Welcome and SXSW Show Recommendations

My Welcome Post

Hi. I’m Sarah Vasquez and I’ve written for the Accent’s Life & Arts section for the past year. This is my fifth year attending South by Southwest Music Festival but this year I get to fully experience the festival with the help of the paper.

In the past, I attended all the free shows I could thanks to the direction of Austin Showlist (www.showlistaustin.com) and various festivals that occur during the week such as RedGorilla Music Fest and Texas Rock Fest. Because my website (www.somanybands.net) mainly features unsigned/underground bands, these free shows were great places to discover new talent to showcase on my site. I’ve met many friends through the years attending, some out of towners who have come back year after year to perform.

When the editors approached me to do a full coverage on the festival this year, I quickly jumped on it. Not only do I have the free shows to look forward to but also there are a lot of official showcases available for me to check out. Of course, when I started the sorting out process of all the bands South by Southwest had on their site, I began to feel overwhelmed and excited at the same time.

Every year, my game plan is to try to schedule as much diverse bands as I can but, every year, that never works out. See, the downside of free shows (not all of them) is that bands cancel, there’s miscommunication on what time a band is suppose to play, police shut down the party, there ends up being a “recommended donation” at the door, turns out you were supposed to RSVP to attend or I miscalculated the amount of time it takes me to get from a show on the Drag to 6th street so during those mishaps, I tend to walk around aimlessly until I hear something that grabs my attention.

Because there wasn’t enough time to sift through the massive list of bands performing, I am pretty sure some bands were overlooked because the one song provided on SXSW’s website isn’t enough to show what a band has to offer. I listed more than one show for one night. It's smart preparation to have backup plans in case there’s a really long line or the venue met its maximum capacity, etc.

Wednesday March 18th

BD Riley's
(204 E 6th St) (21+ )
The Transpersonals 8:00 p.m.
Cheeky Cheeky and the Nosebleeds 9:00 p.m.
Ron Flynt 10:00 p.m.
Ruby Coast 11:00 p.m.
Angry Vs The Bear 12:00 a.m.
Turbowolf 1:00 a.m.

Cedar Door
(201 Brazos St) (18+)
Papertrigger 8:00 p.m.
IO Echo 9:00 p.m.
The Electric Diorama 10:00 p.m.
Modern Skirts 11:00 p.m.
The Cloud Room 12:00 a.m.
General Fiasco 1:00 a.m.

Dirty Dog Bar
(505 E 6th St) (21+)
ASCAP
Death On Two Wheels 8:30 p.m.
Chief 9:15 p.m.
The Temper Trap 10:00 p.m.
Fool's Gold 10:45 p.m.
Dananananaykroyd 11:30 p.m.
The Gay Blades 12:15 a.m.
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head1:00 a.m.

Friends
(208 E 6th St) (21+ )
The Week That Was 8:00 p.m.
Come On Gang! 9:00 p.m.
Chess Club Records
Wave Machines 10:00 p.m.
Jay Jay Pistolet 11:00 p.m.
Post War Years 12:00 a.m.
Mumford & Sons 1:00 a.m.

Habana Calle 6
(709 E 6th St) (21+)
Get Hip Recordings
Black Drawing Chalks 7:00 p.m.
Amplified Heat 8:00 p.m.
Legendary Tiger Man 9:00 p.m.
The Ugly Beats 10:00 p.m.
The Cynics 11:00 p.m.
The Dt's 12:00 a.m.
The Higher State 1:00 a.m.

Headhunters
(720 Red River St (8th St Entrance)) (21+)
The Uptown Bums 7:00 p.m.
Alive
Hacienda 8:00 p.m.
Thomas Function 9:00 p.m.
Trainwreck Riders 10:00 p.m.
Left Lane Cruiser 11:00 p.m.
Outrageous Cherry 12:00 a.m.
Black Diamond Heavies 1:00 a.m.

The Hideout
(617 Congress Ave) (All Ages )
Autobus
Canopy 8:00 p.m.
The Weird Weeds 9:00 p.m.
JC & Co. 10:00 p.m.
{{{ SUNSET }}} 11:00 p.m.
Mark David Ashworth 12:00 a.m.

