If you're in Austin, or will be there soon, we hope you come check out the BrooklynVegan / Sound on Sound day parties at Cheer Up Charlies. We booked a lot of the artists we're excited to see, and here's 15 others that we're looking forward to...
If the snow is not stopping you from getting to Austin this week, RSVP now for the FREE BrooklynVegan / Sound on Sound SXSW parties at Cheer Up Charlies. Here are the set times:
Future Islands, Jimmy Eat World, !!!, Young M.A. & more playing Pandora SXSW shows this week.
Glasgow's Spinning Coin are in the fine tradition of firey independent Scottish bands that goes back to Joseph K and The Fire Engines...
An Austin guitarist was ambushed and shot on his walk home from Hotel Vegas...
Italian band Soviet Soviet had a harrowing experience while trying to come into the US to perform at SXSW. Read their statement on being detained, jailed, and deported.
Plus: tour Austin with Spoon via the 'City Soundtracks' podcast and you might wanna try the breakfast taco they created to celebrate 'Hot Thoughts' release.
The lineups also include Downtown Boys, PWR BTTM, Trail of Dead, Girlpool, Cherry Glazerr, Robyn Hitchcock, Dave Monks (of Tokyo Police Club), Dams of the West (Vampire Weekend), Hurray for the Riff Raff, Vagabon, Jay Som, Allison Crutchfield, and lots more.
Solange, Mastodon, Ryan Adams, Migos, Rae Sremmurd & more
Artists like Downtown Boys, Priests, Told Slant and Evan Greer led a fight against the Austin music conference that led to a quick change!