South by Southwest

 CA The Austin, Texas four-piece were presented with SXSW trophies for "Best New Band" and "Best Song" for their single "Power To Change," "Best Performing Band – Rock" and "Best Bass Player" (John Aldridge). In addition, Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads, ...

Kim Fontaine and Jen Lane warm up with DJT and Smokekiller. At the compound in Austin, Texas - a SXSW day party. Thank you SaskMusic. Home video ... fr.truveo.com

Just hours before their SXSW show in Austin, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich sits down with Wired to talk about twittering, playing secret shows at ... www.wired.com

 TX Click on the photo gallery to see highlights from SXSW'09! In Austin, TX, March not only brings the annual ritual of Spring Break, but also that of South by Southwest. Originally a week long music festival, sxsw has evolved into a two-week interactive, ...

 CA - Erick Schonfeld, Erick Schonfeld WS2 -Gekko attends SXSW Interactive. Scoble vomits on him and Julia Allison wants money for sex. Not happy he buys the city of Austin anyway # WS2 - Bud tries to enlist @davewiner to fight Gekko, but Dave is too busy duplicating features in the MacOS ...

 PA In its Spring Music Preview, Rolling Stone pegged Black Moth an "Artist to Watch" and noted the band is "poised to break out this year." Black Moth has been on the Pitchfork/SXSW/alt-weekly radar for years, but the extra buzz for "Eating Us" is the ...

  Canada Observe and Report premiered at Austin's SXSW Film Festival where it scored mostly positive reviews. Variety called the movie a "shockingly and sometimes discomfortingly funny comedy" while a Boston Herald critic raved that the film is "obscenely funny ...

Ida Maria was a highlight during SXSW, and she’s rocking up the charts with her infectious single, “I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked.” The Scandinavian artist brings a Chrissie Hynde growl to her poppy tunes, and that retro vibe fits into this pop-art video: Ida Maria |MTV Music

Universal offered a 22 minute sneak peak at a rough assemblage of footage from “Bruno” at the SXSW Film Festival. indieWIRE reported that the sneak “had the crowd laughing loudly”: “The heartiest laughter came from the third scene, the infamous caged ...

 VA Last week, most of the music buzz was about Austin's SXSW music showcase. Tons of new, little-known bands got a slice of their 15 minutes of fame. The Local Natives is one of those bands. Listen here for a few reasons why. ...

 CA BY LYNDSEY SAUL The stars are big and bright deep in the heart of Austin, Texas for the SXSW music fest. As always, the gifting abounded as Austrian-based "racing" sunglasses company Carrera comped its vintage, '80s-inspired shades to many a celeb, ...

 UK Iglu & Hartly's Michael Anderson Jarvis was arrested in Austin in the early hours of Thursday (March 19) after allegedly assaulting a hotel security guard while half naked. Jarvis had been running around the Hilton hotel with bandmate Samuel Martin. ...

 CA by Tim Leberecht Someone blogged that SXSW Interactive is just like the Internet itself – disjointed, decentralized, scattered, fast, aggressive, random, fragmented, and so on. In fact, the main commonality between the two may be that the number of ...

 CA There are a lot of odd places to rock here in Austin, Texas. Last night, Grizzly Bear played in a church, many have been playing on rooftops or in alleyways, but Jane's Addiction may have found the most unique venue: a gutted former Safeway off ...

By Jim Harrington A reunited Jane’s Addiction hopped out of the hat at Playboy magazine’s annual “Rock the Rabbit” party on Thursday during the South by Southwest music conference in Austin, TX. The band’s headlining set was supposed to be a big ...

 WI We were represented well Thursday night at South by Southwest in Austin. All Tiny Creatures performed for a good-sized crowd at the Hometapes showcase at Habana Calle 6 on Sixth Street. The festival listed the four-piece as being from Milwaukee, ...

 TX Now with film and interactive bleeding into music, unofficial night showcases and parties start the Saturday before the first Wednesday of SXSW music. — Word has it that upwards of 300 people a morning have been showing up at the Four Seasons morning ...

 MI Though seating is initially opened up to SXSW Film Badge and Pass holders, $10 individual screening tickets will go on sale the evening of the screening at the Paramount Box Office. For more information, visit http://sxsw.com/.

 CA But "Change" isn't limited to shrink-wrapped CDs with your morning latte; under its banner, a five-stop tour with some of the project's myriad artists gets underway today at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas, and comes Monday to LA's Knitting ...

On Day 3 of Austin's SXSW Film Festival, horror fans converged at the beautiful Paramount Theater for the midnight screening of Sam Raimi's unfinished cut of Drag Me to Hell. Would that I went to every movie with this crowd. People came ready to love. ...

Fitness & SXSW can go together  TX Bicycle Sport Shop and the Austin Flyers Cycling Club are once again providing free bicycle valet services for attendees of the SXSW free concert series on Lady Bird Lake. Last year the shop parked more than 1200 bikes over three days. ...

 TX According to marketing professionals, companies that need to catch the eye of cool-hunters at SXSW will still find a way to be here. "Brands have to be very strategic about where they spend their money," said Bruce Starr, who works with Brands Music ...

 CA At South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, on Saturday night, hundreds of attendees turned out for Dorkbot, a celebration of makers and electronic geekery that takes place in cities around the world. Its motto is "People doing strange things with ...

 CA by Jette Kernion Mar 12th 2009 // 9:03AM When in the world did it get to be the day before the SXSW Film Festival starts? I've been getting organized and ready, and so have the other Cinematical writers who are coming to town. ...

 TX By Marques Harper | Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 11:20 AM Austin’s big moment has arrived. Starting this week, we’re playing host to thousands of international music acts, their fans and crowds looking to party. South by Southwest officially starts ...

