and the spectacle of exciting visual soundscapes that blend the sonic with the artful. Jackson explains, “People want to be entertained when they go out to see a show so we try to offer not only an energetic performance but also a memorable experience.” Metromix agrees, stating that “Saint Motel never fail to put on a show that’s a treat for the senses” and The Onion claims “Saint Motel has a...particular blend of wholesome indie rock brimming with raucous sexual energy,” while Flavorpill declares the band “Imploring, atonal, and irresistible garage glam.” Saint Motel was the only band to play main stages at both Sunset Junction and Sunset Strip Music Festival this summer, headlined to an over-capacity crowd of 1400 at the Hammer Museum as part of KCRW's “Also I Like To Rock” series, recently toured with British rockers Band Of Skulls, and are currently recording new material. With their track “Butch” being played consistently on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, they attack the road with Nico Vega this fall starting on October 26th.
event::tags All Ages
9:30 PM
to 10:30 PM
The Ripe
5 schedule::attendees
Location
Easy Tiger Patio
eventtype Music
Artists The Ripe
event::about The Ripe has sprung forth from it's roots in power-pop, folk, garage, and psychedelia while still being nurtured by contemporary sounds and influences. Born in 2007, the Austin, Texas quartet consists of Jake Garcia on guitar and vocals, Erick Olesen on guitar and rhodes piano, Gian Ortiz on bass and vocals, and Nick Yaklin on drums. Cultivated by the energy and hooks of power-pop favorites such as Big Star and The Nerves, and consciously trying to bring to real life the Beatles White Album, these guys also feed upon equal doses of Forever Changes era LOVE and The Kinks at their Village Green best. They are but saplings. But students of rock and roll will want to take a stroll through this forest. The Ripe just returned from a rejuvenating summer in the north of Spain, where they created their full-length debut record on vintage BBC/Abbey road sound recording equipement at the fabled Circo Perrotti studios. Please. Stay. Tuned...
event::tags 21+
9:45 PM
to 10:30 PM
Waiting for Signal
1 schedule::attendees
Location
The Liberty
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Waiting for Signal
event::about
The Midwest Music Foundation is proud to present the MidCoast Takeover, March 18th and 19th, 12pm-2am, at The Liberty showcasing over 30 acts from Kansas City, Lawrence, and the Midwest region.Partnering with Midwestern Indie label The Record Machine, music magazines PopWreckoning and INK, and Kansas City’s premiere live music venues The Record Bar, Crosstown Station, and The Riot Room, MidCoast Takeover will bring artists from Kansas City and the region to the national stage at South by Southwest.
Sponsored by Kansas City’s Boulevard Brewing Company, (available on tap throughout the event) MidCoast Takeover promises two days of music, mayhem, and general debauchery-the definitive Midwestern musical throw down.
The Midwest Music Foundation is proud to support the DIY spirit of Kansas City’s intrepid and inspired music community. Up from the gut, out from the middle, we are the sound of the heart of American music.
Website http://www.midcoasttakeover.com/
9:50 PM
to 10:50 PM
Meat Puppets with Roky Erickson
204 schedule::attendees
Location
Austin Music Hall
eventtype Music
Artists Meat Puppets with Roky Erickson
event::about It doesn't take long after listening to the Meat Puppets' thirteenth studio album overall, Lollipop, to realize that they have boiled the essence of what the group is all about right down to its core. As a result, singer/guitarist Curt Kirkwood, bassist Cris Kirkwood, and drummer Shandon Sahm have an instant Meat Puppets classic on their hands, and an album that fits in perfectly with such mid '80s classics as Up on the Sun and the underrated Mirage (while not coming off as an attempt to recreate a certain musical era of the group). Interestingly however, the Meat Puppets did not achieve this by working out the songs' arrangements beforehand, or even extensively rehearsing together. "This one here was an experiment in just viewing the parts as Tinkertoys, and seeing the little Tinkertoy circus that needed to be built, and putting it together simply like that," explains Curt. "With just the band in the studio and the engineer, we didn't learn the songs - we just went in the studio, and went, 'OK, here's your part. Now play this good.' So we cut the stuff on acoustic guitar and drums first, and then built it. It's an interesting concept of a way to do something. It seems like it might be a stiff way to do something, by just putting it together a piece at a time like that. But I really enjoyed it. I think the overall sound of the way it came out is kind of a contradiction of the way it was recorded. To me, that's the coolest thing - to put something together like that, so you have the sum of the parts, and then the whole. The whole thing about the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. To force yourself to do it that way. We were able to keep track of the music." Produced once more by Curt, Lollipop signals the re-entry of former Puppets drummer Sahm back into the band (who previously played on the 2000 Puppets release, Golden Lies, and supporting tour). Sahm elaborates: "In October [2009], Curt called. I said, 'Aren't you supposed to be out on tour with the Stone Temple Pilots? What's up?' He said, 'Do you want to fill in and do these dates?' We only had one day to practice. That was the icebreaker. The first show was in Mobile, Alabama at BayFest. It was probably 5,000 to 10,000 people. Right afterwards, Robert and Dean DeLeo came up and said, 'You're really great in the band. You really drive the band cool. You should be in there.' And I was like, 'Well, I'm filling in for right now. It would be cool...talk to 'the boss'.' Robert goes, 'I'll talk to him.' Recorded at Spoon’s HiFi Studio’s in Austin, Lollipop is chock full of tunes that run the stylistic gamut. Case in point, the opening keyboard-laced "Incomplete" (that Curt wrote back in 1983, and envisioned as "something that I thought would be good for Elvis or Engelbert Humperdinck in the '60s") and the rocking "Hour of the Idiot," to the sunny ska of "Shave It," and such acoustic country ditties as "Baby Don't" and "The Spider and the Spaceship." And Cris certainly approves of the finished product. "The continuity that runs through Curt's work is just a trip, and how you can reference different parts. I think it's a fairly bitching effort, considering the amount of time we put into pre-work. I think it's indicative of where the band's at right now. It's a fairly fluid moment, and that's a trip, considering how long we've been at it and the band's history. Curt's been at it non-stop, and I'm pleased to be able to provide him with a stable outlet for his art." And according to Curt, the band got back to trusting their instincts once more - a major catalyst in their earlier work. "The similarity between the '80s and now is that once we started getting a lot of attention in the '90s, we brought producers in and stuff, and there was a thing that started happening - and it might sound egotistical - but this band always ran off of my intuitions. As much as songwriting or anything else. I write intuitively, and I never wanted to be a songwriter - I just got into it when I had the band. I just wanted to be in a band. So it's all been this intuition of 'This is what we need to do.' This was kind of taken away from us in the '90s, as money came in and people said, 'You need to do this.' It clouded the whole easygoing...like, 'Well, what does Curt think?' You could say it was the money or it was the thrust of popularity stuff or the Nirvana thing. But it just was like the band as a whole quit trusting that, I think. We just became more compliant, and like they say, 'Cooperation leads to corruption.' So in this way, I think the album harkens back to that." To support Lollipop, the Meat Puppets are planning on touring steadily, including the group's first substantial European tour in nearly two decades. Curt - "We took a good amount of time off in this last year and didn't do any real big tours, so we could get this record done and just cool our heels a little bit. Now, we're ready to get going again." Cris adds, "We're getting back to a place where...he and I have a bitching wavelength that we were able to get to. He so doesn't need my support in a way, but I think he appreciates it in a way, and I know I love our relationship and the music we make together." As they say, the proof is in the pudding, and Lollipop is one tasty listening experience from beginning to end.