Red 7 Patio
(611 E 7th St) (All Ages)
Wichita Records
Mariachi El Bronx 8:00 p.m.
Lissy Trullie 9:00 p.m.
Greg Weeks 10:00 p.m.
Lovvers 11:00 p.m.
Sky Larkin 12:00 a.m.
The Bronx 1:00 a.m.

Spiro's
(615 Red River St) (21+)
Young Mammals 8:00 p.m.
Oliver Future 9:00 p.m.
Royal Bangs 10:00 p.m.
Miniature Tigers 11:00 p.m.
Magic Magic 12:00 a.m.
Dear and the Headlights 1:00 a.m.

Vice
(302 E 6th St) (21+)
Glasvegas TBA
The Von Bondies TBA

Volume
(614 E 6th St) (21+)
SESAC
Mieka Pauley 8:00 p.m.
Phantogram 9:00 p.m.
Alaska in Winter 10:00 p.m.
Voxtrot 11:00 p.m.
Holy Hail 12:00 a.m.
Young Love 1:00 a.m.

Thursday March 19th

BD Riley's
(204 E 6th St) (21+ )
Bam Bam 8:00 p.m.
Choo Choo 9:00 p.m.
Olympus Mons 10:00 p.m.
The Hot Melts 11:00 p.m.
Geeks 12:00 a.m.
Ipso Facto 1:00 a.m.

Beauty Bar Backyard
(617 E 7th St) (21+)
IHEARTCOMIX
Paparazzi 7:00 p.m.
Radioclit 8:00 p.m.
The Golden Filter 9:45 p.m.
HEARTSREVOLUTION 10:30 p.m.
Ocelot 11:00 p.m.
The Toxic Avenger & Franki Chan 12:00 a.m.
Drop The Lime 1:00 a.m.

Friends
(208 E 6th St) (21+ )
Sounds Australia
Closure In Moscow 8:00 p.m.
The Fumes 9:00 p.m.
Birds Of Tokyo 10:00 p.m.
Red Riders 11:00 p.m.
The Boat People 12:00 a.m.
The Hot Kicks 1:00 a.m.

Habana Calle 6
Maggie Mae's Gibson Room
(512 Trinity St) (21+)
Next Big Nashville
The Features 8:00 p.m.
Turbo Fruits 9:00 p.m.
Landon Pigg 10:00 p.m.
Brooke Waggoner 11:00 p.m.
Paper Route 12:00 a.m.
The Deep Vibration 1:00 a.m.

Mother Egan's
(715 W 6th St) (21+ )
Act Of Congress 8:00 p.m.
The Belleville Outfit 9:00 p.m.
DADDY (Will Kimbrough & Tommy Womack) 10:00 p.m.
Ruthie Foster 11:00 p.m.
Baskery 12:00 a.m.
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles 1:00 a.m.

The Rio
(301 San Jacinto Blvd) (21+)
The Shackeltons 8:00 p.m.
Music From Ireland
The Guggenheim Grotto 9:00 p.m.
One Day International 10:00 p.m.
The Lost Brothers 11:00 p.m.
The Mighty Stef 12:00 a.m.
Fight Like Apes 1:00 a.m.

Rusty Spurs
(405 E 7th St) (21+)
After The Jump
A Classic Education 8:00 p.m.
Eugene McGuinness 9:00 p.m.
The Bloodsugars 10:00 p.m.
Fight Bite 11:00 p.m.
Drink Up Buttercup 12:00 a.m.
Bearsuit 1:00 a.m.

Spiro's
(615 Red River St) (21+)
Roxwel.com
She Rides 8:00 p.m.
HOWL 9:00 p.m.
Dead Confederate 10:00 p.m.
Cactus's 11:00 p.m.
Tweak Bird 12:00 a.m.
Red Fang 1:00 a.m.

The Tap Room at Six
(311 Colorado St) (21+)
This Drama 8:00 p.m.
Descartes A Kant 9:00 p.m.
Chicken Ranch
Mr Lewis and The Funeral 5 10:00 p.m.
We Were The States 11:00 p.m.
The Clutters 12:00 a.m.
The Woggles 1:00 a.m.

