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[SXSW 2011] Check Out: De Staat
After following a link per the suggestion of a reader from Twitter, De Staat has since pricked my curosity.
The band is from Holland and has already seen a lot of success back in their home country, winning the prestigious 3VOOR12 AWARD 2009 for best album in the Netherlands, and was voted Best Album of 2009 in Live XS Magazine for their album, Wait For Evolution. After re-releasing WFE internationally, they are taking to North America to see if they can experience the same kind of success with their recently released album Machinery. Their single from the album, "Sweatshop" is cheeky but still charmingly smooth and has a video (above) to match.
Okay, De Staat. You have my attention. Your move.
Be sure to check them out while they're at SXSW at these fine locations:
Friday March 18th - Dutch Impact Party @ West Tent, Brush Square Park, 5PM
Saturday March 19th @ BD Rileys, 8PM
[SXSW 2011] Check Out: Pulled Apart By Horses
The Leeds 4 piece, Pulled Apart By Horses, can bring the noise and aren't afraid to injure themselves in the process. And yeah a lot of bands can be said to that. These boys do it all with there tongues firmly in there cheeks and I like that. If you want to check out an energetic performance from a rising UK band with their second album in the works I advise you to check these guys out. Just watch out for your teeth if the guitars start flying into the crowds, it happens!
Tuesday March 15th, 11:00pm – Latitude 30 (British Music Embassy) – 512 San Jacinto Blvd
Wednesday March 16th, 12:40am – Red Eyed Fly – Transgressive Showcase – 715 Red River Street
Thursday March 17th, 5:00pm – Exploding in Sound – 1704 South Congress Avenue
Saturday March 19th, TIME TBC – Latitude 30 (British Music Embassy) – 512 San Jacinto Blvd
Saturday March 19th, 8:30pm - 21st Street Co-Op – 707 West 21st Street
[SKOA Presents] SXSW 2011 Or Bust!
We are counting down the hours until Shey, Rocko and I hop on our respective planes from our humble homes and hit the hip streets of Austin, TX for SXSW. While we are all n00bz to the pure mayhem and insanity that is SXSW, we think/hope we have appropriately prepped our livers, iCals, eardrums, etc. for the days ahead of us. Although it is hard to tell how our days in Austin will actually pan out, we have carefully combed through every party, panel and showcase and prepared the following agenda in case you care to follow along or even follow us around. Mind you, we all have a few bands here and there that aren't playing a specific party that we'll be checking out as well, but this is a pretty good idea of where to find us.
If you don't see something on our list that you think we should check out, please drop us a comment!
Here we go!
We are counting down the hours until Shey, Rocko and I hop on our respective planes from our humble homes and hit the hip streets of Austin, TX for SXSW. While we are all n00bz to the pure mayhem and insanity that is SXSW, we think/hope we have appropriately prepped our livers, iCals, eardrums, etc. for the days ahead of us. Although it is hard to tell how our days in Austin will actually pan out, we have carefully combed through every party, panel and showcase and prepared the following agenda in case you care to follow along or even follow us around. Mind you, we all have a few bands here and there that aren't playing a specific party that we'll be checking out as well, but this is a pretty good idea of where to find us.
If you don't see something on our list that you think we should check out, please drop us a comment!
Here we go!
Wednesday March 16th
Day:
The Rise of the Music Vlogger (our boy Sami from RockItOutBlog's panel!) [badge]
Fader Fort : Toro Y Moi, Dom, Young The Giant, Yelawolf [RSVP]
Brooklyn Vegan & Feed The Beat's Day Party @ Emos: Anamanaguchi, A Place To Bury Strangers, Darwin Deez, Chiddy Bang, Surfer Blood [$FREE.99]
All Saints Spitafield/I AM SOUND Party @Shangri-la: Dom, Foster The People, Theophilus London, Local Natives (DJ Set) [RSVP]
Paste Day Party @ The Stage on 6th: Sondre Lerche, Eisley, Ezra Furman & The Harpoons, The Civil Wars, Futurebirds [$FREE.99]
Terrorbird Media & Forcefield PR Day Party @ Red 7: Screaming Females, The Death Set, Toro Y Moi [$FREE.99]
Night:
Vans Showcase @ Emo's Main Room: Bad Brains, The Black Lips, Talib Kweli [$FREE.99 w/ badge or wristband]
Doomtree Showcase @ Flamingo Cantina: Lazerbeak + Paper Tiger, P.O.S., Sims, Astronautalis, Dessa [$FREE.99]
Rolling Stone Showcase @ La Zona Rosa: The Black Anges, Queens Of The Stone Age [RSVP]
Thursday March 17th
Day:
Paste Day Party @ The Stage on 6th: Seryn, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr [$FREE.99]
Moby's Vegan BBQ @ Cheer Up Charlie's: James Yuill, Chateau Marmont, RAC djs, Moby [RSVP]
MTV Garage @ Red River Garage: Theophilus London, Foster The People, Tinie Tempah [RSVP]
Rawkblog & Twentyfourbit Present: Waynestock @ The Liberty: Sondre Lerche, ARMS [RSVP]
Pitchfork #Offline Day Party @ East Side Drive-In: Dom, Mount Kimbie [$FREE.99]
France Rocks! @ West Tent, Brush Square Park: Chateau Marmont [RSVP]
Night:
Levi's Showcase @ Auditorium Shores Stage: The Strokes [$FREE.99]
Rolling Stone + Atlantic Records Showcase @ La Zona Rosa: Lupe Fiasco, Cee-Lo Green [$FREE.99]
Village Voice Showcase @ Austin Music Hall: Yelawolf, Wu Tang Clan, Low Down Loretta Brown aka Erykah Badu [$FREE.99]
Spinner Showcase @ Stubb's: Foster The People, Portugal The Man, TV On The Radio [Badges Only?]