event::tags All Ages
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Carsick Cars
7 schedule::attendees
Location
Malaia
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Chip Taylor
9 schedule::attendees
Location
Stephen F's Bar
eventtype Music
Artists Chip Taylor
event::about The New York Times says it best about Chip Taylor. 'If you only know him as the as the guy who wrote 'Wild Thing' and 'Angel of the Morning' - you don't know him! Chip Taylor is making some of the most distinctive acoustic music around today.'Rock and Roll Joe is a project dedicated to promoting the unsung heroes of rock music - the people who were, and still are, critical to the spirit and passion of rock and roll and yet never have received the credit they deserve. Chip's latest project is called "Rock & Roll Joe" to be released in May of 2011. The idea for "Rock & Roll Joe" began during Chip Taylor's Scandinavian tour of 2007. As Chip traveled through Norway and Sweden with his longtime friend and guitarist John Platania, new protege fiddler Kendel Carson, drummer Bryan Owings and bass player Ron Eoff, they talked about everything. But many of the conversations revolved around the musicians that they knew and respected and Chip realized that most music fans didn't really know the people who were behind many of the great records of the last 60 years. With that in mind, Chip wrote a song, "Rock & Roll Joe". The first verse and chorus went: Joe is every guitar player who played it from his heart Here's to Joe Joe is every funky/ sweaty drummer who knew when to stop and start Way to go, Joe And we'll all bow down to the ones who took us to it The ones that took us someplace where we wanted to go And we'll all bow down to the ones that got us through it Here's to Rock & Roll Joe That song prompted several more, with everyone in the band suggesting more "Rock & Roll Joes" in need of the spotlight. At the end of the tour back in London, the band promptly recorded the new songs and the "Rock & Roll Joe" album was born. The album is just the beginning of the "Rock & Roll Joe" project. After the release of the CD, Chip Taylor and Train Wreck Records are launching a web site that will promote and honor the unsung heroes of rock music. The history of rock is filled with people such as Hank Garland and Mickey Baker who were instrumental in shaping the sound of today's best music. Yet their contributions are barely recognized. In addition to the under appreciated musicians and session players, there will also be some room to highlight the songwriters, producers and behind the scenes people who helped shape the music we love. And Rock and Roll Joes aren't only those musicians who helped make our favorite records - they are also those who performed the great records we never got to hear. Some in the business were the victims of bad luck. Others were our friends and family members who simply loved to play - at home or in the local bar - and introduced us to a lifetime of great music. The Rock and Roll Joe web site will seek to redress this injustice while also being a place where music lovers can have fun learning about and discussing the present and history of rock and listening to great music. Chip has been busy soliciting entries from his fellow artists and friends in the music business to help get the ball rolling. A portion of the profits from Rock and Roll Joe will be donated to musicians in need.
event::tags 21+
10:30 PM
to 11:30 PM
Meiko
67 schedule::attendees
Location
St David's Historic Sanctuary
eventtype Music
event::about A quick recap of how Meiko (mee-ko) spent the past year: the singer-songwriter signed a label deal, released a self-titled debut to critical acclaim, performed on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and the premiere episode of “The Bonnie Hunt Show,” appeared in the pages of the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Spin and Paste, shared stages with the likes of Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Brett Dennen and Rachael Yamagata, had her music appear in episodes of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “One Tree Hill” and “The Hills” (among others), garnered significant radio airplay for lead single “Boys With Girlfriends,” and hit the No. 1 spot on both the iTunes Singer-Songwriter Album and Singles charts. Not bad…especially when you consider that she was still waiting tables when the year began. A Georgia native, Meiko got her start at the famed Hotel Café in Hollywood, where she was a waitress and performer before local and national buzz allowed her to put aside her drink tray for good. “I am now officially retired from the waitressing field,” she muses. “Getting up in the morning and writing songs is my new profession.” Listen to her songs in a single setting and it’s clear that she’s very good at her job. A songwriter with a keen eye and vivid narrative gift, Meiko collects jagged moments and devastating conversational flashes and turns them into deceptively simple tunes with hushed, gentle tones and stunning detailed imagery. Heartbreak has never sounded as lush or felt as wrenchingly familiar as it does on her breathtakingly beautiful debut. The album finds the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter simultaneously tough, tender and funny on songs that explore loss and loneliness but remain hopeful. "I don't write love songs,” she says. “I write frustrated love songs." Many of the songs on her Lucky Ear/MySpace Records/DGC debut were sharpened on the Hotel Café stage, and then recorded over the course of two years, often in wine-fueled late night sessions. “I had no money to record, so I wound up calling in lots of favors, usually recording at 3AM when the studio wasn’t being used by other bands.” Self-released by Meiko in ‘07, the disc was the No. 1 Folk Album on iTunes with more than 200,000 downloads. She also earned regular play from LA tastemaker KCRW and key placements on prime-time television, including a prominent spot on the season premiere of Emmy-winning TV show “Grey’s Anatomy.” Intense label interest followed and Meiko eventually signed with MySpace Records and DGC (Lucky Ear is her own indie label), sensing their commitment to nourishing her as an artist. "I feel like I’ll be given the creative freedom I need to flourish", she says, "rather than be pressured to put out music I’m not comfortable with." Months after its initial release, the album was remixed, remastered and includes re-recorded versions of fan favorites along with a brand-new track/lead single: “Boys with Girlfriends,” a jaunty send-up of the dangers of befriending gents with jealous girlfriends. Among the album’s many highlights is "How Lucky We Are," a sumptuous folk-pop confection; "Under My Bed," which showcases the versatility and strength of Meiko's stunning voice as she considers the souvenirs left behind by a former flame; and the spare and compelling “Reasons To Love You.” And though her music is inspired as much by Sade and Cocteau Twins as by Patty Griffin and Nina Simone, Meiko credits her father as being the most important influence in her life. She grew up in Roberta, GA (population 808) in a log cabin (really) built by her dad. Her folk-pop sensibility is a mix of his favorites, which included classic rock staples from the likes of The Eagles and The Allman Brothers. “He had this beautiful old Gibson guitar,” she recalls, “and he played and sang for me ever since I was a baby. Of course, back then I didn’t realize that he was playing covers, so I was pretty surprised years later when I heard some band named Led Zeppelin playing my father’s song—‘Stairway To Heaven’—on the radio.” After high school, Meiko moved to Los Angeles, started attending open mic nights and cut her teeth on the Hotel Café stage. She got the chance to open for Patty Griffin, whose album Living With Ghosts changed her life. "When my boss at the Hotel Café asked me to play that gig, I swear I almost lost it. I mean, sharing the bill with Patty Griffin was a huge deal to me." Next up for Meiko is non-stop touring (and she wouldn’t have it any other way). “I wanna get my music to as many people that will listen,” she says. “Most important of all, I wanna reach the headphones of that girl in that tiny town, like me way back when, and let her know that there’s a whole other world out there.”
