Wed. 03/12
day shows:
- Carl Stone meet and greet and listening party at End of an Ear (6pm, free)
- Bird Peterson & Tittsworth (4pm), Percee P (3pm), Dr. Delay (2pm) at Backspin Records (4631 Airport Blvd., free instore)
- Donewaiting.com and the Midgetmen present The Big Texas Jumpstart
- Spinto Band (5:30pm), Division Day (4:45pm), Joseph Arthur (4pm), AA Bondy (3:20pm), Midgetmen (2:25pm), Catfish Haven (1:30pm), Goes Cube (12:45pm), El Jesus de Magico (noon) at the Creekside Lounge (noon-6:30pm, free)
- Austinist and Gothamist present Gonna Gonna Get Down 3
- Liam Finn (4:45pm), Phosphorescent (3:45pm), Johnny Flynn (2:45pm), Pattern is Movement (2pm), A Place to Bury Strangers (1:15pm), The Bleedin Bleedins (12:30pm), DJ Ceeplus Bad Knives (11:45am) at the Mohawk (inside stage, free)
- Shout Out Louds (5pm), Shearwater (4pm), We Barbarians (3pm), Jukebox the Ghost (2:15pm), The Forms (1:30pm), Anathallo (12:45pm), Nico Vega (noon) at the Mohawk (outside stage, free)
- Little Radio/Noisepop 2008 present
- Octopus Project (5:30pm), Die! Die! Die! (4:50pm), White Denim (4:10pm), Restaurant (3:30pm), Two Gallants (2:50pm), Foreign Born (2:10pm), Brothers & Sisters (1:30pm), Tom Freund (12:50pm), The Explorer's Club (12:10pm), Brazos (11:40am) at the Red Eyed Fly (free, starts at 11am, 18+, free bloody marys and beer for 21+)
- IODA Opening Day Bash
- The Wedding Present (5:15pm), Sean Hayes (4:30pm), Jason Collett (3:50pm), Chikita Violenta (3:20pm), Frightened Rabbit (2:40pm), Curumin (2pm), Modey Lemon (1:30pm), Chris Bathgate (1pm), Emily Jane White (12:40pm), Oliver Future (12:10pm), DJ Mark Rae at Emo's Annex (across Red River from Emo's, free)
- Force Field PR & Terrorbird Media present
- El Guincho (5:35pm), The Blow (5:05pm), WHY? (4:25pm), The Mae Shi (3:40pm), The Raveonettes (2:55pm), YACHT (2:10pm), These New Puritans (1:30pm), Evangelicals (12:45pm), These United States (noon) at Emo's (outside stage, free)
- Hey Willpower (5:30pm), Panther (4:45pm), The Death Set (4pm), Let's Go To War (3:15pm), Bowerbirds (2:30pm), Headlights (1:45pm), Radar Bros. (1pm), Laura Barrett (12:15pm) at Emo's (inside stage, free)
- Emo's presents
- Poor People, Ripe, Shapes have Fangs, Zykos, Toko-Ri Get High, The Diagonals at Emo's Lounge (1pm-6pm)
- Rock-A-Round Entertainment Showcase
- Black Diamond Heavies (Louisville/Chattanooga, 6:15pm), Black Hollies (Jersey City, 5:30pm), Martians (Seattle, 4:45pm), Ugly Beats (Austin, 4pm), Paul Collins Beat (Madrid, via New York, 3:15pm), Omens (Denver, 2:30pm), Dirty Novels (Albuquerque, 1:45pm), Poor People (Austin, 1pm) at Beerland (free, 21+)
- Red 7 presents
- The Slits (5pm), Jeffrey Lewis & the Jitters (4:15pm), Easy Action (3:30pm), Zombie Eaters (The Sword's tribute to Faith No More, 2:45pm), God is an Astronaut (1:45pm), Sex Vid (1pm) at Red 7 (inside stage)
- Shout Out Out Out (5pm), Devon Williams (4pm), Canopy (3pm), Color Revolt (2pm), The Weight (1pm) at Red 7 (patio stage)
- Gorilla vs. Booze
- The Cool Kids (Chicago, 4:45pm), Holy Fuck (Toronto, 4pm), Bodies Of Water (LA, 3:15pm), Ghosthustler (2:30pm), White Williams (1:45pm), White Denim (1pm), The Party DJs (Dallas) at the Peacock (free, free beer, 21+)
- Todd P presents Sleep When Dead/entertainment4every1 party
