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avatar for Brian O'Neal

Currently serving as an independent entertainment publicity consultant representing top managers, agents, artists, content creators, and stealth start-ups. I am a data-driven, creative-based decision-maker with high personal standards.

Web: www.brianonealpr.com

 

My Schedule

 

4:45 PM
to 5:45 PM

Video Analytics and the Future: Mastering the Data-Stream
23 schedule::attendees
Location Austin Convention Center, Ballroom E
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
Speaker  Greg Duffy
event::about  The challenge of the future is not data gathering but analysis, trying to make sense of what the tidal wave of information actually means. Dropcam's live 24/7 streaming with DVR, paired with social tools offers a new way of user engagement and data analytics. This and other new technologies allow for much finer grained analysis for data streams, turning previously unusable elements like webcam generated latent video into incredibly rich insights. New uses with streaming media offer new data and analysis that didn't exist before.
event::tags  Future15, #dropcam

5:30 PM
to 7:30 PM

Howdy Texas Happy Hour
47 schedule::attendees
Location Stubb's
eventtype  Unofficial Party
event::about 

Featuring Stubb’s BBQ, while it lasts, and short sets by:

Gary Clark, Jr. (Austin) www.garyclarkjr.com
Ginn Sisters (Austin) www.theginnsisters.com
Dale Watson (Austin) www.myspace.com/dalewatson

 

 

11:00 AM
to 9:30 PM

Guitartown/Conqueroo Present Kickoff 2011
101 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

11 ANDY FRIEDMAN
11:30 WAGONS
12 LESLIE STEVENS
12:30 WILLIE NILE
1 KEVIN WELCH
1:30 SMALL PONDS (Caitlin Cary)
2 THE HOBART BROTHERS & LIL' SIS HOBART (Jon Dee Graham/Freedy Johnston/Susan Cowsill)
2:30 STEVE POLTZ
3 JON DEE GRAHAM
3:30 MAXIM LUDWIG & THE SANTA FE SEVEN
4 SYD STRAW
4:30 IAN MOORE
5 SLAID CLEAVES
5:30 SHURMAN
6 HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN
6:30 THE SILOS
7 EMORY QUINN
7:30 MICHAEL DES BARRES
8:15 CHIP ROBINSON
9 THUNDEROSA

event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

Sponsors:

Guitartown
Conqueroo
The Dogwood
Frenzel Amps
Deep Eddy Vodka
M Music and Musicians Magazine

event::tags  featured

11:00 AM
to 8:00 PM

Pigeon's Posse
67 schedule::attendees
Location Opal Divine's Freehouse
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

Tennessee Volunteers 11-11:30

Jeff Talmadge 11:30 - 12

Ray Bonneville 12-12:30

Brandon Jenkins 12:30 - 1

Darryl Lee Rush 1-1:45

Randy Weeks 1:45-2:30

Ramsay Midwood 2:30-3:15

Oh No Oh My 3:15-4

Delta Saints 4-4:45

Somebody's Darling 4:45-5:30

Walt Wilkins 5:30-6:30

Mike and the Moonpies 6:30-7:30


event::about 

This year we'll be holding the shebang WEDNESDAY MARCH 16th at OPAL DIVINE's FREEHOUSE at 700 West 6th Street (same intersection as Momo's and Katz's). Our generous sponsors are Wall Street Western - on the square in Wimberley - and Strait Music of Austin because WHAT? They love us and love music. What a beautiful lineup we have -- the day is going to be ridiculously fun. Here are our participating artists, with an announcement comin' soon!

AS ALWAYS, PIGEON'S POSSE REQUIRES NO WRISTBANDS, LAMINATES OR COVER FEES, IT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THERE WILL BE DELICIOUS ADULT BEVERAGES AND AWESOME MUSIC AND PEOPLE WITH GIANT SMILES ON THEIR BEAUTIFUL FACES. 

11:30 AM
to 8:00 PM

Americana Roadshow Revival
45 schedule::attendees
Location Waterloo Icehouse
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

11:30 am -1:30 pm Lunch time Melody In The Round (singer-songwriter song swap with Noel McKay, Ben Reddell, Brian Whelan & Tommy Womack)
Followed by:
The Far West
David Olney & Sergio Webb
The Small Ponds (Caitlin Cary)
Jake La Botz
Tim Easton
The Carper Family
Randy Weeks
others TBD

event::about 

"Carolina Chickadee presents Americana Roadshow Revival"

All shows are Free and all ages/ No wristbands needed!

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 12:30 PM

Leslie Stevens
10 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

12:20 PM
to 1:20 PM

Ian Moore & The Lossy Coils
24 schedule::attendees
Location threadgills world headquarters
eventtype  Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

Ian Moore & The Lossy Coils


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?

12:30 PM
to 1:00 PM

Willie Nile
20 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

1:30 PM
to 2:00 PM

Small Ponds
8 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

1:45 PM
to 2:30 PM

Randy Weeks
6 schedule::attendees
Location Opal Divine's Freehouse
eventtype  Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

Randy Weeks

 

event::about 

 

2:00 PM
to 2:30 PM

The Hobart Brothers & Lil' Sis Hobart
26 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

2:30 PM
to 3:00 PM

Steve Poltz
27 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

3:00 PM
to 3:30 PM

Jon Dee Graham
25 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

3:30 PM
to 4:00 PM

Maxim Ludwig & The Santa Fe Seven
10 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

4:00 PM
to 4:30 PM

Syd Straw
29 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

4:30 PM
to 5:00 PM

Ian Moore
25 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

5:00 PM
to 5:30 PM

Slaid Cleaves
34 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

5:30 PM
to 6:00 PM

Shurman
13 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

6:00 PM
to 6:30 PM

Hot Club of Cowtown
23 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

6:30 PM
to 7:00 PM

The Silos
29 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

7:00 PM
to 7:30 PM

Emory Quinn
7 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

7:00 PM
to 2:00 AM

BrooklynVegan SXSW Official Showcase
367 schedule::attendees
Location Swan Dive
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

8:00 PM Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
9:00 PM Olof Arnalds
10:00 PM Ted Leo (solo)
11:00 PM Sam Amidon
12:00 AM Sharon Van Etten
1:00 AM Evan Voytas

event::about 

We are excited to announce the very special lineup of the 2011 BrooklynVegan SXSW Official Showcase which will take place Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at the new and swanky Swan Dive in Austin, TX. Full details, including lineup and set times are below.

BrooklynVegan SXSW Official Showcase
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
at Swan Dive - 615 Red River St, Austin, TX
7 PM - 2 AM

8:00 PM Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
9:00 PM Olof Arnalds
10:00 PM Ted Leo (solo)
11:00 PM Sam Amidon
12:00 AM Sharon Van Etten
1:00 AM Evan Voytas


Ticket Information: Free entry for a limited number of SXSW badgeholders (first come, first served). Tickets for non-badgeholders will be available for purchase at the door (price TBD).

Additional info here: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/02/sxsw_2011_-_bro.html

7:30 PM
to 8:00 PM

Michael Des Barres
13 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

8:15 PM
to 8:45 PM

Chip Robinson
13 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM

Jimmie Dale Gilmore & The Wronglers
55 schedule::attendees
Location Victorian Room at The Driskill
eventtype  Music
event::about  The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore and their CD "Heirloom Music" The Wronglers (Warren Hellman (banjo/vocals), Nate Levine (guitar), Bill (mandolin) & Krista Martin (fiddle), Heidi Clare (fiddle/vocals) and Colleen Browne (bass/vocals)) is an old-time band, born at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2006. Over the years they have played around the Bay Area, opening for the likes of Steve Earle and Gillian Welch, as well as nationally at festivals such as South by Southwest, Old Settler's Festival, Strawberry Festival and The Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis. Jimmie Dale Gilmore of Lubbock, TX released his first album of many in 1988 and his heartfelt singing style, with its masterfully understated phrasing, is known in some circles as 'sagebrush soul,' a genre that he is credited with creating. And, in addition to his long, distinguished solo career, with its three Grammy nominations, Gilmore is a longtime member of The Flatlanders which also features fellow Lubbock-ites Joe Ely and Butch Hancock. For some time Gilmore has been wanting to go back to a time before country music got really commercialized and he saw his opportunity with The Wronglers. Hellman, better known as the benefactor of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, got to know Gilmore through HSB and they have joined forces to make 'Heirloom Music' which will be out this Spring.
event::tags  21+

