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South by Southwest Festival

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Tweet-A-Beer: Buying Your Idiot Friends Drinks Has Never Been Easier

    At South By Southwest last week, Fiona Apple took the stage outside of L.A. for the first time in five years. Bruce Springsteen referenced "blue balls" in his keynote speech. In other news, the Tweet-A-Beer Twitter app also made its official debut, which is fitting considering many SXSW attendees ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    The Worst Moments of SXSW 2012

    See also: *The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012 *Ten Awesome Concert Posters at SXSW Spontaneous tattoo at the S.O. Terik-Filter showcase On Friday, Samantha Urbani from Brooklyn indie band Friends did something to a fan he might forever regret. At the S.O.Terik-Filter showcase, beneath a bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

    So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2012

    50 Cent, Eminem, and the Best of SXSW Yesterday

    See also Houston Press's 50 Cent showcase slideshow 50 Cent / Eminem - Austin Music Hall Never mind that Get Rich or Die Trying actually came out in 2003; the moist and dewy crowd at Austin Music Hall last night was plenty psyched for his performance of his debut album on its "10th anniversary." Ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    SXSW: Ten Things Your Outfit Says About You

    By Reed Fischer Some folks attend South by Southwest to look at bands, but a good many passing through the 2012 edition seem to enjoy the added benefits of being looked at, as well. Even without haute couture, music fans and opportunists on the streets of Austin send a wealth of subliminal messages ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Fiona Apple and the Best of SXSW Yesterday

    ​See also: Five Attractive Strange People Working for Tips at SXSW If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    June 16, 2011

    Los Angeles Film Festival 2011 Preview

    ​See also: Five Attractive Strange People Working for Tips at SXSW If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    SXSW Recap: Japan Nite Raises Money for Earthquake Relief

    photos by Siran Babayan​ Konichiwa Austin! In addition to showcasing six of the best Japanese artists playing everything from soul to punk to metal, SXSW's annual Japan Nite at Elysium had a bigger cause this year. All proceeds from ticket sales benefitted the Red Cross, making up the nearly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    SXSW Recap: Where Were You When Death from Above 1979 Started a Riot?

    photo by Siran BabayanBraids​ Had we known we'd be stuck in the middle of a riot trying to catch Death from Above 1979, we would've stayed put for art-pop group Braids on the festival's final night. Another one of the SXSW's buzzed-about and hardest working bands, the four Canadian 20- and 21 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Live at SXSW: Bad Brains Bring Their Own Ganja to Austin

    Siran BabayanH.R.​Who: Bad Brains When: Thursday, 3/17/2011 Where: Emo's, Austin TX (SXSW) Ducked underneath kamikaze bodies with your chest firmly pressed against the stage is the only way to truly experience a punk gig. Bad Brains' BYOG (Bring Your Own Ganja) show at Emo's had club security ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Top 10 Most WTF Band Names at SXSW

    ​ You'll be kicking up plenty of gravel waiting to see Cee Lo Green, Queens of the Stone Age and The Kills at this year's SXSW. Chances are, the lines will be much, much shorter for Go Back to the Zoo, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Amusement Parks on Fire or the dozens of other requisite oddly-name ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    SXSW Bands From A-Z: E through H

    ​ As SXSW approaches, we figured we'd be a little servicey and give you a guide to some of the highlights of the official showcases, alphabet style. Last week we gave you A through D; today it's E-H. So here we go: five more awesome bands to see in SXSW's official lineup.

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Wu-Tang Clan, Yelawolf and Many Others to Play SXSW Party, Courtesy of the Village Voice and Frank151

    Wu-Tang: Forever bridging the gap between hip-hop and indie​ We've just received word from our sister publication the Village Voice in NYC that they have something pretty special planned for the upcoming SXSW music and media conference in Austin, Texas. The 2011 Village Voice SXSW party, cosp ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2011

    A DOC YOU CAN CELEBRATE

    Wu-Tang: Forever bridging the gap between hip-hop and indie​ We've just received word from our sister publication the Village Voice in NYC that they have something pretty special planned for the upcoming SXSW music and media conference in Austin, Texas. The 2011 Village Voice SXSW party, cosp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Tonight: The Naked and Famous, Dar Williams, My Chemical Romance, Chasing Kings, Black Apples, Dirt Dress

    The Naked and Famous​Even the coolest of cool kids -- you know, the ones who can eloquently extol the virtues of MGMT's second album Congratulations -- have a soft spot the size of Brooklyn for hits like "Kids" and "Time to Pretend." That's the kind of chewy, sweet electro-pop that New Zealan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    SXSW Highlight Reel: Matthew McConaughey is a Dick

    View more photos in the "Mariachi El Bronx, Dillinger Escape Plan, She Wants Revenge, Warpaint" slideshow. Erin BroadleyTropic Thunder screenshot at Red 7: the closest we got to taking a photo with Matthew​Matthew McConaughey may not be the first person you think of when it comes to SXSW. How ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Last Last SXSW Dispatch (for reals): Sewer Divers, D-bags, and Japanese peace signs