- Famous Amos (10pm), Todosantos (9:30pm), Ra Ra Riot (9pm), Totally Michael (8:30pm), The Mae Shi (8pm), Best Friends Forever (7:30pm), Kirsten Ketsjer (7pm), Ponytail (6:30pm), Hey Willpower (6pm), Vivian Girls (5:30pm), Neptune (5pm), Golden Error (4:30pm), Die! Die! Die! (4pm), The Pharmacy (3:30pm), The Carrots (3pm), The Muslims (2:30pm), Yellow Fever (2pm), dd/mm/yyyy (1:30pm), Total Abuse (1pm), The So So Glos (12:30pm), The Strange Boys (noon) at Ms. Bea's (1104 E. 6th St., free)
- Rank Outsider Records day show
- Sons of Hercules (5pm), Pat Todd & the Rank Outsiders (4pm), Scott "Deluxe" Drake (3pm), Gravy Boat (2pm), The Born Liars (1pm) at Room 710
- NX35
- Record Hop (5pm), The Baptist Generals (4pm), Sarah Jaffe (3pm), MOM (2pm), Matthew and the Arrogant Sea (1pm), RTB2 (noon) at Momo's (618 W. 6th St., free)
- Cheapo presents
- TBA (6pm), The Ettes (5pm), Selmanaires (4pm), Spain Colored Orange (3pm), Craig Marshall (2pm), Paul Collins (1pm), Ladyfingers (noon) at Cheapo Records (free)
- The Mae Shi (9pm), Team Robespierre (8pm), DD/MM/YYYY (7pm), Lymbyc Systym (6pm), Say Hi (5pm), Kelley Stoltz (4pm), Nyles Lannon (3pm), What Laura Thinks Says and Feels (2pm), Ramshackle Romeos (1pm) at Counter Cafe (626 N. Lamar at 6th St., free)
- My Education (5pm), The Story Of (4pm), Southeast Engine (3pm), Frontier Ruckus (2pm) at Victory Grill (1104 E. 11th St., free)
- Little Brian (6pm), AUX (5pm), TBA (4pm), Vic Kingsley (3pm) at the Music Gym (815 East 6th St.)
- Business Deal Records day show, sponsored by KOOP 91.7FM
- Fishboy, Count Dracula's Weed Smuggling Jam Engine, Pataphysics, Charles Potts Magic Windmill Band, Shapes Have Fangs at Lovejoys (noon-6pm, free, free beer)
- Fader/Levi's present
- YACHT (6:45pm), Does It Offend You Yeah? (6pm), Chikita Violenta (5:15pm), The Ruby Suns (4:30pm), The Kills (3:45pm), Jeremy Jay (3pm), The Whip (2:15pm), The Mae Shi (1:30pm) with Prince Klassen, Rezound, and Pandemonium Jones (Caps n' Jones) at The Fort (204 E. 4th St., 1pm-8pm, 21+, invite-only, RSVP here)
- Go Entertainment presents
- Golden Bear (5:15pm), Brazos (3:45pm), Transfer (2:15pm), The Always Already (12:34pm), Noise Revival Orchestra (11:15am) at the Scoot Inn (stage 1)
- Quiet Company (4:30pm), Pink Nasty (3pm), The Model UN (1:30pm), The Boxing Lesson (noon) at the Scoot Inn (stage 2)
- Danny Malone (5pm), Frank Smith (4pm), Tom Schraeder (3pm), Matthew Ryan (2pm), Leatherbag (1pm), Curtis Evans (noon) at the Scoot Inn (stage 3)
- SXS&M
- Dirty Hearts (11pm), My X Girlfriend (10pm), Wiretree (9pm), Rails to Russia (8pm), Ponieheart (7pm), A Love Like Pi (6pm), Cliff Howard (5pm), Donnie Hue and the Colors (4pm), The Idiot Kills (3pm) at Chain Drive (504 Willow St., inside stage, free)
- Noise Revival Orchestra Experience (12:30am), The Red Letter Agent (11:30pm), Hero Pattern (10:30pm), Delft (9:30pm), Stanley Roy and the Pig Fuckers (8:30pm), Chainbo (6:30pm), Rabbitfist (4:30pm) at Chain Drive (504 Willow St., outside stage, free)
- Phono Records and Lucky Rabbit Films day show
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- Deadman, Shotgun Party, Frank Smith, The Come Latelys, Ring Shout, Moses and the Burning Bush, Mike and the Moonpies, Somebody's Darling, Carley Wolf, Nick Krause and His Austin Torpedoes, video showcase by Lucky Rabbit Films at the Vortex (2307 Manor Rd., 2pm-10pm)
