SXSW: wristband&badgeless

This is an unofficial guide to SXSW for people who don't have a wristband/badge. I'm going to be wristband/badgeless in Austin with a friend to join in on the fun that SXSW brings in. So I have no idea if I get to see even half of what is on my tentative schedule. This is my first year of SXSW and I just want to see what it's like and hopefully hear some good music.

Before reading this exciting yet crammed list, you must realize there is no reason why someone should stay at one party all day unless that is if you want to! For me other than the very first day, the other three days are full of events that will conflict each other. So this means a lot of walking/running/speed-walking...

I bolded the bands that I want to see at the event. I also put the better known songs by the band/artist up for download, they'll only be available for 7 days. Also a lot of bands/artists are playing multiple events, so sometimes that frees up your time and you can plug in another event with the extra space.

Also, if you have a gmail account there is a neat calendar feature they have! So when you see something you would like to attend go ahead and start adding events to your gmail calendar or just write this down the old fashioned way with a pen and paper. Hopefully I'll have enough energy/time to post everyday for these four exciting days! Let's see how this goes...

Click on the...
song name = download the song by yousendits
band/artist name = band's official site/MySpace
show poster = larger image
venue name = venue's site

Day One | 3/14

11~6pm | Austinist, Gothamist and Gorilla vs. Bear presents Gonna Gonna Get Get Down 2 @ The Mohawk | free!

[ 912 Red River St. ]

Architecture In Helsinki | Headlights | Nicole Atkins | Peter and the Wolf | Tom Brosseau | Apes & Androids | The Shivers | Hello Stranger | The Forms | Sparrow House | Teitur | Earl Greyhound | Lexie Mountain Boys | Stars Of Track And Field | Loney, Dear

Owl Eyes | Headlights
I Am John | Loney, Dear
Foxes (sighing like a furnace) | Sparrow House
Safe Travels | Peter and the Wolf

Day Two | 3/15

12pm~6pm | Filter Magazine's High Noon Party @ Cedar Street Courtyard | Badges or limited guestlist: RSVP (rsvp@filtermmm.com)

[ 208 W. 4th Street ]
for more info on Filter's Thursday&Friday setlists!

• 12:00 - Bright Eyes Cassadaga Premiere & BBQ
• 1:00 - Grand Ole Party
• 1:45 - Great Northern
• 2:30 - Midnight Movies
• 3:15 - The Besnard Lakes
• 4:00 - Kenna
• 5:00 - Youth Group
• 6:00 - Badly Drawn Boy

No One Would Riot For Less | Bright Eyes
Low Is A Height | Greath Northern
Disaster | The Besnard Lakes

1pm ~ 9pm | South X San Jose @ Jo's Coffee | Free

[1300 South Congress Ave.]

for more info on their other events!

• 1:00 - Li'l Cap'n Travid
• 2:00 - The Missing Tapes
• 3:00 - St. Vincent
• 4:00 - The Octopus Project
• 5:00 - The Glass Family
• 6:00 - Zookeeper
• 7:00 - Gulf Of Mexico
• 8:00 - SOUND Team
• 9:00 - David Garza

Paris Is Burning | St. Vincent
The Adjustor | The Octopus Project
Movie Monster | SOUND Team

12 ~ 7pm | Schubas' 11th Annual SXSW Round-Up @ Yard Dog Gallery | Free

[ 1510 South Congress Ave. ]

• 12:10 - The 1900s
• 12:55 - Elvis Perkins In Dearland
• 1:40 - Prototypes
• 2:25 - David Vandervelde & The Moonstation House Band
• 3:10 - Cold War Kids
• 4:00 - Midlake
• 4:50 - Bishop Allen
• 5:35 - Russian Circles
• 6:20 - Benjy Ferree

Roscoe | Midlake
The Monitor | Bishop Allen

12pm ~ 5pm | FactoryPeople + Anthem Magazine Party: DJ Sets By Rockstars @ FactoryPeople | Free