The Associated Press  CA By Patrick Kevin Day and Rebecca Snavely The South by Southwest film fest isn't the hotbed of celebrities and desperate film buyers that Sundance is, and that's a good thing. Down in the heart of Texas, it's about the films and nothing but the films. ...

 NY The Frodus Conglomerate International will address the public for the first time in 10 years on Saturday March 21st, 2009 at 4:35 pm in Austin, Texas. Austin will be the first of several public forums to address current global conditions forewarned by ...

Bipolar Empire get ready for SXSW Hot young Tallaght outfit Bipolar Empire are gearing up for their US debut at SXSW, in Austin, Texas next week. The band have three dates lined up for the influential industry bash, including a big Irish St. Patrick's Day early evening showcase with ...

 TX Are you more likely to go to day parties or SXSW panels? What’s the best thing you learned in school? If you pretend that you’re working…you’ll pass the class. Does your band have a pre-show ritual? Any superstitions? We have to get into a circle and ...

 CA By Billy Gil | Posted: 23 Feb 2009 The South By Southwest Film Conference, in partnership with IFC Films, is sending five of its movies to homes through the IFC Festival Direct on-demand package, as reported in Wired. Each film will be available for 90 ...

 United States I've seen her twice (in support of Red Dirt Girl with Buddy Miller on guitar, and at a SXSW showcase). I'm looking forward to hearing some songs with Patty Griffin on backing vocals, since they sing back up on each other's CDs. ...

Hats off to Tim League and company for curating a very exciting program of midnight movies for a special sidebar at SXSW 2009, called “SXSW Presents Fantastic Fest at Midnight.” Tim, who runs the annual Fantastic Fest every September, has wrangled a handful of anticipated genre films for...

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 TX - Are you more likely to go to day parties or SXSW panels? Ha! I am more likely to be reading or sleeping at our hotel. But I would definitely prefer to see ...

 TX - Are you more likely to go to day parties or SXSW panels? Hey, we’ll go wherever the action is. Some kind of poster thing’s going on too, right? ...

My family at SXSW has announced a few new panels for the 2009 conference, and they are eye-opening. First, the tame: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, and Rashida Jones will sit down to discuss the festival’s Opening Night Film: I Love You, Man. On the same day, Saturday, March 14, beloved character ac...

 NY - The website also mentions her second film My Effortless Brilliance, which garnered attention when it premiered at the SXSW (South by Southwest) 2008 ...

 CA - Jan 12, 2009 By MICHAEL JONES Following the 2007 preem of "Knocked Up," Seth Rogen will return to the SXSW Film Festival with the world premiere of "Observe and Report. ...

 United States - Dec 1, 2008 After premiering at the SXSW Film Festival, Daryl Wein's feature went on to win best documentary feature at LA Outfest this year. ...

 UK - The current tour kicked off in early March with an appearance at SXSW in Austin, Texas. "That was so great. It was fine in the end, but it was so hectic. ...

By mattdentler(matt@sxsw.com) The IFP announced this year's Gotham Award nominees today. SXSW favorite Barry Jenkins was nominated for "Breakthrough Director" for his debut, Medicine For Melancholy. SXSW 2008 Narrative Feature jury winner, Wellness by Jake Mahaffy, was nominated for "Best Film Not Playing At A The...

By Billy Mabray Happy Monday, folks, and a happy 7th birthday to Movable Type. Looking back through my old blog posts, it looks like I’ve been using MT for about 5.5 of those years. I remember that first installation well — I converted from my hand-rolled system to MT in the hallways of the Austin Convention Ce...

By david 2008 Coachella music downloads 2008 SXSW music downloads and streams 2007 Austin City Limits Music Festival downloads other music festival downloads. Try It Before You Buy It (mp3s and album streams from weekly CD releases) ...

By david 2008 Coachella music downloads 2008 SXSW music downloads and streams 2007 Austin City Limits Music Festival downloads other music festival downloads. Try It Before You Buy It (mp3s and album streams from weekly CD releases) ...

By sexuality For the past three years I've made the pilgrimage to the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. Actually three festivals back to back SXSW is absolutely the most fun I've...

By devashaun The Dog Mogul, Castroist Freshet St., Austin TX. Pete Shelly & Perry Farrell proscenium stage@ Vortex silent majority. A merge as for doen photos must been indexed as far as Flickr. Checking rounded now additions let alone Birdmonster; ...

The Mae Shi Versus Orochon Ramen. All photos by Carrie Meathrell  CA - They played an inhuman number of shows at this year's SXSW (eighteen in six days), and describe the Austin experience thusly: "SXSW is a city in Austin, ...

Scene: Austin  - The article was nice, but SXSW is 2 weeks, in which, as mentioned most Austinites don't participate. We avoid crossing the river that week no matter which ...

By mattdentler(matt@sxsw.com) As I blogged about last week, Kris Carr's SXSW 2007 documentary premiere, Crazy Sexy Cancer, debuts on TLC tonight. Set your TiVo, or better yet, watch it live. It's an emotional and funny look at Carr's battles with the disease. Right before it debuted at SXSW this March, acclaimed journali...

By Jen Carlson The party is next Thursday at 11pm. So if you're going to Austin, email us at GothamistContest (a) gmail dot com, and tell us why you want to be amongst playmates while listening to the danceROCK of Ghostland Observatory, and we'll make sure you and a guest are on the list.

By mattdentler(matt@sxsw.com) Okay, "this is the anthem, get your damn hands up." We've decided that the unofficial anthem of the 2007 SXSW Film Festival will be "No Cars Go," by the Arcade Fire. Trust us, our steering committee went through thousands of songs to find the right anthem, and it's a perfect fit. Click here to li...