- Clean Air Clear Stars
- Ocha La Rocha (10pm), Highway (9:40pm), Gram Rabbit (9:10pm), Sian Alice Group (8:50pm), A Place To Bury Strangers (8:20pm), Restaurant (8pm), Spindrift (7:30pm), Soda & Izzy Cox (7:10pm), The People's Revolutionary Choir (6:40pm), CB Brand (6:20pm), The Upsidedown (5:50pm), Jonathan Wilson (5:30pm), Young Lords (5pm), Headdress (4:40pm), Viet Minh (4:10pm), Tim Easton & Evan Phillips (3:50pm), The Shackletons (3:20pm), Teenage Prayers (3pm), Silver Rockets (2:30pm) at the Enchanted Forest (1412 W. Oltorf, 2pm-midnight)
- Ex-Cocaine (9pm), Voodoo Economics (8pm), Diamond Head (7pm), Oh Pyramid (6pm) at the Opera House (2209 K South 1st St., behind End of an Ear)
- The Mae Shi, Crime Novels, Make a Rising, Daniel Francis Doyle, Mittens on Strings at the Parlor (2pm)
- Woods (NY), Ecstatic Sunshine (MD), Bexar Bexar at 1515 Wickersham Lane (apartment 336, 5pm)
- ((sounder)) (6pm), Faux Fox (5pm), Micah Omega (4pm), Anna Kramer and the Lost Cause (3pm), The Clutters (2pm), The Gospel Truth (1pm) at 604 E. 6th St. (above Emo's Lounge, 18+, free breakfast 10am-1pm)
- T.Tex Edwards & The Out On Parole (7pm), The Barker Band (U.K., 6pm), Hey Negrita (U.K., 5pm), The Swindles (4pm), Rich Minus (3pm) at the Hole in the Wall
- KVRX party
- Project Jenny Project Jan (7pm), Kirsten Ketsjer (6pm), Bearclaw (5pm), Mermaid Blonde (4pm), Air Waves (3pm) at Clementine Coffee Bar (2200 Manor Rd., starts at 3pm, free, all ages)
- Acoustical Breakdown
- Scott Liss (7pm), Jessie Pentacostal (6pm), Dwayne Williamson (5pm), Wes Davis (4pm), Saw Wheel (3pm) at Thunderbird Coffee (1401 Koenig Lane, starts at 3pm, free, all ages)
- Capital Zen Party
- We Dream in Daylight (7:15pm), King Air (6:30pm), Eddy Highway (5:45pm), David Nathan (5:15pm), Dash Kizer with RG Stark (4:30pm), Po Girl Sophia (3:45pm), Country Willie and His Cosmic Debris (3pm) at Quacks Maplewood (1400 38 1/2 St., starts at 3pm, free, all ages)
- TucsonScene.com/A Fine Tooth Day/Night Party
- Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Headlights, The Explorers Club, Nyles Lannon (Film School), Eagle Seagull, The Indelicates (UK), Gentleman Auction House, Golden Boots, Mostly Bears, The Deludes, The Jons, The Holy Rolling Empire, ...music video?, The Swim, Mr. Free and the Satellite Freakout at Beso Cantina (307B W. 5th St., noon-2am, free, rsvp here or email tucsonscenesxsw@live.com with BESO RSVP in the subject)
- Yarrr! PR/Greyday Records present The Third Annual Pirate Elvis Party
- The Future Kings of Nowhere, Heligoats, Minmae, Southerly, Chase Frank at Flamingo Cantina (2pm-6pm, peanut butter and banana sandwiches with skulls on them)
- Spiderhouse presents A Celebration of Sound! Curated by Shoestealer Productions
- Son Lux (7pm), Ravens & Chimes (6pm), Chris Bathgate (5pm), Project Jenny Project Jan (4pm), Home Video (3pm), Birds & Batteries (2pm), Woodhands (1pm), The Antlers (noon) at Spiderhouse (free)
- Red Rocket/Spiderbags (9:15pm), Modey Lemon (8:30pm), Men Who Pause (7:30pm), Black Panda (6:30pm), Monkeytown (5:30pm), Hypernova (4:30pm), Las Imagenes Ocultas (3:45pm), 127 (2:45pm), Mockin Pott (1:45pm), Lilly Electric (1pm) at the United States Art Authority (510 W. 29th St.)