event::tags All Ages
10:30 PM
to 11:30 PM
Mother Falcon
32 schedule::attendees
Location
Austin Music Hall
10:30 PM
to 11:30 PM
The Rural Alberta Advantage
200 schedule::attendees
Location
Central Presbyterian Church
10:45 PM
to 11:45 PM
Bowling For Soup
98 schedule::attendees
Location
The Phoenix
eventtype Music
Artists Bowling For Soup
event::about Talking with Bowling for Soup singer Jaret Reddick, you may not immediately get the sense that this affable, down-to-earth Texan fronts a Grammy- and Emmy-nominated pop/punk band with over a million album sales to their credit. “If you compare our first album to our 10th one, you could be like, ‘Let’s see... Well, their voices finally changed, and they got a lot better musically, but they still sound like the same guys to me,” Reddick says, the grin audible in his North Texas drawl. “Man, I would hope we’re still the same guys! Can you imagine what a bummer it’d be if we weren’t?” Frankly, we can’t—and on their 10th studio album, Sorry for Partyin’, Bowling for Soup prove that no matter what lame new trends may lurk outside their studio walls, they’ve got the hits, fits, shits and giggles to keep coming out ahead. From side-splittingly funny double entendres (the I-can’t-believe-they-got-away-with-that lead single “My Wena”) to call-and-response jams you’ll undoubtedly be hearing in high schools worldwide (“No Hablo Inglés”), Sorry for Partyin’ features some of the funniest, most infectious songs of BFS’ 15-year career. Of course, the album also packs some of the strongest, most confident songwriting in BFS’ catalog, proving once again that these guys are masters of their craft. “We’ve created our niche, and our niche is us,” says Reddick, who formed Bowling for Soup in 1994 and today rounds out the Denton, Texas-based quartet with guitarist Chris Burney, bassist Erik Chandler and drummer Gary Wiseman. “We know there are lots of people out there who think guys in their 30s shouldn’t be writing about stuff like their ‘Wena’ and farts and beers and chicks.” (Incidentally, you’ll find all of the above on Sorry for Partyin’.) “But I say why not? What should guys in their 30s be writing about? The economy? War? Organic food versus non-organic? We like funny movies, and we like to drink beer and talk smack about each other’s moms. There’s nothing contrived about it—this is who we are.” For anyone else who thinks humor doesn’t belong in music, let’s also remember that this is who BFS are: A worldwide phenomenon with a string of hit singles (including 2006’s “High School Never Ends” and the 2004 MTV and radio smash “1985”) to their credit. A fan-favorite live act whose chemistry is so innate they’ve never had to prepare a set list. And a TV- and movie-soundtrack juggernaut whose Emmy-nominated contribution to Disney’s Phineas and Ferb is literally the most widely heard cartoon theme song on the planet. Quite a step up from the salad days when they were handing out demos in Warped Tour parking lots—even if the motives behind the music have stayed pure since then. “There was nobody in Texas that sounded like us in 1994,” Reddick remembers. “Obviously you had the Orange County, CA, explosion that we felt a part of, because we were all ripping off the same bands. But as all the bands from that era started finding success, people started getting super-serious and making these really dreary or angry records. I’m not saying I don’t like that stuff, but for us it’s always been a case of ‘Let’s never do that!’ We want to be that point of somebody’s day where they can get off work and put us in and think, “Okay, yeah: Everything else sucks, but this is awesome.” Fittingly, “awesome” was an operative word during the Sorry for Partyin’ sessions. Working with producer Linus of Hollywood (also Reddick’s partner in the year-old Crappy Records label), BFS cut the album in a whirlwind 24 days at Wire Recording Studio in Austin, Texas, where the ideas flowed as readily as... Well—let’s just say there’s a reason they titled one of Sorry’s singles “Hooray for Beer.” “We had close to a two-year break between the last record (2006’s The Great Burrito Extortion Case) and writing for this one,” Reddick says, “so we were ready to have some fun.” The anything-goes atmosphere lent itself to some interesting collaborations, too: After discovering that one of their musical heroes, former ALL vocalist Scott Reynolds, lived just blocks from the studio, BFS rang him up to make a cameo on “America (Wake up Amy).” Fastball’s Tony Scalzo, another Austin native and band friend, ended up collaborating on the rollicking kiss-off to an ex “I Don’t Wish You Were Dead Anymore.” And, even if he originally dropped by just to hang out with his friends, Nerf Herder frontman/YouTube mega-star Parry Gripp also wound up making a cameo on vocals. “It literally felt like more of a party than work, and I think that shows up throughout the record,” Reddick remembers. “People are gonna hear this and be like, ‘Okay, well, it sounds like they had just a little bit of fun.” Of course, they also got serious—or as serious as you can when your album’s lead single is a wiener joke. “I think a song like ‘My Wena’ is a perfect example of us being like, ‘Okay, whatever people think is as far as we’re gonna take it, we’ll just keep pushing things to the next level,” Reddick explains. “But there are a handful of songs on this record that really mean a lot, too. I think that was also a part of the studio environment—whether we were goofing around or wearing our hearts on our sleeves, we weren’t afraid to go for it.” Considering how long they’ve been a band, it’s no small wonder that Bowling for Soup still find new ways to go for it in the niche they’ve carved out for themselves. But as Reddick notes, that sense of abandon is just the thing that’s allowed BFS to tackle Sorry for Partyin’ as if it were their first record, not their 10th. “We’ve always said that the day it’s not fun anymore, we’re just not gonna do it anymore,” he concludes. “So why focus on the down side? Let’s keep doing what we do best. Let’s keep having fun.”