Wave
(408 E 6th St) (21+)
Action Action 8:00 p.m.
Death is not a joyride. 9:00 p.m.
Out From Animals 10:00 p.m.
The Electric City 11:00 p.m.
The Plastic Wave 12:00 a.m.
Moth!Fight! 1:00 a.m.

Friday March 20th

Friends
(208 E 6th St) (21+ )
My Federation 9:00 p.m.
The Queen Killing Kings 10:00 p.m.
The Golden Dogs 11:00 p.m.
Ben Jelen 12:00 a.m.
Between the Trees 1:00 a.m.

Habana Bar Backyard
(708 E 6th St) (21+)
Ground Control Touring
The Love Language 8:00 p.m.
Dawes 9:00 p.m.
The Felice Brothers 10:00 p.m.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit 11:00 p.m.
Tim Easton 12:00 a.m.
Deer Tick 1:00 a.m.

Headhunters
(720 Red River St (8th St Entrance)) (21+)
Bad Sports 7:00 p.m.
The Teeners 7:50 p.m.
Yuppies 8:40 p.m.
The Paranoid Critical Revolution 9:30 p.m.
Orphan 10:25 p.m.
GAGAKIRISE 11:20 p.m.
Japanther 12:05 a.m.
Peelander-Z 1:00 a.m.

The Independent
(501 N IH 35) (21+)
End Sounds
The Escape Frame 8:00 p.m.
Death In The Park 9:00 p.m.
True Widow 10:00 p.m.
Ernest Jenning
Takka Takka 11:00 p.m.
The Black Hollies 12:00 a.m.
Still Flyin' 1:00 a.m.

Lamberts
(401 W 2nd St) (21+)
Canja Rave 7:00 p.m.
BO-PEEP 8:00 p.m.
Little Thief 9:00 p.m.
The Dangerous Summer 10:00 p.m.
Tom Cary 11:00 p.m.
Talk To Angels 12:00 a.m.
The Beat Poets 1:00 a.m.

Maggie Mae's Gibson Room
(512 Trinity St) (21+)
Worlds End/Play In Traffic
Sahara Smith 8:00 p.m.
Speak 9:00 p.m.
Crash Kings 10:00 p.m.
THEART 11:00 p.m.
The Steps 12:00 a.m.
Gary Clark Jr 1:00 a.m.

Maggie Mae's Rooftop
(323 E 6th St) (21+)
Great Escape Festival
The Young Republic 8:00 p.m.
The Postelles 9:00 p.m.
Mumford & Sons 10:00 p.m.
Fighting With Wire 11:00 p.m.
Esser 12:00 a.m.
Au Revoir Simone 1:00 a.m.

Red 7 Patio
(611 E 7th St) (All Ages)
Devil Dolls Booking
Kepi: The Band 8:00 p.m.
Poison Arrows (GA) 8:40 p.m.
The Dollyrots 9:20 p.m.
The Girls 10:00 p.m.
The Cute Lepers 10:45 p.m.
The Pink Spiders 11:30 p.m.
Teenage Bottlerocket 12:15 a.m.
The Queers 12:50 a.m.

Red Eyed Fly
(715 Red River St) (18+)
Little Steven's Underground Garage/Wicked Cool Records
Little Steven Hosted By
The High Dials 8:00 p.m.
Magic Christian 9:00 p.m.
The Breakers 9:40 p.m.
The Urges 10:15 p.m.
The Cocktail Slippers 10:50 p.m.
The Woggles 11:25 p.m.
The Shys 12:10 a.m.
The Chesterfield Kings 1:00 a.m.

Volume
(614 E 6th St) (21+)
The Joys 7:00 p.m.
S.L. Feldman & Associates
The Painted Birds 8:00 p.m.
The Mark Inside 9:00 p.m.
The Wooden Sky 10:00 p.m.
Hey Ocean 11:00 p.m.
The Johnstones 12:00 a.m.