- GOOD, NRDC, and the Hotel San Jose present Choose Good Austin
- Noisettes, Kimya Dawson, Lightspeed Champion, The Deadly Syndrome, Mason Jennings, The Exit, Langhorne Slim, Hello Stranger at the Hotel San Jose (1316 S. Congress Ave., noon-9pm)
- 6th Annual Florida Bandango
- Guitar Shorty (5:30pm), The Ditchflowers (4:45pm), Have Gun Willl Travel (4pm), Starsailor (James Walsh, solo acoustic, 3:45pm), Giddy up Helicopter (3pm), Lorna Bracewe (2:30pm), Ronny Elliott & Rebekah Pulley (1:45pm), Sylvie Simmons (1:30pm), Ed Harcourt (12:45pm), John McNicholas (noon) at Yard Dog Gallery (1510 S. Congress Ave., free beer, free food, RSVP to rsvp@baamo.org)
- The Guitartown/Conqueroo Party and Drew Glackin Tribute
- Brent Best (The Drams, 8:45pm), Patty Hurst Shifter (7:45pm), The Silos (6:45pm), Blue Mountain (6pm), Chip Robinson/Eric Ambel (5:20pm), special guest (4:40pm), Jon Dee Graham (4pm), Shawn Mullins (3:20pm), Tom Freund (2:40pm), Chris Stamey (2pm), James McMurtry (1:20pm), Steve Polz (12:40pm), Randy Weeks (noon) at Mother Egan's (715 w. 6th St., free but donations accepted for HAAM/SIMS and the Andrew Glackin Memorial Fund)
- ComboPlate Booking presents South by Soup Fest Benefit for Caritas of Austin
- Elizabeth McQueen & The Firebrands (8:00pm), Moonlight Towers (7:20pm), Monahans (6:40pm), Matt The Electrician (6pm), Michael Fracasso (5:20pm), A.J. Roach (4:40pm), Beaver Nelson (4pm), Ana Egge (3:20pm), Nels Andrews (2:40pm), The Eric Hisaw Band (2pm) at Gueros Taco Bar (1412 S. Congress Ave.)
- PureVolume presents
- Jade McNelis (7pm), Rediscover (6pm), You Me and Everyone We Know (5pm), Wild Light (4pm), Audible Mainframe (3pm) at the PureVolume Ranch (2nd St. next to the convention center, RSVP here)
- Best of Texas Piano Rock day party
- Fulton Read, Quiet Company, Ben Burgess Band at Light Bar (408 Congress Ave., at 4th St., 2pm, free)
- Carnival Beats day show
- Sedium, Unwed Fathers, Bridge Farmers, Indofin, The Aar Against Sleep, Rubber Robot, The Correction Brothers, The Bread, Mrs. Glass, Beyond Gods and Empires, Nicaragua, Watching the Moon, Autons, Betaplayer, Code Named Code at Plush (617 Red River, 1pm-10pm, free, 21+)
- Bismeaux Records Party
- Good For You Music presents
- Lowry, Romantica, American Bang, Imaginary Johnny, KaiserCartel, Samantha Murphy, Steve Poltz at Threadgills (301 W. Riverside Dr., noon-6pm)
- CDTex and Texas Rebel Radio present Pigeon's Posse
- Mark Jungers, Steve Poltz, Walt Wilkins, Jason Eady, Jay Boy Adams, Daryl Lee Rush, Jimmy Baldwin at Opal Divine's Freehouse (700 W. 6th St., noon-7pm)
- Emmerson Biggins Band (10pm), Trash Rockets (9pm), Nematoads (8pm), Knights Official (7pm), The Motion Sick (6pm), Monument to No One (5pm), The Johnny Elrod Band (4pm) at Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill (6901 N. IH-35, exit 239)
- Red Gorilla Music Fest
- Seven venues, day and night. I do not have time to list it all, please see the website here.