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Steven Spielberg, Olivia Cooke, Lena Waithe, Win Morisaki, Philip Zhao, Ben Mendelsohn, Zak Penn, Tye Sheridan, and Ernest Cline at the world premiere of Ready Player MILLER GARY One at the Paramount Theatre on March 11

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99A. SINCLAIR AUSTINITESAMERICAN SHARKS Fri. 16, Hotel Vegas Annex, 8:55pm Sat. 17, Hotel Vegas Patio, 11pm Austin’s Frank Smith and Grape St. alum Aaron Sinclair stoner punk kings sport all the hair – facial and moved under his own truncated moniker in 2016 for tonsorial – and fuzz of most bands saddled with Get Out of the City. The shift allowed the decade- that descriptor. The difference is, tempos are more long Austin scene veteran to fully embrace brooding “Paranoid” than the ”Sweet Leaf” plod of typical indie rock, full of guitar nerd solos and power chord THC-soaked bands. Follow-up to the trio’s 2013 bursts that recall a time when it wasn’t helplessly debut is imminent. – Tim Stegall cliche to like the Black Keys. – Abby Johnston ANASTASIA ABHI THE NOMAD Sat. 17, Carver Museum, Boyd Vance Fri. 16, Tap Room at the Market, 7:30pm Theater, 11:45pm Born and raised in Austin, Before landing locally, this son of an Indian diplomat Stacey Smith has been recognized as Best Female A Giant Dog accepts Best spent his childhood shuttled between Hong Kong, Artist at the Austin Hip-Hop Awards on numerous Rock at last month’s AMAs.

Beijing, and New Delhi. For now, the MC blending occasions. To wit, R&B-leaning EP Born to Love You HALL BRENDAN DAVID Kanye-like beats with dark musings on the human landed on short lists for 2017. She launched women- condition calls Texas home as he promotes his new focused nonprofit CAKE in 2015, which was accom- full-length debut, Marbled. NBT alert! panied by a stellar compilation of ATX luminaries. A GIANT DOG – Abby Johnston – Kahron Spearman Fri. 16, Auditorium Shores, 7pm Second LP in two years for super indie Merge, Pile drove indie rock straight in a turnbuckle with the theatrical élan of front duo ALEXALONE …AND YOU WILL KNOW US Sabrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen. Also the Sonny & Cher behind the equally elec- Fri. 16, Iron Bear, 9pm Alex Peterson’s BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD trifying Sweet Spirit, not only was the pair’s “Disneyland on LSD” video among the niche can’t be pinned down. He deftly navigates Wed. 14, Swan Dive Patio, 10:20pm Since Chronicle’s highest viewed posts last year, A Giant Dog’s Austin Music Award for uncomfortable instrumental sprawls and noisy forming in 1994 behind Jason Reece and Conrad Best Rock last month got retrieved by Ellis impersonator John Valley and Chronicle rock; the splintering, 19-minute “Headache” lives Keely, TOD proved remarkably consistent in gener- columnist Kevin Curtin subbing for bassist Graham Low. – Raoul Hernandez up to its name, and “Learning How to Play Again ating concert chaos, crackerjack songwriting, and in DADABD” offers 17 quaking minutes of off-kilter an explosive fusion of prog ambition and punk’s instrumental ambience. Sadness3, released last year middle-finger thrust. After living in Phnom Penh, BEN AQUA BLACK PUMAS via Sports Day Records, is six tracks of chugging, Keely’s return to Austin finds him and Reece work- Fri. 16, Friends, 12mid Longtime Austinites Tue. 13, Parish, 9pm Black Pumas played lo-fi melodics with pop hooks. – Libby Webster ing on a follow-up to 2014’s IX. – Tim Stegall might remember Ben Aqua’s early work as Assacre, their first show last month, but the new soul project combining metal riffs with costumed performance from Austin producer/guitar god Adrian Quesada ANNABELLE CHAIRLEGS art. These days he leans electronic, taking a pop- (Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, Echocentrics, Ocote Sat. 17, Hotel Vegas Patio, 8pm Annabelle culture-smashing approach to dance music that’s Soul Sounds) and rapper Eric Burton hits the Chairlegs’ Sixties surf psych twists through fuzz- frenetic, cheeky, and just plain fun. Look for him ground running with a forthcoming debut LP on laden riffs and jangly reverb oscillations. Cutting alongside a cast of like-minded associates from his Colemine Records. The band’s psych-tinged base- through the six-string screeches, spaced-out jams, #FEELINGS label. – Dan Gentile ment soul sounds like the lost soundtrack to a blax- and bass prods, Lindsey Mackin vacillates between ploitation flick. – Thomas Fawcett a Janis Joplin growl to a floating croon. Sun-soaked ATASH and sloshy garage defined 2015 debut Watermelon Thu. 15, Russian House, 11pm The global BOOMBAPTIST Summer. – Alejandra Ramirez palate of Austin’s premier world music ensemble Sat. 17, Plush, 11pm Nobody likes to stare at a stretches over thousands of miles and dozens of performer with their head in a computer, so rapper/ borders. Hindustani classical, Spanish flamenco, producer Andrew Thaggard turns his MIDI controller BIDI BIDI BANDA and Iranian bandari music all feed Atash’s transfor- toward the audience so they can see that he’s not just Sat. 17, SXSW Outdoor Stage mative stew. No wonder they’re playing Carnegie checking his email, but rather programming live ver- Presented by MGM Resorts, 5pm Hall next month alongside St. Stephen’s Global sions of the beats that earned him a booking at L.A.’s Ensemble. – Greg Beets Selena tribute act? Guitarist Rene legendary Low End Theory party. – Dan Gentile Chavez recently told KLRU, Austin’s PBS affiliate, “We weren’t really shooting for a BLACK PISTOL FIRE BOSS STREET BRASS BAND Thu. 15, Lustre Pearl, 9pm This pair of visual facsimile; we were shooting more Thu. 15, Elephant Room, 11pm Founded Toronto transplants fires up punk-blues from the for an aural likeness.” Tejano’s first inter- in 2011 by trumpeter/teacher Ormide Armstrong, Black Keys/White Stripes axis, with tools handed national crossover act is lovingly repli- the Boss Street Brass Band evolved from Reagan down from Led Zeppelin, Chuck Berry, and Nirvana. High School’s famed Soul Raider Marching Band and

JOHN ANDERSON cated by Stephanie Bergara, who gave a September’s fifth LP Deadbeat Graffiti bests its pre- moving empowerment speech while Soul Train Drumline. Mixing traditional New Orleans decessors like each successive release, soundtrack accepting Best Cover Band honors at the stomp and jazzy funk, the BSBB caresses the ears of still for any number of network and cable sports Austin Music Awards on Feb. 28. cerebral music fans on two albums, including 2016’s events. Frontman Kevin McKeown and drummer Eric – Tim Stegall Put It on You. – Michael Toland Owen rock ridiculously hard and raw. – Tim Stegall

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Molly Burch at the Chronicle’s PAUL CAUTHEN 2017 Hair of the 3-Legged Dog Wed. 14, Palm Door on Sixth, 10:45pm SXSW Day Party Low-end harmony for shooting-star roots duo Sons of Fathers, Paul Cauthen stepped solo for 2016 LP My Gospel (Lightning Rod). His powerful croon melds into a country rumble that burns soulfully between Elvis and Waylon with a church flair. A much anticipated new EP drops in May. – Doug Freeman CHA’KEETA B Fri. 16, Karma Lounge, 9:30pm Talented Austin rapper Lauren Riggins reaches back to a bygone era with her recent extended play, 2 FRIDAY MAR. 24 Incomparable, which features acclaimed ATX singer Alesia Lani on “Fall Back” and Nubia Emmon’s vocals on single “2 Can Play That Game.” Nineties

THE HOT NUT RIVETERS DAVID BRENDAN HALL R&B/rap-influenced “TGIF” (feat. Cat Carter) spins nostalgia. – Kahron Spearman TUESDAY MAR. 27 & WEDNESDAY MAR. 28 CHARLIE FAYE & THE FAYETTES SHAWN MULLINS Fri. 16, Saxon Pub, 11pm; Sat. 17, Continental Club, 12mid Chameleonlike THURSDAY MAR. 29 singer-songwriter Faye leads this soulful Sixties girl MOLLY BURCH group resurrection alongside fellow local vocal lumi- MAX GOMEZ Fri. 16, Native Hostel, 8:45pm Burch’s rose-hued, retro sound unfolds slowly and gently naries Akina Adderley and BettySoo. With instru- beneath the power of her booming, honeyed voice. Her warm, intimate, and wistful debut mental assists from Elvis Costello & the Attractions FRIDAY MAR. 30 LP Please Be Mine, released via Captured Tracks last year, catapulted the Los Angeles drummer Pete Thomas and Jellyfish keyboardist The Next Waltz Live With native onto the national stage and seemingly nonstop touring. – Libby Webster Roger Manning, the trio’s eponymous 2016 debut BRUCE ROBISON & crackles with Shangri-Las-meets-Supremes pop pathos. – Greg Beets JOHN BAUMANN 99 AUSTINITES B-C CALLIOPE MUSICALS Tue. 13, Central Presbyterian Church, GINA CHAVEZ SATURDAY MAR. 31 11pm Psychedelic love child, Calliope Musicals Wed. 14, Flamingo Cantina, 8pm She’s a BRAINWAVVE blends kaleidoscope folk shuffles and sprawling native Austinite, but Gina Chavez’s sensibilities are CHRIS SMITHER Sat. 17, Plush, 10pm Benjamin Crowley com- stoner jams. While 2016’s Time Owes You Nothing rooted further back in her heritage. Teaching English bines skittish drums and a grab bag of synth textures harvests borderline Grouplove with LSD strains in El Salvador, the singer began infusing Mexican SATURDAY APR. 7 and samples with a polish and cohesion missing and free-form improv, September singles “Wasted and South American influences into her balladic pop from many local beat scene acts. Fans of Daedelus’ Space” and “Looking for the One I Love” boast sensibilities stateside. Cumbia, reggae, and LGBT THE SIRENS OF pastiche take note, but this isn’t just for the heads. electronic pop sensibilities. – Alejandra Ramirez pride sneaks into her international set lists. SOUTH AUSTIN “Continuum” invokes Radiohead’s best electronic – Abby Johnston moments, complete with reverb-drenched vocals DYLAN CAMERON delivered live. – Dan Gentile TUESDAY APR. 10 Thu. 15, Hotel Vegas, 7:10pm; Sat. CHURCHWOOD 17, Central Presbyterian Church, Sat. 17, Continental Club, 11pm With LeRoi ELIZABETH COOK BREAKOUT 10:25pm Inspired by Nineties techno and house, Brothers, Ballad Shambles, Horsies, Meat Purveyors, With DAN DYER Sat. 17, Hotel Vegas, 10:15pm Possibly the Dylan Cameron excels at modular synth bangers, and Crack Pipes among their ranks, these local purest expression of late-Seventies domestic punk but boasts the range to deliver ambient live sets avant-blues blusterers ride a roogalator all their own. 2016’s fourth LP Hex City boosted production THURSDAY APR. 19 you’ll hear this SXSW. 2012 cassette EP No Choice and that sound like a head hitting a pillow. Expect 2014 single “Razor Wire” b/w “Stab in the Dark” tell tables full of hardware, spiderwebs of cables, and and boasted Joe Doerr’s most trenchant Dadaist KYLE COOK the tale beautifully: vox in the key of “sore throat,” oscillations between harsh noise and hip-shaking growlings to date. If “One Big White Nightmare” (Of Matchbox 20) nasty guitar distortion likely generated from pawn grooves. Ear plugs recommended. – Dan Gentile doesn’t remind you of something, maybe you’re still shop Peavey tube amps, hyperthyroid tempos, and a asleep. – Greg Beets FRIDAY APR. 20 baaad attitude. – Tim Stegall CAPYAC Thu. 15, Malverde, 1am Following an elec- CILANTRO BOOMBOX MASON JENNINGS BROWNOUT trifying ACL Fest slot last fall and on the heels of Sat. 17, Palm Door on Sixth, 11pm Wed. 14, Mohawk Outdoor, 11:15pm a new album, ornately costumed electro-pop duo Blending infectious funk shuffles, acid jazz excur- sions, and Latin disco, Cilantro Boombox conjures SUNDAY APR. 29 Transforming Black Sabbath into horn-laden Latin Capyac stages an ostentatious dance party. Who funk earned Brownout national attention, but they’ve Is Donny Flamingo? dives into bold, blaring bass Santana jams and Earth, Wind & Fire grooves on packed local dance floors for more than a decade. that rattles windows, pushing the band’s sound 2017’s sophomore offering Shine. DENNY LAINE – Alejandra Ramirez (Wings & Moody Blues) GZA’s backing band boasts an LP of instrumental into a deeper aesthetic, an explosive sonic paint- Public Enemy covers on deck. Hard funk meets low- ing awash in color. – Libby Webster AND THE CRYERS rider soul. – Thomas Fawcett COUNTRY COUSINS Feat.STEVE HOLLEY Drummer Of Wings CASUAL STRANGERS Tue. 13, Karma Lounge, 10:05pm Austin’s Fri. 16, Hideout, 1am Offshoot of psych rock- answer to UGK, longtime standout duo K-Paul and ★ VOTED #1 ACOUSTIC MUSIC VENUE 2001-2011! ★ BUBBLE PUPPY Thu. 15, Hotel Vegas Patio, 7pm Labelmates ers the Boxing Lesson, Casual Strangers incorporates Pimpin Pen remain trench deep in the Texas rap TICKETS FOR UPCOMING SHOWS NOW ON SALE AT: to the 13th Floor Elevators, Austin’s Bubble Puppy synthesizers, slide guitars, and boundless imagina- scene. Debuting in 1999, the rappers finally dropped WWW.CACTUSCAFE.ORG scored higher on the charts with 1969 single “Hot tion for wordless noise that sounds like Stereolab a debut LP roughly nine years in the making in 2014. That followed a strong 2006 mixtape featuring THE CACTUS IS LOCATED INSIDE THE TEXAS UNION BUILDING. Smoke and Sasafrass.” Reunited by guitarist/vocalist covering Pink Floyd’s “One of These Days.” Three HAPPY HOUR 4-7PM, MONDAY-FRIDAY. ALL SHOWS @ 8:30PM UNLESS NOTED. Rod Prince and drummer David Fore, the quintet’s 2017 LPs’ worth of hallucinatory space rock rife with comic Houston legends Paul Wall and Trae the Truth. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CACTUSCAFEAUSTIN LP Certified Badass scorches remakes of BP classics and book, B-movie, and Seventies Euro electronica bits – Kahron Spearman chestnuts by their sequel band Demian. – Greg Beets welcome four later this year. – Michael Toland 23RD & GUADALUPE 512-475-6515 10 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com A SELECTION AS BIG AS Texas!

