If you are anything like me you look forward to all of what SXSW brings to Austin. I love the diverse crowds, the weather always seems so perfect, and there are so many FREE events you can go to, see, eat at, dance at, and drink at.
The RSVP links have been flooding in lately so do your best to find the shows/parties you want to go to and GOGOGOGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please note all bands and links below are for Day 1 of the SXSW Music showcase, all are free to attend, and most have free beer and/or food!
This is one show I just read about this morning and I immediately was super excited about. Das Racist, Bodega Girls, Shinobi Ninja, and more at The Speakeasy on March 16th. There is no link to RSVP but if you want to be at this RapRocks!SXSW show you better get there early like I intend to do and wait it out. I am sure Das Racist will be playing towards the end of the party. It all begins at 1pm.
Show up at the French Legation Museum one the first day of the SXSW Music week. Free tacos, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Lonestar beer, and music, music, music! The French Legation Museum was one of the funnest venues to go to during SXSW last year and about late afternoon is when they venue would hit capacity. Get thurrrrr early!
Go here to see what bands will be playing at this NO BADGE event : Trumer Pils Afternoon Social with free swag given away from DVS Shoes and Matix Clothing. The party is at Klub Krucial (you know, that shady club that is always closed next to the other door at Emos - off 6th.) and goes from 12pm - 6pm. Let them know you are attending so the sponsors can be prepared to give you some snazzy stuff.
I love local Chicken Ranch Records who manages/supports White Ghost Shivers, Tiger!Tiger!, Blue Eyed Blacks, Mr Lewis and the Funeral 5, and more. On March 16th come out to Ranch By Chicken Ranch 2011 to see The Moonlight Towers, Beautiful Supermachines, Mr. Lewis and the Funeral 5, The Woggles, and Peelander-Z. There will be free BBQ and free beer while it lasts! Party starts at 12pm and goes til 5:30pm at The Elysium. Get a sampler of the bands here at CRR website. You should probably RSVP here too.
Sometimes big time corporations have SXSW day parties like Team Android! Add your name here to the waitlist and as soon as a ticket becomes available you can go to this event on March 13th at Lustre Pearl. If you were early enough you got a VIP badge. Open bar and free Bomb Tacos for the event.
The Full Metal Texas showcase are always my favorite to go check out to see some awesome Texas metal bands kick some major ass (and each others). This SXSW they are back and they have teamed up with Brooklyn Vegan to showcase bands like:
ALL PIGS MUST DIE
BETTER LEFT UNSAID
DRIVE A
ELYSION FIELDS
HULL
RWAKE
TRAP THEM
(I put them in caps because metal heads SCREAAAAAAM!!!) No RSVP link and no need to put your name on any list. Show up and get there early.
WOOHOO!!!! Saint Arnold Brewing Co. will be hosting a SXSW party at the Ginger Man called SXSaintArnold. Bands included in the line up are The Ugly Beats, The Freddie Steady, Thunderchiefs, Eve and the Exiles, and Al Staehely. No RSVP link or information on how to get in. I am sure there will be free beer. I really dig Thunderchiefs' sound. If you like rockabilly music and throwback to the 60's you will like Thunderchiefs.
On March 16th The Austinist will be hosting a Kickoff Party w/Twin Shadow, Cloud Nothing, Royal Bangs, Givers and Cloud Control. The party is at The Mohawk all FREE! No link to get in just plan to get there early since The Mohawk always ends up filling up fast during SXSW. You'll definitely dance to this lineup.
BAAMO's 8th Annual Florida Bandango day party at Yard Dog will feature Tampa Bay, Florida's best bands like Sleepy Vikings, The Beauvilles, Have Gun Will Travel, Poetry 'n Lotion, and The Human Condition. I love going to the Yard Dog during SXSW because 1) it gets funky packed, 2) there is ALWAYS free beer, 3) you get to see some great local art from Austin artists and 4) you get to hear/see bands you'd eventually end up drinking a beer next to at the about-to-be-floating keg. Also, apparently there will be FREE alligator chili (yum!) and Ybor-City cigars (some of Tampa City's best cigars). Hmmmmmhmmmm, tasty! Party starts at 12noon and goes til 6:30pm. Also, Yard Dog put up a list of SXSW shows they will be hosting this year here.
I do love me some Have Gun, Will Travel:
Brooklyn v The Bay will be hosting a party at Red Eyed Fly with bands Dodos, John Vanderslice, The Mumlers, Delicate Steve, and more. See the lineup & schedule of bands to play here and RSVP here. You MUST be on the list in order to attend the show. Also, the Do512 link states there will be an open bar beginning at 12 noon when doors open.
DC Does Texas at Lovejoys will end up having Dogfish Head beer as refreshments as you hear Carol Bui, Deleted Scenes, Typefighter, True Womanhood, The Caribbean, These United States, y mas. See the lineup here and catch some great Washington bands like this one:
Deleted Scenes - Ithaca from Ben Rowny on Vimeo.
Southern Hemisphere Sounds presents Music from Below the Equator day show at Aussie's Bar and Grill. Free event and make sure to RSVP here. Party starts at noon and goes til 11:30pm. Bands from South Africa, Australia, Peru, Chile, and even a local Austin band Dead Black Hearts.
SUB.CONSCIOUS x METHODS NYC presents a full day of hip hop and rap music from LA, Atlanta, NYC, and Houston & Austin, Texas acts at 6th Street bar Barcelona. RSVP here on Facebook, take a look at the lineup & schedule as well as some of the sponsors here.
I am really happy Spiderhouse will continue to showcase bands every day during SXSW for FREE!!!!!! This allows me to be pulled away from the chaos that stirs downtown Austin during the week and I get to chill out under nice beautiful trees & drink for cheap. SXSW-anso Party at Spiderhouse will feature bands from all over the world on 2 stages of fun music acts for you to see between noon and 10pm everyday. No RSVP needed just drop on by. I am a fan of New Zealand's Surf City (aka Kill Surf City) who plays on Wed, March 16th. I saw them open for Ladyhawke back in 2008.
If you want to hear some "damn good music" of shoegaze, darkwave, electro type of showcase (not to be labeled as coldwave, goth, or industrial music as their FB page states) for free make it out to Synth by Southwest: The Blacklist III at 1500 East 6th street. Art v Industry, Chant, subNatural, Reagan Jones, and more will be playing for free from 6pm to 2am. No wristband, badge, or RSVP needed. Go here to see the lineup.
Again, all shows above are day parties (most), happening on March 16th (opening day of the SXSW Music showcase) and are FREEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
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