9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM

Wagons
22 schedule::attendees
Location Lamberts
eventtype  Music
Artists  Wagons
event::about  Led by charismatic showman Henry Wagons and described as a local treasure in their hometown of Melbourne WAGONS offer an unlikely mix of stompin grand rock, border-crossing dark country, irresistible crooning and classic pop. They draw upon an uncommon range of influences given the current musical climate, including Vegas era Elvis, Roy Orbison, Adam Green, Johnny Cash, Clockwork Orange synthesisers, 70s trumpets and Cormac MacCarthy. Their live show is a performance like no other, treading a line between a Vegas 70s showroom extravaganza and a bunch of fresh- faced undertakers letting loose at a rained sodden rock festival. Having spent the last few years supporting and touring with the likes of Justin Townes Earle, The Violent Femmes, Calexico, Bill Callahan, Will Oldham, Okkervil River, John Hiatt and Jolie Holland, it is safe to say that Wagons are road-hardened, formidable live band. Their latest album "The Rise and Fall of Goodtown" (Spunk/EMI), the bands fourth, has seen them win best group and best album in the 2009 Age EG Awards as well as in the Mess and Noise Readers Poll along with a string of feature album, best live act and record of the year accolades. Henry Wagons was also recently named as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Melbournians by The Age Melbourne Magazine. Yet more proof that WAGONS Goodtown is the place to be. People, this show is one you must experience! Henry wagons is like Dr Suess meets Conway Twitty, a great performer, a good man, and a bad driver!! Henry struts like a Tennessee walking horse on PCP. Justin Townes Earle Wagons take on Country is based on the early classics and drenched in humor. But the music is no joke - its well written, imaginative, often cinematic and critically-acclaimed for its authenticity. City Beat, Cincinnati Wagons: Unhinged? No, more like a possessed barn-door that creaks & bangs through the night and might slam you in the face on a calm day. Acerbic, funny entertainer with Johnny Cashs punched delivery and memorable songs. OPB Music Portland The theoretical love child of The Doors and ZZ Top had inappropriate relations with the theoretical love child of Johnny Cash and The Bad Seeds. Henry Wagons somehow channels that haunting spirit of the Wild West, while simultaneously pointing a six-shooter in your face daring you to change the CD. American Songwriter
event::tags  18+

9:00 PM
to 9:30 PM

Thunderosa
6 schedule::attendees
Location The Dogwood
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

It's that time of year again... So, dust off your cowboy boots and make your way to Texas... 

The sun is shinin' and the weather is getting warm. We’ve got icy cold beer and hot food!

Year 11 and going strong… Won’t you come join Lil Deb and Cary Baker and our hosts The Dogwood as we celebrate another year, and welcome you to SXSW.

20 bands for your listening pleasure. Come early stay late!

The Dogwood has a full service food menu, beer, liquor, and soft drinks.

Thank you to these 20 bands for gracing our stage and helping us throw one heck of a shindig!!!

11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM

Guitar Shorty
27 schedule::attendees
Location Speakeasy
eventtype  Music
Artists  Guitar Shorty
event::about  "Blistering, modern blues-rock, bristles with galvanizing guitar and forceful vocals." –BILLBOARD Legendary guitarist/vocalist Guitar Shorty is a giant in the blues world. Credited with influencing both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, Guitar Shorty has been electrifying audiences for five decades with his supercharged live shows and his incendiary recordings.What really sets Shorty apart is his absolutely unpredictable, off-the-wall guitar playing. He reaches for sounds, riffs and licks that other blues players wouldn’t even think of. Amazon.com says his guitar work “sounds like a caged tiger before feeding time. His molten guitar pours his psychedelicized solos like lava over anything in his path.” The Chicago Reader declares, “Guitar Shorty is a battle-scarred hard-ass. He slices off his phrases and notes with homicidal fury. He is among the highest-energy blues entertainers on the scene.” Through the years, Shorty has performed with blues and R&B luminaries like Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, B.B. King, Guitar Slim and T-Bone Walker. He started playing with these legends while still in his teens and recorded a handful of singles for a variety of labels and an obscure LP during the first 30 years of his career. After decades of paying his dues (like so many unheralded American bluesmen), it took a tour of England to establish Shorty’s fame in his home country. His recordings since then all received massive critical acclaim, and his renowned live performances have kept him constantly in demand all over the world. His 2004 Alligator Records debut, Watch Your Back, became his best-received, best-selling album to date. His 2006 follow-up, We The People, won the coveted Blues Music Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year. Now, with his 2010 CD, Bare Knuckle, Guitar Shorty unleashes a barrage of hard-hitting combinations of guitar, vocals and lyrics, hitting his listeners with some of the most awe-inspiring guitar and vocal work of his long career. Guitar Shorty was born David William Kearney on September 8, 1939 in Houston, Texas and raised in Kissimmee, Florida by his grandmother. He began playing guitar as a young boy, excited by the sounds of B.B. King, Guitar Slim, T-Bone Walker and John Lee Hooker. His first lessons came from his uncle, but when it became clear that the youngster was serious about his music, his grandmother hired a teacher for him. “I learned so fast I was always two or three pages ahead of my teacher,” Shorty recalls. After a move to Tampa when he was 17, the young Kearney won a slot as a featured guitarist and vocalist in the locally popular 18-piece orchestra led by Walter Johnson. Being younger—and shorter—than the rest of the band, a club owner bestowed the name Guitar Shorty on him, and it stuck. After a particularly strong performance by Shorty in Florida, the great Willie Dixon, who was in the audience, approached Shorty and said, “I like what you’re doing. You’ve got something different. I gotta get you in the studio.” A few weeks later Shorty was in Chicago and, backed by Otis Rush on second guitar, he cut his first single, “Irma Lee” b/w “You Don’t Treat Me Right,” for Chicago’s famed Cobra Records (the first label home for Rush, Magic Sam and Buddy Guy) in 1957. “Willie Dixon was a huge influence on me and my singing,” Shorty remembers. “Willie helped me find my own singing voice and showed me how to tell a story with my words.” Shorty’s fortunes continued to rise when the great Ray Charles hired the young guitar slinger as a featured member of his road band. While touring Florida with Ray, Shorty connected with one of his idols—guitarist/vocalist Guitar Slim, famous for his hit “Things That I Used To Do” as well as for his wildman stage antics. Slim’s manager offered Shorty the opening slot on the guitarist’s upcoming tour, and Shorty jumped at the chance, following his hero to New Orleans. Inspired by Slim, Shorty began incorporating some of the older artist’s athletic showmanship into his own performances. Before long, he was doing somersaults and flips on stage. With his blistering talent and his wild stage shows, Guitar Shorty found his audience growing even larger. In New Orleans, he joined Sam Cooke’s touring band and eventually ended up in Los Angeles. He gigged locally before recording three 45s for the Los Angeles-based Pull Records label in 1959. Those six sides—all Guitar Shorty originals—showed Shorty beginning to find his own trademark sound and style. Shorty moved to Seattle in 1960 and through his friend, Marsha Hendrix, met her stepbrother Jimi. Jimi Hendrix loved Shorty’s playing, and confessed that in 1961 and 1962 he would go AWOL from his Army base in order to catch Shorty’s area performances, picking up licks and ideas. “I’d see Jimi at the clubs,” Shorty recalls. “He’d stay in the shadows, watching me. I hear my licks in “Purple Haze” and “Hey Joe.” He told me the reason he started setting his guitar on fire was because he couldn’t do the back flips like I did.” Guitar Shorty moved back to Los Angeles in 1971, gigging around Southern California for many years, sometimes playing bigger shows farther away. He opened for all the great blues stars who passed through town, including Little Milton, B.B. King, Lowell Fulson, Johnny Copeland and T-Bone Walker. In 1978 he even performed on (and won) The Gong Show, playing guitar while standing on his head. After overcoming a serious auto accident in 1984, he recorded an EP for Los Angeles-based Big J Records. After that, he cut a few more singles and his debut LP for tiny Olive Branch Records in 1985, showcasing his fiery guitar licks and deep blues vocals. The strength of these recordings kept him busy on the club scene. He even appeared, playing himself, in the 1990 Tommy Chong film “Far Out Man.” A major story in Living Blues magazine brought him even more attention and led to his first British tour. While in England, he cut an album for the JSP label. Released in 1991, My Way Or The Highway created a sensation among U.S. blues fans and received the Blues Music Award for Contemporary Foreign Blues Album Of The Year. It completely revitalized Shorty’s career in the U.S. With all the attention Shorty received, the New Orleans-based Black Top label signed him and released three albums (Topsy Turvy, Get Wise To Yourself and Roll Over, Baby) during the 1990s. In 2001 he recorded I Go Wild for Evidence Records, produced by Brian Brinkerhoff. All received an abundance of positive press as Shorty barnstormed his way across the U.S. and around the world, with stops in Europe and Japan. DownBeat raved, “Guitar Shorty’s music is a funky, boisterous buffet of off-the-wall blues fun.” Appearances at major festivals like The Monterey Bay Blues Festival, The San Francisco Blues Festival and The King Biscuit Blues Festival brought him to larger and larger audiences. At the 1998 Chicago Blues Festival, Shorty opened for his old boss Ray Charles and thrilled an audience of thousands with his jaw-dropping stage show. In 2004 Brinkerhoff and Jesse Harms brought a newly-recorded Guitar Shorty album to Alligator Records. Alligator released Watch Your Back, and Shorty’s long rise to blues stardom grew exponentially. The outpouring of soulful emotion, the power of his playing and the strength of the material added up to the toughest album of Shorty’s renowned career. Living Blues called Shorty “a blues rock original [who plays] screaming, empowered guitar and sings with streetwise defiance.” 2006’s We The People found Shorty delivering some of the most fire-coated fretwork of his career and the most thought-provoking songs he’s ever recorded. Critics and fans rallied, declaring their love for one of the blues’ greatest practitioners. Billboard declared, “Bluesman Guitar Shorty has been cutting sides since 1957, yet it’s difficult to imagine that he ever tracked a better album than We The People.” In a major feature in Texas Music Magazine, writer John Morthland summed things up perfectly, saying, “Axebuster extraordinaire Guitar Short…