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99 AUSTINITES C-H CURVED LIGHT CROCODILE TEARS Sat. 17, Central Presbyterian Church, Sat. 17, Hotel Vegas at Volstead, 9:30pm Modular synthesizers allow 11:30pm The swagger of Mick Taylor-era Stones, electronic musicians to patch together a the power of Live at Leeds Who, and the hooks of candy store worth of gear, but often the ’65 Beatles: Crocodile Tears are the intersection results sound like a wad of chewed gum. where rock & roll and power-pop meet. As heard on Peter Tran breaks the mold with sym- 2017’s “Back Alley Boys” single, they fall wildly on phonic compositions earning millions of the R&R side of the street. – Tim Stegall plays on Spotify, paired with live visuals from an art history Ph.D. candidate JESSE DAYTON Deirdre Smith. – Dan Gentile Fri. 16, Cooper’s BBQ, 1am Beaumont native Jesse Dayton has issued hard honky-tonk that goes down like George Jones chased by a stiff shot of Seventies punk. He’s also manned lead guitar for GREYHOUNDS everyone from Waylon Jennings to X, collaborated Wed. 14, Swan Dive, 9pm; Thu. 15, with luminaries like John Doe and the Supersuckers, Cooper’s BBQ, 11:45pm Another garage- and directed his own horror movie. – Tim Stegall blues duo? Try a “two-man soul revue,” instead. Guitarist Andrew Trube and keyboardist Anthony THE DEER Farrell claim to be “Hall & Oates meets ZZ Top,” Fri. 16, Victorian Room at the Driskill, but really they’re a micro distillation of the Muscle 12:40am Earthy indie folk, dense with elements Shoals rhythm section – with Dan Penn’s songwrit- of dream-pop and chamber music, that treads ing prowess. New single “No Other Woman” teases transcendental realms. Grace Rowland Park’s voice THE GARY JON DEE GRAHAM April’s third LP Cheyenne Valley Drive. – Tim Stegall levitates and glows like a lightning bug over a psy- Mon. 12, Sidewinder Outside, 8:45pm Sat. 17, Continental Club, 9pm “Graham is chedelic mushroom patch of electric and acoustic Ten years in, this well-chiseled post-punk trio the only musician ever to be inducted into the Austin KHALI HAAT instruments. Nocturnal third album Tempest & continues to depict marginal human experience Music Hall of Fame three times.” Not only that, the Tue. 13, Russian House, 8pm Though Hard Rapture landed in 2016 as a career highlight. with bellowed warmth and dramatic intensity. Dave 59-year-old former True Believer and forever Skunks Proof and the Golden Dawn Arkestra get all the – Kevin Curtin Norwood’s basslines shudder with barely concealed guitarist holds down maybe Austin’s best residency press in Austin, Khali Haat deserves a seat at the rage, providing a fulcrum around which guitar and – he and James McMurtry Wednesdays at this venue. neo-Afrobeat table. The undulating octet masters DOMINICAN JAY drums color in emotional nuances. 2014’s Farewell Nights of raw life bundled in song, they’re softened groove as well as its colleagues, and the pop vocals Fri. 16, Karma Lounge, 9:50pm Though Foolish Objects lives up to its titular Bukowski refer- by Graham’s bear necessities illustrations. 1997 debut it layers atop the high-life/funk mantra give it extra the rapper out of Queens by way of Austin last ence on gritty gems “Coming up for Air” and “Fall Escape From Monster Island now roars and rasps on spice. See the band’s eponymous 2016 debut for released a full-length in 2016, the ambitious From High.” – Greg Beets vinyl for the first time. – Raoul Hernandez corroboration. – Michael Toland Reality Rap, don’t think Jay’s resting on his laurels. Representing the League of Extraordinary Gz in THE GHOST WOLVES GREENBEARD HARD PROOF numerous avenues, the MC’s new single “Dirty Wed. 14, 720 Club, 11pm Stomp rock, hellish Fri. 16, 720 Club, 1am This hammer-n- Fri. 16, Hotel Vegas Annex, 10:45pm A Money” features $.Dot & Sertified. blues, and bayou boogie drive the Ghost Wolves tongs trio’s first two albums reeked of sativa and horn-driven 10-piece, Hard Proof began as a glori- – Kahron Spearman as Carley Wolf ravages a wailing six-string and QOTSA, but 2017 full-length Lödarödböl cleaned fied Fela Kuti tribute band, but has morphed into life partner Jonny Wolf stirs up visceral drum fills. up the desert rockers’ metallic act in Seattle with a stellar original ensemble. Grounded in Afrobeat, DRE PRINCE Punk jolts and grunge leanings animate debut Man, onetime Minus the Bear keyboardist Matt Bayles dabbling in Ethiopian jazz, and grooving globally, Tue. 13, Karma Lounge, 11:05pm Rapper Woman, Beast (2014) and sophomore platter Texas (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Mastodon, Isis). Proggy last year’s Stinger LP proved a giant leap forward for and purveyor of his BLCK KNG Movement, Andre Platinum (2017). – Alejandra Ramirez song lengths and Chance Parker’s from-the-mount the hard-hitting live act. – Thomas Fawcett Davis Jr. converts his real-life experiences and vocals match the stunning, Game of Thrones-loving, Outkast/Tupac/UGK influences into what he deems GOLDEN DAWN ARKESTRA there be dragons cover art. Tattoo needle, stat. RAY WYLIE HUBBARD “melodic modern hip-hop.” 2016’s Golden Child fea- Fri. 16, Hotel Vegas Patio, 1:15am The most – Raoul Hernandez Wed. 14, Cooper’s BBQ, 10pm Ray Wylie tures older yet fresh singles “WBTN2,” “All Around arresting spectacle in Austin music, the Golden Dawn Hubbard won Best Songwriter at last the World,” “Netflix and Chill.” – Kahron Spearman Arkestra travels the spaceways with a bizarro mix of month’s Austin Music Awards, proving interstellar jazz, funk, and disco. Sometimes taking the wry, gypsy-blues balladeer only ROKY ERICKSON the stage with well over 15 members, the sprawling continues to get better. Hubbard counts Sat. 17, Auditorium Shores, 9pm If a musical caravan features outlandish headwear, intoxi- classics “Snake Farm” and “Up Against Mount Rushmore of Austin music were carved into cating dancers, smoldering aromatic herbs, and the the Wall Redneck Mother,” but his string the hills west of town, Roger Kynard Erickson would occasional wizard for a hype man. – Thomas Fawcett of recent albums, including 2017’s Tell be there alongside Willie Nelson and Stevie Ray the Devil I’m Gettin’ There as Fast as I Vaughan. Father of garage rock, psychedelia, and Can, have overflowed some of his most horror rock in the 13th Floor Elevators and after- uncompromising and exceptional work. ward, the author of rock & roll classic “You’re Gonna – Doug Freeman Miss Me” remains a local treasure whose live perfor- HOVVDY mances are still few and far between. – Tim Stegall Tue. 13, Elysium, 8pm; Thu. INVOKE 15, Cheer Up Charlies, 9:10pm Wed. 14, Hideout, 1am Described FRAGILE ROCK Hovvdy’s unassuming nature should by one radio wag as “not classical, but Wed. 14, Maggie Mae’s, 8pm Austin’s be forgettable, yet Charlie Martin not not classical,” this acoustic string PHOTOS BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL BRENDAN DAVID BY PHOTOS foremost emo puppet band packs the awesome and Will Taylor make it exciting. 2017 quartet takes as many cues from blue- punch of a lark gone legitimate. Fronted by lead debut Taster introduced their self- grass, jazz, and vintage folk as it does mope Milo S. (Brently Heilbron), the 10-piece troupe described “pillowcore” in hazy guitar from minimalism and other modern upends the Henson legacy with the power of pes- reverb and fragments of thought, classical forms. Adding banjo, mandolin, simism. Although their bad feels in felt bombed on while February’s Cranberry keeps the and vocals to the usual violins, viola, and America’s Got Talent, having Simon Cowell proclaim melancholy alive but still manages to cello puts the foursome beyond easy you’re only fit to be enjoyed by a “deaf toddler” leave you feeling happy at times. classification, as evidenced by last year’s counts as endorsement in our book. – Greg Beets – Isabaella Castro-Cota Furious Creek EP. – Michael Toland

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austinchronicle.com GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE 13 GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 MUSIC 99 AUSTINITES J-M LUKAS CONFUCIUS JONES NELSON Fri. 16, Karma Lounge, 8pm Co-host of KUTX hip-hop show The Breaks with Aaron “Fresh” & PROMISE Knight, Confucius Jones began as a Downtown DJ late last decade. As an entrepreneur, he formed OF THE REAL the 1987 Music Group, but he also entertains within Tue. 13, Gatsby, 11:30pm his other primary interest, co-hosting (with Fresh) Willie’s boy has become his own the Austin-based podcast Those Damn Comic Book man. Making a name for him- Guys. – Kahron Spearman self both leading Neil Young’s backing band and through four TAMECA JONES folk-country albums with his own Sat. 17, Palm Door on Sixth Patio, 12mid outfit Promise of the Real, the Tameca Jones didn’t look nervous onstage dur- Austin-reared Petty freak broke ing the Austin Music Awards last month. Flushed, out once and for all with last heaving, adrenaline obviously coursed through the year’s eponymous amalgam of Austin-reared soul diva, who after having pulling Nelson’s best work. He no longer down Best Female Vocals, admitted, “I’m nervous.” resides here, but he spends a Next day, KUTX put the Daptone-loving “Good Boy” fair bit of time “Just Outside of back in rotation, its Ella/Tina/Aretha echo still wait- Austin.” – Abby Johnston ing on a Jerry Wexler. – Raoul Hernandez PHOTOS BY TODD WOLFSON V. KENNY GEE ALESIA LANI LOLA TRIED MAGNA CARDA Wed. 14, Ironwood Hall, 9:45pm As a Fri. 16, Karma Lounge, 11:55pm The Mon. 12, Sidewinder Outside, Fri. 16, Karma Lounge, 1:25am Spearheaded 19-year-old cash-strapped rapper Kenneth Jackson Missouri-born/Austin-reared songstress harks back 9:45pm; Wed. 14, Hotel Vegas by natural femcee Megz Kelli and beatmaker Dougie soundtracks mostly Migos-style trap and some to old-school R&B with vocals soaring over smooth at Volstead, 9:15pm; Sat. 17, Do, Magna Carda blends Golden Era hip-hop, jazz, R&B, syrupy Houston screw, while also boasting quite a soul variations. The silky songwriter unified her best Blackheart, 1am Fronted by firecracker Seventies soul, and trap lite. There’s free-reining brag- few famous guests, from recent Atlanta sensation influences on 2017’s Resilient, including Nineties guitarist-vocalist Lauren Burton, Lola Tried serves gadocio from Coffee Table Talk Vol. One (2017), mellow Lil Baby to Father. Latest single “Drip Cost” teamed Mary J. Blige’s (“Better by You”), with the jumpy up a bubbling brew of power-pop, punk, and spoken-word musings on Like It Is (2014), and poison- him with Houston rapper Sauce Walka and racked “Pay Me No Mind” repping urban ATX 2018. early-Aughts emo. Live, Burton leads the band dart lyricism to Cirqlation (2017). – Alejandra Ramirez up over 34,000 views on YouTube in six days. – Rachel Rascoe in raucous headbanging, while 2017 EP Popsicle – Clara Wang Queen offered a polished bristling of clever, cut- CARSON MCHONE KATHRYN LEGENDRE ting, frustrated lyrics. – Libby Webster Thu. 15, Cooper’s BBQ, 10:45pm An artful take KNIFE IN THE WATER Sat. 17, Cooper’s BBQ, 12mid Kathryn on traditional country, Carson McHone revamps what’s Sat. 17, Lamberts, 11pm Fusing the disparate Legendre has fashioned herself as Austin’s answer LOMELDA old and makes it new again. Her thoughtful lyricism is elements of bedroom folk, ethereal pop, and ghostly to Kacey Musgraves, in attitude at least. Leaning Mon. 12, Mohawk Indoor, 9:10pm; bittersweet, polished, and anticipatory. Following 2015 twang, Knife in the Water pits meticulous songcraft heavily on steel guitar and a more pronounced Wed. 14, Barracuda, 8:50pm; Thu. capture Goodluck Man, the former White Horse resident against a backdrop of atmospheric free-flow. The accent, she’s clearly a fastidious student of tradi- 15, Cheer Up Charlies, 7:30pm Hannah recently wrapped up an album with Spoon producer Mike quintet’s acclaimed 1998 debut, Plays One Sound tional country. 2016 EP Don’t Give a Damn could’ve Read’s quietly complex indie rock composi- McCarthy that awaits the right label. – Rachel Rascoe and Others, aged well enough to earn re-release last come 40 years earlier. – Abby Johnston tions reflect her foundations in the tiny town of year, but the newly recorded Reproduction boasts Silsbee. Intimate Bandcamp releases and hours- CURTIS MCMURTRY revelations like would-be Velvets third album out- LEY LINE away Austin gigs – the time spent in transit and Sat. 17, Stephen F’s Bar, 10pm Curtis McMurtry take “Beware a Holy Whore.” – Greg Beets Sat. 17, Stephen F’s Bar, 12mid The ladies long-distance communication – reflects in latest chips off the block of legendary Texas lineage, novelist of Austin acoustic quartet Ley Line filter elements album Thx. The debut on Brooklyn label Double granddad Larry and songwriting pop James, but he’s of Brazilian music, African music, and American Double Whammy paints yearning folk art in an carved his own artistic path. Last year’s sophomore folk through their seamless four-part harmonies. idiosyncratically lovely voice. – Rachel Rascoe turn, The Hornet’s Nest, loaded a dark intensity with 2016 debut Field Notes captures its vision; a second hints of bluegrass, pop, and jazz haunting the edges of album, produced in cooperation with Brazilian art- LOS COAST his gently ranging tenor and restless songwriting. ists during a tour there, arrives later this year. Tue. 13, Empire Control Room, 8pm; – Doug Freeman – Michael Toland Wed. 14, Lamberts, 11:30pm; Thu. 15, Parish, 1am One of Austin’s fastest-rising MÉLAT acts, Los Coast features an indie rock aesthetic Fri. 16, Radio Day Stage, Austin with psychedelic flourishes and a frontman in Convention Center, 4pm; Fri. 16, Empire KALU & THE Trey Privott who can wail like Wilson Pickett. Control Room, 8pm Native R&B songstress Guitarist John Courtney composes lush sound- Mélat Kassa arrived Dec. 14, 2017, when Mayor Steve ELECTRIC JOINT scapes for the quintet’s bespectacled, barefoot Adler proclaimed it Mélat Day in Austin. After a prolific Thu. 15, Parish, 12mid Moving to singer as bassist Megan Hartman and keyboard- 2015 and long-player MéVen the following year, the Austin in 2007 after seeing SXSW on ist Natalie Wright emit a strong Wendy & Lisa Ethiopian-American chanteuse now emerges with Move TV, Nigerian transplant Kalu (Kalu Kalu) vibe. A debut LP is expected this year on New Me II: The Present, a slick and sultry late-night snack for James arrived as a butter-smooth folkie, West records. – Thomas Fawcett urban lovers. Bend the knee. – Raoul Hernandez 2013’s third LP The Offering betray- ing bits of Jeff Buckley, Afrobeat, and WALKER LUKENS MOBLEY rock. Re-emerging last year as Kalu & Tue. 13, Cheer Up Charlies Inside, Wed. 14, Saxon Pub, 11pm “Is Mobley Austin’s the Electric Joint on Time Undone, the 1am Genre-bender Walker Lukens came into his Bill Withers?” wondered a Chronicle cover story last WWE-sized gentle giant went full-on own with the help of a consistent backing band ACL Fest. Given that an ESPN director wanted him to Mali psych-rock, Amadou & Mariam all and producer extraordinaire Jim Eno, Spoon drum- cover the soul legend’s “Lovely Day” and military brat in one. – Raoul Hernandez mer and local studio owner. On 2017’s Tell It to the Anthony Watkins II says Lean on Me” should be the Judge, Lukens’ scrappy pop mosaic relies on his National Anthem, all signs point to yass. “I want to former penchant for hip-hop-style sampling and a evoke peak Motown sounds, and the Seventies black newfound appreciation for ZZ Top. – Abby Johnston power movement,” said Mobley. – Raoul Hernandez

14 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com austinchronicle.com GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE 15 TERMINAL MIND Mon. 12, Sidewinder Outside, 7:45pm Spurred by the archival Recordings LP, Steve Marsh has reactivated his seminal Eighties punk band Terminal Mind, moving to guitar and enlisting a who’s who of local anarchy rockers like Crack Pipes drummer Coby Cardosa and ex-Bulemic Lucky Santiago on bass. Recent gigs prove “I Want to Die Young” and “Refugee” have regained their relevance within domestic chaos. – Tim Stegall

THE RUBILATORS SHINYRIBS Thu. 15, Saxon Pub, 1am A self-proclaimed Sat. 17, Auditorium Shores, 8pm Gourds “sub-supergroup,” their combined membership co-leader Kevin Russell began playing a monthly has manned stellar local outfits like Ian McLagan’s side gig in Houston in 2007 under the pseudonym

KEN HOGE Bump Band (Jon Notarthomas, moved from bass Shinyribs to pay off a family car. Eleven years on, to guitar), the Derailers/Two Hoots & a Holler/Jesse the Gourds have run aground and Shinyribs just Dayton (bassist Vic Gerard), and Choctaw Wildfire pulled off Best Austin Band and Album of the Year (drummer Lee Potter). Teamed with guitarist Walter at the Austin Music Awards for fourth LP I Got Your Clevenger, the four generate fundamentalist rock & Medicine. Swamp-Mex, Tex-Pop, Roots-Wit – the 99 AUSTINITES M-W OMENIHU roll à la NRBQ. – Tim Stegall genre’s their own, and that bank note was paid off Fri. 16, Karma Lounge, 9:10pm Local MC eons ago. – Tim Stegall Chris Omenihu works in varied accessible state- SASS MONEY CHICHA ments, like sampling TLC anthem “No Scrubs” on his Sat. 17, Hotel Vegas, 8pm Sass keeps a SINGLE LASH Wed. 14, Flamingo Cantina, 1am contemplative “Dream Killers.” Co-founder of the pace all their own. Last summer’s breakneck demo Thu. 15, Hotel Vegas, 7:15pm Shoegaze Ambassadors for a once-derided brand of Sixties Human Influence creative agency, he radiates exu- clocked out at just over five minutes, and live the finds another refuge in local duo Single Lash. 2014’s Peruvian cumbia, Money Chicha’s 2017 debut Echo berant dance-rap with playful nonchalance. hardcore quartet pummels with the same unyielding Soft as Glass found Nicolas Nadeau and Neil Lord en Mexico dishes a wonderfully woozy collection – Rachel Rascoe intensity. Led by prodding guitar lines and Rachael in a pool of echo and horror-style melodies with of Andean psychedelia. The quintet, most of whom Chaney’s hoarse hollering and stage command, punk and electronic notes keeping it exciting. 2015’s split time with Brownout and Grupo Fantasma, have JOSH T. PEARSON Sass’ confrontational ferocity is all throbbing veins eponymous follow-up is more transparent in the teamed up with like-minded bands to celebrate the Mon. 12, Sidewinder Inside, 1am; Tue. 13, and clenched teeth. – Libby Webster sense that you can actually understand the lyrics, genre with semi-annual “chicha summits” in Austin St. David’s Historic Sanctuary, 9pm; Thu. but resides in the same Eighties guitar stand as its and beyond. – Thomas Fawcett 15, Valhalla, 1am “I’m off to save the world,” SERTIFIED predecessor. – Isabella Castro-Cota declared Josh T. Pearson on 2011 solo debut Last of the Fri. 16, Karma Lounge, 12:55am The MOTHER FALCON Country Gentlemen, followed immediately by, “I ain’t native Southsider with the unmistakable voice SODA LILIES Wed. 14, Hideout, 12mid Austin’s tiny your savior or your Christ.” Frontman of cult Texans Lift released See Ya Soon, a solid, trap-heavy reality Fri. 16, Iron Bear, 8pm Pop sensibility orchestra has been on the road since fall, but not in to Experience, Pearson’s balladeer turn mourns in dark record that rightfully made it onto the Chronicle’s and lyrics distorted by skuzz, the four Soda Lilies the traditional sense. The collective or local classi- twisted spaces behind his quivering croon, mysterious Austin Top 100 of 2017 at No. 61. More recently, the originally formed in Houston under Alexis Sidoff cists wrote and performed live backing for Petra and and mystical yet deeply personal and haunting. Second rapper featured with Tone Brigante and Rizzo Rizzo and Ryan Elmore with a meditative, lo-fi shoegaze the Wolf, an update of the play. Symphonic indie- LP The Straight Hits lands in April. – Doug Freeman on bubbling brag-trap single “Drip.” sound. The band satisfies genre purists by evoking pop for the Sufjan Stevens crowd. – Abby Johnston – Kahron Spearman pure My Bloody Valentine. Their garage-rock bite is PEELANDER-Z fierce as well. – Libby Webster NÄM Wed. 14, Valhalla, 1am “The Japanese Action Thu. 15, Iron Bear, 1am Electronic pop duo Comic Punk Band” have blitzkrieged stages all over SUMMER SALT NÄM connected online while Nora Luders was living the world in their outlandish costumes, all the while Fri. 16, BD Riley’s, 7pm Summer Salt exists in Germany and Sam Simmons in Tennessee. Now holding human bowling tournaments, appearing in a coral reef filled with tranquil surf rock and Matt unified in Austin, Luders lends deft, powerhouse on ABC’s revival of The Gong Show, and last month Terry’s soothing vocals. Since 2011 bow The Places lyricism to Simmons’ intricate, echoing production. issuing on local imprint Chicken Ranch Records You Call Home, steady drum slaps and sweet guitar On newest EP Body Lotion, soft guitar swirls under catchier-than-herpes single “Yeah Yeah Yeah,” riffs trot the grooves forward in the nimble hands electro-dance beats and cunning scrambles like which rocks like the Rezillos on Ritalin. – Tim Stegall of Eugene Chung, Phil Baier, and now MJ Tirabassi, “Shallow + Deep.” – Rachel Rascoe formerly of Chicago rockers the Walters.