Friday March 18th
Day:
Fader Fort: Brother, Odd Future [RSVP]
Pitchfork #Offline Day Party @ East Side Drive-In: Toro Y Moi, Yuck, Baths, Gold Panda [$FREE.99]
Windish Agency Party @ Emo's & Emo's Jr.: The Naked and Famous, Toro Y Moi, Foster The People, Braids, Givers [$FREE.99]
Under The Radar Party @ Flamingo Cantina: Okkervil River, Menomena, Surfer Blood [$FREE.99]
Night:
Bella Union/Zeitgeist Showcase @ Central Presbyterian Church: Sondre Lerche, Menomena [$FREE.99]
Dickies Party @ Lustre Pearl: Noah & The Whale, GAYNGS, Black Lips [RSVP]
Green Label Sound Showcase @ La Zona Rosa: MDNR, Classixx, The Cool Kids, Chromeo [badges only]
Saturday March 19th
Day:
Axis Of Audio Party @ The Rumbler Lounge: The Greenhornes, A Place to Bury Strangers, P.O.S. + Astronautalis, Jukebox the Ghost, & Ezra Furman & the Harpoons, Dirty Ghosts [RSVP]
Filter Day Party @ Cedar Street Courtyard: The Naked and Famous, Datarock [RSVP]
Fader Fort: The Cool Kids, James Blake, Trash Talk [RSVP]
MOG Party @ Mohawk: Big Boi, TV On The Radio, Theophilus London, Yuck [RSVP]
MWTX @ East Side Drive-In: The Oh Sees, Odd Future, Surfer Blood [RSVP]
Night:
Polyvinyl Showcase @ The Parish: Starfucker, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Asobi Seksu, & Casiokids [limited tickets, mostly badges/wristbands]
Stereogum's Last Night In Texas @ Purevolume House: Das Racist, Gold Panda [RSVP]
VEVO Power Station: Kanye West - More info TBA
Rumor has it Death From Above 1979 will be performing at 1am. Uhhhh YESSSSSS!
[Watch] Trailer for Arcade Fire/Spike Jonze Film
Scenes From The Suburbs, Spike Jonze's companion short film to his music video for Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs," now has an official trailer. The film is set to premiere this week at South by Southwest's film festival, so watch the trailer after the jump, sit back, and enjoy! And remember, licking a car window may not be the most sanitary thing to do.
Scenes From The Suburbs, Spike Jonze's companion short film to his music video for Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs," now has an official trailer. The film is set to premiere this week at South by Southwest's film festival, so watch the trailer after the jump, sit back, and enjoy! And remember, licking a car window may not be the most sanitary thing to do.
[Poll] Who Of The Rumored/Confirmed Performances on Saturday Night Should We Go See?
Vote above and tell us why in the comments!
[Watch] Third Man Records' Rolling Record Store
Oh Jackie, my Jackie. You're always coming up with ways to spread the vinyl loving and I adore you for that. This time Jack White and his Third Man Records team have put their pop up store on wheels and are calling it the Rolling Record Store. For those of us lucky enough to be heading down south to Austin for SXSW, the Rolling Record Store will be making its debut from the 16th-20th.
No word yet if there will be any special SXSW-only releases like they did for the LA + NYC TMR pop-up stores in the past, but we'll keep you posted of its awesomeness upon arrival to Austin, so keep your eyes peeled here!
[Download] Blackbird blackbird - "Halo"
[Listen] Astronautalis - "Midday Moon"
Another little gift for your Thursday Afternoon in the form of an Astronautalis track titled "Midday Moon". The track is mega chilled and a perfect wind down to a hectic day. A nice rising start into the mellow first verse and it's all good from there in. Check it out for yourself below or if you happen to be at SXSW in a few weeks why not hit up our Axis of Audio party and see the man in the flesh, you know you want to. For more details of the show head on over here or to RSVP you can do so here. Either way check out the track above, sitback and enjoy. To grab a copy of "Midday Moon" to spin as much as you want, whenever you want, just hit up Astro's Bandcamp page.