11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM

Hazel Dickens
19 schedule::attendees
Location Victorian Room at The Driskill
eventtype  Music
Artists  Hazel Dickens
event::about  From the coalfields of West Virginia to the factories of Baltimore, Hazel Dickens has lived the songs she sings. A pioneering woman in Bluegrass and Folk music, Hazel has influenced generations of songwriters and musicians. Her songs of hard work, hard times, and hardy souls have bolstered working people at picket lines and union rallies throughout the land. Hazel Dickens is also the original inspiration for the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, the annual free festival held each October in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Over the past 10 years, it has grown into one of the world's largest and most anticipated festivals for concert goers and musicians alike. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Talent Buyer Dawn Holliday will be accepting submissions for the 2011 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival during this week's SXSW on Wednesday, March 16 in the Victorian Room at Austin's Driskill Hotel. Submissions of an artist bio and CD will be accepted between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Holliday will also be available to discuss submissions between 10 p.m. & 11 p.m. with interested parties.
event::tags  21+

11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM

Hot Club of Cowtown
19 schedule::attendees
Location Speakeasy Kabaret
eventtype  Music
event::about  Bob Wills has always been a core inspiration for the Hot Club of Cowtown's sound, but it has taken the Texas-based trio a dozen years to fully honor the King of Western swing. A fortuitous tour in England last spring led the band to London's Specific Sounds studio, where they spent two days recording a 14-song marathon of only Bob Wills tunes. The result, What Makes Bob Holler, is a lively tribute to the American music icon, respecting Wills' legendary music while putting Hot Club's own signature on these songs. 'We have been meaning to make this album for a long time,' says Elana James, who co-founded Hot Club with Whit Smith (they're joined by bassist Jake Erwin). Launched in 1994, the Hot Club of Cowtown has grown to be the most globe-trotting, hardest-swinging Western swing trio on the planet, continuing to develop a unique sound inspired by the band's namesakes: the hot jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli of the Hot Club of France, and Bob Willis & the Texas Playboys. And with the imminent release of What Makes Bob Holler, the Austin-based band looks to a busy 2011. They start the year with a public radio broadcast, NPR's Mountain Stage, in Charleston, W.V. in late January, and will appear at South by Southwest (SXSW) in March before touring coast to coast in support of the album. Bob Wills' music - in this case the recordings of radio shows from 1946-47 called the Tiffany Transcriptions that are the fundamental inspiration for HCCT's repertoire and style -offers a terrific platform for some ace musicianship in the form of Smith's guitar, James' fiddle and Erwin's nimble bass. By spotlighting Wills' early, pre-World War II catalogue, the disc happily matches obscure B-sides with some of Wills' most popular work. Tunes like 'Big Balls in Cowtown' and 'Stay All Night' are numbers that 'people always love when we play them live,' says James, 'so it was a no-brainer to gather them into a record.' Other songs, like 'Osage Stomp' and 'The Devil Ain't Lazy,' might not be as well known, but they are the type of tunes that originally attracted Smith and James to Wills' music. 'We're playing what knocked us out about Western swing in the first place - the early fiery energy and jazzy improvisations,' says James. By 1998 Smith and James had relocated to Austin, Texas, and released their debut, Swingin' Stampede, on HighTone Records. Seven more albums over the next decade generated much critical acclaim and a devoted following. The New York Times' Neil Strauss proclaimed the Hot Club 'conscious always that above all else, the music is for dancing and an old-fashioned good time.' Craig Havighurst, in Nashville's Tennessean, calls them 'one of the most original groups on the Americana circuit, deserving of attention both live and on record' while the Sunday Times of London lauded HCCT as 'the world's most engaging Western Swing band - their shows are all about energy and joie de vivre . . . the devil-may-care style that combined the rigor of Jazz with the down-home sentiment of country and earthiness of the blues - it is as a live act that they have made their greatest impact.' What Makes Bob Holler arrives on the heels of 2009's Wishful Thinking, an Americana radio Top 100 album on which HCCT blended their love of hot jazz and Western swing with original songs, a Tom Waits cover and forays into more eclectic territory. The Austin Chronicle's Jim Caliguiri called it 'the Cowtowners at their peak' and David Eldridge, in the Washington Times, describes the disc as 'one of the year's most unexpected listening pleasures.' What Makes Bob Holler is something of an 180-degree swing from Wishful Thinking's more eccentric set list. It is the first time HCCT has focused on only one style for an entire album and they are proud enough of the results to express interest in doing more. 'There are so many great songs that we didn't get to,' says James. 'We're going to have to make a box set, eventually, but we're just going to make it piecemeal,' adds Smith with a laugh. While the new disc focuses Bob Wills music, HCCT's live show remainsan engaging mix of what the band does best - whatever moves them at the moment. James reveals that the band often plays without a set list. 'We have faith in the system that is the band. This energy that we plug into and it takes us away.' Smith describes their shows as 'like a rock 'n' roll show' and 'people pick up on the energy and the sincerity.' Hot Club of Cowtown returns to SXSW fresh on the heels of a ten-day stint with Roxy Music in the UK.
event::tags  21+

11:15 PM
to 12:15 AM

Raphael Saadiq
293 schedule::attendees
Location Stubb's
eventtype  Music
Artists  Raphael Saadiq
event::about  Since Raphael Saadiq's early days with the groundbreaking 80's soul trio Tony! Toni! Tone! he has carried the torch for old school R&B and in the process has established his place as one of music's most highly regarded recording artists and producers. In addition to releasing a series of critically acclaimed solo albums that have garnered multiple awards and nominations, Saadiq has also worked behind the scenes as an award winning producer, collaborator and sideman for some of music's biggest acts including D'Angelo, John Legend, Joss Stone, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Stevie Wonder, the Bee Gees, The Isley Brothers, Mary J. Blige, TLC, Whitney Houston, Snoop Dogg, Earth, Wind and Fire and more. Now, at the peak of his creativity, Raphael Saadiq has announced the release of his fifth studio album Stone Rollin' on May 10, 2011 on Columbia Records. www.raphaelsaadiq.com
event::tags  All

12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM

Willie Nile
21 schedule::attendees
Location The Tap Room at Six
eventtype  Music
Artists  Willie Nile
event::tags  21+

1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM

The Hobart Brothers, featuring Lil' Sis Hobart
19 schedule::attendees
Location Speakeasy
eventtype  Music
event::about  The Hobart Brothers & Lil' Sis Hobart is: Jon Dee Graham, Freedy Johnston and Susan Cowsill. The band formed in 2009 when Jon Dee and Freedy got together to write a couple of songs about their early days in music, when they washed dished for a living. The band name refers to the commercial dishwasher know to all aspiring songwriters. Then, at last year's SXSW, Susan Cowsill joined as Lil' Sis Hobart, and the family was complete. In May 2010 they recorded a CD, "At Least We Have Each Other", in the lounge and kitchen area of Top Hat Studios in Austin, since the band was already set up there to rehearse and it was close to the refrigerator. This is due out in 2011. The Hobart Brothers & Lil' Sis Hobart will be playing SXSW with drummer Russ Broussard and bassist Andrew Duplantis.