PONYTRAP HIAMSHELLEY – Isabella Castro-Cota OCTOPUS PROJECT Fri. 16, the Hideout, 8pm If our post- Wed. 14, Cheer Up Charlies, 12mid Not industrial dystopia needs a soundtrack, Ponytrap TEMPLE OF ANGELS only did this electro mollusk make the short list for can help. The duo gets overshadowed by their tow- Sat. 17, Hotel Vegas, 11:45pm Like the Album of the Year in this year’s Austin Music Poll via ering construction of analog-programmed robots love child of Siouxsie & the Banshees and the Cult, sugar rush sixth LP Memory Mirror, the mostly instru- and drums, with Hilary and Quentin Thomas-Oliver Temple of Angels’ gothic post-punk sounds like it mental Cephalopoda took home the plaque for Best overlaying dark cello and viola against the waves of ADAM TORRES hails from early-Eighties UK rather than from local Avant-Garde/Experimental Act. Front icon Yvonne thundering percussion, but the result is a uniquely punk scene vets. Their cassette EP showcases the Lambert always places in the Best Miscellaneous futuristic classical score of dark rhythms and haunt- Sat. 17, Lamberts, 12mid Once a cor- nerstone of college town Athens, Ohio, group’s mastery of British sounds filtered through Instrument category with her hypno-mysterious ing mechanics. A musical engineering marvel best Texan sensibilities. – Michael Toland theremin, and one day Toto Miranda will get recog- experienced live. – Doug Freeman Adam Torres is now a short-listed best nized for his kinetic live drums. – Raoul Hernandez Austin folk singer and featured Austin Music Awards performer. His debut JONATHAN TERRELL CURTIS ROUSH Fri. 16, Hotel Vegas, 8pm Jonathan Terrell’s OKKERVIL RIVER Tue. 13, Cheer Up Charlies Inside, 9pm; Nostra Nova (2006) gleamed pop sensibility, but newest efforts Pearls to solo songwriting took a backseat to the surprise Wed. 14, Stubb’s, 10:20pm; Thu. 15, Thu. 15, Parish, 8pm Away from his psyche- success of his gritty rock twopiece Not in the Face, Cedar Street Courtyard, 11:45pm; Fri. delic rock cabal the Bright Light Social Hour, Curtis Swine (2016) and I Came to Sing the Song (2017) thread through big sky but the Austin troubadour returned to his roots 16, Scoot Inn, 12mid Sure is strange to see Roush explores ambient expanses with touches of with 2016 EP Color Me Lucky. Behind dusty vox and Okkervil River billed as a New York band. As he lamenting soul, shoegaze, and soft acoustics. On Americana as his haunting, feather- light falsetto soars through lonesome low-country yearning that span growled ballads gears up to for ninth studio album In the Rainbow 2018 solo debut Cosmic Campfire Music, the guitarist to swelling rock anthems, Terrell looks to top high Rain next month, bandleader Will Sheff returns employs space harmonies and layered guitars remi- lamentations and rural twang. – Alejandra Ramirez expectations with this year’s highly anticipated home for a whirlwind three-performance SXSW, and niscent of the War on Drugs. – Alejandra Ramirez third LP. – Doug Freeman that’s just official shows. – Abby Johnston

16 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com ERIC TESSMER ERIKA WESTERN YOUTH WHISKEY SHIVERS EMILY WOLFE Tue. 13, Empire Control Room, WENNERSTROM Tue. 13, 18th Over Austin, Sat. 17, Lucille, 1am Fresh Thu. 15, Palm Door on 10:15pm; Thu. 15, Sheraton Backyard, Wed. 14, Palm Door on Sixth, 12mid Since Justin Townes Earle is off of an Austin Music Award for Sixth Patio, 12:30am A 11pm; Sat. 17, Seven Grand, 9pm 9:45pm Stepping out from her long- maverick country rocker Steve Earle’s Best Country/Bluegrass act and a bona fide rock powerhouse, Eric Tessmer hopped onstage at the Austin Music time blues rock bruisers the Heartless son, local sixpiece Western Youth are big-screen debut with Pitch Perfect Emily Wolfe’s bluesy hooks ride Awards last month on crutches and in a boot. The Bastards, front wailer Erika Wennerstrom definitely the latter’s spiritual heirs. 3, Austin’s fivepiece thrashgrass her thunderous voice and mean first-time Best Guitarist nevertheless spotlighted makes her solo debut with this month’s Astride loose, twangy rockers like outfit is poised for a takeover. The licks. Latest single “Holy Roller” Texan charisma like someone out of Giant, which Sweet Unknown (Partisan). The LP roars “Somewhere, Somehow” and “Falling live show remains Whiskey Shivers’ and ice breaker “Atta Blues” are also describes the axe capabilities of the onetime with familiar power and the singer’s Down,” the group smolders with a trademark, a freewheeling, raucous studies in rollicking riffs, serving SRV mimic. Tessmer wrote on FB: “As I was stepping signature vocal swell, but also feels like Stonesy swagger under which resides romp that’s captured the attention of heavy vibes of contemporaries off stage, I slipped on the stairs and Charlie Sexton a culmination of the songwriter’s reflec- Townes Van Zandt’s bruised-heart both locals and Hollywood execs. Jack White and Gary Clark Jr. caught my hand, which was poetic and humbling on tive searching that’s defined her band’s genius that fueled the elder Earle’s best – Abby Johnston – Libby Webster several levels.” – Raoul Hernandez recent work. – Doug Freeman work. – Tim Stegall TORINO BLACK Sat. 17, Maggie Mae’s Gibson Room, 11pm Charismatic frontwoman Sisi Berry and guitarist Saul Arteta anchor Torino Black’s adventur- ous rock onslaught, the local quintet flaring world influences from their Venezuelan and Spanish back- grounds. Berry’s vocals sway seduction and flare punk against the eclectic rhythms and riffs of 2016 bow Food for a Therapist, a sound tightly wound for live detonation. – Doug Freeman Leave Getting Around TROUBLE BOYS Sat. 17, Hotel Vegas, 8:45pm Considering ® “Trouble Boys” was both an early Replacements SXSW to CapMetro! song title and the name of Bob Mehr’s acclaimed 2016 biography of the Minneapolis hell-raisers, local rock & roll polymath Ben Tipton named his three- EXTENDED SERVICE MARCH 5–17 piece expertly. As evidenced on the recent Trouble Boys 2 EP, featuring such rippers as “Cold Studded Stunner” and “My Own Way,” the Boys channel the This year during South By Southwest®, let Capital Metro Kiss-worshipping side of the ’Mats. – Tim Stegall do the work while you get stuff done, meet great people, UME see some amazing shows or just enjoy yourself. Tue. 13, Cheer Up Charlies Inside, 11pm; Fri. 16, Sidewinder Inside, 10:45pm Ume has largely been on parental hiatus the past couple of years as Lauren and Eric Larson raise their daughter, but SXSW marks a welcome return to the ferocious, guitar-rocked trio. Earthquaking 2014 LP Monuments likewise receives follow-up this summer with a new disc on Modern Outsider, the reprieve building into a raw surge of Larson’s shredding and songwriting. – Doug Freeman JACKIE VENSON Tue. 13, Empire Control Room, 12mid; Wed. 14, Saxon Pub, 10pm Calling Austin native Jackie Venson the city’s next big blues breakout act is admission to being a step behind the game. The 28-year-old singer-slinger opened a series of dates last year for kindred spirit Gary Clark Jr., and new EP Transcends flexes versatile and varied songwriting that blends blues-rock with inflections of funk, pop, and reggae. – Thomas Fawcett TANK WASHINGTON MetroRapid MetroRail Late-night service Fri. 16, Karma Lounge, 12:15am Born- and-raised Austin rapper Tank Washington debuted Hours extended to Service extended Night Owl buses will as a member of hip-hop group Impac. At long 2:30 a.m. Fridays and daily, with Saturday operate until after last, the reality-rap MC released his debut album, 2016’s Pain, featuring Kydd Jones, Cory Kendrix, Saturdays, and Sunday and Sunday service 3 a.m. with more Dowrong, Chamothy the Great, and Jonathas. The service extended both starting buses in service. unpretentious and efficient 10-track banger built upon the strength of his previous 6 Shots EP, with till 12:30 a.m. before 10:30 a.m. an increased moodiness, real-life aspirations, and heavy trap drums. – Kahron Spearman For more, visit capmetro.org/SpecialEvents

austinchronicle.com GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE 17 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW MUSIC 2018 David Ramirez WED. 14, PALM DOOR ON SIXTH, 11:45PM A Wim Wenders film. A lonely night in a explains Ramirez. “Musically, I’m tipping my motel room. A drive through the desert con- hat to Eighties pop.” templating life and death, love and heart- Citing influence from childhood faves break. Such vignettes come to mind when such as the Cars and Journey, the Texan – listening to David Ramirez, a Houston native with help from producer Sam Kassirer – who found his way to Austin by way of added layers of keyboards and vintage Nashville in 2010. effects to shake any banal troubadourisms “Originally I moved here for a gal,” he from the album’s sonic palette. As such, shares via email. “Once that ended, I stayed We’re Not Going Anywhere isn’t kitsch. It has for the tacos.” the empathy of Springsteen’s lyrics, the Ramirez remains known for his tattered, melodic soul of Cohen, and the vocal heart- Dylan-esque vocals and airy blend of coun- ache of Cash, yet it’s all uniquely Ramirez. try and folk rock. In less than a decade, the It’s this agglomeration of sounds, and his singer’s churned out four full-lengths and ability to draw listeners into his quaint world, two EPs. 2013 extended play The Rooster and that makes him stand out when Americana Fables two years later stand out in particular, dominates non-urban radio. but last September, he transcended the so- “Outside of a solo tour in June and July, called singer-songwriter genre with mag- the band and I will be spending a lot more num opus We’re Not Going Anywhere. time in the studio,” admits Ramirez. “Lyrically, it’s a record about rebellion – Lauren Modery from corruption, death, and distance,”

TODD V. WOLFSON TODD CITING INFLUENCE FROM CHILDHOOD FAVES SUCH AS THE CARS AND JOURNEY, THE TEXAN ADDED LAYERS OF KEYBOARDS AND VINTAGE EFFECTS TO SHAKE ANY BANAL TROUBADOURISMS FROM THE ALBUM’S SONIC PALETTE.

the Seventies. Oud, electric bass, and smooth BAD PONY Sat. 17, Blackheart, 12mid 99 LUFTBALLOONS harmonies of the frontwoman and co-singer Nahid If Australia had a native tongue other than INTERNATIONAL ACTS ground the band’s 2016 sophomore LP Manara. English, “Bad Pony” would translate into – Michael Toland “Coldplay.” These Sydney natives plow a similarly manicured field of alt/grunge/pop, as 1982 “DIECINUEVE OCHENTA Y DOS” ADAHZEH Tue. 13, Flamingo Cantina, 11pm AVELINO Fri. 16, the Main II, 11:55pm When evidenced by singles “Sideways” and “Zombie,” Wed. 14, Speakeasy Kabaret, 9:10pm; Fri. Named for the African word meaning “the King’s it comes to grime, Skepta and Stormzy tower the which also indicate a Steely Dan CD or two 16, Townsend, 10pm Ecuadorian synth-pop duo daughters,” this female Kingston quartet plies a scene, but London MC Achi Avelino is fast ascend- among the Nickelback and Smashing Pumpkins 1982 sounds straight out of a tropical John Hughes retro-futurist synthesis of the deepest, dreadest ing. Last year’s No Bullshit LP obeys the same illicit discs. – Tim Stegall movie. Debut LP Nuevas Ondas roots in guitar, Seventies roots reggae and dancehall into infec- attitude that follows through to his most recent while last year’s Homesick follows a sample-soaked tious Jamaican pop. YouTube enthusiasts: 2016 single, “Energy,” guesting aforementioned greats Thu. 15, Flatstock Stage, route framed by glittery synths and Sebastián single “Island Girl” (not Elton John’s 1976 hit), an Skepta and Stormzy. – Isabella Castro-Cota BIFANNAH Austin Convention Center, 12:30pm; Narváez’s muffled vox. – Isabella Castro-Cota erotically catchy collision of lover’s rock and dub. Thu. 15, Lamberts, 9pm Bifannah conjures the – Tim Stegall AVEPARADISO Fri. 16, CU29, 11pm Club music warmth of a Spanish summer filtered through a ACE TEE Mon. 12, Barracuda, 10pm; Wed. for the masses of Guadalajara, Nacho Luquin and blurry UK lens. The Barcelona/London/Madrid 14, Waller Ballroom, 10pm; Thu. 15, Friends, ALI AKA MIND Fri. 16, Half Step, 9:30pm; Sat. drummer Rodrigo di Vece drench heartbreak in foursome’s 2017 debut, Maresia, thrums Sixties 10pm Her “Bist Du Down?” video going viral last 17, the Main II, 10:15pm Colombia rapper/pro- the glitz and cheese of Eighties synths. Employing garage fuzziness into its Tropicália, hints of noir year, 24-year-old Hamburg dweller Tarin Wilda ducer Ali Rey Montoya came up on a steady diet of the former’s gritty, strained vocals – reminiscent courtesy of Antía Figueiras’ vox and Guille V. Schröder became an instant worldwide sensation. Nineties East Coast hip-hop, the Bogotá MC spitting of a softer Future Islands’ Samuel T. Herring, Zapata’s slow-burning guitar. – Libby Webster The German-Ghanaian singer bows at the Gen X reality raps with a steely flow over looping boom Aveparadiso rocks a light Phil Collins influence and R&B altar, specifically the holy trinity of TLC, Salt- bap beats. His discography reveals his philosophy danceable basslines. – Libby Webster Tue. 13, Elysium, 10pm; N-Pepa, and Aaliyah, with bilingual delivery and framework: Rap Conciencia (“Conscious Rap”), JADE BIRD Wed. 14, Latitude 30, 9pm; Thu. 15, Mohawk her own H&M clothing line. – Kevin Curtin Palabras del Alma (“Words From the Soul”), and BAD GYAL Tue. 13, the Main, 6:15pm; Wed. Outdoor, 8pm Though only 20, Jade Elizabeth Mestizo. – Thomas Fawcett 14, Bungalow, 11pm A viral sensation post “Pai,” Bird brought stellar cred to last year’s debut ACID HOUSE RAGAS Thu. 15, Hotel Vegas a revamp of Rihanna’s “Work,” Alba Farelo has EP Something American. The London song- at Volstead, 9pm Combine a drum machine, ALSARAH & THE NUBATONES Thu. 15, burgeoned into Spain’s rap queen. Braggadocio writer recorded stateside with Simone Felice as synthesizer, and sitar, and the result is a drone-y Flamingo Cantina, 9:30pm; Fri. 16, Palm Door (“Nicest Cocky”), poison darts (“Indapanden”), and producer, recruited Larry Campbell to join in- electronic solo project from Montreal’s Rishi Dhir. on Sixth, 12mid Based in Brooklyn, Sudanese trap beats (“Fiebre”) all lead up to recent mixtape studio, and toured with Brent Cobb. The singer’s Expect serious zone-out meditation and Persian singer Sarah Mohamed Abunama-Elgadi and her Worldwide Angel, the Barcelona rapper fashioning raw vocals ring like a bloodied First Aid Kit. rug vibes, a luxury within the context of SX’s more quartet specialize in a hypnotic blend of traditional dancehall and reggaeton through a club-pop lens. – Doug Freeman sonically demanding electronic acts. – Dan Gentile Nubian “Songs of Return” and Sudanese pop from – Alejandra Ramirez

