Many SXSW attendees, including myself, constantly bounce around during SXSW, and have no problem running across town and waiting in a few lines to see a ton of different bands. These kind of folks likely already have their color coded spreadsheets printed and packed with their daily survival backpacks. However, for those folks who want to hit up just one SXSW show per day/night, Pop Press International presents SXSW 2013 BEST BETS. Below is a single showcase or party for the day and nighttime for each day of SXSW (with a few minor exceptions). You can also check out our list of 25 must-see bands, which includes videos and music from each artist.
Tuesday (Day):
Queueapp.com show at the Mohawk
OUTSIDE:
Natural Child (5pm)
Delorean (4pm)
Chelsea Light Moving (3pm)
Beach Fossils (2pm)
Lemuria (1pm)
INSIDE:
Grape St. (4:30pm)
Supreme Cuts (3:30pm)
Sir Sly (2:30pm)
Fallulah (1:30pm)
Royal Forest (12:30pm)
Tuesday (Night):
Antenna Farm Records Presents SXSW 2013
Valhalla – 710 Red River St. Austin, TX 78701
So Many Wizards (1am)
Social Studies (12mid)
The Blank Tapes (11pm)
Dana Falconberry (10pm)
Body Parts (9pm)
Agent Ribbons (8pm)
Wednesday Day:
HGTV and Paste present The Stages on Sixth
The Stage on 6th (508 E. 6th St.) [inside]
Shout Out Louds (5pm)
Matthew E. White (4pm)
Dawes (3pm)
Foxygen (2pm)
Guards (1pm)
The Lone Bellow (noon)
[outsdie]
Marnie Stern (4:30pm)
Allah-las (3:30pm)
Mac DeMarco (2:30pm)
Easter Island (1:30pm)
CR Smith (12:30pm)
[free, RSVP]
Wednesday Night:
Assuming you all know about that little showcase happening at Stubb’s. You know? Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nick Cave, Youth Lagoon, Alt-J… that one? Well we’re certainly going to try to hit that up. But, if that fails, here’s a solid showcase from folks right here in your back yard.
Modern Outsider Official Showcase at MAGGIE MAE’S
8:00PM MIRROR TRAVEL (formerly Follow That Bird)
9:00PM Gliss
10:00PM My Jerusalem
11:00PM The Calm Blue Sea
12:00AM Ume
1:00AM The Black and White Years
Thursday Day:
The Pitchfork Day Party
at the 1100 Warehouse (1100 E. Fifth St.) [free]
OUTSIDE:
Youth Lagoon
Foxygen
Delorean
White Lung
Parquet Courts
Merchandise
Waxahatchee
California X
INSIDE:
Toro Y Moi
Andy Stott
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Mac DeMarco
Mikal Cronin
Autre Ne Veut
Rhye
Thursday Night:
Although we’re trying to reserve commentary on any of these and just bring you a straightforward list of where to go, we have to say that the Dead Oceans, Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar joint showcases at Red7 and Red 7 Patio are probably the absolute best overall showcase lineups of all of SXSW 2013.
RED 7 ON THURSDAY, MARCH 14
8:00PM Brazos
8:50PM Night Beds
9:45PM Suuns
10:40PM Diana
11:30PM The Besnard Lakes
12:35AM Akron/Family
RED 7 PATIO ON THURSDAY, MARCH 14
8:15PM Cayucas
9:05PM Small Black
10:00PM Bleached
10:55PM Foxygen
11:55PM Phosphorescent
1:00AM Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Friday Day:
We have to plug our own event Friday at Sidebar, mostly because we wholly believe in how much ass it kicks, but we also included another one to avoid bias.
Side One Track One and Pop Press International Present DC vs. Austin
with Sponsors RSVPster and CHIRPradio.
Sidebar, Friday March 15th, 12:00-6:00PM
Info and tracks from the bands: http://sideonetrackone.com/sxsw-day-party-dc-vs-austin/
Inside Stage Set Times:
12:20-1:00 – Dance For The Dying
1:20-2:00 – The Bad Lovers
2:20-3:00 – Lowercase Letters
3:20-4:00 – The Sour Notes
4:20-5:00 – Dana Falconberry
5:20-6:00 – American Hearts
Outside Stage Set Times:
12:00-12:40 – Letting Up Despite Great Faults
1:00-1:40 – Bella Russia
2:00-2:40 – Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds
3:00-3:40 – Hundred Visions
4:00-4:40 – Shark Week
5:00-6:00 – Ringo Deathstarr
Noise Pop & Another Planet Entertainment present After the Gold Rush
Friday Day Show at the Red Eyed Fly
Youth Lagoon (5:30pm)
Surfer Blood (4:30pm)
Phosphorescent (3:30pm)
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers (2:30pm)
PAPA (1:30pm)
Wild Belle (12:30pm)
METZ (5pm)
Poolside (4pm)
Caveman (3pm)
Bear Mountain (2pm)
Cosmic Suckerpunch (1pm)
The Sam Chase (noon)
Friday Night:
Mohawk is the place to be Friday night with killer indoor and outdoor stages!
MOHAWK INDOOR ON FRIDAY, MARCH 15
8:00PM Lemuria
9:00PM Spider Bags
10:00PM Widowspeak
11:00PM Ducktails
12:00AM Parquet Courts
1:00AM DIIV
MOHAWK OUTDOOR ON FRIDAY, MARCH 15
8:15PM Jonny Fritz
9:15PM Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons
10:15PM Dawes
11:15PM Merchandise
12:15AM Chelsea Light Moving (Thurston Moore)
1:15AM Trash Talk
Saturday Day:
Even though we’re probably biased, we have to say that we work our asses off to bring you this killer day show at the New Movement with FREE BEER, FREE TACOS and 14 bands!
RSVP HERE: http://bit.ly/ppisxsw2013
Stream our playlist with one track from each band: http://bit.ly/
6:00 Dog Bite (ATL, GA)
5:30 Pageants (CA)
5:00 The Shivas (WA)
4:30 The Blank Tapes (CA)
4:00 Sour Notes (ATX)
3:30 Love Inks (ATX)
3:00 Ravenna Woods (WA)
2:30 Brazos (NYC)
2:00 Tiger Waves (ATX)
1:30 Ablebody (Former Pains of Being Pure at Heart) (CA)
1:00 Frank Smith (ATX)
12:30 Kendl Winter (WA)
12:00 Good Field (ATX)
11:30 Cleanup (DFW)
11:00 Doors open for tacos and coffee; beer at noon
Saturday Night:
The Parish
Naomi Punk
Chris Cohen
The Soft Moon
Mac DeMarco
Widowspeak
DIIV
Beach Fossils
Happy SXSW y’all!
