Buzznet’s Official Guide to the Best SXSW Parties
Starting today.. I will be here…
Reblogged from We’ve Got You Covered
SXSW 2011 is upon us, which means Austin, Texas, will become home to hundreds of bands, showcases, and parties that unofficially marks the beginning of music festival season. We’ve compiled a comprehensive list of Buzznet-approved happenings from massive events to bbqs.
First and foremost, if you’re going to be at SXSW, you are invited to Buzznet’s SXSW party, an all-ages all female-fronted band line-up at the PUREVOLUME house. On Friday, March 18th, indie darlings Eisley and Kitten play with The Sounds and our headliner Kerli, an Estonian pop artist and self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Bubblegoth.’ Sound like a weird mix? Good.
We are particularly excited to showcase a young band called The Indecent, who has been with Buzznet since their beginning. The Indecent is a grunge metal band comprised of four 16 year olds, three of whom are triplets. If you ever wanted to know what Kurt Cobain would sound like if he were a teenage girl, then lead singer Emily Brout is your answer.
Wednesday, March 16th
SHOWCASES
Kanine Records: Surfer Blood, Grooms, Eternal Summers, Braids – Beauty Bar/Palm Door
Vans: Trash Talk, OFF!, Bad Brains, Black Lips, Talib Kweli – Emo’s Main Room
Frenchkiss: Young Man, the Antlers, the Dodos – The Parish
Billboard Bungalow: Gold Motel, The Boxer Rebellion, Those Dancing Days, Royal Bangs, Young The Giant – Buffalo Billiards
UNOFFICIAL SHOWS
Macbeth/ Keep a Breast Party: Anthony Green, The New Regime, Twin Atlantic, Grand Tarantula, Poema – The Pure Volume House
LiveMusicFreeBeer: Prince Rama, Givers, Dirty Beaches, Memoryhouse, Diamond Rings – Urban Outitters
Fader Fort: Toro Y Moi, Dom, Friendly Fires, Twin Shadow Yelawolf – 1101 E. 5th Street
South By Shout Out: Terrorbird/Force Field Party: Cloud Nothings, Pictureplane, Rainbow Arabia, Nite Jewel, Lower Dens, Screaming Females, Braids, Weekend, Toro Y Moi, tUnE-yArDs – Red 7
IAMSOUND: Dom, Mount Kimbie, Friendly Fires – Sailor Jerry Lounge at Shangri-La
Eat Your Own Ears: Cloud Nothings, Twin Shadow – Mohawk
Thursday, March 17th
SHOWCASES
Dickies/ Filter Magazine: Cold War Kids, We Barbarians, The Naked & Famous, The Head & The Heart
Billboard Bungalow: California Waves, K.Flay, The Knux, Oh Land – Buffalo Billiards
The Artery Foundation: Asking Alexandria, White Chapel, Chiodos, Dance Gavin Dance, Of Mice & Men, In Fear & Faith, Sleeping with Sirens, Woe Is Me, For All Those Sleeping, Close to Home – Red 7
Levi’s: The Strokes – Auditorium Shores Stage
Village Voice Media/Frank 151/Monster Energy Drink: Trae tha Truth, Yelawolf, Wu-Tang Clan, Erykah Badu (DJ set) – Austin Music Hall
AOL Music: TV on the Radio – Stubb’s
Domino Records: Austra, the Kills, Cass McCombs, Owen Pallett, John Maus – Emo’s Main Room
VICE: OFF!, Black Lips, Dom – Club de Ville
Atlantic Records: Wiz Khalifa, Lupe Fiasco, Cee-Lo Green – La Zona Rosa
Friendly Fires Present: Friendly Fires, Jamie Woon, Wise Blood, Mount Kimbie – The Windish Agency House @ND
UNOFFICIAL SHOWS
Idolator Pray for Pop: Crystal Bowersox, Miguel, Oh Land, Eliza Doolittle, Neon Hitch – The Pure Volume House
American Rag/ Filter Magazine: The Deer Tracks, Cults, Foster The People – Cedar Street Courtyard
Pitchforks’ #Offline Festival: Smith Westerns, Dum Dum Girls, Dom, Weekend, Hooray for Earth – East Side Drive- In
Creme De La Creme: White Apple Tree, American Royalty, TV Girl, Typhoon – Malverde
MTV Garage: Matt & Kim, Kids of 88, Friendly Fries, Foster The People
Full Metal Texas: LetLive, All Pigs Must Die, The Word Alive, Better Left Unsaid, Upon a Burning Body – Emos
LiveMusicFreeBeer: Cloud Nothings, Lower Dens, Sun Airway, Braids, Cults – Urban Outitters
Stereogum/Sacred Bones/Chaos in Tejas: Zola Jesus, Liturgy, Moon Duo – Beerland
Insound: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Owen Pallett, Weekend, Puro Instinct – Club de Ville