18 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com ESSENTIAL INDIE BY LIBBY WEBSTER Anna Burch Crumb Tue. 13, Valhalla, 10:20pm; Wed. 14, Barracuda Backyard, 9:25pm Thu. 15, Cheer Up Charlies, 10pm Crumb’s atmospheric lo-fi glimmers with This Detroiter maintains a careful balance the slightest Brooklyn jangle, an underlying between twee and slacker rock on February swirl of psychedelia, dream-pop, and jazz. solo debut Quit the Curse (Polyvinyl). Burch’s Understated and mellow, the quartet blends shimmery concoction leans heavily on all behind Lila Ramani’s spacey vocals. Last Nineties disaffect, “Asking 4 a Friend” year’s second EP Locket yielded spacious trudging sing-songy skuzz and apathetic easy listening. vocals alongside the longing, twang-n-tropics- infused “Belle Isle.” Bodega Thu. 15, Scoot Inn, 8pm; Sat. 17, Omni Cheer Up Charlies, 12:10am Tue. 13, Barracuda, 1am; Fri. 16, The jarring first single from forthcoming Hotel Vegas Patio, 10:45pm debut Endless Scroll wants to know “How Did Everything about Omni’s sophomore LP This Happen!?” Self-effacing and painfully Multi-task prickles. The Atlanta trio’s spastic observant, the Brooklynites’ frontman Ben sound splits off into every direction, over- Hozie rattles off the pitfalls of consumption, of active and frenetic. Snarling guitars serve as being plugged in, of algorithms, barking: “Your the through-line for stop-and-go, jittery sonics, playlist knows you better than your closest agitated punk at odds with impassive vox. lover!” A trilling, post-punk call to arms. Twain Speedy Ortiz Wed. 14, Barracuda, 8pm; Thu. 15, Clive Bar, 10pm Sat. 17, Lamberts, 1am Speedy Ortiz’s third release Twerp Verse Rare Feeling conjures unexpected devastation, finds the Mass-based quartet veering down a a crushing swell of emotion that sneaks up on dramatically different path. New single “Lucky you slowly. From carefully curated ATX imprint 88” pulsates with pop, sounding closer to Keeled Scales, the latest from Virginia-based Sad13, the solo guise of frontwoman Sadie troubadour Matt Davidson tangles heartache Dupuis. Speedy Ortiz still throbs knotted through warbling, expansive vocals reminiscent headiness and cutting lyrics, but now of both Roy Orbison and Jeff Buckley. diverges from that Nineties Helium sound. Immersive, moving, lovingly earnest folk. U.S. Girls Sneaks Fri. 16, Hotel Vegas Patio, 11:30pm Wed. 14, Javelina, 8pm More than a decade into Toronto artist Eva Moolchan commands with minimal Meg Remy’s work as U.S. Girls, her most tools. As Sneaks, the D.C. artist employs recent release for 4AD, In a Poem Unlimited, only a drum machine and thumping basslines is incensed, shape-shifting feminist pop. to build out slinky soundscapes of post-punk Backed by ornate arrangements, a creeping hip-hop. It’s a Myth, her sophomore LP and dissonance bubbles beneath the pop sheen debut for Merge Records, clocks in at under as Remy regales the search for meaning 20 minutes, yielding addictive pop simplicity in womanhood. “Look Like That” and “Hair Slick Back.”

austinchronicle.com GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE 19 GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 MUSIC Hoodlem 99 LUFTBALLOONS B-C Thu. 15, Sidewinder Inside, 1:15am Lorde alert! Toronto-by-way-of-Melbourne diva-in-the-making Tessa Pavilach BLUE LAB BEATS Wed. 14, the Main II, channels the same disaffected, 1am London producer Namali Kwaten, 18, and introspective mix of hooks and beats, and multi-instrumentalist David Mrakpor, 23, fuse may be next in line for Oceania pop the legacies of J Dilla, traditional jazz, and British royalty with Spotify hits “Golden” and and American neo-soul into a lively brand of “Old Friend.” contemporary fusion. Their smooth, spacey debut EP Blue Skies and its entirely fantastic, Museless sociopolitically tinged follow-up Freedom gar- Fri. 16, CU29, 8pm nered praise from all corners of the globe. This one-woman show from Barcelona – Kahron Spearman composes electronic symphonies pulled in 10 directions at once, a classical piano BOOMBOX CARTEL Fri. 16, the Main, 12mid giving way to booming kicks and rave Mexican producer/DJ duo Americo Garcia synth stabs. Fans of idiosyncratic electro- and Jorge Medina are on the rise, providing auteurs like Grimes take note: Laura a genre-destroying, low-end-centric sound. Llopart may be Museless, but she isn’t Signed to Diplo’s Mad Decent, the pair rep debut low on inspiration. extended-play Cartel, an atmospheric set of festival- and club-ready bangers with dubstep and Ruby Fatale Girl Ultra drum ’n’ bass. – Kahron Spearman Fri. 16, Maggie Mae’s, 10pm Mexican R&B hasn’t yet gotten much BREAKFAST MUFF Mon. 12, Latitude 30, attention, but wait until you hear Nan de 8pm; Wed. 14, Hotel Vegas Annex, 9:35pm Miguel. Her Latin flip of Drake’s “One “You’re a feminist until I won’t fuck you,” scowls Dance” almost ups the original, but the BY DAN GENTILE Eilidh McMillan in a thick Scottish accent. The INTERNATIONAL FEMALE PRODUCERS snaking basslines and sexy, atmospheric Glasgow trio’s been churning out fearless, no synth pads of her original tunes frills, sociopolitical punk since 2014. Last year’s Ruby Fatale BP Valenzuela transcend mimicry with her CDMX Eurgh! was viciously exasperated and aggres- Mon. 12, Elysium, 9pm; Thu. 15, 3ten ACL Tue. 13, Iron Bear, 11pm Spanish. sive toward baby boomers and pseudo progres- Live, 9pm Hailing from the Philippines, this 22-year- sives. – Libby Webster Doom emanates from this Taiwanese old singer took up analog beatmaking as a Alice Ivy composer as broken glass samples shatter college freshman. Sparse R&B rhythms whiff Fri. 16, Lucille, 11pm Tue. 13, Seven Grand, over dissonant strings and damaged drums. spliff smoke as Rhodes melodies drift into ALLMAN BROWN Meet the 24-year-old Aussie beatmaker 8:35pm; Sat. 17, Barracuda, 8pm Allman It’s propulsive music, aggressive and reverb trails while BP’s reflective vocals sizzle whose tracks slither and bite like a bad Brown epitomizes the new music road map. confrontational, then suddenly pastoral in a like SZA. Crocodile Dundee joke. Expect Dilla-style 2013 single “Sons and Daughters” hit swooning way that feels distinctly Eastern. Expect drums and dusty samples à la the immersive visuals, and bring ear plugs. tones à la Vance Joy, but rather than rush to Ryan Playground Avalanches, but with enough pop appeal record, the London songwriter cashed in on TV Wed. 14, Sidewinder Inside, 9pm to earn “Touch” a milli Spotify plays. and film syncs. His debut LP 1000 Years only Lali Puna RP’s bedroom ballads blend the softer side emerged last year, followed by trending 2018 Tue. 13, the Main II, 7pm; Wed. 14, Highland of oscillators. Where her peers allow boom singles that spotlight Brown’s delicate tenor and Lounge, 12mid; Fri. 16, International Day bap drums to do the talking, the Montrealer Cifika Fri. 16, Belmont, 11:10pm sensitive ballads. – Doug Freeman Stage, Austin Convention Center, 2pm puts the rhythm track in the backseat as Drums jitter like a dub version of Valerie Trebeljahr’s longevity deserves a punctuation to her confessional, delay- Disclosure then vanish under Yousun round of applause. Active since 1998, the drenched vocals. Fans of now-vintage BUGZY MALONE Tue. 13, Latitude 30, Cho’s voice, pivoting on a dime between Korean vocalist took a hiatus to focus on electronica master Dntel will appreciate 12mid; Fri. 16, the Main II, 12:35am “Evil seductive Korean crooning and assertive journalism but re-formed her minimal electro- her patience. genius” of Manchester grime, 27-year-old Aaron pop trio in 2017 to release Two Windows, a English swagger. You’ll play bubblegum Davis is a tracksuit-loving boxer and ex-con slice of Ms. John Soda-style IDM. pop instrumental “Emoji Love” on repeat. who’s deeply in touch with his emotions. From 2015 debut EP Walk With Me to last summer’s Da Chick increasingly nuanced King of the North, Davis Sat. 17, Iron Bear, 9pm effectively channels stress, insecurity, and his Take the dance-floor lubrication of violent past. – Kevin Curtin Chromeo’s early beats, mix with sing- along rapping reminiscent of Mary J. CALMLY Thu. 15, 720 Club, 11pm Fka Blige, and you’ve got Teresa de Sousa, a Childsaint, Perth fourpiece Calmly fashions Lisbon Chick with one foot in Eighties gloomy skuzz from a wall of sound that’s been electro-funk and the other in Nineties hip- atmospherically stripped down to the same sort hop. Opening stints for Earth, Wind & Fire of glamorous ennui painted by the Dum Dum and Maceo Parker make sense. Girls. Across a handful of EPs and singles, the group unfurls a detached, eerily apathetic sound Surma hovering above noir-rock. – Libby Webster Tue. 13, the Main, 10:20pm; Sat. 17, Hideout, 9pm Mon. 12, Latitude 30, Débora Umbelino crafts Portuguese CATHOLIC ACTION 10pm; Wed. 14, Hotel Vegas Annex, 10:25pm bloody valentines, howling noise broken Last year’s debut LP, In Memory Of, shows these up by synthetic diversions and whispered Glaswegians perfectly capable of saving UK indie vocals. rock. “L.U.V.” and “Say Nothing” demonstrate simultaneous penchants for thick-n-hairy fuzz Hoodlem bass, man-sized glam hooks, and tangy, raspy, sub-Cheap Trick guitar science. – Tim Stegall

20 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com Dawg Yawp SAT. 17, SWAN DIVE PATIO, 12:15AM Tyler Randall’s sitar can’t help but serve as focal point for Dawg Yawp. It functions as the divining rod for the Cincinnati- bred electronic folk duo’s singu- larity. Randall and fellow multi- instrumentalist Rob Keenan toy with transcendence on the strength of their earthy, evocative songwriting and warm vocal harmonies, but it’s the sitar that elevates “Can’t Think” from uplifting interlude to epic earworm. Randall and Keenan started Dawg Yawp in 2015, some nine years after they met at a high school choral concert. The two WORKING FROM CAREFULLY musically minded friends ulti- mately wound up at Boston’s CURATED ELEMENTS OF FOLK, Berklee College of Music, a for- BLUEGRASS, ROCK, ELECTRONIC, mative experience even though AND PSYCHEDELIA, THE DUO HOMES neither graduated. IN ON SOMETHING ALL THEIR OWN. “Hanging out and learning from other musicians was the best part about being at Berklee,” says Randall. “Most of the lessons that stuck were from situa- tions like that. We both left for similar reasons. Figuring out what we wanted to say with music was difficult to do while in class.” Dawg Yawp’s 2016 self-titled debut reveals a solid return on all that figuring. Working from carefully curated elements of folk, bluegrass, rock, electronic, and psychedelia, the duo homes in on something all their own. “It came gradually as we experimented, listening and playing different kinds of music and sounds,” offers Randall. Integrating sitar into American folksong rings novel in concept, but it makes perfect sense in practice. Whether by design or inference, the confluence of contrasting string traditions gives extra emotional heft to the duo’s take on the Stanley Brothers’ “East Virginia Blues.” And, after multiple stops in other locales, the duo now seems firmly re-ensconced in their Queen City home base. “There’s a lot of music happening in Cincinnati, many different styles,” asserts Randall. “And the artists generally cheer each other on. We feel very free to make whatever we like here. If you make something good, people here support you.” – Greg Beets

CHAI Thu. 15, Maggie Mae’s, 12mid; Sat. CIRKUS FUNK Thu. 15, Speakeasy, 9pm; 17, Hotel Vegas Annex, 8:15pm Rehashing Fri. 16, Russian House, 1am Steeped in cutesy kawaii culture with explosive, riot grrrl- Parliament-Funkadelic, this Cali, Colombia, inspired sensibility, hyper quartet Chai leaped ensemble infuses rump-shaking funk workouts from Nagoya, Japan, to American ears on a with Latin percussion and woozy urban psy- 2017 Burger Records compilation tape. Identical chedelia. Their video for “Tu Funk” from 2015’s twins Mana and Kana lead the noise rock Space Conga pits joyful choreography against a onslaught, channeling a punky Basement Jaxx Brutalist government building. – Greg Beets on recent rapid-fire Pink. – Rachel Rascoe CLUB DE SURF Tue. 13, Friends, 1am; Fri. LORINE CHIA Sat. 17, Palm Door on Sixth 16, Hotel Vegas at Volstead, 11:20pm Meet Patio, 11pm Los Angeles singer Lorine Chia was Santiago, Chile’s punk-fucked version of Jesus born in Cameroon and raised in Baltimore. Her & Mary Chain, as capable of unleashing 1-2-3-4 intoxicating smoky voice – Nina Simone meets pogo ravers like “Deportes Nocturnos” and “Kill Macy Gray – has blessed tracks by Jamila Woods, the President” as vicious dance-floor noise like the Game, and Wiz Khalifa, but forthcoming “X-Ray Nation” and “Wet King” from 2017’s sophomore LP Introduction to Sweet Noise could Anhedonia full-length. – Tim Stegall be her breakout moment. – Thomas Fawcett

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“When the right person says the right thing in an awkward Haley Heynderickx moment, I definitely grab what they say midair,” Haley Heynderickx explains in her quiet, gentle voice. “I keep a notebook for that.” THU. 15, SIDEWINDER INSIDE, 9:35PM The Portland, Ore., advocate of tiny details excerpted some ripe entries as the bulk of her startling debut, I Need to Start a Garden. Released earlier this month, the album bundles Heynderickx’s deft guitar picking, poetic writing, and her swelling, cracking voice. Guitarist before singer, her approach, she explains, involved an interest in rock but access only to a classical guitar. Both with the breeziness of gentle folk songwriting and electri- fied, plugged-in rockers, Heynderickx writes songs that are simultaneously celebratory and heartbroken, strikingly relatable but stunningly stated. “The connecting thread is that a lot of these songs came from periods of needing to go through something, and needing to grieve or needing to move through a new part of adulthood or heartache,” elaborates Heynderickx. Written in private moments due to Heynderickx’s shyness, often in basements, a contemplative darkness seeps into Garden’s compositions. There’s a palpable air of Joni Mitchell. Heynderickx makes music expansive and ponderous, built on the imagery of a world littered with bug collectors, honeycombs, rotten olives and sour milk, self-doubt, even the shapes God takes. Asking big questions hasn’t gotten her any closer to the answers. “I’ve accidentally opened a couple more doors that I didn’t know about, so I feel like I know even less than when I started, to be honest,” she admits. “Which makes me a little anxious – I use that word too much – but it makes me more thankful to be here.” – Libby Webster

WRITTEN IN PRIVATE MOMENTS DUE TO HEYNDERICKX’S SHYNESS, OFTEN IN BASEMENTS, A CONTEMPLATIVE DARKNESS SEEPS INTO GARDEN’S COMPOSITIONS.