    Last Last SXSW Dispatch (for reals): Sewer Divers, D-bags, and Japanese peace signs

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Tonight: Quality Chilean Hip Hop Princess Ana Tijoux at Little Temple

    [From our LA Weekly music newsletter, for which you should sign up ASAP:] Though she has five albums to her name--plus collaborations with Bajofondo and Control Machete, and plenty of praise--Chilean rapper Ana [or Anita]Tijoux is only just making her U.S. debut. After playing a handful of SXSW sho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2010

    SXSW Interview: The Henry Clay People on Getting Signed, NoFX's 'Punk in Drublic,' and Being Really, Really Tired

    ​Glendale's Henry Clay People may end this South By Southwest able to brag that they were the hardest-working band in Austin. The sibling-led shout-rockers (who were just signed to TBD records, home of Radiohead) will have played 11 shows in 4 days. They've still got two more to go today. We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    5 Questions: Best Coast @ SXSW

    5 Questions with... Best Coast

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Macgruber: Late 80s Nostalgia For Boys Born in the 90s.

    ​ "It's good to be back home in Austin, Texas,' said Jorma Taccone, Saturday Night Live writer and director of Macgruber, the sketch-to-film starring Will Forte and Kristen Wiig that debuted at SXSW last night. He paused for applause. "Actually, I was born and raised in Berkeley, but you guys ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Growing Pains: Inside the SXSW Film Awards

    ​ Tonight's SXSW Film Awards began with a speech, apparently conceived at the last minute, by SXSW co-founder and Austin Chronicle editor Louis Black. With negative buzz building against the festival's overcrowded screenings (lines routinely circled blocks, and at some highly-anticipated scre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2010

    Pulp Fiction: Aaron Katz's Cold Weather

    ​ The first unqualified hit of 2010 SXSW Film Festival premiered last night to a packed crowd (including recent Oscar snubbee Jason Reitman) at Austin's Alamo Ritz. Cold Weather, directed by two-time SXSW alum Aaron Katz (his Dance Party USA and Quiet City premiered here in 2006 and 2007, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2010

    Top 10 Tweets of SXSW Day 3

    ​Networking, learning, connecting, deal making, and tail-chasing are all popular activities among SXSW Interactive attendees. But a tech event isn't truly technological without spawning some excellent Twitter fodder. Here's our top 10 list of funny, crazy, crude, and bizarre tweets we've seen ov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    SXSW Announces First Batch of Bands, Including a Dozen-Odd LA Entries

    South by Southwest already? Yes, it's a little under four months away, and earlier this week the annual Austin festival announced the first round of showcase participants. It's a small list, this first batch, and mostly comprises international bands who need to start making visa arrangements, etc. i ... More >>

  • Music

    March 26, 2009

    SXSW: Who Would Leave Metallica for Black Cobra? Our Man in Austin

    Randall Roberts Finds Himself in the Studio With the Silversun Pickups

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2009

    SXSW Overview: Where We Were, What We Saw, What We Missed

    View the SXSW archives for complete coverage . Randall RobertsStrange Boys drummer Matt Hammer at the Beauty Bar It's all a blur, but a few snapshots remain. Many who follow the fest, of course, were there and damn sure weren't anywhere near the Internets. We were. We were blogging. Over the past ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2009

    Mess With Texas Party at Waterloo Park: The F-Yeah Fest Posse Hits SXSW, Pulls It Off Again?

    Randall RobertsSaturday afternoon at the Mess with Texas party. Yes, they pulled it off. For the past three years, Sean Carlson and Keith Morris, in conjunction with Transmission Entertainers, the founders of Austin's renegade summer autumn Fun Fun Fun Fest, have thrown the Mess With Texas party ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    SXSW '09, Day 1: On Max Tundra, Mojoe, and Mediocrity

    I have this theory: like most things, greatness at music generally* requires an alloy of natural talent, providence, and an Outliers-like tenacity requiring 10 years hard labor in dingy crackerbox clubs, or snagging a Best New Music on Pitchfork--whichever comes first. The corollary being that for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    SXSW and the Future of Media: Guy Kawasaki on how L.A. Weekly Does it Right

    Alltop CEO Guy Kawasaki gave a shout out to L.A. Weekly, the Village Voice and SF Weekly right before his March 17 SXSW keynote with Wired editor Chris Anderson regarding Anderson's upcoming book, Free. In Kawasaki's pre-keynote video interview above with Viddler.com, the interviewer (referring to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    SxLA: Los Angeles Interactive in a Post-Network, Post-Geographical World