[1325 South Congress ]

more info on this event and Friday & Saturday's

• 12:00 - IHeartComix Bloody Mary Mix
• 1:00 - SOUND Team
• 2:00 - Surface To Air Installation(ongoing) w/DJ Gordon Hull
• 3:00 - Kudu
• 4:00 - Crystal Castles
• 5:00 - (Ramesh Srivastava) Voxtrot VS (James Minor) Blacklist
  
• 11:00 ~ 4AM - Anthem Magazine + FactoryPeople Private After-Party (21+)

Day Three | 3/16

1PM ~ 7PM | Tonewheel Collective Showcase: Solo Sets By Lead Singers On A Break From The Rock Stage @ Progress Coffee

[ 500 San Marcos ]

for more info on this event and many others

• 12:00 - Evan Jacobs (Tacks, The Boy Disaster)
• 1:00 - Martin Crane ( Brazos)
• 2:00 - Jared Van Fleet/Sparrow House (Voxtrot)
• 3:00 - Mark David Ashworth (INK)
• 4:00 - Bill Baird/Sunset (SOUND Team)
• 5:00 - Red Hunter (Peter and the Wolf)
• 6:00 - Michael Winningham (The Glass Family)

1PM~7PM | KXEP Live-On Air Performances @ KLRU Studio aka ACL Studio (on UT campus)

[ Guadalupe and 26th (Dean Keeton) Street ]

Not in Austin? Listen to this event while it's happening!

• 1:00 - The Stooges
• 3:00 - Okkervil River
• 5:00 - Under Byen
• 7:00 - Beirut

Postcards From Italy | Beirut
For Real | Okkervil River

Day Four | 3/17

12PM ~ 5PM | Filter Magazine's High Noon Party @ Cedar Street Courtyard | Wristband or limited guestlist: RSVP (rsvp@filtermmm.com)

[ 208 W. 4th Street]


for more info on Filter's Thursday&Friday setlists

• 12:00 - Doors open & BBQ
• 1:00 - Mohair
• 1:45 - Kate Havnevik
  
• 2:30 - The Pipettes
  
• 3:15 - Mando Diao
  
• 4:00 - Mew
  
• 5:00 - The Fratellis
  

Judy | The Pipettes

2PM~6PM | Waterloo Records In-Store @ Waterloo Records | Free

for more info on the other Waterloo in-stores taking place!
(Amy Winehouse who was playing at 3pm cancelled!)

• 2:00 - Money Mark
• 4:00 - Danava
• 5:00 - Rosie Thomas
• 6:00 - Young Knives

Pretty Dress | Rosie Thomas

12PM~5PM | British Underground & Mojo Magazine @ The Mean Eyed Cat

[ 1621 West 5th St. ]

for more info on British Music Industry's other events!

Gruff Rhys | iLiKeTRAins | Blanche | Bat For Lashes | Fionn Regan | The Explorers Club...and very special guests!

The Underwood Typewriter | Fionn Regan

All 3 days! | Flatstock 12 @ Austin Convention Center | Free

[ Trinity St. & 4th St. - Exhibit Hall #4 ]

This is such an exciting event, not only do you get to see all these amazing concert posters that featured shows you've attended, you also get to buy them. Flatstock is also going to have screenprinting booths in the streets to spread awareness of this underrated art form. You can snag free limited addition posters there and free snacks and water and Wi-Fi here! To the right is the winning poster of the student Flatstoc poster contest from Eric Drommerhausen from Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

for more info such as when it'll be available for viewing and which designers will be there!


Helpful Links:
Donewaiting | constantly updated with new public shows!
Showlist Austin | lists all the shows in Austin, also only public shows!
SXSW Baby! | useful blog with tips like on where to eat/shows & parties!
Oh My Rockness | organized list of public & wristband/badge shows!
See You In The Pit | lovely blog introducing all the SXSW bands/artists!
Flatstock 12! | don't forget to swing by and snag amazing posters!
Austinist's SXSW Interactive Guide | Austinist's list of picks, automatically add onto your gmail calendar and very useful and organized info!

~anne