99 LUFTBALLOONS C-G DENIS THE NIGHT & THE PANIC PARTY DOBLE PORCION Thu. 15, Speakeasy Kabaret, GABYLONIA Fri. 16, Half Step, 11pm Thu. 15, Maggie Mae’s Gibson Room, 12mid; Fri. 16, 11:30pm; Fri. 16, Half Step, 8:45pm Meaning “dou- Whether launching rapid-fire lyricism remi- ANDREA CRUZ Fri. 16, Speakeasy, 9pm 720 Club, 8pm This multi-sensory collective embraces a ble portion,” this Medellín, Colombia, duo waxes on niscent of Busta Rhymes on her 2016 release Feather-light timbre switching between forlorn heady mix of psychedelia, electronic, disco, and shoegaze. their hometown in graffiti and weed. Mañas Rufino’s Lavoe, offering smooth romanticism on melodies and bouncy harmonies, Andrea Cruz The trio covers almost as much ground as the distance smooth, oddball rhymes complement Métricas Frías’ “Siempre Soñe,” or doling out truths on gov- references classical, flamenco, and bossa nova. between their home bases of London and the Adriatic coarse bravado on seesaw bars reminiscent of Nineties ernment corruption, Maria Gabriela Sojo owns On 2017 debut Tejido de Laurel, the Puerto Rican beach resort town of Fano, Italy. Cosmic Youth, the band’s rap with heaps of street flavor. – Alejandra Ramirez Venezuelan rap. – Alejandra Ramirez songwriter ricochets from wistful folk shuffles in 2016 debut, cracked the Italian Top 20. – Greg Beets “La Promesa” and lovesick musings on “Contigo” to the rolling pop-rock jangle of “Escríbeme.” THE DUNWELLS Tue. 13, Continental Club, GANG OF YOUTHS Thu. 15, Empire Retaining a distinctively British tinge to their Gang of Youths – Alejandra Ramirez DESCARTES A KANT Wed. 14, Karma Lounge, 9pm Control Room, 12mid 9pm; Thu. 15, Elysium, 11pm Erudite and profane, swelling pop, this Leeds quartet hit initially in the frontman David Le’aupepe drafts epic, angst- Descartes a Kant leaves the staid legacy of its namesakes U.S. after signing with Austin imprint Playing in riddled rock, the kind that transcends into STURLE DAGSLAND writhing in a mixture of blood, chocolate, and glitter. Traffic and recording their 2012 debut at Willie the dramas of adulthood like Craig Finn or Thu. 15, Hideout, 12mid Playing “spot the Drawing on John Zorn’s Grand Guignol era in both sound Nelson’s Pedernales studio. Behind Joe and Dave Matt Berninger at their most aggressive. influence” doesn’t work with Sturle Dagsland. and sight, the Guadalajara-bred avant-punk troupe Dunwell, last year’s Colour My Mind EP bent acoustic The Sydney-based quintet reached peak in The Norwegian singer, usually accompanied by reflects on the human condition throughout their Steve against their emotive surge. – Doug Freeman Australia behind last year’s scorching sopho- instrumentalist brother Sjur, draws from the Albini-produced third LP Victims of Love Propaganda in more LP, Go Farther in Lightness, nabbing industrial atmospheres of the city and the word- screeching, grotesque strokes. – Greg Beets four ARIA Music Awards including Album of less cries of the animal kingdom than anything EZRA COLLECTIVE Wed. 14, the Main II, 12mid London’s cool-kid jazz outfit remains firmly planted the Year and Best Group. – Doug Freeman immediately recognizable as rock music. Avant- Soaked in tradition while allowing hints of hip-hop and garde folktronica blossoms on his self-titled EP DIVIDE & DISSOLVE Fri. 16, Hideout, 10pm in low-end doom, drone, and avant-garde classical tones, Afrobeat to thrive. On standout EP Juan Pablo: The released in 2017. – Michael Toland GOAT GIRL Wed. 14, Seven Grand, 12mid; Melbourne multi-instrumentalists T//R and S//N use high- Philosopher, the young quintet stretches a cutting Thu. 15, Latitude 30, 12mid; Fri. 16, Cheer volume noise to fight white supremacy worldwide. A tall amalgam of spiritual jazz led by ancestral African Up Charlies Inside, 10pm London foursome THE DEAD SOUTH Fri. 16, Continental order, but based on the band’s brand-new sophomore LP rhythms. An electrifying version of Sun Ra’s Space Is Goat Girl combs through the buoyancy of Club, 12mid; Sat. 17, Lucille, 12mid True to Abomination, one with possibility. – Michael Toland the Place highlights. – Kahron Spearman Sixties surf-rock with a hardened attitude on their name, the Dead South revels in the retro, often overtly political punk rock. Expanding but imbues its acoustic strum and stomp with This small-town and contracting from song to song, their high-octane flair. The Saskatchewan quartet tours DIZZY Wed. 14, Blackheart, 8pm FAVX Thu. 15, BD Riley’s, 7pm; Fri. 16, Canadian quartet from brothers Alex, Mackenzie, and Sounding like one of the origi- debut full-length is forthcoming on Rough through roots strings styles on sophomore LP Barracuda, 8:45pm Charlie Spencer, plus vocalist Katie Munshaw, have only nal grunge bands born again in the post-hardcore Trade Records in April. – Libby Webster Illusion & Doubt (2016), unloading everything from released two songs, but they sound like Lorde fronting milieu of Touch & Go Records, Madrid power trio bluegrass to gypsy fiddle with a devilish mischie- an indie pop band. November’s “Swim” flows guitar glit- Favx applies post-punk dissonance to reformed vousness in Nate Hilts’ growling, punkish vocals ter and emotive synths into electronically padded drums classic rock like it’s 1992. Debut EP Welfare arrived spitting ballads of drinking, death, and other behind Munshaw’s alluring pronunciation. – Kevin Curtin in January. – Michael Toland dependable debaucheries. – Doug Freeman

22 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com DJs BY DAN GENTILE Perel Mon. 12, Barracuda, 12:10am; Thu. 15, Barcelona, 9pm DFA Records looked abroad for latest signee Annegret Perel Fiedler, a Berliner with a Berghain pedigree. Drifting arpeggios hover over snappy snares and long, Kraftwerky pads on her latest single “Die EASTON PARK Dimension.” Her debut long- Austin Life player drops next month. David Gtronic Tue. 13, Kingdom, 10pm David Gtronic lives in the gray zone between percussive bangers and a slow-burning minimalism that results in tasteful dance tracks. It’s drawn in over 2 millions downloads to the Berliner’s podcast series The Terrace. DJ Soulseek Thu. 15, Plush, 9 & 10:15pm Masha Self-proclaimed “non-DJ” Hugo van Heijningen Tue. 13, Waller Ballroom, 12:45am; co-founded Red Light Radio, a Netherlands-based Sat. 17, Kingdom, 9:30pm streaming hub of taste-makers. With a punk rock At the forefront of L.A.’s DJ scene is background and a grab bag approach to genre, the Dig Deeper party. Co-helmed by expect deep undiscovered cuts. Have your Serbian transplant Masha Meyta, the Shazam app ready. roving rave pops up everywhere from boutique hotel rooftops to abandoned warehouses, bringing house, disco, and Shao Thu. 15, 3ten ACL Live, 11pm techno DJs from all corners of the globe. Beijing DJ and producer Shao Yanpeng takes a cue from both minimalist Germans and kinetic Doc Daneeka Detroiters to create seemingly simple beats Wed. 14, Townsend, 12mid; loaded with jagged textures. Think a soundtrack Fri. 16, Plush, 11pm to computer hacking, but designed for dance Welsh DJ Mial Watkins harks back floors with an immersive visual accompaniment. to when tambourines hung out on upbeats, G-funk synth lines snuck through resonant filters, and guest Interstellar Funk vocalists like Seven Davis Jr. reigned Thu. 15, Plush, 12:15am supreme. Expect joyful vibes chased Residing in outer space with a green card for with techno stoicism in his collaborations Amsterdam, Olf van Elden produces a clean with Benjamin Damage. galactic sound, echewing cosmic noodling in favor of the crisp gunmetal of a house music starship. Disco reigned on his memorable play of 1985 Located just 12 miles from downtown, Easton TX Connect Italo classic “Baja Imperial” during a 2014 Wed. 14, Plush, 12:30am Dekmantel appearance. Park is a vibrant community with more than 350 Dallas techno purveyor Gavin Guthrie connects the Lone Star State in acres of planned trails, parks, and green space. conversation with national dance music Catz N Dogz It’s everything you love about Austin, with a welcoming lifestyle, state-of- audiences. Acidic analog grit landed the Sat. 17, Kingdom, 11pm the-art amenities and leading homebuilders. Our newest neighborhoods, DJ/producer on L.I.E.S. before his own Polish house DJs Wojciech Tarañczuk and Texas Recordings Underground began Grzegorz Demia´nczuk have earned elder Union Park and Skyline Park, are coming soon—keep an eye on our championing Texans like Bill Converse. statesman status since beginning in the early website, newsletter and social media for more information. Or come out Aughts. The Szczecin duo’s productions feel for yourself and see what all the excitement is about. idiosyncratic, but groovy enough to move the Amy Becker crowd. Bonus points for helming the Pets Thu. 15, Container Bar, 10pm; Thu. 15, Waller Ballroom, 12:45am Recordings label. London selector Amy Becker’s 2016 Boiler Room begins with a sinister flip Grand Rapids Soul Club of Brandy & Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine” Sat. 17, Palm Door on Sixth Patio, 1am before bouncing between reggaeton, Vinyl archaeologists are a dying breed, but futuristic R&B, and Chicago-style drill Grand Rapids Soul Club take their 45 hunting music, proving that hip-hop-influenced seriously. The trio of Michigan diggers throws a VISIT US AT eastonparkatx.com club music in the UK is more than monthly all-vinyl party that spans the history of just grime. soul, funk, and disco.

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Tyler Childers 99 LUFTBALLOONS H-L Wed. 14, Palm Door on Sixth, 12:45am; Fri. 16, Scoot Inn, 9pm Tyler Childers caught the ear of Sturgill HATCHIE Thu. 15, Cheer Up Charlies, Simpson, who produced the fellow Kentuckian’s 8:20pm; Fri. 16, Lucille, 9pm The cerebral pop breakout sophomore LP, 2017’s Purgatory. His project of Brisbane native Harriette Pilbeam tight Appalachian drawl cuts more than is Cocteau Twins-comparable. Dreamy haze moonshine and cocaine as he proves equally shrouding deep, dusky interiors, “Try” took off adept at uncompromising ballads that brew immediately in Australia, earning the ethereal bluegrass and country into a hard-edged kick. songwriter a spot on Brooklyn taste-makers Double Double Whammy and her first U.S. Emily Duff dates, all with just two tracks. – Rachel Rascoe Thu. 15, 18th Over Austin, 11pm Emily Duff has helped foster a vibrant songwriter scene around her NYC West Village HETY & ZAMBO Thu. 15, Speakeasy, restaurant Cowgirl. Last year’s Maybe in the 12mid; Sat. 17, Flamingo Cantina, 12mid Morning dishes Lucinda Williams grit recorded Fabian Perez and Relis Arigan lead Caribbean at Muscle Shoals’ FAME studios, while this dancehall crew Kings of Creole. Repping year’s upcoming You Better Believe adds the island of San Andres, which politically is gospel flair. part of Colombia but remains geographically closer to the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, Lizzie No the pair spit fiery rhymes over thumping up- Thu. 15, 18th Over Austin, 12mid tempo beats – Thomas Fawcett Although Lizzie Quinlan’s deft harp playing stands out onstage, it is remarkably subtle on IMUR Fri. 16, Sheraton Backyard, 8:40pm last year’s debut LP, Hard Won. Instead, her Influenced in part by Detroit rap legend J songwriting and gorgeously smooth vocals Dilla, this Vancouver trio weaves futuristic nestle in fiddle-tinged indie folk to which her electronica, boom-bap hip-hop, jazz, and harp provides evocative shades. The songwriter progressive pop into their exponentially self- angles complex socio-personal issues into aware debut extended play, 2017’s Slow Dive, crafty melodies. which touches upon “substance use, abuse and recovery, non-traditional relationships Jason James and sexual dynamics” with focus on intricate Fri. 16, Saxon Pub, 8pm instrumentation. – Kahron Spearman You’d be forgiven for thinking Jason James’ eponymous 2015 debut was a reissue from JAPANDROIDS Wed. 14, Lustre Pearl, New West. The Texas City native unloads 11pm Unabashed in its pursuit of sing-along throwback honky-tonk that mixes easily anthems – as if distilling the Who down to a alongside classic George Jones. His new single, duo – the Vancouver pairing of Brian King and anticipating this year’s follow-up, spins Ernest David Prowse had a banner 2017 thanks to the Tubb’s “Let’s Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello.” heavily acclaimed Near to the Wild Heart of COUNTRY 12-PACK BY DOUG FREEMAN Life, Japandroids’ third album and first after Lilly Hiatt five years. Keep your lighter app on standby. Nikki Lane Courtney Marie Fri. 16, Antone’s, 10pm – Michael Toland Tue. 13, Gatsby, 10:30pm; Fri. 16, Radio Day Andrews Lilly Hiatt honed her songwriting in the East Stage, Austin Convention Center, 3pm Wed. 14, Palm Door on Sixth, 8:45pm; Nashville scene, carving a distinct path from KAROL G Thu. 15, Half Step, 12:20am One 2014 sophomore platter All or Nothin’ broke Thu. 15, Radio Day Stage, Austin the influence of her father, John Hiatt. Those of the few women in urban Latin, Carolina out Nikki Lane as part of the new wrecking-ball Convention Center, 2pm; Thu. 15, efforts came to fruition with last year’s third LP Navarro delivers female sensibility to a genre crew razing the Nashville establishment. 2017 Barracuda Backyard, 11:50pm and New West debut, Trinity Lane, a brutally generally lacking it. Marrying pop and reg- follow-up Highway Queen on New West paired Third album Honest Life in 2016 honest mix of heartbreak accusation and self- gaeton, the Colombian’s silky vox bounce the South Carolina native with producer finally garnered this Phoenix native examination in her barbed twang. off tropical beats in perfect synchronicity on Jonathan Tyler for a more rocking rebel twang. attention for raw, honest songwriting. last year’s debut Unstoppable, which recalls Upcoming Fat Possum debut May Your Aaron Lee Tasjan Ozuna’s R&B and Reykon’s allure. Red Shahan Kindness Remain matches powerful Fri. 16, Antone’s, 11pm – Isabella Castro-Cota Wed. 14, Palm Door on Sixth, 8pm Emmylou Harris vox with Mark Howard’s Having played guitar for the New York Dolls This Lubbock songwriter’s 2015 debut Men fuller production and songs wringing and Drivin’ ’n’ Cryin’, Aaron Lee Tasjan gained LA CUNETA SON MACHÍN Wed, and Coyotes reflected his eye for hard, honest social consciousness from the solo ground on 2017 sophomore effort Silver 14, Flamingo Cantina, 12mid; Thu. 15, narratives worked into sharp melodies. Follow-up intimately personal. Tears (New West), which sparkled with the East Flamingo Cantina, 10:30pm Funky Latin Culberson County waited over a year to finally Nashvillian’s eclectic sweep. Harry Nilsson pop dance music and Nicaraguan pop meet rock see release from Thirty Tigers this month, Sarah Shook & emerges on smooth crooned ballads, Traveling and hip-hop in this Managua group’s slick setting Shahan in line as the next rising the Disarmers Wilburys-esque blowouts, and low-down mezcla. Frisky and infectious, latest album Texas troubadour. Wed. 14, Continental Club, 12mid gritty blues. Cañambuco erupts a block party. 2015 third Raised Christian fundamentalist with album Mondongo was nominated for the Best Joshua Hedley limited musical exposure, Sarah Shook India Ramey Latin Rock/Urban/Alternative Grammy. Wed. 14, Antone’s, 8pm; took another path. Her Chapel Hill Sat. 17, Cheer Up Charlies Inside, 10pm – Michael Toland Thu. 15, Continental Club, 12mid quintet quakes with a blunt punk India Ramey composes dark, twisted odes Hedley’s fiddle and smooth, classic country sensibility fused into her renegade that hallmark the Southern gothic and her rural Wed. 14, Hotel Vegas Annex, croon earned him the title “Mayor of Lower LAPS brand of traditional and outlaw country. Georgia upbringing. Last year’s third album 1:25am Members of Golden Teacher and Broad” in Nashville. When he finally began Bloodshot Records reissued her debut Snake Handler bit into powerful vocals the Green Door Studio collectives, Glasgow- writing his own songs at age 28, they distilled LP last year, Sidelong, a collection of somewhere between Neko Case and Bobbie based electronic twosome Cassie Ojay and Sixties country ballads, which define his April hard drinking, hard living, and Gentry. Ramey speaks harsh truths behind Alicia Matthews extend bouncy industrial/ debut LP on Third Man, Mr. Jukebox. hard truths. cranking guitars and country ballads. dub/disco offerings, while recalling the

24 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com strange and elusive non-vocals of Eighties Thu. 15, Russian German pop-art duo Saâda Bonaire. LINIKER E OS CARAMELOWS House, 12mid; Fri. 16, Palm Door on Sixth Patio, Latest EP Ladies as Pimps tracks classic 12:30am Attired in headdresses and jewelry, transgen- forms with uncompromising attitude and der singer Liniker Barros fronts this rich capture of the a wavy appeal. – Kahron Spearman bossa-nova, samba, and tropical textures from their hometown São Paulo, while fusing strains of primal LEYYA Wed. 14, Esther’s Follies, blues and funk. Barros channels Etta James and Nina 8pm Latest release from Vienna’s Sophie Simone on 2016 debut Remonta. – Alejandra Ramirez Lindinger and Marco Kleebauer, sophomore LP Sauna offers an energetic and Wed. 14, sample-heavy amalgam of moodiness and LOS CHINCHILLOS DEL CARIBE Speakeasy, 11pm; Thu. 15, Half Step, 11:20pm; Fri. 16, carefree pop. Turning sharply away from Speakeasy, 1am Born amidst the unrest of student strikes predictability, they pulse forward in an at the University of Puerto Rico in 2009, cumbia punk quin- understated beat under Lindinger’s sweet, tet Los Chinchillos del Caribe embody the chaotic energy of breathy vocals. protest. Produced by Mexican mixmaster Toy Selectah, 2017 – Libby Webster LP El Pugilato whips hard-edged cumbia, reggae, punk, and hip-hop into a heavy pachanga. – Thomas Fawcett Mozart La Para FRI. 16, HALF STEP, 10:15PM Dominican singer Mozart La Para never had a plan B. “I always visualized it. It was my biggest dream and now it’s a reality,” he types in Spanish after muffled phone hookups. Born Erickson Fernández, the reggaeton singer/rapper branded himself at age 12 after composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who got his start at the same age. He grew out of the “underground” hip-hop movement in the Dominican Republic, freestyling his way to the top until landing in the Batalla de los Gallos, an MC competition sponsored by Red Bull that garnered him national praise. “In that moment, people saw the hip-hop movement differently,” he said. “There wasn’t as much support as there is today.” His rhymes bounce around upbeat tropical dance pulses that ride the spectrum between dem- bow (“Fiesta y Vacilón”) and Latin trap (“Primero Que Kanye”), prophesying positivity and self- love. “When I’m in the studio and I hear the music, I get inspired and I start creating without writing,” he writes. A knack for spoken word landed BORN ERICKSON FERNÁNDEZ, Fernández the first spot in the THE REGGAETON SINGER/ Latin division of Jay-Z’s label Roc RAPPER BRANDED HIMSELF AT Nation. Frequent collaborations AGE 12 AFTER COMPOSER with other Latin trap heavy- weights like Farruko (“Papi WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART. Champú”), DJ Luian (“Chikiribón” with Arcángel), and Shelow Shaq (“Tu Maldita Madre”) fill up his downtime while he queues his next projects. “Right now, I’m working on what’s going to be my new promotional single and album,” he concludes. “After that is a lot of work, a lot of success, and preparing for greatness!” – Isabella Castro-Cota

