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Austinist is proud to announce a return to The Mohawk on Wednesday, March 14th for the annual Austin Or Bust dayshow, presented with our co-hosts The Laneway Festival, Eat Your Own Ears, and The Windish Agency. Building on the breadth of previous headliners such as White Denim, Foster The People, Shout Out Louds, and Ghostland Observatory, this year's roster was curated by The Windish Agency to reflect some of the best and most exciting new acts on their artist roster. The lineup includes nine announced act along with one "surprise" guest to be announced later this week. Blood [...]

[ RSVP ] The FADER FORT Presented by Converse starts next Wednesday, March 14th. It’s 100% free, but to get in, you must be 21+, RSVP now and pick up a wristband in Texas. SXSW badge-holders will also need to RSVP and pick up wristbands to enter the FORT, but will be given priority access to the party. Wristband pickup information will be posted at http://thefader.com/fort . The FADER FORT Presented by Converse will [...]

SXSW 2012: Do512, BTR & FTMO of Adi Present "SouthByEastByWest Spring Bash" Wednesday, March 14th | Noon - 8pm The Liberty ( 1618 1/2 E. 6th St ) [ RSVP ]

Late last night Beach House posted a message on their Twitter simply titled "Hello again: beachhousebaltimore.com". It turns out the band posted a new song called "Myth" and it's quite gorgeous. Take a listen. Beach House | [ Official Site ] [ Twitter ]

Small Plates Recs and Ultra8201 present: Killer Tofu -- Free Day Party SXSW 2012 -- sponsored by Tumblr Thursday 3/15 at Lovejoys (6th and Neches)- Noon to 7PM - 21+ The Line Up! 12:00 – Politics 12:45 – Auditorium 1:30 – Yellow Ostrich 2:15 – Guards 3:00 – Cadence Weapon 3:45 – Hands 4:30 – Hundred Waters 5:15 – Field Mouse 6:00 – Beat Connection 6:45 – Supreme Cuts Free Left Hand Brewery beer while it lasts (it won't!) and free shwag from our courteous and [...]

[ RSVP ] Friday, March 16, 2012Icenhauer's - 83 Rainey St. THE EVENTLET'S GET WEIRD with the cast of Comedy Central's Workaholics down at SXSW! You - the fans - are invited to the WORKAHOLICS HOUSE PARTY to hang out, PARTY, listen to live music, PARTY, play games, PARTY and interact one-on-one with the stars of the show. LIVE PERFORMANCES BY: Party Supplies A House for Lions Youngblood Hawke Reptar Chuck Inglish Statik Selektah The Cool Kids Trash Talk Freddie Gibbs Wavves With a Special Appearance [...]

[ RSVP ] Giant Steps Productions, Chocolate Sundays and IamYourVillian present.. Goodbye South-by // Goodbye Beauty Bar Sunday March 18 @ Beauty Bar 617 E 7th Street The LAST show ever at Beauty Bar Austin's original downtown 7th street location. Doors @ 6:00absolutely free21+ welcome Line-Up: Inside Stage: Hollywood Holt (1:00am) Japanther (12:30am) Ninjasonik (11:50pm) Zechs Marquise (11:00pm) World’s Fair (10:20pm) Glasslux (9:30pm) Whirr (8:40pm) Herra Terra (7:50pm) Sorne (7:00pm) Outside Stage Doomtree (11:30pm) Bad Rabbits (10:50pm) Prof [...]

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Shout It Out Loud Music Presents Crystal Daze SXSW 2012 Friday March 16th 2-7 @ Takoba 1411 East Seventh St. @ Onion St. Complimentary Lone Star 2-4pm Photos by Alison Narro Lineup: Delicate Steve 6pm DJ Bunny Ears 5:30 DJ set Ringo Deathstarr 5pm Gabe McDonough 4:30pm DJ set Anoraak 4:05 pm Friendly Ghost (members of Anamanaguchi + Starscream) 3:40pm DJ set North Highlands 3:15pm Francis Garcia (SIOLM) 2:50pm DJ set Hussle Club 2:25pm Fredster 2pm DJ set [...]