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Asobi Seksu
179 schedule::attendees
Location
The Parish
eventtype Music
Artists Asobi Seksu
event::about The signs in Chris Zane's (The Walkmen, Passion Pit, Tokyo Police Club) studio couldn't have been any clearer: "Don't Overthink It" and one simple word: "BOLD." Or as Asobi Seksu guitarist/singer James Hanna puts it, "This time, our agenda was to not have one at all; to be mellow about the entire process instead of obsessing over everything." Maybe mellow isn't the right word, unless he's comparing the band's fourth proper full-length (Fluorescence) to a coiled-up cobra or unconscious crocodile: temperamental types that are one false move away from striking. After all, "Coming Up" sets the scene by plowing into beehive-like synth lines and warp speed washes of dream-pop that leave you wondering just what the hell is going on. Things don't let up on "Trails," either, as singer/keyboardist Yuki Chikudate sets her immaculate melodies against a barrage of battery-powered chords. Catchy and chaotic to the core, the sky-scraping song pays homage to the pitch-perfect songwriting of the '60s by chartering a yellow submarine to the moon. And when the Brooklyn-based quartet (rounded out by bassist Billy Pavone and drummer Larry Gorman) finally hits the ground, their color-saturated soundscapes don't get dull or cold. They get even brighter, as Fluorescence's many shades shift with each passing song. That includes everything from the expansive/erratic -- and yet, oh-so-poppy -- prog movements of "Leave the Drummer Out There" to the weightless balladry of "Ocean," a track that channels its title with swollen synths and beats that bob and weave through the murkiest waters around. "James likes to get a lot more abstract with the music," says Chikudate, "So Chris (Asobi Seksu's longtime producer) will often try and reign him in." "I like to see how far we can take a song before pulling back a bit," explains Hanna. "Like I'll say that 100 vocal tracks would sound great in a spot where we only need 40." And since Asobi Seksu have spent the past decade refining their bombastic but beautiful blend of hailstorm hooks and fog-shrouded 4AD-isms (including last year's special acoustic album, Rewolf), they knew exactly what to do with all of that restlessness: embrace it.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Ezra Furman & the Harpoons
68 schedule::attendees
Location
Speakeasy
eventtype Music
Artists Ezra Furman & the Harpoons
event::about Ezra Furman & The Harpoons A Biography (2011) Americans have an undeniable and insatiable appetite for voyeurism. Readily feeding them hearty portions is front-man Ezra Furman, who makes no qualms about peddling the deeply personal to the public and draws no drapes between himself and an audience thanks to his pulsating, confessional songwriting style. Through his eponymous Chicago-based quartet, Ezra Furman & the Harpoons, Furman employs the same open-chest honesty that drew ire for Ginsberg's Howl and spawned speculation of Cohen's Chelsea Hotel as he pines for his Wild Rosemarie and recounts bouts of transience during the making of the band's upcoming third studio LP, Mysterious Power. With lyrics featuring the fittingly dualistic motif of blood  representing both the humor d'amour and the stomach-turning stains of tragedy  Furman's music madly swings between wide-eyed sentimentality and brutally truthful accounts of life's grotesqueries. Forging ahead with Furman's brazenly rust-tinged croons, the band solders rollicking rockabilly rhythm and love-struck doo-wop sensibility with punk-rock ferocity and immediacy. In a musical alloy as unlikely as it is engaging, Furman finds release for bleeding-heart sensitivity and bloody-knuckled brawls of conscience as he 'declares open warfare on jadedness, cynicism and irony.' (Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune) Ezra Furman & The Harpoons are putting forth their tautest album to date with Mysterious Power, as produced by Doug Boehm (French Kicks, Starsailor). There is an impressive range of styles and sounds in this newest set of songs, but there is also a palpable cohesiveness that can in part be attributed to the full incorporation of guitarist Andrew Langer. A veteran of the Chicago-area outfit The Redwalls, Langer was used only in guest spots on the band's second album; however, his being woven into the fabric of Mysterious Power, along with the eruptive energy of Adam Abrutyn's drumbeats and the volatile McCartney-wails of Job Mukkada's harmonies, lends a complementary sonic counterweight to Furman's lyrics that drives the music forward. Don't Turn Your Back on Love and Wild Rosemarie are so intensely delicate and gorgeous they have a haltingly powerful presence. The anthemic catharsis of Teenage Wasteland and the frantic crescendos of Blood Sucking Whore reveal piercing vulnerabilities beneath their bold arrangements. The Harpoons deftly toy with dynamics more like the Pixies than a folk-rock group on tracks like Heaven At the Drive-In, while mixing in Is-This-It-inspired guitar hooks on Portraits of Maude and Blue-Album-style backing harmonies on I Killed Myself but Didn't Die. This third LP puts a stronger emphasis on beauty, building on earlier releases that toyed more with the irrepressible energy of youth. This progress is perhaps best showcased by Wild Feeling and the album's title track, Mysterious Power. Ezra Furman & the Harpoons have made numerous album of the year lists with their debut Banging Down the Doors and sophomore releaseInside the Human Body. They have gained critical acclaim for performances with Lou Reed at South by Southwest, Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Walkmen, Spoon, and Delta Spirit, as well as at major festivals such as Lollapalooza. They have attained international notoriety by soaring to the number-one spot on European radio stations and playing to thousands at Barcelona's Primavera music festival. Ezra personally embarked on the quixotic feat of recording an original and personalized song for every person who bought a special self-released EP. On top of all of this, Ezra Furman & the Harpoons deliver live performances that will leave you buzzing with excitement. Furman gallops and crashes around the stage like an asylum-bound Buddy Holly complete with endearing hiccups and frightening tics. He not only christens every tour with a nom de rock, but also titles each individual gig. Furman's witty and effusive conversations with the audience, along with his heightened attention to the crowd's prevailing mood and the shows named like children, creates an extremely personalized feel for every performance. The band grinds out riffs stoically and belts out harmonies spiritedly as they lay the aural ties to support the verbal locomotion of Furman as he careens and caroms about, filling the room with the boiling-hot emotional steam of a fully bared soul. Ezra Furman ÂVocals, Guitar Andrew Langer  Guitar Job Mukkada  Bass Adam Abrutyn - Drums
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Givers
161 schedule::attendees
Location
Emo's Jr
eventtype Music
Artists GIVERS
event::about What do Givers give? It is an often overlooked, yet all too important question concerning these starry-eyed melodi-mystic rebels. They take hearts, this much is known. They certainly take away any restraint one may have had concerning revealing dance moves. They take time, they take care, they take naps, they STEAL attention… but what do they GIVE?! I stare intently between songs, through lasers, feathers, sweat, confetti, paint, at these friends who i must now call people as they are at once also strangers in the throes of the prismauditory hallucination that is their music. The colors, tones, shapes, and threads, up-beat, weaving, psych-folk, meshing, afro-delic, beckoning my mind out into the open, much as a dream catcher above one’s bed. Then it hits me: Givers give dreams. Seeing them perform is to be overloaded with blissful information. More than one’s mind could ever hope to descramble and classify within any 24 hour period. Their music is not only music; it is motivation, inspiration, and a celebration of the world around us. To experience it is to be changed forever, for the better; to know that you yourself have more to Give. -Jake Hebert GIVERS were picked by Dirty Projectors for a an east coast/south east Fall 09 Tour. With 2 successful follow up headlining tours in 2010, GIVERS were able to build a " grass root" following and win fans along the way. Do to a successful 2010 , GIVERS were selected by Ra Ra Riot for a 2010 Fall tour. Recently GIVERS were picked by Stereogum as the band to Watch for August as well as their top 40 bands of 2010. Our first full length LP is finished and ready to be released. We are just deciding on a home for it.
event::tags All Ages
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
New Roman Times
23 schedule::attendees
Location
The Ghost Room
eventtype Music
Artists New Roman Times
event::about New Roman Times lays out New Wave/post-punk hooks On the Sleeve. It’s got that dancebeat of Radio 4. It’s got the brooding of the Psychedelic Furs. It’s music for arming yourself against the world’s attacks on you. It’s headphone music for introverts who need to have a soundtrack to propel them forward on their mission. It’s train music even if you’re commuting in an automobile. It’s atmospheric in a way you wouldn’t expect, so that you’re waving your arms around, dancing by yourself, listening to old things like the House of Love and the Railway Children. And it’s all worth every moment of being lost inside the wonderful parade of sound. - - - - - - - - - - - - - New Granada Records www.newgranada.com
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 4:00 AM
Stereogum Last Night Party
292 schedule::attendees
Location
PureVolume House
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
12AM Puro Instinct
12:45AM Owen Pallet
1:30AM The Cults
2:15AM Das Racist
event::about
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Balmorhea
96 schedule::attendees
Location
Lamberts
eventtype Music
Artists Balmorhea
event::about Balmorhea (pronounced Bal-moor-ay) is a minimalist instrumental ensemble from Austin, Texas that was formed in 2006 by Rob Lowe and Michael Muller. Balmorhea were influenced by Ludovico Einaudi, The Six Parts Seven, Claude Debussy, Ludwig van Beethoven, Rachel's, Gillian Welch, Max Richter, Arvo Pärt and John Cage. The band self-released their first album, self-titled Balmorhea, in April 2007, and their second album Rivers Arms in February 2008, and released a limited EP in the fall of 2008. The group released their 3rd full-length album, All is Wild, All is Silent on Western Vinyl. Their 4th full-length album, Constellations, was released in February 2010 on Western Vinyl. Balmorhea has toured the US five times, including a tour with Japanese Post-rock pioneers Mono, and will begin their fourth European tour in Fall 2010. They will also be playing the Austin City Limits Festival in October 2010.