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of an Illustrious Father 11:00pm Lauren Ruth Ward (Los Angeles CA) CEDAR STREET COURTYARD 9:00pm Benin City (London ENGLAND) 10:25pm Catholic Action (Glasgow (Brooklyn NY) 11:45pm Lucette (Edmonton CANADA) SPEAKEASY BMI 10:00pm (Chicago IL) SCOTLAND) 11:50pm Kosha Dillz (Perth Amboy NJ) 12:45am Marlon Williams (Christchurch 8:00pm Joshua Hedley (Nashville TN) COMMISSION MUSIC Varsity BMI SONIDOS ALTERNOS 8:00pm Powers Pleasant (Brooklyn NY) 11:00pm Febueder (Ascot ENGLAND) 11:25pm Shopping (London ENGLAND) 1:10am Fat Tony (Houston TX) NEW ZEALAND) 8:00pm Buffalo Blanco (Monterrey MEXICO) 9:00pm lovelytheband (Los Angeles CA) 12:00am (New Orleans LA) 12:25am LYLO (Glasgow SCOTLAND) 1:30am Turquoise Jeep (Atlanta GA) 10:00pm Devin Dawson (Orangevale CA) 9:00pm 1Playy (Atlanta GA) Video Age 9:00pm The Chamanas (El Paso TX) 9:30pm SoulGroupUniverse (Queens NY) 1:00am Stop Light Observations 1:25am LAPS (Glasgow SCOTLAND) PARISH 10:00pm COASTCITY (Puerto Rico CA) 11:00pm BONES (Los Angeles CA) (Charleston SC) 12:00am MAX (New York NY) 10:00pm The Private Club (Atlanta GA) MAGGIE MAE’S GIBSON GEORGIA THEATRE PRESENTS 11:00pm Los Chinchillos Del Caribe (Puerto 1:00am CAPYAC (DJ Set) (Austin TX) 10:30pm Mir Fontane (Camden NJ) INTERNATIONAL DAY STAGE 8:00pm Teddy and The Rough Riders Rico PR) 11:00pm K$upreme (Pasadena CA) ROOM FLAMINGO CANTINA AUSTIN CONVENTION NASHVILLE HOUSE (Nashville TN) 12:00am Melymel (Santo Domingo DOMINICAN 11:30pm Dice Soho (Houston TX) ZONA INDIE 9:00pm Natalie Prass (Richmond VA) REPUBLIC) BANGER’S 12:00am 24hrs (Atlanta GA) CENTER 7:30pm Megan Davies (Nashville TN) 10:00pm Plastic Pinks (Miami FL) 1:00am Rawayana (Caracas VENEZUELA) 8:00pm Gina Chavez (Austin TX) 8:30pm Trove (Nashville TN) STUBHUB (SXSW BADGES & MUSIC 12:30am Derez Deshon (Atlanta GA) 9:00pm La Orquesta Vulgar (Mexico City SXSW BADGES & ARTIST WRISTBANDS ONLY 11:00pm The Nude Party (Livingston Manor WRISTBANDS ONLY) 1:15am YBN Nahmir (Birmingham AL) 2:00pm Hajk (Oslo NORWAY) 9:30pm James Droll (Nashville TN) NY) MEXICO) 3:00pm Only Girl (London ENGLAND) 10:30pm Jake Wesley Rogers (Nashville TN) SPEAKEASY KABARET 9:00pm Caroline Rose (New York NY) 10:00pm Superfónicos (Austin TX) 12:00am BRONCHO (Tulsa OK) ZONA INDIE 10:00pm Jukebox the Ghost (New York NY) 4:00pm Yahyel (Tokyo JAPAN) 11:30pm morgxn (Nashville TN) 1:00am Low Cut Connie (Philadelphia PA) CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN 11:00pm Bang Data (Oakland CA) 5:00pm The Money War (Perth AUSTRALIA) 12:30am PHANGS (Nashville TN) 8:10pm Monoplasma (Los Angeles CA) 11:00pm Two Feet (Brooklyn NY) 12:00am La Cuneta Son Machín (Managua 9:10pm 12:00am Cold War Kids (Silverlake CA) CHURCH 1982 (diecinueve ochenta y dos) 7:00pm Saint Sister (Dublin IRELAND) NICARAGUA) MAGGIE MAE’S ROOFTOP PLUSH (Cuenca ECUADOR) 7:50pm FINNEAS (Los Angeles CA) 1:00am Money Chicha (Austin TX) THE IRON BEAR TEXAS RECORDINGS UNDERGROUND 10:10pm LUFO (Cali COLOMBIA) BARCELONA 8:30pm Findlay (London ENGLAND) GLAMGLARE NASHVILLE HOUSE 8:00pm Son Fjord B2B Daetron Vargas 11:10pm Revolver Plateado (Bogota COLOMBIA) 8:00pm Punjabtronix (Bristol ENGLAND) 9:30pm Jerry Williams (Portsmouth ENGLAND) FRIENDS 8:00pm I AM SNOW ANGEL (New York NY) 8:00pm Waker (Nashville TN) (Austin TX) 12:10am el Tambor de la Tribu (Guatemala 9:00pm Moonshine (Montreal CANADA) 10:20pm Flyte (London ENGLAND) 8:00pm Dramatic Lovers (Milwaukee WI) 9:00pm The Lulls (San Diego CA) 9:00pm Liza Anne (Nashville TN) 9:00pm Brooks Mosher b2b Submersible City GUATEMALA) 10:00pm Flying Turns (Austin TX) 11:20pm Billie Eilish (Highland Park CA) 9:00pm Mountain Time (Austin TX) 10:00pm Blonde Maze (New York NY) 10:00pm Marc Scibilia (Nashville TN) Machines (Austin TX) 1:10am Pommez Internacional (Buenos 11:00pm Lani Love (Los Angeles) 10:00pm Palo Duro (Austin TX) 11:00pm GIRL SKIN (Brooklyn NY) 11:00pm *repeat repeat (Nashville TN) 10:30pm Vectorvision (Dallas TX) Aires ARGENTINA) 12:00am DJ Ryan Wolf (Cleveland OH) CHEER UP CHARLIE’S 11:00pm Farrows (Asbury Park NJ) 12:00am Emme Woods (Glasgow SCOTLAND) 12:00am The Outer Vibe (Nashville TN) 11:30pm Cygnus (Dallas TX) 1:00am DJ Hella Yella (Austin TX) 12:00am Annie Hart (New York NY) 1:00am Pretty City (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) 1:00am Rayland Baxter (Nashville TN) 12:30am TX Connect (Dallas TX) ST DAVID’S HISTORIC JANSPORT BONFIRE SESSIONS (SXSW 1:00am Fenster (Berlin GERMANY) 1:00am DJ Ricky Silk (Fort Worth TX) BADGES & MUSIC WRISTBANDS ONLY) THE MAIN SANCTUARY BARRACUDA IRONWOOD HALL 7:00pm (Bangkok GROUND CONTROL TOURING 9:00pm Tierra Whack (Philadelphia PA) THE GATSBY WELCOME TO THA SOUTH CASA DE RUIDO RADIO DAY STAGE My Life as Ali Thomas 10:15pm Smino (St Louis MO) 8:00pm Kelroy (Chicago IL) THAILAND) 8:00pm Twain (Franklin County VA) 11:30pm (Chicago IL) PANDORA (SXSW BADGES & MUSIC 8:00pm Dj Dmoney Global (Fort Worth TX) 8:00pm Kyle Craft (Portland OR) 8:50pm Lomelda (Silsbee TX) Joey Purp 8:15pm DNA Music Group (Midland TX) 8:50pm Juan Ingaramo (Buenos Aires AUSTIN CONVENTION 12:45pm Shame (London ENGLAND) WRISTBANDS ONLY) ARGENTINA) CENTER 9:00pm WILSN (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) 9:40pm Bat Fangs (Washington DC) 8:30pm (New York NY) 8:30pm Lucky Loc (Hillsboro TX) 10:00pm The Weather Station (Toronto 10:35pm Moaning (Los Angeles CA) Salt Cathedral 8:35pm KP Tha Profit (San Antonio TX) 9:40pm Sputnik (Mexico City MEXICO) NPR ALTLATINO (SXSW BADGES & ARTIST CHEER UP CHARLIE’S INSIDE 9:30pm Saweetie (Hayward CA) 10:30pm Seis Pistos (Chihuahua MEXICO) CANADA) 11:30pm Girl Ray (London ENGLAND) 10:00pm Kelela (Washington DC) 9:05pm Da Deacon (Miami FL) WRISTBANDS ONLY) 11:00pm Quiet Slang (Philadelphia PA) 12:30am Snail Mail (Baltimore MD) JANSPORT BONFIRE SESSIONS (SXSW 9:25pm Rocky Banks (Houston TX) 11:20pm MNKYBSNSS (Bogotá COLOMBIA) 12:00pm The Marías (Los Angeles CA) 11:00pm Tinashe (Los Angeles CA) 12:10am Melenas (Pamplona SPAIN) BADGES & MUSIC WRISTBANDS ONLY) 11:50pm YFN Lucci (Summerhill GA) 9:45pm Kenny Gee (Austin TX) 1:00pm Amara La Negra (Miami FL) 8:30pm Angel + Dren (Bronx NY) 10:05pm JayDaYoungan (Bogalusa LA) 1:00am TITAN (DJ Set) (Mexico City STEPHEN F’S BAR BARRACUDA BACKYARD 12:30am Smokepurpp (Miami FL) MEXICO) KCRW (SXSW BADGES & ARTIST ZONA INDIE GROUND CONTROL TOURING 10:15pm Powers Pleasant (Brooklyn NY) 1:10am Lil Xan (Redlands CA) 10:30pm Sherwood Marty (Baton Rouge, LA) WRISTBANDS ONLY) 12:15am BbyMutha (Chattanooga TN) 10:50pm Lil Freaky aka Dripset Freaky 8:00pm Simon Grossmann (Miami FL) 7:45pm Current Joys (Los Angeles CA) (Atlanta GA) 3:00pm Wye Oak (Baltimore MD) 9:00pm Estúpida Erikah (Barcelona SPAIN) 8:35pm Combo Chimbita (New York NY) THE MAIN II 4:00pm Sudan Archives (Los Angeles CA) HALF STEP 11:10pm Blake (San Antonio TX) JAZZ RE:FRESHED OUTERNATIONAL 10:00pm Astrolabio (Bogotá COLOMBIA) 9:25pm Crumb (Brooklyn NY) CONTAINER BAR ASCAP 11:30pm BeatKing (Houston TX) 5:00pm Marlon Williams (Christchurch NEW 11:00pm Hugo “Poyo” Segovia (Monterrey 10:15pm Shame (London ENGLAND) INSOMNIAC 8:00pm Moses Boyd - Solo X (London ZEALAND) 8:00pm DJ C. DeVone (New York NY) 12:15am Yella Beezy (Dallas TX) ENGLAND) MEXICO) 11:10pm Ought (Montreal CANADA) 8:00pm Pixel Terror (Los Angeles CA) 9:00pm Erick Lottary (Fayetteville NC) 12:40am Trae Tha Truth (Houston TX) 12:00am Luz Pinos (Brooklyn NY) 12:05am Porches (New York NY) 9:00pm Hopsteady (Santa Fe NM) 9:00pm Ashley Henry Trio (London 9:40pm Chris Stylez (Toronto CANADA) 1:05am Q Money (Cleveland OH) ENGLAND) RUSSIAN HOUSE 1:00am José Biggs (Santiago CHILE) 1:05am Hop Along (Philadelphia PA) 10:00pm Nitti Gritti x Tascione B2B (Miami FL) 10:20pm Taliwhoah (Los Angeles, CA) 1:15am Damar Jackson (Deridder LA) SOUNDS FROM THE WORLD 11:00pm Yultron (Los Angeles CA) 10:00pm Nubya Garcia (London ENGLAND) 10:50pm Prince Charlez (Los Angeles, CA) 1:25am YFN Lucci x YFN Kay x YFN Trae 11:00pm Zara McFarlane (Dagenham 8:00pm Small Island Big Song (Melbourne STUBB’S BD RILEY’S 11:30pm Danileigh (Orlando FL) Pound (Summerhill GA) ENGLAND) AUSTRALIA) 7:00pm Coma Pony (Chihuahua MEXICO) NPR MUSIC WITH SUPPORT FROM IZOTROPE CONTINENTAL CLUB 12:10am Zoey Dollaz (Miami FL) 12:00am Ezra Collective (London ENGLAND) 9:00pm Leni Stern (New York NY) 7:30pm Lucy Dacus (Richmond VA) 8:00pm MXMS (Los Angeles CA) BLOODSHOT RECORDS 1:00am (London ENGLAND) 10:00pm La Banda Morisca (Andalucía 9:00pm Aztec Death (Dallas TX) JAVELINA Blue Lab Beats 8:20pm Superorganism (London ENGLAND) 8:00pm Reuben Bidez (Nashville TN) THE HIDEOUT BANDSINTOWN BIG BREAK SPAIN) 9:20pm Low (Duluth MN) 10:00pm VOWWS (Los Angeles CA) 9:00pm Joe Purdy (Los Angeles CA) 11:00pm Beating Heart (London ENGLAND) 11:00pm French Vanilla (Los Angeles CA) GOLDEN HORNET & KMFA: ATX COMPOSERS 8:00pm Sarah Shook & The Disarmers MALVERDE 10:20pm Okkervil River (New York NY) 10:00pm Jon Langford’s Four Lost Souls 8:00pm LOLA Local Opera Local Artists (Chapel Hill NC) 12:00am Mokoomba (Victoria Falls 11:20pm Tank and the Bangas (New Orleans LA) 12:00am Southern Avenue (Memphis TN) (Chicago IL) RHYME & REASON RECORDS / SLEEP WELL ZIMBABWE) 1:00am ShitKid (Stockholm SWEDEN) (Austin TX) 9:00pm SISTERS (Seattle WA) 12:20am August Greene (Common / 11:00pm Ruby Boots (Perth AUSTRALIA) 9:00pm The Kraken Quartet (Austin TX) 10:00pm The Lagoons (Austin TX) RECORDS 1:00am Rattletree (Austin TX) Robert Glasper / Karriem 12:00am Sarah Shook & The Disarmers 10:00pm Line Upon Line Percussion (Austin 11:00pm FOXTRAX (New York NY) 8:00pm Charles Fauna (Brooklyn NY) Riggins) (Los Angeles CA) THE BELMONT (Chapel Hill NC) TX) 12:00am Peach Pit (Vancouver CANADA) 9:00pm Walter Salas-Humara (Flagstaff AZ) SAXON PUB JOHN LENNON EDUCATIONAL TOUR BUS 1:00am Waco Brothers (Chicago IL) 11:00pm Graham Reynolds (Austin TX) 1:00am Sneaks (Washington DC) 10:00pm pronoun (Brooklyn NY) TUNEGO/AUSTIN ARTIST DEVELOPMENT 8:00pm KOLARS (Los Angeles CA) 11:00pm Cape Francis (Brooklyn NY) STUBB’S INSIDE 12:00am Mother Falcon (Austin TX) 12:00am Overlake (Jersey City NJ) 8:00pm Beat Root Revival (Austin TX) NPR SLINGSHOT 9:00pm Tuomo & Markus (Helsinki FINLAND) COOPER’S BBQ 1:00am Invoke (Austin TX) 9:00pm Redd Volkaert (Austin TX) 10:00pm Arlie (Nashville TN) KARMA LOUNGE 1:00am Love You Later (Los Angeles CA) 8:00pm Mt. Joy (Philadelphia PA) ATOMIC MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE CARADURA / CATRINA FESTIVAL 10:00pm Jackie Venson (Austin TX) 9:00pm Gracie and Rachel (Brooklyn NY) 11:00pm M. Rivers (Los Angeles CA) 8:00pm Wood & Wire (Austin TX) 11:00pm Mobley (Austin TX) 12:00am Pussy Riot (Moscow RUSSIA) HIGHLAND LOUNGE 8:00pm Belako (Mungia SPAIN) MOHAWK INDOOR 10:00pm Hembree (Kansas City MO) 9:00pm Caleb Caudle (Winston-Salem NC) AEROBIC INTERNATIONAL + ROOLOGIC 9:00pm Descartes A Kant (Guadalajara 12:00am Jeff Plankenhorn (Austin TX) 11:00pm Liz Brasher (Memphis TN) 1:00am RZA of Wu-Tang Clan feat. Stone 10:00pm Ray Wylie Hubbard (Wimberley TX) MURGE 1:00am Tje Austin (Austin TX) Mecca (Staten Island NY) RECORDS MEXICO) 12:00am WebsterX (Milwaukee WI) 11:00pm Ian Moore (Austin TX) 10:00pm Aleman (Cabo San Lucas MEXICO) TBA Jim-E-O (Austin TX) 12:00am Travis Linville (Norman OK) 8:00pm DJ Baby Roo (Houston TX) TBA Jake&Papa (Los Angeles CA) 8:15pm Genesis Blu (Houston TX) 11:00pm El Mató A Un Policia Motorizado TBA DYLN (Brooklyn NY) SCOOT INN SWAN DIVE BLACKHEART 1:00am Folk Family Revival (Houston TX) 9:00pm (Lille FRANCE) (La Plata ARGENTINA) THIS SONG IS SICK @ BROOKLYN BOWL COMMUNION PRESENTS sarasara TBA Annalise Azadian (New York NY) DINE ALONE / BUZZ RECORDS / BROOKLYN 10:00pm Giant Kitty (Houston TX) 12:00am Centavrvs (Distrito Federal MEXICO) TBA PJ Morton (New Orleans LA) FAMILY REUNION (SXSW BADGES & WRIST- VEGAN 8:00pm Dizzy (Oshawa CANADA) CU29 11:00pm Planet Booty (Oakland CA) 1:00am LNG/SHT (Cancun MEXICO) 9:00pm The Teskey Brothers (Melbourne 8:00pm Papisa (São Paulo BRAZIL) TBA Famous 2 Most (Atlanta GA) BANDS ONLY) 8:00pm Club Night (Oakland CA) 12:00am Lali Puna (Munich GERMANY) TBA Jae Mansa (Atlanta GA) 8:00pm Noah Slee (Auckland NEW ZEALAND) 9:00pm Greyhounds (Austin TX) AUSTRALIA) 9:00pm Fym Summer (Singapore SINGAPORE) 1:00am Bun B (Port Arthur TX) KINGDOM 10:00pm Now, Now (Minneapolis MN) 10:00pm Dhruv Visvanath (New Delhi INDIA) TBA Tish Hyman (New York NY) 9:00pm Party Pupils (New York NY) 10:00pm Field Report (Milwaukee WI) 11:00pm slenderbodies (Los Angeles CA) 11:00pm Sampson (Halifax CANADA) REALMUSIC EVENTS 10:00pm Louis Futon LIVE (Philadelphia PA) 11:00pm Casper Skulls (Toronto CANADA) 12:00am NoMBe (Los Angeles CA) 12:00am Courtney Farren (Brooklyn NY) HOTEL VEGAS 8:00pm Andrew Parsons (Austin TX) MOHAWK OUTDOOR 11:00pm Classixx DJ Set (Los Angeles CA) 12:00am Brent Cowles (Denver CO) 1:00am Slum Sociable (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) 1:00am Violetta Zironi (Reggio Emilia ITALY) DESERT DAZE 10:00pm ANGELZ (Quebec City CANADA) 8:00pm BETO y los Fairlanes (Austin TX) 1:00am Vundabar (Boston MA) 7:15pm Warbly Jets (Los Angeles CA) 11:30pm Loud Luxury (Toronto CANDADA) 9:00pm Night Moves (Minneapolis MN) SEVEN GRAND BRITISH MUSIC EMBASSY DIRTY DOG BAR 8:00pm Sun Seeker (Nashville TN) 1:00am Cazzette (Stockhold SWEDEN) 9:50pm Preservation Hall Jazz Band DIY PRESENTS SWAN DIVE PATIO 8:45pm Cones (Los Angeles CA) (New Orleans LA) 8:00pm Suzi Wu (London ENGLAND) DINE ALONE / BUZZ RECORDS / BROOKLYN @ LATITUDE 30 ROGUE AGENCY LIVE 9:30pm Cut Worms (Brooklyn NY) LAMBERTS 11:15pm Brownout (Austin TX) 9:00pm Baywaves (Madrid SPAIN) BBC RADIO 2 & PPL / PRS 7:45pm Stuyedeyed (Brooklyn NY) 10:15pm Post Animal (Chicago IL) VEGAN NEW WEST / NORMALTOWN 12:15am MEUTE (Hamburg GERMANY) 10:00pm Public Access T.V. (New York NY) 7:40pm Spirit of the Beehive (Philadelphia PA) 8:00pm Rhys Lewis (London ENGLAND) 8:35pm Pink Mexico (Brooklyn NY) 11:00pm Sego (Los Angeles CA) 8:30pm Buxton (Houston TX) 1:15am Kwesta (Johannesburg SOUTH 11:00pm The Britanys (New York NY) 9:00pm Jade Bird (Smallfield ENGLAND) 9:25pm Adrian Daniel (Brooklyn NY) 11:45pm Pearl Charles (Los Angeles CA) 8:30pm Special Explosion (Seattle WA) 9:30pm Naked Giants (Seattle WA) AFRICA) 12:00am Goat Girl (London ENGLAND) 9:20pm Greys (Toronto CANADA) 10:00pm Frank Turner (Winchester ENGLAND) 10:25pm Dot (Los Angeles CA) 12:30am Ezra Furman (Chicago IL) 10:30pm Cicada Rhythm (Athens GA) 1:00am Starcrawler (Los Angeles CA) 11:00pm Sam Fender (Newcastle Upon Tyne 11:25pm Yamantaka // Sonic Titan (Toronto 1:15am Al Lover (Austin TX) 10:20pm ...And You Will Know Us By The 11:30pm Los Coast (Austin TX) Trail of Dead (Austin TX) ENGLAND) CANADA) 12:40am Wild Moccasins (Houston TX) 12:00am Gaz Coombes (Oxford ENGLAND) 12:25am OSHUN (Washington DC) 11:40pm Say Anything (Tyler TX) 1:00am Nina Nesbitt (London ENGLAND) 1:25am Acid Dad (New York NY) 1:00am Pkew Pkew Pkew (Toronto CANADA)

