SXSW Begins – with a Bang not a Whimper!
Here are my early picks for next Wednesday (17th) showcases. This is the first night of showcases. Music day parties have basically already started. I’ll get out a list of those soon too. There’s a pretty big group of people I know with wristbands this year: me, Kelle (wife), Eric (fellow music zealot friend), Jessica (coworker), Amy (friend/coworker/boss), and Rachel & Logan (friends). Hopefully we can all meet up and have a blast. If you don’t have a wristband, you can still join the fun. It is just a little more complicated. And yes, this list is long, but you’ve got to have options! Cream of the crop are in bold.
| Time | Band | Venue |
| 5:00 PM | Nneka | Day Stage Cafe Austin Convention Center |
| 7:00 PM | Balmorhea | Central Presbyterian Church |
| 7:30 PM | Hesta Prynn | Buffalo Billiards |
| 7:45 PM | The Russian Futurists | Habana Calle 6 Patio |
| 8:00 PM | Lost In Holland | Maggie Mae’s |
| 8:00 PM | Madi Diaz | Maggie Mae’s Gibson Room |
| 8:00 PM | Nat Jenkins | Prague |
| 8:00 PM | Nice Nice | The Phoenix |
| 8:00 PM | Ruby Isle | Lamberts |
| 8:00 PM | The Coolness | Emo’s Annex |
| 8:00 PM | The pEneLOpe[s] | Copa |
| 8:00 PM | The Spit Brothers | Barcelona |
| 8:00 PM | Zoe Keating | Central Presbyterian Church |
| 8:25 PM | Boats | The Tap Room at Six |
| 8:40 PM | Yukon Blonde | Habana Calle 6 Patio |
| 8:45 PM | The Walkmen | Stubb’s |
| 9:00 PM | Ben + Vesper | Beauty Bar |
| 9:00 PM | Choir of Young Believers | Galaxy Room Backyard |
| 9:00 PM | Ezra Furman and the Harpoons | live.create. lounge |
| 9:00 PM | Here We Go Magic | Club de Ville |
| 9:00 PM | Pivot | The Phoenix |
| 9:00 PM | Plastic Crimewave Sound | Rusty Spurs |
| 9:00 PM | The Beauvilles | Barbarella |
| 9:00 PM | Toy Horses | Galaxy Room |
| 9:15 PM | Angelo Spencer | Beauty Bar Backyard |
| 9:30 PM | Hot Club of Cowtown | Beauty Bar/Palm Door |
| 9:35 PM | Modern Skirts | Habana Calle 6 Patio |
| 9:45 PM | Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings | Stubb’s |
| 10:00 PM | Banjo Or Freakout | Latitude 30 |
| 10:00 PM | Blessure Grave | Rusty Spurs |
| 10:00 PM | Born Ruffians | The Phoenix |
| 10:00 PM | Butterfly Explosion | Habana Calle 6 |
| 10:00 PM | Codeine Velvet Club | The Parish |
| 10:00 PM | Dam-Funk | Speakeasy |
| 10:00 PM | Eprom | Barcelona |
| 10:00 PM | Fanfarlo | Galaxy Room Backyard |
| 10:00 PM | Findlay Brown | Galaxy Room |
| 10:00 PM | Floating Action | Flamingo Cantina |
| 10:00 PM | Josh Charles | Victorian Room at The Driskill |
| 10:00 PM | Kaiser Cartel | Lamberts |
| 10:00 PM | Magic Magic | Spill |
| 10:00 PM | Mariachi El Bronx | Emo’s Main Room |
| 10:00 PM | Matthew Perryman Jones | Maggie Mae’s Gibson Room |
| 10:00 PM | Mini Mansions | Encore |
| 10:00 PM | Nico Stai | live.create. lounge |
| 10:00 PM | Palenke Soultribe | Mi Casa Cantina |
| 10:00 PM | Pong | Scoot Inn |
| 10:00 PM | Rauberhohle | Club 115 |
| 10:00 PM | The Asteroids Galaxy Tour | Emo’s Annex |
| 10:00 PM | The Uglysuit | Dirty Dog Bar |
| 10:00 PM | Ume | Submerged |
| 10:15 PM | Javelin | Buffalo Billiards |
| 11:00 PM | Banda de Turistas | Billboard.com Bungalow |
| 11:00 PM | Bomba Estereo | Antone’s |
| 11:00 PM | Bowerbirds | Club de Ville |
| 11:00 PM | Broken Bells | Stubb’s |
| 11:00 PM | Cubic Zirconia | Speakeasy |
| 11:00 PM | Gin Wigmore | Galaxy Room |
| 11:00 PM | Hudson Mohawke | The Phoenix |
| 11:00 PM | Jenny Owen Youngs | 18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn |
| 11:00 PM | Jookabox | Beauty Bar |
| 11:00 PM | La Strada | Wave |
| 11:00 PM | Ozomatli | Galaxy Room Backyard |
| 11:00 PM | Stardeath and White Dwarfs | Spill |
| 11:00 PM | The Megaphonic Thrift | Habana Calle 6 |
| 11:00 PM | The Young Republic | Maggie Mae’s Gibson Room |
| 11:00 PM | We Were Promised Jetpacks | The Parish |
| 11:00 PM | You Say Party! We Say Die! | Elysium |
| 11:10 PM | Allo Darlin | The Tap Room at Six |
| 11:15 PM | Danielson | Beauty Bar Backyard |
| 11:15 PM | Hauschka | Central Presbyterian Church |
| 11:15 PM | MRK1 | Barcelona |
| 11:20 PM | James Kinney | Klub Krucial |
| 11:20 PM | Smokey Angle Shades | Prague |
| 12:00 AM | And So I Watch You From Afar | Friends |
| 12:00 AM | Califone | Club de Ville |
| 12:00 AM | Eskmo | The Phoenix |
| 12:00 AM | Frightened Rabbit | The Parish |
| 12:00 AM | The Black | The Ghost Room |
| 12:00 AM | The Depreciation Guild | Wave Rooftop |
| 12:05 AM | Andrew W.K. | Buffalo Billiards |
| 12:10 AM | Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly | Prague |
| 12:15 AM | High On Fire | Mohawk Patio |
| 12:15 AM | Spoon | Stubb’s |
| 12:30 AM | Dikes of Holland | Headhunters |
| 1:00 AM | DM Stith | St David’s Bethell Hall |
| 1:00 AM | Everybody Was In The French Resistance…Now! | Galaxy Room |
| 1:00 AM | Hudson Mohawke | The Parish |
| 1:00 AM | Jeremy Jay | Beauty Bar |
| 1:00 AM | Miike Snow | Galaxy Room Backyard |
| 1:00 AM | She Wants Revenge | Emo’s Main Room |
| 1:00 AM | Surfer Blood | Wave Rooftop |
| 1:00 AM | The Morning Benders | Emo’s Jr |
| 1:00 AM | The Veils | Elysium |
So much music, so little time... 
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