Tags archives: South By Southwest
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8 years ago
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With each year the staggering list of shows grows larger, but we're here to help with this not so shiny, quite diverse list of recommendations to help you sort it all out.
Monday, March 13th
Idgy Dean - The Parlor Room, 88 Rainey St – 7pm
Sylvan Esso - AV Club Presents Just Another Manic Monday @ The Mohawk - 10:45 pm
Girl Pool - Do512 Party @ Hotel Vegas - 1 am
Tuesday, March 14th
Wu Tang Clan w/ Thievery Corporation - ACL Live at the Moody Theater - 11:00pm
The Districts - Buffalo Billiards - 1:10am
Spoon - The Main - 1:00am
Sleigh Bells - Stereogum Party @ Empire Garage - 1:00am
Plastic Pinks - Fine Southern Gentlemen - 2:00am
Wednesday, March 15th
Maybird - Taco Bell Feed the Beat - 1:00 pm
The Avett Brothers - ACL Live at the Moody Theater - 11:00pm
Tokyo Police Club - Bungalow - 12:00am
Grandmaster Flash - Clive Bar - 11:00pm
The New Pornographers - Stubb's - 12:20am
Field Trip - The Market - 1:00am
Thursday, March 16th
Julie Byrne - Pitchfork Day Party @ French Legation Museum - 12:30 pm
Lo Moon - YouTube @ The Coppertank - 3:00 pm
The Big Moon - South by San Jose @ San Jose Hotel - 4:00 pm
BBC 6 Music Presents @ Latitude 30 - 12:00 am
Beach Slang - BrooklynVegan @ Cheer Up Charlie's - 5:00 pm
Pell - Stub Hub party @ Bangers - 6:00pm
Ecstatic Vision - Grizzly Hall - South By South Death - 9:00pm
Girl Pool - Anti- Records Party @ Elysium - 11:00pm
Friday, March 17th
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10 years ago
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South by Southwest (SXSW) is the Coachella of the American South. Much like over-hyped Indio music festival, this Texas alternative has skyrocketed in size and popularity in recent years. What began in 1987 as a local music festival has grown into an epicenter of not only music, but also culture. The SXSW events calendar has expanded exponentially and now includes film premiers, like Bridesmaids and Tiny Furniture, and speakers, like Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash and Jimmy Wales.
The coverage of the festival has grown at an equally alarming rate as well. Now-a-days it seems everyone has a tent, a representative, a something at Southby. This year’s festival in particular, which began on the 13th and will conclude on the 22nd, seems to be THE place to be. From McDonalds to Meerkat, brands have coated the festival in free gear and hashtags. This has been a rising trend, year to year, and in response, some claim SXSW has lost some of it’s original purpose amidst all this commercialization. The same or similar was said about Warper Tour, Burning Man and Sundance once they outgrew their underground status. It was only a matter of time before people started claiming the same of SXSW.
In 2013, Andrea Swensson wrote a piece for NPR's the record entitled "Why I'm Not Going To SXSW This Year". In her piece, Swensson admitted, “I can't help but feel that it has strayed far away from its original premise as a grassroots gathering place for new, undiscovered talent and increasin[...]
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