Posts tagged ‘SXSW’

Parikrama, BLOT To Play SXSW

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Both acts will join artists from around the world at the big blowout in Austin, Texas this March. Find out who else is performing at the festival, inside.

Kartick & Gotam To Play SXSW 2010

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

The first list of performing acts at SXSW 2010 have been announced. The 200+ list of bands performing in Austin, Texas between March 17-21 includes SXSW ’09 favourites Fanfarlo, En

SXSW Report: Day 3

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

Lesson #4: Know downtown’s geography

Lesson #5: Churches are great venues for gigs because of the atmosphere. And you can sit

Lesson #6: Your schedule is worthless

Ind

SXSW Report: Day 2

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Trail of Dead: A
Red Red Meat: A-
Dananananaykroyd: A-
Cold War Kids: B+
Aqualung: B+

Basically, SXSW ’09 is an exercise in gig pwnage. There are far too many gigs happe

Gallows Debut New Songs At SXSW

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

British hardcore band Gallows played to a packed Emo’s main room last night at SXSW. The band debuted a bunch of new tunes from their coming album Grey Britain (out May) includ

SXSW Report: Day 1

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Lesson #1: Your schedule is worthless

Lesson #2: Wear comfortable footwear

Lesson #3: Your schedule is worthless

You learn a lot at SXSW. You learn that a badge can on

Indiecision At SXSW ’09

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Indiecision At SXSW ’09

We’re at SXSW ’09 in Austin, Texas all this week with a camera and very little money. Watch out for daily updates, photos and a whole bunch of ‘OMG-there

Download: ‘From The Hips’ – Cursive

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

We’ll be honest, we loved Cursive most on their 2003 concept album The Ugly Organ. Though not exactly representative of the band’s sound, the record was up-tempo, indie-alt tha

Check Out: Heartless Bastards

Monday, January 19th, 2009

Ohio trio Heartless Bastards have been at the receiving end of some well deserved indie blog hype. With two solid albums behind them they’re now sitting at that very The Nation

Darshana & Sowmya To Play SXSW

Friday, January 16th, 2009

If you thought Darshana & Sowmya were like some unknown Chennai indie version of Tegan & Sara, you’d be mistaken. Or not, based on your impression of Chennai indie.

SXSW 2009 Bands List Revealed, Not As Awesome As Expected, But Still Pretty Awesome

Friday, January 16th, 2009

SXSW 2009 Bands List Revealed, Not As Awesome As Expected, But Still Pretty Awesome A non-exhaustive list of bands scheduled to play at South By South West 2009 has been released. Among the ‘biggies’ scheduled to perform are Andrew Bird, The Raveonettes, Cursive, Ida Maria and Peter Bjorn and John. While we’re still waiting on [...]

Ra Ra Riot, Primal Scream, Friendly Fires, Ben Harper Amongst Others Confirmed For SXSW 2009

Friday, December 26th, 2008

The good folks over at the official South By South West website have released a fresh list of artists that are scheduled to play at the festival. With nine artists and Ashutosh

Interview: Dirtblonde

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Dirtblonde are a indie rock duo from Liverpool, England. Gibson listed them as one of the top five bands to watch from Liverpool, and they’ve been invited to perform at SXSW ’09. T

Ashutosh Phatak To Play SXSW 2009

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Ashutosh Phatak will play a showcase at South By South West 2009, making him part of a very small club of Indian indie artists who have played at the festival.

Phatak, who rece

SXSW Announces First Nine

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Of the many artists who will perform at South By South West 2009, nine were announced recently by the festival organisers. The nine include St. Vincent (pictured above) and (w0