11:00 AM
to 9:00 PM

Music Fog Showcase
53 schedule::attendees
Location threadgills world headquarters
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

11:20 AM - Wagons
12:10 PM - Jonny Burke
12:40 PM - Jackson Parten
1:20 PM - Maxim Ludwig & The Santa Fe Seven
2:20 PM - Dash Rip Rock
3:20 PM - Tim Easton
4:10 PM - Susan Gibson
4:40 PM - Lisa Morales
5:20 PM - Stone River Boys
6:20 PM - Amy LaVere
7:10 PM - Jon Dee Graham
7:40 PM - Rod Picott

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?

11:20 AM
to 12:10 PM

Wagons
15 schedule::attendees
Location threadgills world headquarters
eventtype  Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

Wagons

 

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?

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 6:30 PM

NPR Music Presents Live from the Parish
310 schedule::attendees
Location The Parish
eventtype  Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

The Antlers (5pm), The Joy Formidable (4:15pm), WILD FLAG (3:30pm), Khaira Arby (2:45pm), tUnE-yArDs (2pm), Colin Stetson (1:30pm)

event::about 

Doors open at 12:00 PM, Showcase starts at 12:30 PM.

Free beer and NPR swag (tote bags, T-shirts, etc.) while supplies last! 

12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM

JanSport Presents the Under the Radar SXSW Party 2011
392 schedule::attendees
Location Flamingo Cantina
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

5:00 PM: Atlas Sound (deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com)
4:05 PM: The Dears (www.thedears.org)
3:15 PM: Lord Huron (www.lordhuron.com)
2:25 PM: Anna Calvi (www.annacalvi.com)
1:35 PM: Yuck (yuckband.blogspot.com)
12:45 PM: The Dodos (www.dodosmusic.net)
12:00 PM: Violens (www.violens.net)

1:00 PM
to 1:00 AM

Blurt Magazine Showcase
62 schedule::attendees
Location Ginger Man
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

1-1:40  Marques Toliver (solo)   

2-2:40  Lydia Loveless

3-3:40  Eatliz    

4:00-4:30  Jon Langford and the Skull Orchard

4:45-5:15  The Waco Bros  

5:45-6:25  Ha Ha Tonka  

7:00-7:40  Hoots and Hellmouth 

8:00-8:40  Kingsley Flood

9:00-9:30  Ryan Schmidt (solo)   

9:45-10:25 Cliff Hillis    

10:45-11:25 Mean Creek

11:45-12:15  McAlister Drive 

12:30-1a  Andy Friedman (solo)

 

event::about 

Blurt Magazine / Second Motion Records Showcase

 

3:00 PM
to 4:00 PM

Village Voice Media Showdown
165 schedule::attendees
Location Austin Music Hall
eventtype  Party, Music
event::about  Village Voice Media & Frank 151 present The Showdown Pre-party at SXSW 2011. Join us on Thursday, March 17th at the Austin Music Hall from 5p-8:30p followed by the SXSW Official Showcase. Performances by Wild Flag, Ume and more. Free pre-party. Come before 8p and stay for free all night long. All Ages. Get all the details at SXSW.VillageVoiceMedia.com.
event::tags  All, Party

3:00 PM
to 7:00 PM

Proper American Records Day Party
40 schedule::attendees
Location Continental Club
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info  3 p.m. - Hot Club of Cowtown4:30 p.m. - Bill Kirchen
event::about  Proper American Music. Open party featuring Hot Club of Cowtown and Bill Kirchen.

5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM

I’m Not Old,Your Music Does Suck
49 schedule::attendees
Location Austin Convention Center, Room 11AB
eventtype  Panel, Music
event::about  A great deal has been made about the decline of the music business. But few talk about the decline of the music. What if part of the reason the business is in trouble is that the music doesn't touch people that way it once did? How much is the lack or loss of gatekeepers responsible for the state of today's music? From American Idol to pitchfork.com, what are the reasons for the state of today's music?
event::tags  History of Music, yousuck

8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM

The Band of Heathens
91 schedule::attendees
Location Antone's

10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM

Ian Moore
31 schedule::attendees
Location Continental Club
eventtype  Music
Artists  Ian Moore
event::about  "He doesn't fly with angels; he dances with devils" - Billboard El Sonido Nuevo, the new studio record from Austin-raised, Seattle-based singer-songwriter Ian Moore, his seventh, bridges the gap between the stylistic offshoots of his past few records and the guitar-slinging bravado that characterized his earlier, often bluesier, output. Backed by his new band, The Lossy Coils with Matt Harris (Oranger, Posies, Spiral Stairs) on bass and Kyle Schneider (Rocky Erikson, Johnny Goudie) on drums, forming this trio was a purposeful step into stripping away artifice and décor -- the songs are simple and direct. Moore's been steadily accruing fans by staying on the road doing everything from solo acoustic shows to full band gigs in the U.S. and abroad, and opening for his stylistic forefathers, including Paul Weller, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. And he’s done time as a sideman backing artists as divergent as Joe Ely, Roky Erikson and Jason Mraz. Moore has made hundreds of television appearances, from regional TV shows to the Today show and the Late Show With David Letterman to a one hour Direct TV special, while avid watchers of American Idol have seen contestants cover Moore’s songs “Blue Sky” and “Satisfied.” And the Austin Music Awards have repeatedly voted him Best Singer, Musician and Band. On El Sonido Nuevo, the blues and rock guitar he’s best known for is back, bolstered by confident songwriting and the absorbed echoes of those influences and stylistic adventures.
event::tags  21+

10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM

Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison
54 schedule::attendees
Location Antone's

11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM

Eilen Jewell
20 schedule::attendees
Location Soho Lounge
eventtype  Music
Artists  Eilen Jewell
event::about  "Sometimes as darkly damaged as Lucinda Williams, at others as defiant and teasing as prime Peggy Lee and always authentically Americana in the Gillian Welch tradition.... She's mighty good." - LA Daily News Boise-born and Boston-based, Eilen Jewell has quickly distinguished herself as one of the rising stars of a new generation of roots musicians. Through relentless touring and her three critically acclaimed albums released on Signature Sounds, Jewell has developed a legion of fans. Featuring a rugged blend of Americana styles, her understated yet insightful songs have been heard on HBO, ABC, CMT and on Ralph Lauren's Spring Collection video. Jewell and her longtime band of Jason Beek (drums, harmony vocals), Jerry Miller (electric, acoustic, and steel guitars), and Johnny Sciascia (upright bass) wed her elegantly unflinching songwriting with a rustic, pre-Beatles swagger that encapsulates vintage R&B, Midwestern garage rock, Chicago blues, and early rock and rockabilly, while maintaining the haunting, folk-inspired purity that first made her an artist to watch. Eilen Jewell will release her fourth solo effort in Summer 2011 on Signature Sounds with tours in the US, Europe, UK and Australia to follow. This new album of dark, sparsely arranged songs about love, loss and redemption is driven by Eilen's powerful vocals and her evocative lyrics. Eilen's minor key blues and surf cinematic vibe is supported by her long-time road band and punctuated by an all-star cast of guest artists.
event::tags  21+