Fader Fort: Esben and the Witch, Wiz Khalifa – 1101 E. 5th Street
Dovecote: Baths, Wise Blood, Trash Talk, Hooray for Earth, Big Freedia, Dominique Young Unique, Jonquil – Emo’s Annex
Texas Tornado: Augustana, Voxhaul Broadcast, Headless Horses, Robbers on High Street – Rusty Spurs
Friday, March 18th
SHOWCASES
Sub Pop: Jaill, Shabazz Palaces, Obits, Papercuts, Dum Dum Girls, J Mascis, the Head and the Heart – Red 7 Patio
MerchNOW/ Shirts For A Cure: Chiodos, Iwrestledabearonce, The Word Alive, In Fear & Faith, Motionless in White, Life on Repeat – Red 7
Mexican Summer/Gorilla vs Bear: Lower Dens, No Joy, Puro Instinct, Toro Y Moi, Tamaryn, Games, Nite Jewel – Klub Krucial
Billboard Bungalow: Boy & Bear, Beach Fossils, Screaming Females, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, A Place to Bury Strangers – Buffalo Billiards
Green Label Sound: MNDR, the Cool Kids, Chromeo – La Zona Rosa
D’Addario & Swing House Studio: Gold Motel, Dynamite Walls, The New Regime – Rusty Spurs
UNOFFICIAL SHOWS
BUZZNET: KISS ME DEADLY: The Indecent, Kitten, Eisley, The Sounds, Kerli – The Pure Volume House
American Rag/ Filter Magazine: Marit Larsen, Luke Rathborne, Weekend, Phantogram, Surfer Blood – Cedar Street Courtyard
LiveMusicFreeBeer: La Sera, Papercuts, Times New Viking, Dom, Wild Flag – Urban Outfitters
Fader Fort: Smith Westerns, Odd Future, Matt and Kim – 1101 E. 5th Street
Mexican Summer x Gorilla vs. Bear: SXSW 2011 Showcase: Nite Jewel, Tamaryn, Toro Y Moi, Puro Instinct, No Joy, Lower Dens, Shabazz, Palaces, White Denim, Cass McCombs, the Fresh & Onlys, Star Slinger, The Soft Moon, Lia Ices, Grimes, the Samps, Ford & Lopatin – Klub Krucial
Windish Agency’s Austin Day Party: Braids, Cults, Esben and the Witch, Friendly Fires, Toro Y Moi, Twin Shadow – Emo’s
Thrasher Magazine Texas Style Death Match: Odd Future, Das Racist, Killer Mike, Danny Brown, Fang Island – Scoot Inn
Spin Party: TV on the Radio, the Kills, the Vaccines, OFF!, Smith Westerns, MNDR, Young the Giant, Dom – Stubb’s
Texas Tornado: Vanaprasta, Hugo, A Silent Flim, Deep Dark Robot, Viva City – Red Eyed Fly
Big Picture Media/ Jac Vanek: The Gallery, Lovebettie, Betawolf, The Body Rampant and Playing Dead – Blind Pig Austin
Filter/ Dickies @ SXSW: The Fresh & Onlys, Alex Winston, Dum Dum Girls, Black Lips, Little Dragon – Lustre Pearl
Pitchfork’s #Offline Festival: Toro Y Moi, Edwyn Collins, Gold Panada, Cloud Nothings, Class Actress – East Side Drive In
Saturday, March 19th
SHOWCASES
Ground Control Touring: Kurt Vile and the Violators, Man Man, Bright Eyes – Auditorium Shores Stage
American Rag/ Filter Magazine: Indigo Tree, Kyst, KAMP!, Those Dancing Days, The Naked & Famous, Little Dragon – Cedar Street Courtyard
Panic! At The Disco: Stubbs
Tooth & Nail SXSW Showcase: Emery, The Almost, Sainthood Rep, Rocky Loves Emily – Bat Bar
Aussie BBQ:Boy & Bear, Art Vs Science, Bliss N Eso, Operator Please, Andy Clockwise – Maggie Maes
UNOFFICIAL SHOWS
Fader Fort: Cass McCombs, La Sera, James Blake, the Cool Kids, Trash Talk, Killer Mike, Curren$y, Lil B – 1101 E. 5th Street
Purevolume House Party: Voxhaul Broadcast, Augustana, Halos, Brahms, Home Video – The Purevolume House
Stereogum: Das Racist, Gold Panda, Cults, Owen Pallett, Puro Instinct – The Purevolume House
Mess With Texas: Odd Future, !!!, Surfer Blood, The Dodos, Ted Leo, Thee Oh Sees, Dom, EMA – East Side Drive-In
LiveMusicFreeBeer: Beach Fossils, Reading Rainbow, Eternal Summers, Screaming Females – Urban Outfitters
Alternative Press Tour: Black Veil Brides, Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, I See Stars, Versaemerge, Conditions, The Ready Set, Enter Shikari, The Downtown Fiction, Animals as Leaders, The Almost
Rachel Ray’s Feedback: The Bravery, Tapes ‘N Tapes, Fitz and the Tantrums, Bob Schneider – Stubbs BBQ
VOTE: Which SXSW party do you want to attend?
– Reporting by Kate Cordova andAviva Yael