event::tags 18+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Drag The River
32 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Drag The River
event::about During the early days of the Blasting Room there were many open hours for learning how to make records. Jon & Chad recorded around 20 some songs in late '96 & early '97. Whoever was in the studio that day could play. They just basically had to learn the songs in the time it took to play them. Over the next couple years those recordings were bootlegged alot. So they finally released "Hobo's Demos" and did some touring around the turn of the millennium. In March 2002 the band released "Closed" which was also on Upland/O&O records. That label is owned & operated by the All-Descendents family & co run by Joe Carducci of the legendary SST label. They put out all your favorite 80's punk records like Black Flag, the Minutemen, DESCENDENTS, Meat Puppets, FIREHOSE, Husker Du.....all those and too many more to mention. At that time Karl Alvarez left & J.J. from the NOBODYS joined and they started traveling more seriously. Later that Oct. 2002 they put out "Live at the Starlight" on Mars Motors (Jon, Flash and Chris Irwin's label) & produced their live, vinyl only release. That was a bar room idea that had little chance but actually happened. The companion to "Live at the Starlight" is "At the GREEN DOOR O.K.C." a humbling & totally different show recorded five days later in front of a less than excited crowd. The "Chicken Demos" is the sister release of "Hobo's Demos" and came out May 2004, also on Upland/O&O. "Hey Buddies" e.p. was released in Nov. '04. 6 songs co-released by the fine people at Red Sand. It was super limited to begin with and more limited when more than half of them were stolen at a show in Green Bay. Two months later a more widely available version with different art & packaging was released by Mars Motors & distro'd by suburban home records....beginning that relationship. At this point Zach went back to school and the band kept on as a four piece....but not without infrequent visits from Chad Rex who easily stepped in when available. Casey Prestwood picked up the steel & lead duties for a year and a half from Feb. 2005 thru Oct. 2006. In October 2005 Paul entered his silver years surfing in California. He was in the band a full decade. He later joined the Street Dogs Dogs from Boston & has sat in with DTR on several occasions since. Dave Barker played drums for a year and a half from the end of 2005 to the beginning or 2007. In Dec. '05 the band mixed songs for 3 different 7inches. Chris Peirce of ''technical ecstasy studio" in N.J. mixed & recorded two songs for a "THIRD WORLD INDUSTRIES" 7in. & the others were mixed at Jon's where they were recorded. the first release is from our friend Darick's label "wallride" in MD. In January '06 the band recorded a new record at the Hideaway in Sedalia Co. with Marc Benning. An all analog studio totally lost in the Colorado mountains. There is also a split with the DENTS from Boston where the bands cover each others songs. & Roger De Rok released ''gabba gabba HEY BUDDIES'' on vinyl w/ bonus songs. "It's Crazy" from Suburban Home Records came out June 6th 2006. 10 years of music for the band. January 2008 "you can't live this way." was released. Summer '08 more songs have been tracked & mixed in the garage and at the Blasting Room. Shows happened and continue to happen. Some are Jon & Chad duo shows & as many are with J.J., Zach & Chris Pierce of N.J. on drums. ....it never ends.
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
The Soldier Thread
8 schedule::attendees
Location
512 Rooftop
eventtype Music
Artists The Soldier Thread
event::about The Soldier Thread is an indie-pop quintet hailing from Austin, Texas. Having been only patched together in late 2007, the ensemble has already undergone quite an alteration in style. Todd Abels (guitar, keyboard, backup vocals) and Justin McHugh (keyboard, guitar, backup vocals) set out from ambient origins to weave in the missing pieces. Close ties to Patricia Lynn (lead vocals, viola, keyboard) and Drew Vandiver (drums) allowed for an easy joining of loose ends. With Chance Gilmore (bass guitar) eventually completing the chain, the group began to play shows in and around Austin, as well as throughout Texas. The integration of producer Dwight Baker served as the anchor stitch to complete the composite the group currently finds themselves in. The release of In Spades in 2010 marked a shift from true indie sound to a more polished, pop-driven tune. Rumors of this particular trend unwinding further are validated by TST's present live set.
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
The Ugly Beats
25 schedule::attendees
Location
Easy Tiger Patio
eventtype Music
Artists The Ugly Beats
event::about The Ugly Beats formed in January 2003. Before striking their first note the band promptly wound the clock all the way back to 1966 and has left it there ever since. Armed with Paul Revere, Ventures and Easybeats records, the four guys and one gal quickly whipped up a list of favorite obscure cover songs as long as one arm and a pile of folk-rockin’ original tunes as long as the other. In their seven years of existence the band has managed to release three terrific records on Get Hip Recordings, “Bring on the Beats,” “Take a Stand with the Ugly Beats” and “MOTOR!” and has busted guitar strings, drumsticks, and bar tabs throughout the U.S., Mexico, the U.K., the Netherlands, and Spain (where the band enjoys a large following) since making their debut in their beloved hometown of Austin, Texas. Known for their highly energetic live shows and a special bond with their audiences, it’s only a matter of time before the Ugly Beats are in your brain and on your hi-fi. You must obey the Beats!
event::tags 21+
12:30 AM
to 1:30 AM
Great Lake Swimmers
175 schedule::attendees
Location
Central Presbyterian Church
eventtype Music
Artists Great Lake Swimmers
event::about Great Lake Swimmers sing pastoral songs about seeking spirituality in the natural world; quiet tales of our accelerated culture and the creative process; songs about heartbreak and loss which are tempered with a sense of hope and perserverance. This is set in a familiar, folk-country framework, with melodies and lyrics which remain in your mind long after the final chord is played. Song writer Tony Dekker continues to capture an ever growing audience with his poetic, deeply meaningful lyrics and musical blend of acoustic instruments, rural soundscapes, and wistful vocals. Great Lake Swimmers first appeared in 2003 with a haunting, self-titled debut that was recorded in a grain silo and released by (weewerk), a small label based in the band's native Toronto. Recording sessions for Great Lake Swimmers' second album saw the band take up residence in an old church in rural southern Ontario. The finished product, Bodies and Minds, was released by (weewerk) in the spring of 2005 and it featured another blend of homespun folk and lush, intimate Americana. Great Lake Swimmers had US based label, Misra Records license both records and release them simultaneously stateside later that same year. Great Lake Swimmers began to build a wider audience in 2007 by signing to Nettwerk and releasing their third full length, the well-received Ongiara. The album's first track, "Your Rocky Spine," topped the Canadian indie charts and appeared on the soundtrack to Showtime's Weeds. Such increased attention kept Great Lake Swimmers on tour for the better part of two years, but the band still managed to take some time off to record a fourth album. Traveling between multiple locations in the Thousand Islands and northern New York, the group hit a creative high peak with Lost Channels, which was released worldwide by Nettwerk in 2009. The Legion Sessions, an EP featuring live versions of several Lost Channels tunes, also appeared that year. Great Lake Swimmers has toured extensively across Canada, United States, Europe, and this past January debut in China.