12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM

Those Darlins
153 schedule::attendees
Location Swan Dive
eventtype  Music
Artists  Those Darlins
event::about  Those Darlins Screws Get Loose March 29, 2011 Four years have gone by since Nikki, Jessi, and Kelley Darlin spat in their palms and slapped hands in a three-way promise that would become Those Darlins. Since then, they’ve broken hearts and broken bones, all the while honing their chops and gaining a lifetime of experiences through endless touring: bros to the bitter end. Screws Get Loose is their second album--and the first to show off drummer Linwood Regensburg stepping up as a songwriter. Each song bears the scars of the highs and lows they’ve soldiered through together on the road, accentuating the realities of growing up in a rock and roll band. This latest collection of songs reveals the Darlins’ road-weary and hardened spirits as the full-throttle charge of their freewheeling early anthems, such as “Red Light Love” and “Wild One,” has faded into the clarity and the life lessons of , “Let You Down," “Be Your Bro,” and the album's title track. In "Be Your Bro," Jessi sings “I just wanna be your brother, you just wanna be my boyfriend. I just wanna run and play in the dirt with you, you just wanna stick it in.” It’s the kind of lyric that any woman can relate to, and the kind of writing that tells a story with just enough detail to make your mind fill in the blanks and make it your own. But the album’s true tone culminates in the distant yearning of “Waste Away": “What happened that makes you wanna go face first into the ground? What happened to me that I keep followin' you around?” The band re-enlisted producer Jeff Curtin (Small Black) and headed down to Atlanta, GA to record Screws Get Loose with engineer Ed Rawls at his Living Room Studio (Black Lips, Jacuzzi Boys). While the band’s country punk nature is still evident, the Southern roots that shine through are more in line with the dirty South garage rock blasting out of Memphis, Atlanta, and Nashville in recent years. Haunting and hook-laden numbers such as “Hives,” “Tina Said,” and “BUMD” tussle with the confessional weight of other songs, like "Waste Away" and "Let U Down." Stylistically, the band has created a range of sounds: “Boy” is reminiscent of Spector’s summery girl pop, “Mystic Mind” is a fully-realized stoner jam, and “$” is a lesson on the slippery nature of money sung in an infestation of gang vocals. These songs show that life on the road is no place for the faint of heart. So, naturally, songs take shape with bold narratives, strong voices, and full-bodied performances that are no less vibrant than previous offerings, but are a little less naïve. Maturity and experience combine to open up wholly new dimensions for Those Darlins. But that doesn’t mean they have forsaken the spirit of fun and frivolity that has come to define them. Screws Get Loose will be released via the Oh Wow Dang label on March 29, 2011. Those Darlins are: Jessi Darlin (Guitar/Bass), Kelley Darlin (Bass/Guitar), Nikki Darlin (Guitar/Bass), Linwood Regensburg (Drums/Guitar). Screws Get Loose tracklisting: 1. Screws Get Loose 2. Be Your Bro 3. Let U Down 4. Hives 5. Mystic Mind 6. Tina Said 7. $ 8. Boy 9. Fatty Needs A Fix 10. Waste Away 11. BUMD For more information please contact 2:30 Publicity 212 675 8959 lisag@230publicity.com
event::tags  21+

10:30 AM
to 1:00 PM

BMI & Billboard's Acoustic Brunch
82 schedule::attendees
Location Four Seasons Hotel
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

10:30am Carla Morrison

10:45am The Civil Wars

11:00am Brandon Chandler

11:15am Dry The River

Noon Kina Grannis

11:30am Ruby Jane

11:45am Jake Snider

12:15pm Rayland Baxter

12:30pm Andy Grammer

event::about 

Early arrival suggested. Inclement weather location is the San Jacinto Ballroom at the Four Seasons.

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 9:00 PM

South by San Jose
111 schedule::attendees
Location Jo's Coffee at the San Jose
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

Uh Huh Her - 12-12:20 PM
Apex Manor - 1-1:45 PM
Bahamas - 2-2:45 PM
The Autumn Defense - 3-3:45 PM
Amy Cook - 4-4:45 PM
The Belle Brigade - 5-5:45 PM

North Mississippi Allstars - 6-7:30 PM
Alejandro Escovedo - 8 PM

event::about 

The Hotel San Jose is a SXSW favorite for celebrity lodging, but they also routinely cook up their own South By adventures. This year, they’re teaming up with Jo’s Coffee to present events for both the film and music portions of the festival.

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

 

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To win passes to this invite only event follow @spinSXSW on Twitter and Spin on Facebook.

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
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. œWe've grown a lot as a band, and so has our fan base, the lanky, enigmatic Lewis acknowledges. œHopefully 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. œThe 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. œThat 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 œLivin' 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. œI'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 œI'm Gonna Leave You, the band sends a jolt of electricity through a Mississippi hill country blues template. œIt'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 œMustang 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. œIt was a long, ridiculous drive, and we got the idea of stopping at the Mustang Ranch, he recalls. œWe 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. œWe 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 œMessin', which turns on his spooky, low-down vocal and acoustic guitar. œI'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 œYou 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. œThey're like the greatest band ever, says Joe, œand 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. œPeople call us a soul band, but we're more of a rock & roll band, he points out. œWe feel like what we're doing is different from the soul bands with horn sections that are out there right now, Ernst adds. œWe 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. œI don't know, man'I just kinda dove into it, Lewis continues. œThese 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 œdisgusting 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. œThe album manages to maximize every incendiary second of sonic sexuality the band is putting out, raved PopMatters' Christel Loar. œMake 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. œWe pride ourselves on keepin' our own style and staying true to the guys we look up to, says Lewis. œWe 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

1:00 PM
to 1:00 AM

Blurt Magazine Showcase
88 schedule::attendees
Location Ginger Man
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

1-1:40  The BellRays  

2:00-2:40  Richard Barone (from The Bongos, w/special guests which include

Vanessa Hay from Pylon who will do 'Cool' by Pylon as a finale!)

3:10-3:50  The Fleshtones   

4:20-5:00  Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3 - 

5:20-6:00  The Baseball Project (members of REM, Young Fresh Fellows, Dream

Syndicate) 

6:30-7:15  Mike Watt (Iggy Pop and the Stooges, The Minutemen, fIREHOSE) - 

7:40-8:20  LITE (instrumental virtuosos from Japan) -  

8:50-9:30  The Bluebonnets (Kathy from The GoGo's) -   

10:00-10:40  Supercluster (Vanessa from Pylon, Bob Hay from The Squalls)

11:00-11:40  Casper and the Cookies (great band from Athens GA) -   

12:10-12:50 Flash To Bang Time (Lynda Stipe from OH OK) -    

 

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Blurt Magazine / Second Motion Records Showcase

 

1:00 PM
to 6:00 PM

Playing In Traffic Records Day Party
41 schedule::attendees
Location Whole Foods Market - Lamar
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

Michelle Armstrong, Sahara Smith, SPEAK, Los Lonely Boys.

1:00 PM
to 7:00 PM

The Everloving Party
35 schedule::attendees
Location Design Within Reach
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

1:30 - 2:00 Vacant Lots
2:10 - 2:40 Light Pollution
2:50 - 3:20 Herman Dune
3:30 - 4:00 Adanowsky
4:10 - 4:40 Shannon and the Clams
4:50 - 5:20 Ebony Bones
5:30 - 6:20 The Growlers
6:30 - 7:00 Hanni El Khatib

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The 4th annual Everloving Party at Design Within Reach

RSVP to info@everloving.com


2:00 PM
to 3:00 PM

Critics vs. Publicists: Why Must Things Be Contentious?
21 schedule::attendees
Location Austin Convention Center, Room 17AB
eventtype  Panel, Music
event::about  While we all pretend our relationships are ultra cordial, there is resentment galore on both sides of the Publicity/Critics axis. Critics complain about getting too many pitches, about miscues in interviews, about not getting the access they request and so on. Publicists feel ignored, get angry when critics request everything and review nothing, when critics insinuate that they'll review a show when they really just want tickets, and so on. Let’s hash out these issues, face to face.
event::tags  Publicity, contentious

3:00 PM
to 3:45 PM

John Grant featuring Midlake
68 schedule::attendees
Location Swan Dive
eventtype  Unofficial Music
event::about 

Co-presented by KF Records (Knitting Factory) and Partisan Records.

