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The folks over at SXSW have announced round one of the artists playing at the conference’s 26th annual music festival and, as always, the list features equal parts blog darlings, local Austinites, and international indie acts. The 2012 SXSW music conference is happening March 9th through March 13th, so expect some changes and don’t set [...]

Between the tacos, the open bars and the severe exhaustion, we scoured the extensive South By lineup to present you with an abridged version of the best of Austin’s most popular music festival, complete with pictures and broken down by day.

It felt like just a few months ago, if anyone uttered the word BRAIDS, it had something to do with little girls and pigtails. The band BRAIDS (not the pigtails) have recently changed all of that and made a pretty impressive imprint in the indie scene.
With SXSW approaching, the number of shows a band [...]

SXSW 2010
by Brianne Turner, Photography by Nick Chaivarlis
Saturday brought us to the Stereogum Range Life party, featuring music from The Morning Benders, Wye Oak and Ben Gibbard. The Morning Benders and Wye Oak opened their sets with Big Star covers in honor of the late Alex Chilton, while Ben Gibbard played an acoustic set which [...]

SXSW 2010
by Brianne Turner, Photography by Nick Chaivarlis
The strongest/longest day of SXSW was definitely Friday, beginning with a very electronic Toro Y Moi set at the French Legation Museum (and more sound problems!). From there we moved to the Galaxy Room Backyard where we caught Freelance Whales and also Local Natives, who are getting better [...]

SXSW 2010
by Brianne Turner, Photography by Nick Chaivarlis and Brianne Turner
Our second day in Austin took us to the Babelgum lawn party at the French Legation Museum to see The Antlers. Amongst an onslaught of sound problems and broken equipment, the band finished out their set visibly tense about the technical difficulties. Despite the minor [...]

SXSW 2010
by Brianne Turner, Photography by Nick Chaivarlis
The first day of SXSW consisted primarily of lots of aimless wandering and severe cramping due to carrying too much shit around (hi, we’re amateurs), so it was a pleasant and colorful moment when we wandered aimlessly right into the Body Language set at Mohawk. Lead singer Angelica [...]

The downtown district of Austin, Texas took a break for a few days and basked in all the glory of live music (and free food).

We’re not dead! (We are close, though!)
Nick and I just spent the week covering Audioholic Media‘s very first SXSW and we barely got out alive. But it was the greatest, and we will be sharing it all with you very, very soon. We got to see some of our favorites (Local Natives, The Antlers) and [...]

The list of attending artists at SXSW can be a little intimidating. There are so many different acts out there that it’s almost impossible to make time for every genre that strikes your interest. If you want to try something new (or simply download some free tracks), here are a few artists that you should [...]