event::tags All Ages
12:30 AM
to 1:30 AM
Hanson
130 schedule::attendees
Location
Antone's
eventtype Music
Artists Hanson
event::about Native sons of Tulsa, Oklahoma, HANSON has been making music together for nearly two decades. Thirteen years ago, their out-of-the-blue, soul-inspired brand of American pop-rock‘n’roll was introduced to the world. Unaffected by charts or fads, they’ve spent more than a decade building a community of fans connected to one another and fueled by the energy and craftsmanship of three brothers and their music. Their fifth studio album, Shout It Out, was released on June 8th 2010 on their label 3CG Records. They deliver a powerful group of soulful, melodic tunes that will leave you with a contagious sense of optimism for the future and welcomed reminiscence for American rock ‘n’ roll.
event::tags All Ages
12:45 AM
to 1:45 AM
The Bravery
177 schedule::attendees
Location
Stubb's
eventtype Music
Artists The Bravery
event::about Some of the longest waits are the most worth it. You'd be forgiven for thinking you'd heard the last of The Bravery the NYC future-synth post-punks who rampaged through the UK in 2005-6 with their thunderous Top Ten hit 'An Honest Mistake' and the inspired eponymous Top Five album from which it sprang. A record that combined electronica, funk, pop and punk in such dazzling combinations it resembled, by turn, a psychopathic electro-punk outfit, The Strokes wired to the National Grid and no band we'd ever heard the like of before. With their hard drinking, wild partying and songs of electrifying brilliance, The Bravery seemed sure to burn bright and brief. Far from it: in their absence from the UK spotlight prompted by wrangles with their UK label which stymied the release of their second album in Britain - they've become one of America's most runaway success stories. 'We've been focussing on the States,' says Sam Endicott, somewhat modestly. 'It was great [2007 single] 'Time Won't Let Me Go' was the biggest hit that we had and then [its follow up] 'Believe' came out and was even bigger than that. It was a really ubiquitous song in America for a long time. Touring America takes forever so we got used to touring constantly and played with a lot of great bands.' He considers all of his major US and UK hits, his mountain of radio plays, his standing as one of the most sought-after songwriters in America today. And he sighs a sigh full of appreciation and relief. 'We have the best fans.' The Bravery, you see, were never quitters. This is the band, formed in 2003 around the core of Sam and keyboardist John Conway, who built a die-hard fanbase with exhaustive tours and residencies in New York and London throughout 2004. Who were among the first to utilise Myspace long before The Arctic Monkeys had even found the boot button. And the band who, even when their star was in the ascendance in the UK, never slacked - at one point in May 2005 they hired helicopters to play three gigs in one day. This was a band too dedicated and determined to be throttled to death by a little bit of red tape. 'All the stuff that happened in the UK was exactly the sort of thing we swore we'd never get involved with,' says Sam, 'the industry battles, the red tape, the bureaucracy. So we just said 'we're not gonna do that anymore' so we left. In the States there was none of that, we could just put out music and be a band, so it was very free-ing.' The Bravery threw themselves into conquering their homeland instead, with spectacular results. Having toured supporting the likes of U2 and Depeche Mode, in 2007 they embarked upon three solid years of touring the States (including a stint on Green Day's stadium tour), recording new material in bedrooms and the back of the bus as they went. The twelve songs that started coming together were amorphous beat-beasts, and The Bravery struck on a concept worthy of their name. After recording a slick, less synth-heavy studio version of the songs over a month in producer Brendan O'Brian's studio in Atlanta and releasing it as second album 'The Sun And The Moon', they completed their more electro-fried self-recorded versions and released 'The Sun And The Moon Complete': a 2CD set consisting of the same twelve songs recorded in opposite ways one CD (the 'Moon' side) of their lo-fi home recorded versions and one slick studio version ('Sun'). 'It's interesting because some people gravitate more towards one side and some towards the other,' Sam claims. 'When you hear a song recorded in two different ways you understand it better, you get more of a full perspective of it.' Like a modern day 'Melon Collie And The Infinite Sadness', the album made a huge splash in the States, debuting at Number 24 in the US album chart and spawning two major radio hits widescreen Americana first single 'Time Won't Let Me Go' broke the Alternative Top Ten while the funk-pop follow-up 'Believe' reached US indie classic status, staying at Number Four in the Modern Rock charts for six weeks. As 2009 dawned, however, not everything was going Sam's way. 'We'd been touring a very long time, too much. I had a very long relationship and ultimately all the touring destroyed it, so I was pissed at that, angry with the whole thing. And that was reflected in the music. I often write journals or on scraps of paper or napkins and I'd go back and read these scraps of paper and a lot of them would be really angry. I used to not show that to anyone, I'd hide these things. So I thought it was time for me to put that side out there. 'Stir The Blood' is an expression that means to awaken yourself, to create energy, to revitalise.' Hence The Bravery's third album 'Stir The Blood' recorded in a disused church in upstate New York over the summer of 2009 with producer John Hill and released in the US in December 2009 was a return to their churlish electronic roots. 'It's a darker album. That's the place where I was at the time, that's how I was feeling. So it was more angry than the previous album. We wanted to take it back to where we started, in the basement.' Darkness? Anger? It was right there in the subterranean J&MC atmospheres and self-destructive intent of the (remarkably catchy, considering) first single 'Slow Poison'. Or in 'Adored', the escape song based on a story Sam was told in a New Orleans bar called Bucket Of Blood by a couple who'd barely survived Hurricane Katrina. Or in the anger sex of 'Hatefuck', complete with a video, directed by bassist Mike 'Dirt' Hindert, which features a girl in a gas mask cutting a vagina into a man's groin. Vicious, terrifying and sado-masochistic stuff, but as Sam explains, 'a lot of the songs are about the intensity of being in love and how that can turn on itself. To me it's about transcending, about taking something positive out of a negative situation. There was a positive thing that comes out of all the songs. There's a transcendence.' He chuckles to himself. 'The guy that mixed our last album said that our songs are happy from the waist down and sad from the waist up.' It's the waist-down element that's turned Sam into one of US pop's most significant modern songwriters, though. John Hill had connections with MIA and Santigold and so - while working on Bravery music together, writing up to ten songs a day - Sam suddenly found a new outlet for the tracks that didn't fit his band. Before he knew it he'd penned three songs for Shakira's last album (including worldwide hit 'She Wolf') and was working with Santigold on a song for Christina Aguilera's forthcoming record. So how does he feel about being the man who made the globe howl like a weremodel? 'It was something I stumbled into,' Sam explains. 'I'd write a song and think it wouldn't make sense for me to do it. So what do I do? Throw it out? I started to realise I could give these things to other people, so it's very creative. Sometimes I get to write with really interesting people, I've been doing hip-hop and R&B stuff. I can do a hip-hop song and learn something about The Bravery.' And if The Bravery weren't already becoming a cultural force all of their own, their brand new track 'Ours' also turned up as a main song on the latest Twilight movie soundtrack. 'We wrote it with no intention of the Twilight thing,' Sam says, 'but the woman who was in charge of making the soundtrack heard a demo of the song and really liked it. The Twilight soundtrack is its own phenomenon.' Not bad for a band who've spent half a decade in 'the wilderness', huh? And finally Britain is about to get its chance to fall for The Bravery all over again with their label issues finally resolved, they hit the UK again at the start of the year for a residency at London's Hoxton Bar And Kitchen and nationwide dates, ahead of a record release later in the year. 'We couldn't be happier, very excited,' Sam enthuses. 'We always loved playing the UK, we toured there more than any non-British band during that period. We're very happy to be free of the past situation and ready to come back.' Y'know, you just don't know what you've got 'til its gone. And some other country is hogging it