5:00 PM
to 10:00 PM

Burnside Distribution's Independent in Austin Party
50 schedule::attendees
Location Opal Divine's Freehouse
eventtype  Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info 

5:00 pm  black whales
6:00 pm  jared mees and the grown children
7:00 pm  me and my arrow
8:00 pm  the idle hands
9:00 pm  sea of bees

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burnside distribution in portland, oregon indie party

event::tags  free---no rsvp

7:10 PM
to 8:10 PM

Miss Pamela Des Barres (MC Between Sets)
9 schedule::attendees
Location Continental Club
eventtype  Music
event::about  Pamela Des Barres was a member of the GTOs (Girls Together Outrageously) an all girl group of rock groupies, mentored and produced by Frank Zappa. Their album Permanent Damage is considered a classic and a very collectible hunk of vinyl. After several years as an actress in commercials, soaps and movie bit parts, she started writing about her madcap days as “the world’s most famous groupie,” chronicling her relationships with rockers such as Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Page and Keith Moon in I’m With the Band . She followed that 1987 New York Times Best Seller with the sequel, Take Another Little Piece of My Heart- A Groupie Grows Up, in 1992. Rock Bottom – Dark Moments in Music Babylon was published by St. Martin’s Press in 1997, and her most recent offering, Let’s Spend the Night Together –Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies came out in 2007, and has just been published in paperback, along with her second memoir. Since 1988, Pamela has written for several publications including, Rolling Stone, Cosmopolitan, Details, the New York Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Spin and Playgirl among many others, and she had a 5 year stint as a music columnist for E! Online. She now writes a monthly music column for Rolling Stone Italy, where she has enjoyed huge success with her books. Pamela has been featured in innumerable international documentaries, including Mayor of the Sunset Strip and Plaster Caster and has her very own E! True Hollywood Story. She teaches creative writing workshops around the U.S. and as an ordained minister, performs rock & roll weddings.
event::tags  21+

7:20 PM
to 8:20 PM

Richard Barone
15 schedule::attendees
Location Continental Club
eventtype  Music
Artists  Richard Barone
event::about  Richard Barone 'Glow' “Is there a musician more deserving of the moniker Man About Town than Richard Barone?” —THE NEW YORK TIMES “Barone knows the alchemic formula for converting an everyday thought into a powerful refrain.” —Tom Moon, NPR Glow, the new album from Richard Barone, frontman of cult faves the Bongos, is a sonic delight, like a lost solo Beatle album from a glam-rock future-world. After taking a break from performing to produce others and write a book Barone is back, working with producer Tony Visconti (along with Steve Addabbo, Jill Sobule and others). Glow positively glows with great songs like “Gravity’s Pull,” “Yet Another Midnight” and a captivating cover of T. Rex’s “Girl.” The king of chamber pop shines on this stunning new addition to his catalog. The album started as a somewhat casual collaboration between Barone and Visconti. Richard had wanted to work with Tony ever since scheduling conflicts prevented the latter from producing the Bongos’ major label debut. Most of Glow’s tracks were written in the studio; some, like “Girl,” came together very quickly and others, like “Sanctified,” became elaborate Visconti productions. The album utilizes lots of vintage synthesizers and obscure music-making devices that Tony had accumulated from working on sessions with Brian Eno, David Bowie, T. Rex and others. Glow also features state-of-the-art gear that Barone picked up through his close collaboration with Gibson Guitars, including the Digital Les Paul guitar. Each string has the ability to be recorded on its own individual track. The title tune was written when Richard stopped by producer Steve Addabbo’s studio to pick up a hard drive and showed him the prototype instrument. “Walking through Manhattan, I started hearing the arpeggio chords of “Glow” in my head,” says Barone, “Then some words and a melody became attached, set to the rhythm of my walking. When I got to the studio, I couldn’t wait to show Steve the guitar, plug it in and demonstrate the possibilities. I started playing ‘Glow’ and asked if we could record it. It was amazing how quickly it came together. I didn’t have any lyrics at all for the bridge, but we decided to start recording anyway. When it came to that part, I suddenly belted out, ‘You’re not alone! You are the glow! You’re not alone’ and that was that. We only did one take.” The song is reprised at the end of the album as an elaborate instrumental that features cellos and violins dueling with vintage synths. With all those individual strings being recorded there were more than 120 tracks to be wrestled to the ground. Amid the high-tech studio recordings Glow also has some lo-fi parts that just sounded right in sequence. Garageband-generated “Radio Silence,” recorded at home on a laptop, comes off as a Euro-Vision style four-on-the-floor classic. The Paul Williams co-written “Silence Is Our Song” is from a live radio broadcast on New York WFUV-FM DJ Vin Scelsa’s “Idiot’s Delight” program. How did Barone end up writing with the guy who gave us such pop radio classics as “Rainy Days and Mondays” and “We’ve Only Just Begun?” Did you know Williams wrote the B Side to Tiny Tim’s “Tip Toe Through the Tulips”? Richard did. He met Williams at a tribute show and the two writers from different eras immediately hit it off. After a number of delays Richard made it out to Paul’s house in California and an all day marathon writing session ensued. “I started strumming chords as he circled his living room spouting phrases I quickly jotted down on a yellow legal pad. We wrote like that all day. The next morning, at breakfast, I sang him what we had come up with, and played him a quick demo I had recorded on my MacBook. “One more thing,” he said. “When you record it, at the very end, say ‘listen.’” Another frequent Barone collaborator is Jill Sobule. Among other songs, Barone co-wrote “Bitter” for her album Pink Pearl and Sobule returned the favor on “Odd Girl Out.” The song tells the true story of a lesbian teen in the pre-Stonewall days of the West Village. This time Richard scribbled down lyrics while Sobule strummed. Barone was born and raised in Tampa, Florida. He actually was a DJ at the age of seven on a local Top 40 station and as a teenager befriended and produced Tiny Tim, who was performing in the area. In 1977 the aspiring rocker hitched a ride to New York with the Monkees touring backup group (CBGB stalwarts the Laughing Dogs) and lived in a small room in their practice loft as he attempted to take on the big city. This and many other tales can be read in his memoir Frontman: Surviving the Rock Star Myth, a book that functions as a how-to-be-an-entertainer guide as well as a gimlet-eyed autobiography. After moving over the East and Hudson rivers Barone found himself in Hoboken, New Jersey, where Steve Fallon was just opening the famed music venue Maxwell’s; the club maintains its status as the last of the metro area’s ‘70s nightspots. Along with the likes of the Feelies, the dBs and the Individuals, the Bongos put Hoboken on the map as a place where young musicians could get a start. Many would come from all over the USA to place roots in the metro area’s pre-Williamsburg indie-rock capital. The Bongos were the first group to get signed to a major label — on the strength of Drums Along the Hudson, an album that featured a top CMJ Radio single “Mambo Sun” (Barone’s first Bolan cover) as well as “In the Congo” and “The Bulrushes.” The group became a favorite in the emerging college rock circuit and toured the US and Europe sharing bills with the likes of the B-52s and R.E.M. Their song “Numbers With Wings” became a broadcast favorite in the early days of MTV. The Bongos released two albums and an EP and left an unfinished album for Island Records called Phantom Train. In 2007 the group re-united for the Hoboken Music and Arts Festival and were given the key to the city by the mayor for their pioneering pop. Barone would go on to make many solo albums including the much lauded Cool Blue Halo that found him experimenting with the cello playing of Jane Scarpantoni while delivering his songs in a chamber-pop setting. In the last decade Barone has worn many hats, writing with others and producing large musical events. Moby recently got involved with a re-mix of the Bongos’ classic track “Bulrushes.” And the B-52s’ Fred Schneider has tapped him to produce, arrange and co-write on numerous occasions. Now he moves on with Glow, a singular burst of optimism with the power of a sunset and the sunrise that follows. ### For more information on Richard Barone, please contact Conqueroo: Cary Baker • (323) 656-1600 • cary@conqueroo.com Bar/None Records PO Box 1704 Hoboken, NJ 07030 www.bar-none.com
event::tags  21+

9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM

Hayes Carll
97 schedule::attendees
Location ACL Live at The Moody Theater
eventtype  Music
Artists  Hayes Carll
event::tags  18+