Social Code 1:00 a.m.
Wave Rooftop
(408 E 6th St) (21+)
Don't Tell Sophie 7:00 p.m.
When Girls Collide 8:00 p.m.
Loquat 9:00 p.m.
Scissors for Lefty 10:00 p.m.
The Matches 11:00 p.m.
The Lovemakers 12:00 a.m.
The Morning Benders 1:00 a.m.

Saturday March 21st

Back Alley Social
(303 W 5th St) (21+)
Poetic Pilgrimage 8:00 p.m.
Blacklisted Individuals 8:30 p.m.
Truth Universal 9:00 p.m.
Bomani Armah & Project Mayhem 9:30 p.m.
A-Alikes 10:00 p.m.
Now On 10:30 p.m.
Buff1 11:00 p.m.
Invincible 11:40 p.m.
Pigeon John 12:15 a.m.
Mr Lif 1:00 a.m.

Central Presbyterian Church
(200 E 8th St) (All Ages)
Keegan DeWitt 8:00 p.m.
Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies 9:00 p.m.
Steve Burns (and The Struggle) 10:00 p.m.
We Are Dios 11:00 p.m.
AJ Croce 12:00 a.m.
Earlimart 1:00 a.m.

Club 115
(115 San Jacinto St) (21+)
Solid Gold 8:00 p.m.
Holger 9:00 p.m.
Sonpub 10:00 p.m.
Thecocknbullkid 11:00 p.m.
Kamikaze Queens 12:00 a.m.
NID & SANCY 1:00 a.m.

Habana Calle 6
(709 E 6th St) (21+)
Jill Barber 8:00 p.m.
Mint Records
Hot Panda 9:00 p.m.
Immaculate Machine 10:00 p.m.
The Pack A.D. 11:00 p.m.
The Handsome Family 12:00 a.m.
The Evaporators 1:00 a.m.

Lamberts
(401 W 2nd St) (21+)
Standstill 8:00 p.m.
Green Room Music Source
The Physics of Meaning 9:00 p.m.
The 757s 10:00 p.m.
The Coast 11:00 p.m.
Mark Mallman 12:00 a.m.
Dressy Bessy 1:00 a.m.

Maggie Mae's Gibson Room
(512 Trinity St) (21+)
Amber Smith 8:00 p.m.
The Break And Repair Method 9:00 p.m.
Bryan Scary and The Shredding Tears 10:00 p.m.
Music Managers Forum
The Cringe 11:00 p.m.
Wayne Kramer 12:00 a.m.
Garth Hudson 1:00 a.m.

Mother Egan's
(715 W 6th St) (21+ )
Delco 8:00 p.m.
Idol
Shibboleth 9:00 p.m.
Here Holy Spain 10:00 p.m.
The O's 11:00 p.m.
Little Black Dress 12:00 a.m.
The Crash That Took Me 1:00 a.m.

The Music Gym Patio
(815 E 6th St) (21+)
Golden Bear 8:00 p.m.
Frank Smith 9:00 p.m.
The Laughing 10:00 p.m.
Low Line Caller 11:00 p.m.
Loxsly 12:00 a.m.
The Lemurs 1:00 a.m.

Red 7
(611 E 7th St) (All Ages)
Goner
The Magic Kids 8:00 p.m.
The Limes 9:00 p.m.
Harlan T Bobo 10:00 p.m.
Ty Segall 11:00 p.m.
Box Elders 12:00 a.m.
Jack Oblivian and the Tennessee Tearjerkers 1:00 a.m.

Submerged
(333 E 2nd St) (21+)
Minty Fresh/Milan
Drew Andrews 8:00 p.m.
The Subjects 9:00 p.m.
Ezra Furman and the Harpoons 10:00 p.m
The Dead Trees 11:00 p.m.
White Shoes & The Couples Company 12:00 a.m.
The Devil Makes Three 1:00 a.m.

I’ll be posting more blog posts with recommendations as the weeks goes on. As I mentioned earlier, there is just so much music to sort through, I’m going to keep listening before the festival and try to schedule as much bands as possible. Suggestions from you would also be helpful and very appreciative, so suggest away in the comments!