event::tags All
12:45 AM
to 1:30 AM
Owen Pallet
114 schedule::attendees
Location
PureVolume House
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Special Guest: Yoko Ono
160 schedule::attendees
Location
Elysium
eventtype Music
Artists Special Guest: Yoko Ono
event::about From her pioneering work in the Fluxus movement of the 1960s to the recent Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland, Ono's art has challenged and informed, melding the personal to the universal in simple and unique ways. Her marriage and creative collaboration with John Lennon was a love story played out on the global stage. Ono's music laid the groundwork for the sounds of punk rock and new wave. Recently, Ono has had five consecutive dance singles charting at #1 on the top of the Billboard Dance Chart. In 2009, she received Mojo Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award, and she assembled a new PLASTIC ONO BAND for her latest album, Between My Head And The Sky, co-produced with son Sean Lennon, on his Chimera Music label.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
The Luyas
36 schedule::attendees
Location
Spill
eventtype Music
Artists The Luyas
event::about The Luyas is the project of Pietro Amato, Mathieu Charbonneau, Stefan Schneider, Jessie Stein and occasionally Sarah Neufeld. The band first came together somewhat haphazardly, the initial result of which was their debut album, Faker Death, which the band released independently, and then on Canadian boutique label, You’ve Changed Records. In 2009 the band made a record with old friend and Canadian master, Jeff Mcmurrich, maker of the coolest records north of the border. Many hours of processing live sounds through boxes ensued. Torrid romances played themselves out, families crumbled, the economy weakened, Owen Pallett did orchestral arrangements, everybody cried. Life is life for everyone. The Luyas played with their boxes. Coffee, beer, whiskey, worse; All of this was processed through a space echo. Then it was the end of the summer. So the band went to Europe. They toured extensively supporting Bell Orchestre. Sarah cut Jessie’s hair off into the Danube on the last day of the tour. Look out for a new album to be released on Dead Oceans in 2011.
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Uh Huh Her
38 schedule::attendees
Location
Continental Club
eventtype Music
Artists Uh Huh Her
event::about When everything breaks down around you, how do you rebuild and start again? How do you inspire trust and regain confidence in something you never fully understood? When you finally have the chance to speak again, what do you say? Before they set out to write their second album NOCTURES due out this spring, these were the questions that faced UH HUH HER’s LEISHA HAILEY and CAMILA GREY. Not by choice, but by necessity. Where most new bands play their first gig in front of a handful of people, HAILEY and GREY debuted to a packed house of industry heads, critics and fans, many of whom might have been more familiar with HAILEY’s character “Alice” on The L Word than they were with her role in '90s indie duo The Murmurs. For GREY, it was her first group project since a tenure with the lo-fi indie outfit Mellowdrone. There was no shortage of hype, and even though their backing band consisted of one iPod, they delivered the goods in spades. Expectations mounted, and one year after releasing their self-produced EP, I See Red, they released their full-length. Co-produced by GREY and Al Clay (Pixies, Blur), Common Reaction was a full serving of new wave electro-pop that broke with the anthemic single "Not A Love Song." But just as their momentum was building, a split with their label detached the band from all their support and management. "Losing everything forced us to inhabit our frustrations and turn them into something inspired," HAILEY remembers. "We were absolutely compelled to write this record. We had something to prove to ourselves." Determined to move at their own pace and regain control of their art, GREY and HAILEY tapped into old influences. They pushed rock and roll deeper into the mix and made a conscious effort to embrace the beauty in imperfection, rather than put a high gloss shine over things like vocals and rhythms. "I feel like back then, the music I gravitated toward had a pulse and was mysterious and seductive," says GREY. "I wanted to bring some of that to the table, because I feel as though these days everyone has their cards on the table." Before they began writing, GREY stopped listening to contemporary music all together, and instead padded her vinyl collection with LPs from Can, Pink Floyd, Joy Division and the Eurythmics. She and HAILEY decorated their studio with anything that amplified their vision--lights, posters, bold swaths of color--and tacked up photographer Mick Rock's raw, iconic images of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and The Velvet Underground. Embracing their creative freedom but acutely aware of what it cost to obtain, they wrote songs that reflected exactly what they felt. The dreamy, shadowy subject matter, coupled with their late-night recording sessions, helped inform the title of the album. "I think lyrically we couldn't help but go to a contemplative place with everything we'd gone through," GREY explains. "It was like having a torrid affair, having it end, then having to rebuild yourself after the storm. That's what this record is about." "Criminal" typifies that attitude, as GREY purrs out her lament on top of lush Hammond B3 chords: "I told it to you straight, somehow you didn't hear a thing. It's sad, what a shame." Uptempo tracks like "Darkness Is" and "Disdain" push the envelope even further, showcasing a big rock sound that still has one high-heeled foot firmly planted in the sophisticated pop GREY and HAILEY are known for. For seven months they laid down new material in their studio, but if they were going to mature the sound past the level they obtained with Common Reaction, they'd have to beef up the production. For a third set of ears, HAILEY and GREY passed the recordings to producer and longtime friend Wendy Melvoin, formerly of Prince and the Revolution. She not only extended her opinion, but offered to help the band finish off the album at her personal studio space, located within the famed Henson Studios compound in Los Angeles. "She was like an angelic mad scientist that descended upon us in a time of need," laughs GREY, who shares NOCTURNES' producer credit with Melvoin. "The input Wendy has had was nothing less than stellar. Sometimes it would be something as simple as changing my bass rhythm or adding a guitar part that would inspire other things." Adds HAILEY, "She gave me the confidence to tap into the more aggressive sound that I'm attracted to." To capture a live, massive drum sound--something that was missing from Common Reaction, and the organic element needed to compliment NOCTURNES' opulent, harmonic synths and vocals--drummer Josh Kane tracked his performances in Henson's A room on the same kit John Bonham used during the recording of "When The Levee