10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM

Ivan Julian
14 schedule::attendees
Location Continental Club
eventtype  Music
Artists  Ivan Julian
event::about  “I started playing in bands when I was 13 years old, and that’s when I decided that music would be my life,” states Ivan Julian. “It’s always been important to me to be what I do, and not leave it behind at 5 o’clock.” Although his new release The Naked Flame is his first album under his own name, Ivan Julian has been one of rock’s most celebrated players and most in-demand collaborators for more than three decades. The album, Julian’s first collection of his own songs in more than 20 years, finds the veteran guitarist/singer/songwriter/producer effortlessly stepping back into the role of frontman/bandleader. The Naked Flame features a dozen compelling new songs that benefit from Julian’s commanding performances as well as his seasoned studio skills, which give the tracks a timeless warmth and immediacy. The Naked Flame draws upon Julian’s extensive musical background, while exploring some exciting new songwriting territory. Such rousing original compositions as “The Waves,” “Hardwired” and “A Young Man’s Money” combine raw-nerved electricity with adult lyrical insight, while the bittersweet “You Is Dead” (partially inspired by Julian’s friend and former bandmate, the late Robert Quine) meditates upon loss with warmth and humor. In addition to Julian’s own compositions, The Naked Flame features a pair of inspired cover tunes: a haunting reworking of Lucinda Williams’ “Broken Butterflies,” and a bracing reading of “The Beat,” originally recorded by Alejandro Escovedo’s old new wave outfit the Nuns. “I look at this record as a harvest of everything that has come before,” Julian says. “All of us are the sum of our experiences, and these songs are the product of mine.” Indeed, Ivan Julian has spent his life soaking up a wealth of experiences, musical and otherwise. The son of a Navy officer, he grew up in such exotic locales as Haiti and Cuba, nurturing a sensitive, creative streak that quickly manifested itself musically. At the age of 13, while living in Washington, D.C., he became the singer in a Led Zeppelin cover band; the following year, he began playing guitar. Having already studied bassoon and saxophone, Julian spent his high school years studying music theory as a part-time student in a college program. At 19, his wanderlust led him to London, where he joined U.K. R&B hitmakers the Foundations, with whom he toured throughout Great Britain and Europe. In 1977, Julian returned to the U.S. and settled in New York, just in time to become a key participant in the emerging punk rock movement. He became a founding member of the seminal Richard Hell and the Voidoids, playing alongside trend-setting punk poet Hell, fabled guitarist Robert Quine and drummer Marc Bell (a.k.a. Marky Ramone). Julian’s instrumental and songwriting contributions to the band’s classic album Blank Generation established him as one of the scene’s most acclaimed and influential axemen. After the Voidoids disbanded in 1980, Julian stepped out front to form the Outsets as a vehicle for his own vocal and songwriting efforts. Incorporating rock, funk and African rhythms, the Outsets became a beloved fixture on New York’s burgeoning club scene, winning considerable critical acclaim for such releases as the debut single “I’m Searchin’ for You”/”Fever,” a self-titled Garland Jeffreys-produced EP and the posthumously released The Punk/Funk Voodoo Collection. Julian’s next band, the Lovelies, which teamed him with Bush Tetras singer Cynthia Sley, also won substantial local attention, releasing the acclaimed Mad Orphan in 1988. By this point, Julian’s abilities as a sideman and collaborator had become sought after by a wide array of acts. He recorded with the Clash (on their Sandinista album), Afrika Bambaataa, Tomas Donker of Defunkt and Bernie Worrell of Parliament/Funkadelic fame. He also joined England’s Shriekback for two tours, and spent much of the 1990s touring with Matthew Sweet. In recent years, Julian has concentrated mainly on studio work, producing and/or engineering albums for the likes of Jon Spencer’s Heavy Trash and the Fleshtones. He’s also developed his analog/digital recording studio N.Y. HED into one of New York’s hottest new recording facilities, working with numerous local, national and international bands. The Naked Flame’s birth cycle was set into motion by Julian’s rapport with the Spain-based Argentinian indie band Capsula, whose recent album Rising Mountains he mixed at his studio. As admirers of Julian’s prior work, the members of Capsula urged him to record a new album and take his songs on the road, offering to serve as his backup combo on a proposed Spanish tour. Julian was initially resistant, but he soon warmed to the idea and began a long-distance collaboration with the band. “After they went back to Spain, I sent them some demos of my songs, which they re-recorded and sent back to me,” Julian explains. “I thought, ‘Wow this is exciting; they get it.’ That began the process of me sending them songs via the web, and them sending back these amazing basic tracks for me to complete. We continued trading, and eventually we put everything down on 24-track tape.” Julian also called upon the talents of several old friends in the making of The Naked Flame, including his studio partner (and Heavy Trash/Speedball Baby member) Matt Verta-Ray, ex-Outsets/Feelies drummer Vinny DeNunzio, former Lovelies member Al Maddy and noted singer/guitarist Nicholas Tremulis. In an effort to keep the recordings spontaneous, Julian had these musicians play unfamiliar instruments on the sessions. “All the mixing and overdubbing was done between the hours of 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.,” Julian notes. “I don’t usually prefer to work this way, but I had no choice, because the album had to be ready in time for the Spanish tour and my studio was booked during the day. It wasn’t intentional, but working that way gave it a more personal feel, and I think that comes through in the music.” As Julian’s first official solo album, The Naked Flame (on the indie 00:02:59 label) marks something of a career milestone. But the artist prefers to view the new collection as part of a long-term body of work. “Making this record was a great experience,” Julian asserts, “and I’m excited about getting the music out to people. But producing, playing and singing are all the same to me. If I’m not doing one of those things, I wither and die. Luckily, I’ve been able to keep doing at least one of those things all along. And now I get to do all three for a while. “I’ve had my share of triumph and heartbreak,” he concludes. “Everyone goes through that, no one escapes. It’s all about how you ride it. And I think that if you’re a musician, it’s your obligation to put the joy, the sorrow, the laughs and the tears into the writing and playing. You have to take it all. And one day you realize: this what I do and this is who I am. That’s when the ride starts to make sense, and you just relax and do it.” As The Naked Flame makes clear, after a lifetime of making music, Ivan Julian’s musical fire continues to burn as brightly as ever. # # # For more information on Ivan Julian, please contact conqueroo: Cary Baker • (323) 656-1600 • cary@conqueroo.com
event::tags  21+

11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM

Amy Speace
14 schedule::attendees
Location St David's Historic Sanctuary
eventtype  Music
Artists  Amy Speace
event::about  Amy Speace is a singer-songwriter who recently moved to Nashville after having been based in New York City since the start of her music career in 2001. She was discovered by Judy Collins and signed to her Wildflower Records label, where she recorded two albums. Amy's "Weight Of The World" was recently named one of the top five folk songs of the last decade by WFUV's John Platt. NPR.com says the she "recalls an early Lucinda Williams," and USAToday says, "Speace is a rising star." Her new album Land Like A Bird will be coming out on March 29 on Thirty Tigers. It was produced by Neilson Hubbard and features Kim Richey on background vocals. Amy will also be seen in the upcoming documentary Nothing Can Hurt Me: The Big Star Story.
event::tags  All Ages

