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First Bands Announced for SXSW 2013

November 8, 2012 7:01 pm by: David Brown

The music festival starts March 12. Photo by Nathan Bernier/KUT News

Though it’s only November, the springtime music conference that takes over Austin each year, South by Southwest, is already beginning to take shape. Today, organizers released the initial lineup. Think of this as the official showcase invite list. Standouts include Alt-J, the recent winner of Britain’s Mercury Prize, as well as the Klaxons and iconic ’60s pop rockers the Zombies. The British invasion is heavily offset by a local contingent, including Crooks, the Black and White Years, Sahara Smith, Shakey Graves, Colin Gilmore, Quiet Company “and virtually every other Austin band,” or at least that was the complaint from the Houston Press this afternoon. Their fair city landed just two artists, the Linus Pauling Quartet and Young Von. No need to fret...
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SXSW Impact Estimated at $190 Million

The economic impact of South by Southwest continued to grow in 2012....
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South by South-Mess

Here’s an interesting fact: the number of outdoor music permits issued by the City of Austin for South by Southwest grew to 74 permits this year. That's 30 percent more than last year. ...
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Heather Courtney on her film Where Sol...

Heather Courtney’s film Where Soldiers Come From is an intimate yet powerful portrait of the impact of war, not only on those directly involved but also on their loved ones and their hometowns. ...
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Officially Unofficial

So, you want to come to play at South by Southwest? How seriously do you really need to plan that trip? The proliferation of house parties during South by Southwest means a lot of things for the music conference and the musicians who tour here. For one thing, it’s made applying for the...
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SXSW Goers: Japan in Mind

Tomorrow morning it will have been exactly a week since a 9.0 earthquake devastated parts of Japan. In Austin, a fundraising effort to assist victims is underway – in the midst of the annual South-by-Southwest Music Conference....
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Crews Fixing Brocca Gallery After Fire...

Work crews arrived this morning to 1103 E. 6th St. after a fire disrupted a South by Southwest party at Brocca Gallery on Tuesday. The Austin Fire Department says the blaze caused an estimated $100,000 in damage and was started by malfunctioning electrical equipment. The cause has been ruled...
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Social Media For The Social Good

Non-profits are using tools like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Foursquare to grow their base of support. ...
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Public health experts and health care providers are still looking for the best way to use social media as a health information tool. ...
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SXSW 2011 Wraps Up Larger

The narrow alleys of bars were congested this Saturday morning with mountains of beer cases. Anthony Childress blocked half of Red River unloading ice at Emo’s. “They’ll go through probably 20 tons of ice. So yeah, it gets pretty busy," he said. There are about 90 music venues hosting SXSW...
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At SXSW, Japanese Band Thinks of Home

It's been one week since the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The death toll stands in the thousands. There's billions of dollars in damage. And then there are fears about what is next for a damaged nuclear plant. Here in Austin, six bands from Japan take the stage tonight in the annual...
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Bands to Brands

In a lot of ways, the growth of South by Southwest has mirrored changes in the music business as a whole. Consider all the branded parties and concerts. Never used to be this way....
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SXSW Doc Explores Vanishing Night Sky

What happens when we lose the night? That's the question asked in the new film "The City Dark" which premiered at South by Southwest this year....
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Is Free Beer Enough To Win On the SXSW...

Free beer and cotton candy are among the enticements to lure people to trade show booths, but once that traffic is built, is the message getting across? ...
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