Breaks." The results, especially on songs like "Wake To Sleep," "Criminal" and "Same High," typify the combination of beauty and aggression that UH HUH HER have harnessed on NOCTURNES, both lyrically and musically. "You are so careless with the kingdom, you always throw away the great ones," GREY sings on the opening "Marstorm," a synth-heavy cut that sets the record's unapologetic tone. The thread continues on "Another Case," as she warns, "I am stronger than the other ones...don't try to fight me." UH HUH HER masterfully mix strength and sentiment on the epic "Human Nature," as strings, pianos and soaring pads bleed into an epic rock ballad chorus that channels Prince's "Purple Rain." "This was a process of proving to ourselves that not only could we do this record and do it well on our own, but that we could expand ourselves musically," says HAILEY, whose bond with GREY has grown even stronger as a result of the band's setbacks and subsequent rebirth. "It was the perfect opportunity to write a great record." GREY continues, "I've never felt more free in my life as far as creating. We gave ourselves the time we needed, and the only goal was to make the best record we could possibly make." www.uhhuhher.com http://www.facebook.com/uhhuhher http://twitter.com/uhhuhhermusic For UH HUH HER publicity, contact: Libby Coffey/818-380-0400 x224, LCoffey@msopr.com Alex Greenberg/818-380-0400 x232, AGreenberg@msopr.com
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Valient Thorr
57 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Valient Thorr
event::about A quest for knowledge, quest to see / all these things inside of me / looking in, there’s something wrong / I must set out on my own If there is any hope that Rock N Roll can change the world, as Valient Thorr believe it can, people are going to have to start to get their own personal shit together first. In what could be viewed as a single handed, spur of the moment effort to wrestle the phrase “personal responsibility” back from the Right, Stranger, the new album from intergalactic Rock N Roll saviors, Valient Thorr eschews direct frontal attacks on politicians and their wars and instead focuses inward on personal decisions and ethical living in the world economy. Taking lessons from legions of like minded musicians and following the musical path Valient Thorr have traveled, Stranger broadens the boundaries of what is hard and heavy, aggressive and fierce, extending an invitation to a party to be enjoyed by the heshers, head bangers, stoner rockers, thrashers, skate punks, old schoolers and the truly hardcore. If one were to imagine hearing a palpable buzz so engaging that is has its own gravitational pull, something so strong that as one is pulled closer, the buzz becomes a throb that seemingly doubles over on itself into infinity. This is the furious sound of Valient Thorr, a band whose entire being is founded and powered on the force of one huge, mass, communal headbang that has the power to deliver a unifying moment of clarity. This may sound mystical, but in this case it is real, because as any dyed in the wool Thorrior will tell you, it is the energy of sweat soaked revelry, rather than electricity, that powers the amplifiers and drums that produce this hearty onslaught of all things future-past in the pantheon of high energy, heavy metal, ROCK n ROLL! Screeching guitar leads, low end rumble, breakneck paces and feel good shout along hooks are made to exist together, often in a single song, proving that this is the only sound possible to deliver Valient Thorr’s powerful message of positive change and transformation. Anyone that has ever sweated and headbanged can get with this. Touring relentlessly since 2001 after crash landing in the North Carolina Triangle area, a place they now call home, Valient Thorr have this year already criss-crossed the U.S. on the Volcom Tour with Mastodon, Between The Buried and Me, Baroness and are currently in the midst of a European tour that will keep them abroad through the end of July and includes festival appearances at Hellfest, Roskilde, Serengeti and Rock Im Ring, before returning stateside for a massive U.S. headline tour set to kick off in September. Produced, recorded and mixed by Jack Endino (Nirvana, Mudhoney, Dwarves, High On Fire, Toxic Holocaust), Stranger, set for release on September 14, 2010 is Valient Thorr’s fifth album in seven years. A considerable feat since they have been averaging close to 250 shows a year for most of this time with acts as varied as Motörhead, Joan Jett and the Black Hearts, Eagles of Death Metal, Gogol Bordello, Fu Manchu, Early Man and Skeleton Witch. To get right down to it, Stranger fuses together the roots-rock, no-bullshit beginnings of Stranded on Earth and Total Universe Man with the laser guided immediacy of Legend Of The World and the total metal shredding of Immortalizer, into one supernova burst.
event::tags 21+
1:05 AM
to 2:05 AM
Peelander-Z
118 schedule::attendees
Location
Headhunters
eventtype Music
Artists Peelander-Z
event::about Peelander-Z, the Japanese Action Comic Punk Band based in New York City, was originally formed by Peelander-Yellow, Peelander-Red, and Peelander-Blue (later replaced by Peelander-Green), after meeting in the Z area on the planet Peelander. On the band’s latest album P-TV-Z (Chicken Ranch Records, 9/28/10), Peelander-Z has their sites set on making the ultimate happy fun kid friendly punk rock record. On P-TV-Z, Peelander-Z covers kids classics and writes several new ones as well. "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" is re-titled "E-I-E-I-O" and given a ska flavor. "How Are USA?" rolls through the state names over a rocking track. The silliness that Peelander fans love is also abundant on tracks like "Taco Taco Tacos" and "Ice Cream". Chicken Ranch Records honcho Mike Dickinson says, "I emailed the band about doing a kids record and they replied with a very enthusiastic yes! I played it for my young children and they flipped out. They love this band." Hunkering down in Austin, Texas with producer Evil Elvis and engineers Bryan Nelson and Chico Jones at Ohms Studio, Peelander-Z brought out the cream of Austin's indie and punk crop to guest on P-TV-Z. Members of The Riverboat Gamblers, The Octopus Project, Foot Patrol, Atash, and Black Joe Lewis' Honeybears horn section all make appearances. Peelander-Pink even takes a vocal turn on French pop influenced "Dial Ring Ring Phone Pho Phone". P-TV-Z closes with the wistful "Wasabi Man", which is Peelander Z's answer to Motley Crue's "Home Sweet Home". P-TV-Z comes packaged with a DVD featuring videos for "E-I-E-I-O", a performance clip of "Go! Rio!", and videos for "So Many Mike" and "Ninja High School" off their previous album P-Pop High School, plus tons of extras! Peelander-Z has appeared at major music festivals including Bonnaroo, CMJ and SXSW, and played with artists such as Buckethead, The Vibrators, and Guitar Wolf. The band has also been featured on TV programs like VH1's Best Week Ever and Comedy Central's Upright Citizens Brigade among others. At their live show, Peelander-Z guarantees intense audience participation and a chance to exercise. You'll see the band in colorful costumes reminiscent of Japanese animation, though they describe their outfits as their skin. You'll also see The Red Squid, human bowling and all around insanity. A rare occasion for the entire family to rock out and have a great time.
event::tags 18+
5:30 PM
to 6:15 PM
The Rocketboys
16 schedule::attendees
Location
Momo's
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Part of the Visions & Dirty Water Sound Present: A Showcase To Benefit The Austin Humane Society
Company Dirty Water Sound
Website http://ahssxsw.eventbrite.com/
6:30 PM
to 7:15 PM
Refried Ice Cream
8 schedule::attendees
Location
Momo's
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Part of the Visions & Dirty Water Sound Present: A Showcase To Benefit The Austin Humane Society
Company Dirty Water Sound
Website http://ahssxsw.eventbrite.com/
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