11:15 PM
to 12:15 AM

Fitz and the Tantrums
198 schedule::attendees
Location Mellow Johnny's
eventtype  Music
event::about  Pickin’ Up The Pieces Fitz – vocals Noelle Scaggs – back-up vocals/tamborine James King – saxophone Jeremy Ruzumna - keyboards John Wicks - drums Joseph Karnes - bass In just a year or so, soulsters Fitz & the Tantrums went from the living room to the main stage. The recipe for meteoric success? Six killer musicians, five dapper suits, irresistible songs, some serendipity and one vintage organ. Since their first show at Hollywood’s Hotel Café in December 2008, Fitz and co. have toured with Maroon 5, played to thousands at Colorado’s world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre, shared the stage New Year’s Eve with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, and performed on KCRW’s esteemed show, Morning Becomes Eclectic, all this on the strength of their stellar five-song EP, Songs for a Breakup, Vol. 1. For some bands, it takes a lifetime to build this success, but few performers deliver an unrestrained blast of soul-clapping, get-down-on-the-floor, moneymaker shakers like Fitz and the Tantrums. Now post-release of their debut full length, Pickin’ Up the Pieces, which has since earned them a 3 ½ star album review in ROLLING STONE, the troupe is poised to get down in dancehalls across the universe. It all began when… [cue flashback sounds] “I got a call from my ex-girlfriend,” Fitz explains, “And she said, ‘My neighbor is moving out in a hurry and has to sell everything. And, he has this organ…” Fitz, the Svengali frontman of the crew, describes the find like the discovery of a compass, or that treasure map in Goonies, which undoubtedly leads to adventure. Not one to say no, Fitz called some piano movers, cashed in some favors, and seven hours later, the organ went from the curb to his living room. That night, Fitz stationed himself in front of that vintage instrument and wrote a blue-eyed soul anthem, “Breaking the Chains of Love.” “Sometimes, the Music Gods just give it to you,” Fitz says. The overflow of inspiration startled Fitz. He’d spent years in L.A.’s music industry, writing music and working in a studio with Beck producer, Mickey Petralia. But at those 88 keys, just seven hours after that organ dropped into his life, Fitz had finally found his voice. “I’ve always been a singer,” Fitz says, “but with so much music, I felt that I was trying to push a square peg through a round hole. I was being not true to myself, and it never felt right until I wrote that song, and I sang like that. I thought, this feels so real, so natural.” Fitz shared his vision with long-time friend and saxophonist, James King, who immediately connected with the sound. While the electric guitar drives rock, the saxophone takes center stage in soul, and that’s the way Fitz likes it. “We wanted to find a new vocabulary for the genre, I wanted to make a record without any guitars. Could we make a huge sound with out any guitars?” A huge sound takes a huge studio--Motown had Studio A in Detroit, Philadelphia International had Sigma Studios, Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound was created in Hollywood’s legendary Gold Star Studios-- but when it came time to capture the feeling and the soul of soul, Fitz knew of the perfect studio: his home. There in the living room, he recorded Songs for a Breakup, Vol. 1, a burst of effervescent swingers and floor-stompers, infused with the energy of long forgotten songs. The infectious, rolling rhythms of “Breaking the Chains of Love,” immediately turns your head and actually get cemented in your brain, like a good pop song should. The sound is familiar, but distinct. That’s what grabbed the attention of Maroon 5’s Adam Levine. Levine was getting a tattoo in New York when the tattoo artist told him he had to hear this new band he had discovered. After that one encounter, Levine personally invited Fitz and the Tantrums to join their tour. Like the EP, Fitz recorded the full-length debut back at home, to bottle the lightning that struck in those first jam sessions. He now delves into more acerbic lyrical territory, going on the offensive against gold diggers on the exceptionally funky “MoneyGrabber,” and even gets political on the piano-banging, handclap-driven call to action, “Dear Mr. President.” "L.O.V." is a jaunt through pop music history embarking with a groovy organ intro, meandering through juicy big band breakdowns and Fitz's svelte croons, then carrying us away with flute outro. It's a funk-filled plea to give love a chance. These powerful songs take the band’s energy up a notch, but like their energized performances, they never loose control. Those blistering performances are now well-chronicled for adequate ubiquity, Last Call With Carson Daly nailing the money shot for “MoneyGrabber” at the band’s sold out show in November at LA’s El Rey Theatre featuring a sea of a thousand pogoing fans and a handful of F.A.T.T. gems rocked along with blue-eyed soul vet, Daryl Hall on the band’s spot on Live From Daryl’s House. Lest we forget, an omnipresent T-Mobile HTC ad that actually namechecks the band that, for the past several months, is impossible not to see if you’re watching even an hour’s worth of television. Oh, and there are the hot spots on Criminal Minds, Desperate Housewives and a great many more, not to mention a ton of success at radio for the aforementioned runaway “MoneyGrabber,” all with the promise of more to come. In their sound and on the stage, Fitz and the Tantrums are nothing but professionals, and never less than classy. Enter the Tantrums, Fitz’s airtight ensemble keeping it real like it’s 1969. Funky drummer John Wicks is a Motown B-side aficionado and prolific session player, Jeremy Ruzumna manned the keyboards and was musical director for Macy Gray. James King backed De La Soul and bassist Joseph Karnes is a well sought after session player. Then there’s Noelle Scaggs, the powerful voice behind Fitz’s croons. Make no mistake, Scaggs is not just there for “doo-wops” and handclaps. She shimmies and flirts, she stokes the crowd and simmers them down, and she has no qualms about keeping Fitz in check. “She is not just a backup singer,” Fitz says, “We have repartee. Onstage, we’re Ike and Tina.” There, on the stage, Fitz and the Tantrums are not just a band, they’re an explosion. Scaggs high steps it to the tight-as-hell rhythm section, while Fitz, cooler than cobalt, croons like the aforementioned Mr. Hall for a new generation. It’s obvious that this is no tryst for the band, this is a full-blown, head-over-heels love affair. Pickin’ Up The Pieces is available on the Dangerbird Records website: http://dangerbirdrecords.com/downloads/fitz-and-the-tantrums # # # FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Perry Serpa/Rob Lawi – Good Cop Public Relations (718) 846-0518 perry@goodcoppr.com rob@goodcoppr.com www.goodcoppr.com Cristina Parker – Noise NY 917 684-0452 cristina@noiseny.com FITZ & THE TANTRUMS: www.fitzandthetantrums.com DANGERBIRD RECORDS: www.dangerbirdrecords.com
event::tags  21+

1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM

Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3/ The Baseball Project
66 schedule::attendees
Location Momo's
eventtype  Music
event::about  STEVE WYNN NORTHERN AGGRESSION Steve Wynn remembers the day that he and the Miracle 3 entered the city limits of Richmond, VA last fall ready to embark on recording the band’s first new album together in more than five years. Wynn got on the phone with his old pal and band mate Stephen McCarthy who jokingly warned him to “leave your northern aggression at the door.” The phrase seemed funny, ironic, apropos and, as a result, naturally became the favorite catch phrase of the session and, inevitably, the title. Wynn and his partners in crime were the fast-talking, hard hitting, hyped up, tightly coiled Yankees—that’s not a baseball reference, let’s save that for Wynn’s other combo, The Baseball Project—sliding into the slower, easier, drawling, mysterious Southern lifestyle for a week. Anyone who has followed Wynn’s long recording history knows his love for throwing himself into unfamiliar territory, leaving open the possibility of surprise, befuddlement, inspiration and adventure. Working with the father-son engineering team of Bruce and Adrian Olsen (the former engineered both Gutterball albums) allowed Wynn and the band, which includes Jason Victor, Linda Pitmon and Dave Decastro, the chance to work around the clock. Bruce was behind the board at 8 a.m.; Adrian would close up shop about 18 hours later. They all slept at some point in between. As for the result? “Northern Aggression” –the title is a reference to what some below the Mason Dixon line call the Civil War—is psychedelic, greasy, sneaky, manic, wise, seasoned, nervous and ragged in all the right places. Mixed in Brooklyn by Nicolas Vernhes (Spoon, Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, Stephen Malkmus) this is no civil war, no bloody battle, no historical reenactment. No, this is Wynn and the Miracle 3 doing what they do best-colliding against each other and their surroundings, not holding back and barely taking stock until all was done. It's what they do. To paraphrase Ornette Coleman, this is their Northern Aggression. Enjoy. ***** In 1982 Steve Wynn broke onto the music scene with The Dream Syndicate and “The Days of Wine and Roses.” In the years since, he has made more than 20 records, played more than 2,000 shows around the world and continues to evolve as a recording and touring artist. He has also performed with Gutterball, Danny & Dusty, Smack Dab and The Baseball Project. Formed in 2001, Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 have made three albums together. “Northern Aggression” is their latest.
event::tags  18+

1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM

The Fleshtones
60 schedule::attendees
Location Continental Club
eventtype  Music
Artists  The Fleshtones
event::about  After 16 albums and more than 25 years conquering rock fans in the US and abroad, The Fleshtones have remained amazingly true to their danceable, crowd-pleasing, shindiggin’ rock ethic. And there have been rewards: they even have their own “republic,” Fleshtonia, founded in Gijon by a grateful Spanish fan. These days, they wear the mantle of “world’s best party band” with pride; in fact, they’ve issued a standing challenge to any band out there to a live showdown. Says Zaremba: “The Garage thing … A lot of people take it and it’s almost like archeology—very dry, keeping it the same as it was – they’re too much in awe of it. We look at it as an approach … we see it as a living thing. We’ll cover stuff like Sylvester’s ‘Do You Wanna Funk’ and people accuse us of not being pure. We’re working with the essence of rock and roll—the thing that gives you the buzz from the music.” Their new long-player, Do You Swing?, delivers 13 revved-up tracks of the band’s patented sound, recorded with Rick Miller (Southern Culture on the Skids) at Miller’s retro-gear filled NC studio, The Kudzu Ranch. With tracks like “Hard Lovin’ Man,” Double Dippin’” and a version of Led Zep’s “Communication Breakdown” that has to be heard to be believed, “it’s what the world has come to expect from The Fleshtones but more so,” cracks Zaremba. It’s raw, it’s raunchy, and most importantly, it SWINGS.
event::tags  21+

1:00 PM
to 2:00 PM

Bobby Rush
4 schedule::attendees
Location Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D Foyer
eventtype  Panel, Music
event::about  Legendary bluesman Bobby Rush will be stopping by the SX Bookstore to greet fans and sign autographs.
 


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