Every year, an endless amount of up-and-coming bands descend on Austin, Texas for the South by Southwest music festival, and this year is no exception. In what’s now becoming an equally fun tradition, MOG is ready to throwing the raddest unofficial showcase you’ll find, with this year’s third annual party presented by Intel. Striking the perfect balance between heavyweight acts and buzz bands in the past with our killer 2010 and 2011 parties, 2012 finds us bringing you the legendary Roots crew and Bob Mould headlining. Want to know the best part? MOG at the Mohawk is [...]

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[ RSVP ] Bands featured at the Pandora Discovery Den throughout the week will include Theophilus London, WALK THE MOON, Gary Clark Jr and Bahamas. Westergren will kick-off the festivities on Tuesday, March 13, at 5 p.m. with a happy hour DJ event followed by performances by We Are Augustines and Band of Skulls, which begin at 8 p.m. Daytime programming will continue daily from Wednesday, March 14, through Friday, March 16, beginning at 12:30 p.m. and will feature a variety of key artists and genres. The venue will feature two official evening SXSW [...]

We are beyond stoked to announce the lineup for Homeslice Pizza's "Music by the Slice 2012", to take place Friday March 16, and now featuring fully permitted sound! As always, the party is free (no rsvp, no badge required) and again this year, ALL of the proceeds from concession sales will be donated to charity!!! Friday, March 16: The Belle Brigade (8:20 PM) Radiation City (7:45) Great Lake Swimmers (7:10) Mother Falcon (6:35) Dan Mangan (6:00) Family of the Year (5:25) Dark Dark Dark (4:50) [...]

Our really good friends at Knucklerumbler always throw a great party and this is no exception. Btw, if you haven't seen Ume yet, here's your chance to see one of Austin's finest! SXSW 2012: The Audio Perv & Knucklerumbler Present "Perveyors of Rock" Wednesday, March 14th | Noon - 8pm Peckerheads ( 402 E. 6th St ) [ RSVP ]

SXSW 2012: The Boxing Lesson Present "A Music OVRLD" Tuesday, March 13th | Noon - 10pm Guero's Taco Bar ( 1412 S. Congress Ave ) [ RSVP ] Set times: 920 The Great Nostalgic 830 The Good The Bad 740 The Hi-Tones 650 Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor 600 Fresh Millions 510 The Couch 420 Sorne 330 The Harms 240 Tiger Waves 150 Quiet Americans 100 [...]

SXSW 2012: Thrillist & Do512 Present "Rocktails" Monday, March 12th | 10pm - 2am The Rattle Inn ( 610 Nueces St ) [ RSVP ]

Another one of our Austin homies are throwing a SXSW party! SXSW 2012: Austin Town Hall & Sonora Records Present "Second Street Showdown" Friday, March 16th | Noon - Midnight 1500 E. 2nd St ( map ) FREE | All Ages Lineup with set times: Young Girls (12 noon), Snowmine (1:30pm), Twerps (1:45pm), Seapony (2:45pm), Suckers (3:45pm), Choir of Young Believers (4:45pm), The Loom (5:45pm), On After Dark (7pm), Whitman (8pm), Literature (9pm), [...]

SXSW 2012: The Portland Party Wednesday, March 14th | Noon - 2am The Grackle ( 1700 E. 6th St ) [ RSVP ] TIXIE STAGE (Outdoor, All Ages): 12:30-1 Rags & Ribbons 1:30-2 Norman 2:30-3 Tango Alpha Tango 3:30-4 Aan 4:30-5 Parson Redheads 5:30-6 Y La Bamba GOPRO STAGE (Indoor, 21+): 12-12:30 Tiger House 1-1:30 Josh & Mer 2-2:30 The Shivas 3-3:30 No Kind of Rider 4-4:30 Quiet Life [...]

Photos courtesy of Miguel Angel at ULOVEI.com Full Set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/u loveiphotos/sets/7215762950503 1439/

Today, the Pachanga Latino Music Festival, the Latin-themed music, cultural arts and food festival, announced the initial music lineup for the 2012 festival. 19-time Latin Grammy and double Grammy Winners Calle 13 will perform for the first time in Austin as headliners for the inaugural Friday night show of the festival in partnership with local indie promoters Knuckle Rumbler. The festival will be held at Fiesta Gardens in Austin, TX on Friday, May 11and Saturday, May 12. Saturday will feature International, national and local favorites Los Lonely Boys, Chico Trujillos, Ana Tijoux, Alejandro Escovedo, Forro in the Dark, [...]