    S. TaylorHalo soldier reads up on Los Angeles at SXSWi ScreenBurn ArcadeAlthough we arrived back at LAX last night exhausted and missing Austin, we felt no symptoms of the dreaded SXSW SARS. Los Angeles was the new girl in town at SXSWi, and this was LAWeekly.com's first time covering Interactive. J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    SXSW Random Photo of the Day: The Rock & Roll Party Cab: March, 17 2009

    What: Inside view of Austin's only Rock & Roll Party Cab. Location: Picked us up at 7th and Congress, travel time approximately 10 minutes in traffic to Magnolia Cafe. Why we loved it: You can spot this cab easily because it's probably the only yellow Eurovan in all of Texas. That, and there's the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2009

    Bigg Digg Shindigg and Driskill Flashmob: Party Hopping SxSW Style

    View more photos in the SXSW Parties: Bigg Digg Shindigg Driskill Flashmob slideshow Erin BroadleyL.A. Weekly's Alexia Tsotsis and Digg's Kevin RoseAfter spending long afternoon holed up in the Hilton lobby getting our blog on, LAWeekly.com decided to hit the streets of Austin to find out where ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    The Moment You've All Been Waiting For: We're Coming Out!!!

    Erin BroadleyEvacuation ChairBetween 7-9 p.m. is a crazy time at SXSWi Austin; everyone is drinking at the free happy hours trying to chat, tweet, and ping in order to find the night's parties, hookups, and alternate sleep opportunities. Two that are on our radar right now are the Techset party at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    From the (Unofficial) Bigg Digg Shindigg to Sex Lives of the Microfamous: Your Ultimate Guide to SXSW Interactive

    With the biggest conference presence of the entire SXSW festival, SXSW Interactive is more than just a place where, as ace SXSW Interactive Press and Publicity coordinator Tammy Lynn Gilmore put it, "you get to meet all those people you follow on Twitter." Unlike music and film, it's difficult to ma ... More >>

  • Music

    March 20, 2008

    The Glowing Trough of Music: Five Days of South by Southwest

    We laugh, we cry, we hate, we score some dirt weed, suck at the corporate teat, rejoice

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    SXSW: One perspective from an official representative of the Music Industry

    Van Morrison Lou Reed: 2 points. SXSW festival: ZERO.

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2008

    SXSW Day 1-My Morning Jacket Prove That They May Be Invincible and Britt Daniel is Everywhere

    If you do a Google Image search for "Austin" this is one of the first things that pops up. Two girls at the 1998 Austin Corvette Day. Granted, this probably has nothing at all to do with SXSW--yet judging by my first impressions of this place, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if by the end ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008

    Add three more SXSW bands from L.A. to the list

    Last week we offered an extensive list of L.A.-based bands hitting South by Southwest in Austin this year (March 13-16). Alas, we missed three of them, all from the beautiful township of Midcity, Cali. This from Brian Miller: Noticed on the la weekly sxsw blog that 3 la acts are missing. I have a ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    March 15, 2007

    Austin City Limits

    Global kumquats, Gen-Y navel gazing and Michael Moore bashing at SXSW 2007

  • Music

    March 15, 2007

    Trondheim Rock City!

    Scandinavia’s biggest rock fest, featuring Aryan cuties, a Nazi bowling alley and the prime minister’s glam grandson

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2007

    Maude!

    SXSW or no SXSW, my first sign of Texas pride was the Texas-shaped gravestone in the Texas State Cemetery I noticed outside the airport shuttle. Landed in Austin in drizzling weather; even in a crowded airplane making four stops it's easy to single out the passengers headed here – they're the ... More >>

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    R.I.P. Cobra Toe

    SXSW or no SXSW, my first sign of Texas pride was the Texas-shaped gravestone in the Texas State Cemetery I noticed outside the airport shuttle. Landed in Austin in drizzling weather; even in a crowded airplane making four stops it's easy to single out the passengers headed here – they're the ... More >>

  • Music

    March 23, 2006

    The Five Stages of South by Southwest

    SXSW or no SXSW, my first sign of Texas pride was the Texas-shaped gravestone in the Texas State Cemetery I noticed outside the airport shuttle. Landed in Austin in drizzling weather; even in a crowded airplane making four stops it's easy to single out the passengers headed here – they're the ... More >>

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    A Small New Future

    ALEC HANLEY BEMIS on the casualties and survivors in the war between the Cynics and the True Believers

  • Music

    April 1, 2004

    The Fuzz and the Fury

    ALEC HANLEY BEMIS on the casualties and survivors in the war between the Cynics and the True Believers

  • Music

    March 25, 2004

    Chaos at the Greasy Spoon

    South by Southwest: Music, money and madness

  • Music

    April 13, 2000

    The Setting Sun

    South by Southwest: Forward into the past

  • Music

    April 8, 1999

    South By Shut Up

    Dispatches from a SXSW neophyte

  • Film+TV

    April 2, 1998

    Beer, BBQ and Bullock

    at the South by Southwest Film Festival

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