28 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com TAP ROOM AT THE MARKET BARRACUDA CLIVE BAR FRIENDS JAVELINA PALM DOOR ON SIXTH SHERATON BACKYARD REC FACTORY SECRETLY GROUP THE SHOWTIME HOUSE (PLATINUM, MUSIC REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL FREAKOUT RECORDS & VOTIV THE PEPPERMINT CLUB X WE FOUND CITY OF AUSTIN 8:00pm DJ Rosegold (Toronto CANADA) 8:15pm Stella Donnelly (Fremantle BADGES ONLY) 8:00pm MEUTE (Hamburg GERMANY) 8:00pm Gold Casio (Portland OR) NEW MUSIC 7:00pm Sun June (Austin TX) 8:30pm Letta J (Brooklyn NY) AUSTRALIA) 9:00pm Snail Mail (Baltimore MD) 9:00pm Fishbach (Paris FRANCE) 9:00pm Johanna Warren (Portland OR) 8:10pm The Marías (Los Angeles CA) 8:00pm Superfónicos (Austin TX) 8:50pm Born Gifted (Harlem NY) 9:05pm Gordi (Canowindra AUSTRALIA) 10:00pm Speedy Ortiz (Massachusetts MA) 10:00pm Ace Tee (Hamburg GERMANY) 10:00pm Plastic Picnic (Brooklyn NY) 9:10pm CLOVES (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) 9:00pm A. Sinclair (Austin TX) 9:10pm London Reyes (Los Angeles CA) 10:05pm Cut Worms (Brooklyn NY) 11:00pm Princess Nokia (New York NY) 11:00pm Blackberries (Solingen GERMANY) 11:00pm Smokey Brights (Seattle WA) 10:10pm Kim Petras (Cologne GERMANY) 10:00pm Migrant Kids (Austin TX) 9:30pm Kyle Dion (Coral Springs FL) 11:05pm The Weather Station (Toronto 12:00am Vita and the Woolf (Philadelphia 12:00am Acid Tongue (Seattle WA) 11:05pm Dermot Kennedy (Dublin IRELAND) 11:00pm Eric Tessmer (Austin TX) 9:50pm Stev Camo (Staten Island NY) CANADA) CONTAINER BAR PA) 1:00am Naked Giants (Seattle WA) 12:05am Billie Eilish (Highland Park CA) 10:10pm Diverse Character (Trenton NJ) 12:05am Ought (Montreal CANADA) 1:00am Gus Dapperton (New York NY) 1:05am Frank Turner (Winchester THE SIDEWINDER INSIDE 10:30pm Mayah Dyson (Manassas VA) 1:05am Shame (London ENGLAND) RADAR RADIO 9:00pm Epic B (Brooklyn NY) KARMA LOUNGE ENGLAND) TURNTABLE KITCHEN & FANCY PR PRESENT 11:00pm Arin Ray (Cincinnati OH) THE GATSBY FAKE FOUR, INC. 11:30pm MPR Riche Rich (Atlanta GA) BARRACUDA BACKYARD 9.30pm Uninamise (Brooklyn NY) FANCY FEAST 12:00am HY$T (Indianapolis IN) 10:00pm Amy Becker (London UK-ENGLAND) PANDORA (SXSW BADGES & MUSIC 8:00pm DJ HALO (Oakland CA) PALM DOOR ON SIXTH PATIO 7:45pm LANNDS (Jacksonville FL) 12:30am Buddy (Compton CA) SECRETLY GROUP 11:00pm Big Zuu (London UK-ENGLAND) WRISTBANDS ONLY) 8:30pm Sixo (Dallas TX) THE PEPPERMINT CLUB X WE FOUND NEW MUSIC 8:45pm Sam Himself (New York NY) 1:00am DJ Vito (New York, NY) 8:00pm Faye Webster (Atlanta GA) 11.30pm P Montana (London UK-ENGLAND) 8:30pm Tank and the Bangas (New Orleans 9:00pm E-Turn (Orlando FL) 7:30pm Oliver Riot (Los Angeles CA) 9:35pm Haley Heynderickx (Portland OR) 8:50pm A Place to Bury Strangers LA) 9:35pm DopeKnife (Savannah GA) 8:30pm SUR (Los Angeles CA) 10:35pm Kotomi (Long Beach CA) (Brooklyn NY) CONTINENTAL CLUB 9:30pm Amy Shark (Gold Coast AUSTRALIA) 10:20pm Moodie Black (Minneapolis MN) 9:30pm Sam Fender (Newcastle Upon Tyne 11:35pm Barrie (Brooklyn NY) THE TOWNSEND 9:50pm Joey Dosik (Los Angeles CA) 11:30pm Beach Slang (Los Angeles CA) 11:00pm Kristoff Krane (Minneapolis MN) ENGLAND) 12:25am Julietta (New York NY) FOCUS WALES 10:50pm Marlon Williams (Christchurch NEW HIGH ROAD TOURING 10:30pm Wallows (Los Angeles CA) 11:50pm Dark Time Sunshine (Seattle WA) 10:30pm morgxn (Nashville TN) 1:15am Hoodlem (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) 8:00pm Christopher Rees (Llwynypia ZEALAND) 8:00pm Field Report (Milwaukee WI) 12:30am Dashboard Confessional 12:45am Ceschi (New Haven CT) 11:30pm NoMBe (Los Angeles CA) WALES) 11:50pm Courtney Marie Andrews (Phoenix 9:00pm Parker Millsap (Purcell OK) (Nashville TN) 12:30am Emily Wolfe (Austin TX) THE SIDEWINDER OUTSIDE 9:00pm Dan Bettridge (Bridgend WALES) AZ) 10:00pm Hembree (Kansas City MO) KINGDOM 10:00pm Stella Donnelly (Fremantle 12:50am Durand Jones & The Indications 11:00pm Mattiel (Atlanta GA) PALM PARK TURNTABLE KITCHEN & FANCY PR PRESENT AUSTRALIA) (Bloomington IN) 12:00am Joshua Hedley (Nashville TN) HALF STEP THESOUNDYOUNEED FANCY FEAST 11:00pm Himalayas (Cardiff WALES) 1:00am Skyway Man (Nashville TN) UNIVERSAL LATIN / LA CASA DEL SONIDO 8:00pm Miqui Brightside DJ Set (Madrid SMART (SXSW BADGES & MUSIC 8:10pm BAUM (Los Angeles CA) 12:00am Doc Daneeka (Swansea WALES) 8:00pm La Fame (Miami FL) SPAIN) WRISTBANDS ONLY) 9:10pm No Vacation (San Francisco CA) BD RILEY’S 9:00pm Sharlene (Santo Domingo 9:00pm TBA 8:00pm Riders Against the Storm (Austin 1:00am Rachel K Collier (Swansea WALES) 7:00pm FAVX (Madrid SPAIN) COOPER’S BBQ 10:10pm IDER (London ENGLAND) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) 10:00pm Party Pupils (New York NY) TX) 11:10pm Vundabar (Boston MA) 8:00pm Big League (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) NINE MILE RECORDS AND TOURING 9:45pm Raymix (Mexico City MEXICO) 11:00pm The Hood Internet (Chicago IL) VALHALLA 9:00pm Sea Moya (Mannheim GERMANY) 8:00pm Totally Mild (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) 12:10am Gothic Tropic (Los Angeles CA) 10:30pm Jhay Cortez (San Juan PR) 12:00am Louis Futon DJ Set (Philadelphia PARISH 1:10am Milk & Bone (Montreal CANADA) CHICKEN RANCH RECORDS 10:00pm Dentist (Asbury Park NJ) 8:50pm Christy Hays (Austin TX) 11:20pm Los Chinchillos Del Caribe (Puerto PA) 8:00pm The Neal Pollack Quintet (Austin 11:00pm Didi (Columbus OH) 9:45pm Juanita Stein (Sydney AUSTRALIA) Rico PR) TRAFFIC MUSIC TX) 12:00am Rome Is Not A Town (Gothenburg 10:45pm Carson McHone (Austin TX) 12:20am Karol G (Medellín COLOMBIA) LAMBERTS 8:00pm Curtis Roush (Austin TX) SPEAKEASY 9:00pm We Were the States (Nashville TN) SWEDEN) 11:45pm Greyhounds (Austin TX) 1:10am El Freaky (Bogotá COLOMBIA) 9:00pm Medicine Man Revival (Dallas TX) SOUNDS FROM COLOMBIA 10:00pm Jonny 8 Track (Brighton ENGLAND) 1:00am OHMME (Chicago IL) 12:45am Uncle Lucius (Austin TX) GET HIP RECORDINGS 10:00pm The Digital Wild (Austin TX) 8:00pm Ismael Ayende (Bogotá COLOMBIA) 11:00pm Willie Heath Neal (Atlanta GA) 8:00pm Zack Keim (Blawnox PA) 11:00pm Cure For Paranoia (Dallas TX) 9:00pm Cirkus Funk (Cali COLOMBIA) 12:00am Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5 THE BELMONT CU29 THE HIDEOUT 9:00pm Bifannah (Vigo SPAIN) 12:00am Kalu & The Electric Joint 10:00pm MNKYBSNSS (Bogotá COLOMBIA) (Austin TX) 8:00pm NHD - Nourallah Harvey Dezen 8:00pm World Brain (Berlin GERMANY) 10:00pm Some Kind of Animal (Pittsburgh formerly known as Kalu James 11:00pm La Fragua Band (Medellín ICM PARTNERS 9:00pm John Moods (Berlin GERMANY) PA) (Austin TX) 1:00am Peelander-Z (Austin TX) 7:30pm DJ Osh Kosh (Columbus OH) (Dallas TX) COLOMBIA) 10:00pm Joasihno (Munich GERMANY) 11:00pm Bipolaroid (New Orleans LA) 1:00am Los Coast (Austin TX) 12:00am Hety And Zambo (San Andres 8:20pm IZÄR (Pittsburgh PA) 9:00pm Many Rooms (Houston TX) 11:00pm The Fish Police (London ENGLAND) 12:00am NOX BOYS (Blawnox PA) 8:40pm Taya (Liverpool ENGLAND) 10:00pm Dan Bettridge (Bridgend WALES) Island COLOMBIA) THE VELVEETA ROOM 12:00am Sturle Dagsland (Stavanger 1:00am The Ugly Beats (Austin TX) 1:00am Farina (Medellín COLOMBIA) BPM CONCERTI 9:00pm Savannah Ré (Toronto CANADA) 11:00pm John Craigie (Portland OR) NORWAY) PARLOR ROOM 8:00pm The Yellow Traffic Light (Turin 9:20pm Taliwhoah (Los Angeles CA) 12:00am LaBaq (São Paulo BRAZIL) 1:00am Club Night (Oakland CA) MALTESERS LIGHT SIDE HOUSE (SXSW 9:30pm Ré Lxuise (Atlanta GA) 1:00am Max Meser (Amsterdam LUCILLE BADGES & MUSIC WRISTBANDS ONLY) SPEAKEASY KABARET ITALY) NETHERLANDS) FUTURE CLASSIC 9:00pm Weird Bloom (Rome ITALY) 10:00pm Tayla Parx (Dallas TX) HIGHLAND LOUNGE 9:00pm Lani Love (Los Angeles CA) SOUNDS FROM COLOMBIA 10:00pm Christaux (Milano ITALY) 10:10pm Kitty Cash (New York NY) 8:00pm G Flip (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) 10:00pm Mndsgn (Los Angeles CA) 8:30pm Popstitute (Medellín COLOMBIA) 11:00pm Wrongonyou (Roma ITALY) 10:40pm Willow Smith (Calabasas CA) DIRTY DOG BAR DIGIWAXX 9:00pm TBA 11:00pm Pat Lok (Vancouver CANADA) 9:30pm La Etnnia (Bogotá COLOMBIA) 12:00am Joan Thiele (Desenzano Del Garda 11:20pm Kodie Shane (Atlanta GA) 8:00pm Sie Lieben Maschinen (Kansas City 7:45pm Ursa Major (Long Island NY) 10:00pm Germans (Brooklyn NY) 10:30pm Stefficrown (Cali COLOMBIA) ITALY) 12:10am Rapsody (Snow Hill NC) MO) 8:00pm Lexx Squoia (Los Angeles CA) 11:00pm Sassy 009 (Oslo NORWAY) PLUSH 11:30pm Doble Porcion (Medellín COLOMBIA) 1:00am Bruno Belissimo (Brescia ITALY) 12:35am Cuban Doll (Dallas TX) 9:00pm Victim Mentality (Seoul SOUTH 8:15pm Finale (Bronx NY) 12:00am Marco McKinnis (Hampton VA) 12:30am Dany F (Medellín COLOMBIA) 12:55am Kamillion (Jacksonville FL) KOREA) 8:30pm Amanze (Bronx NY) 1:00am JPEGMAFIA (Baltimore MD) RED LIGHT RADIO 1:15am Molly Brazy (Detroit MI) 10:00pm Season to Risk (Kansas City MO) 8:45pm Jahmiel (Portmore JAMAICA) 8:00pm Veronica Ortuño (Austin TX) VICTORIAN ROOM AT THE 11:00pm Pneuma (San Jose COSTA RICA) 9:15pm Porcelan (Memphis TN) LUSTRE PEARL 9:00pm DJ Soulseek (Amsterdam ST DAVID’S HISTORIC DRISKILL BLACKHEART 12:00am Spirit Adrift (Phoenix AZ) 9:30pm J Creek (Tampa FL) TWIX HOUSE OF DUOS (SXSW BADGES & NETHERLANDS) SANCTUARY 8:00pm Rebecca Loebe (Austin TX) 1:00am Gatecreeper (Phoenix AZ) 9:45pm ImSoMaleek (New York NY) 9:15pm DAZION (The Hague NETHERLANDS) 7:00pm Deer Vibes (San Antonio TX) 9:00pm The Heart Collectors (Tyalgum ARTS & CRAFTS / FIELD TRIP 10:10pm SILVASTONE (London ENGLAND) MUSIC WRISTBANDS ONLY) 10:15pm DJ Soulseek (Amsterdam 8:00pm DAVIE (Los Angeles CA) AUSTRALIA) 8:00pm Mauno (Halifax CANADA) 10:40pm Moira Mack (Madison WI) 9:00pm Black Pistol Fire (Toronto CANADA) NETHERLANDS) 9:00pm Benji Lewis (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) 9:00pm Boniface (Winnipeg CANADA) ELEPHANT ROOM 11:00pm Jazzy Amra (Bronx NY) 10:00pm Classixx (Los Angeles CA) 11:15pm Betonkust (Breukelen 10:00pm Bonnie Whitmore & Her Band 8:00pm John Mills Times Ten (Austin TX) 10:00pm R.LUM.R. (Nashville TN) (Denton TX) 10:00pm In The Valley Below (Grand Rapids 11:20pm Oran Juice Jones ii (Houston TX) 11:00pm Ghostland Observatory (Austin NETHERLANDS) 11:00pm MONOGEM (Los Angeles CA) MI) 9:00pm Chico Chico (Austin TX) 11:40pm Seyi Shay (Lagos NIGERIA) TX) 12:15am Interstellar Funk (Amsterdam 11:00pm Colin Gilmore (Austin TX) 10:00pm Graham Reynolds and the 12:00am Lauren Ashley and The 11:00pm Yoke Lore (Brooklyn NY) 12:30am Wyclef Jean & Friends feat. NETHERLANDS) 12:00am Liza Anne (Nashville TN) Golden Arm Trio (Austin TX) STEPHEN F’S BAR Trainwreckers (Griffin GA) Wavie Gang and Riley (Saddle MAGGIE MAE’S 8:00pm Lindsey Mills (West Palm Beach FL) 1:00am FRIGS (Toronto CANADA) 11:00pm Boss Street Brass Band (Austin River NJ) 1:00am Lo Country (Austin TX) TX) SOUNDS FROM JAPAN RADIO DAY STAGE 9:00pm Dennis Kalla (Luleå SWEDEN) 12:00am BETO y los Fairlanes (Austin TX) 8:00pm TAWINGS (Tokyo JAPAN) AUSTIN CONVENTION 10:00pm Gracie and Rachel (Brooklyn NY) WALLER BALLROOM BRITISH MUSIC EMBASSY 1:00am Soweto Kinch (Birmingham ENGLAND) HOTEL VEGAS 9:00pm TENDOUJI (Tokyo JAPAN) 11:00pm Calan Mai (Gold Coast AUSTRALIA) @ LATITUDE 30 HOLODECK RECORDS + LEVITATION 10:00pm DYGL (Tokyo JAPAN) CENTER 12:00am Harry Pane (Northamptonshire PARADISO 11:00pm (Tokyo JAPAN) 88.5 FM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (SXSW 8:00pm Rosemary & Garlic (Utrecht BBC 6MUSIC & AIM ELYSIUM 7:10pm Dylan Cameron (Austin TX) machìna ENGLAND) NETHERLANDS) 8:00pm Nilüfer Yanya (London ENGLAND) 7:15pm Single Lash (Austin TX) 12:00am CHAI (Nagoya JAPAN) BADGES & ARTIST WRISTBANDS ONLY) 1:00am Victoria Canal (New York NY) CLEOPATRA RECORDS 8:15pm Samantha Glass (Madison WI) 1:00am Yahyel (Tokyo JAPAN) 12:00pm Field Report (Milwaukee WI) 9:00pm The Homesick (Dokkum 9:00pm LIFE (Sheffield ENGLAND) 8:00pm NITE (Dallas TX) NETHERLANDS) 10:00pm Shopping (London ENGLAND) 9:15pm Lou Rebecca (Paris FRANCE) 1:00pm Mt. Joy (Philadelphia PA) SWAN DIVE 9:00pm United Ghosts (Los Angeles CA) 10:15pm Automelodi (Montreal CANADA) 2:00pm Courtney Marie Andrews (Phoenix 10:00pm Ace Tee (Hamburg GERMANY) 11:00pm Girl Ray (London ENGLAND) 10:00pm Egrets On Ergot (Los Angeles CA) MAGGIE MAE’S GIBSON BREAKOUT WEST 11:00pm Canshaker Pi (Amsterdam 12:00am Goat Girl (London ENGLAND) 11:15pm Boy Harsher (Northampton MA) AZ) 8:00pm Samurai Champs (Saskatoon CANADA) 11:00pm Descartes A Kant (Guadalajara 12:15am Essaie Pas (Montréal CANADA) ROOM 3:00pm Frank Turner (Winchester ENGLAND) NETHERLANDS) 1:00am IDLES (Bristol ENGLAND) MEXICO) SOUNDS FROM ITALY 9:00pm Scenic Route to Alaska (Edmonton 12:00am Soweto Kinch (Birmingham 4:00pm Kyle Craft (Portland OR) 12:00am PASTEL GHOST (Oakland CA) 8:00pm Sonars (Bergamo ITALY) 5:00pm Gordi (Canowindra AUSTRALIA) CANADA) ENGLAND) BUFFALO BILLIARDS 1:00am Todd Rundgren (Los Angeles CA) HOTEL VEGAS ANNEX 9:00pm The Jackson Pollock (Bologna 10:00pm Said The Whale (Vancouver CANADA) 12:45am Joost van Bellen (Amsterdam MY EXECUTIVE ROOM LEVITATION ITALY) 11:00pm Ghost Twin (Winnipeg CANADA) NETHERLANDS)) 8:20pm Torae (Brooklyn NY) 7:15pm MINT FIELD (Tijuana MEXICO) 10:00pm Weird Bloom (Rome ITALY) RUSSIAN HOUSE 12:00am Little Destroyer (Vancouver CANADA) EMPIRE CONTROL ROOM SOUNDS FROM THE WORLD 1:00am The Wet Secrets (Edmonton 8:30pm Shope (Toronto CANADA) VINYL ME, PLEASE: RISING 8:15pm Moaning (Los Angeles CA) 11:00pm Joan Thiele (Desenzano Del Garda 8:50pm Chaz-O (Bridgeport CT) 9:15pm Flasher (Washington DC) ITALY) 8:00pm Sangat! (Karachi PAKISTAN) CANADA) 8:00pm Ness Nite (Minneapolis MN) 10:15pm Uni (New York NY) 9:00pm Luna Lee (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) 9:10pm Rel (Charlotte NC) 8:30pm T.Y.E (Dallas TX) 12:00am Denis The Night & The Panic THURSDAY, MARCH 15 9:30pm Niki Ellis (New Britain CT) 11:15pm Palm (Philadelphia PA) Party (Fano ITALY) 10:00pm Oliver Rajamani (Austin TX) SWAN DIVE PATIO 9:10pm Suzi Wu (London ENGLAND) 12:15am Yonatan Gat (New York NY) 11:00pm ATASH (Austin TX) 9:50pm Tjay 848 (New Haven CA) 10:00pm The Shacks (New York NY) 1:00am Altre di B (Bologna ITALY) HALIFAX POP EXPLOSION 18TH OVER AUSTIN 10:10pm Party Boi Rok (Austin TX) 1:15am Tagore (Recife BRAZIL) 12:00am Liniker e os Caramelows 8:00pm Sampson (Halifax CANADA) 8:00pm Gabriel Wolfchild & The 11:00pm Caroline Rose (New York NY) (Araraquara BRAZIL) 10:30pm Oscar Black (Hartford CT) 12:00am Gang of Youths (Sydney MAGGIE MAE’S ROOFTOP 9:00pm Look Vibrant (Montreal CANADA) Northern Light (Seattle WA) 10:50pm Decosi Fields (Decatur GA) HOTEL VEGAS AT VOLSTEAD 1:00am España Circo Este (Forlì ITALY) 10:00pm Wake Island (Montreal CANADA) 9:00pm Benyaro (Jackson WY) AUSTRALIA) BUREAU EXPORT FRANCE 11:10pm Kris Kasanova (Brooklyn NY) 1:00am Knox Fortune (Chicago IL) LEVITATION 8:00pm STAL (Paris FRANCE) 11:00pm Dear Rouge (Vancouver CANADA) 10:00pm Collapsing Stars (Minneapolis MN) 11:30pm Erick Lottary (Fayetteville NC) SAXON PUB 12:00am Cadence Weapon (Edmonton 11:00pm Emily Duff (New York NY) 7:00pm The Zephyr Bones (Barcelona 9:00pm half·alive (Long Beach CA) 11:50pm Millyz (Cambridge MA) SPAIN) 10:00pm Talisco (Paris FRANCE) 8:00pm Pike and Sutton (Austin TX) CANADA) 12:00am Lizzie No (Brooklyn NY) 12:10am Daylyt (Watts CA) EMPIRE GARAGE 9:00pm Chris Berardo (Silvermine CT) 1:00am Grand Analog (Toronto CANADA) 1:00am Josh Rouse (Nashville TN) 8:00pm Jade Imagine (Melbourne 11:00pm Lola Marsh (Tel Aviv ISRAEL) 12:30am Audio Push (Inland Empire CA) TRAE THA TRUTH & FRIENDS AUSTRALIA) 12:00am Fishbach (Paris FRANCE) 10:00pm Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros 12:55am HorseShoe Gang (Long Beach CA) TBA DJ Grip (Austin TX) 9:00pm Acid House Ragas (Montreal 1:00am Deluxe (Aix-En-Provence FRANCE) (Austin TX) TAP ROOM AT THE MARKET 3TEN AUSTIN CITY LIMITS 1:10am Kxng Crooked (Long Beach CA) TBA Billyracxx (Eatonville FL) CANADA) 11:00pm Chris Hicks (Macon GA) 1:30am DJ Enuff (New York NY) TBA Quin NFN (Austin TX) 12:00am Folk Uke (Austin TX) KOLLABORATION LIVE 10:00pm Count Vaseline (Atlanta GA) 8:00pm Lions Ambition (Seattle WA) TBA Trae Tha Truth (Houston TX) 11:00pm Anemone (Montréal CANADA) THE MAIN II 1:00am The Rubilators (Austin TX) MTA FESTIVAL: CHINA NIGHT TBA Tokyo Jets (Jacksonville FL) MUSICALIZE PRESENTS...BRITISH TAKEOVER 9:00pm Tim Atlas (San Jose CA) 8:00pm FAZI (Beijing CHINA) BUNGALOW 12:00am Moonwalks (Detroit MI) 10:00pm CLARA (Los Angeles CA) TBA Zoey Dollaz (Miami FL) 1:00am The Blind Suns (Angers FRANCE) 8:00pm DJ Ace (London ENGLAND) 9:00pm Ruby Fatale (Taipei TAIWAN) TULSA MUSIC NIGHT 8:45pm Donae’O (London ENGLAND) SCOOT INN 11:00pm Uzuhan (Atlanta GA) 10:00pm Moxizishi & Jikehabu & 3He 7:30pm Paul Benjaman Band (Tulsa OK) ESTHER’S FOLLIES 9:25pm Angel (London ENGLAND) BROOKLYNVEGAN @ BROOKLYN BOWL 12:00am G Yamazawa (Durham NC) Project (Beijing CHINA) 8:20pm Desi and Cody (Tulsa OK) HOTEL VEGAS PATIO 10:05pm Hardy Caprio (London ENGLAND) FAMILY REUNION (SXSW BADGES & WRIST- 1:00am Ruby Ibarra (San Lorenzo 11:00pm SHAO (Beijing CHINA) 9:10pm John Calvin Abney (Tulsa OK) ULTRA RECORDS LEVITATION 10:45pm WSTRN (London ENGLAND) BANDS ONLY) CA) 12:00am Subs (Beijing CHINA) 10:00pm Branjae (Tulsa OK) 8:30pm EMBRZ (Dublin IRELAND) 7:00pm Bubble Puppy (Austin TX) 11:25pm Yxng Bane (London ENGLAND) 8:00pm Bodega (Brooklyn NY) 1:00am Second Hand Rose (Beijing CHINA) 11:00pm Red Dirt Rangers (Stillwater OK) 9:30pm Salt Cathedral (New York NY) 7:55pm Yamantaka // Sonic Titan (Toronto 12:05am Not3s (Hackney ENGLAND) 9:00pm Bully (Nashville TN) 12:00am John Fullbright and Friends 10:30pm Haux (Lenox MA) CANADA) 12:45am Yungen (London ENGLAND) 10:00pm Ted Leo (Bloomfield NJ) (Tulsa OK) 11:30pm Great Good Fine Ok (Brooklyn NY) 8:50pm Ron Gallo (Nashville TN) 720 CLUB 12:30am YehMe2 (Chicago IL) 1:25am AJ Tracey (London ENGLAND) 11:00pm Wye Oak (Baltimore MD) 8:00pm Blessed (Abbotsford CANADA) 1:00am BRONCHO (Tulsa OK) 9:45pm Holy Wave (El Paso TX) 9:00pm Dante Elephante (Los Angeles CA) 10:40pm Drab Majesty (Los Angeles CA) MALVERDE SEVEN GRAND 10:00pm Sharkmuffin (Brooklyn NY) CEDAR STREET COURTYARD FAIR MARKET 11:35pm Sunflower Bean (New York NY) DMNDR HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME RECORDS 11:00pm CALMLY (Perth AUSTRALIA) ATO RECORDS THE BUDWEISER COUNTRY CLUB (SXSW 12:30am A Place to Bury Strangers (Brooklyn NY) 8:00pm Mosie (Boston MA) 8:00pm Marshmallow Coast (Athens GA) 12:00am Pkew Pkew Pkew (Toronto 8:00pm Eric Slick (Richmond VA) BADGES & MUSIC WRISTBANDS ONLY) 9:00pm Slum Sociable (Melbourne 8:50pm Rat Fancy (Los Angeles CA) CANADA) 8:45pm Natalie Prass (Richmond VA) 7:00pm Colin Elmore & The Danville AUSTRALIA) 9:40pm Lingua Franca (Athens GA) 1:00am RVG (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) 9:45pm Rayland Baxter (Nashville TN) Train (Nashville TN) INTERNATIONAL DAY STAGE 10:00pm Noah Slee (Auckland NEW ZEALAND) 10:30pm The Veldt (Raleigh NC) 10:45pm Nilüfer Yanya (London ENGLAND) 7:35pm Tenille Townes (Nashville TN) AUSTIN CONVENTION 11:00pm Madison McFerrin (New York NY) 11:30pm Eureka California (Athens GA) 720 CLUB PATIO 11:45pm Okkervil River (New York NY) 8:10pm Levon (Nashville TN) 12:00am Anna Wise (Brooklyn NY) 12:30am The Wedding Present 7:45pm Jean Caffeine (Austin TX) 12:45am ORB (Geelong AUSTRALIA) 8:45pm The Sisterhood Band (Nashville TN) CENTER 1:00am CAPYAC (Austin TX) (Leeds ENGLAND) 8:45pm THICK (Brooklyn NY) 9:30pm Elle King (Los Angeles CA) SXSW BADGES & ARTIST WRISTBANDS ONLY 9:45pm Death Bells (Sydney AUSTRALIA) CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN 10:35pm Kane Brown (Fort Oglethorpe GA) 12:00pm Say Sue Me (Busan SOUTH KOREA) 10:45pm Ed Schrader’s Music Beat 11:35pm Old Crow Medicine Show 1:00pm Corridor (Montreal CANADA) MOHAWK INDOOR (Baltimore MD) CHURCH (Nashville TN) 2:00pm Hater (Malmo SWEDEN) SOUNDEXCHANGE SESSIONS 7:00pm Sun Seeker (Nashville TN) 12:30am Dee Jay Silver (Nashville TN) 3:00pm OY (Berlin GERMANY) 8:30pm Lido Pimienta (Toronto 11:45pm Blushing (Austin TX) 8:00pm Chloe Foy (Manchester ENGLAND) 12:45am Grim Streaker (Brooklyn NY) 4:00pm La Fragua Band (Medellín CANADA) 9:00pm Welles (Nashville TN) FLAMINGO CANTINA COLOMBIA) 9:30pm Neil Frances (Los Angeles CA) 10:00pm The Buttertones (Los Angeles CA) 5:00pm Adekunle Gold (Lagos NIGERIA) 10:30pm Nina Nesbitt (London ENGLAND) 800 CONGRESS 11:00pm Gaz Coombes (Oxford ENGLAND) WOMEX 11:30 MAX (New York NY) LEADERS OF THE NEW COOL SESSIONS 7:30pm Pierre Kwenders (Kinshasa TBA Elise Trouw (San Diego CA) CHEER UP CHARLIE’S CANADA) THE IRON BEAR TBA Buddy (Compton CA) 8:30pm Yemen Blues feat. Omer Avital 8:00pm Ashley Koett (Denver CO) MOHAWK OUTDOOR POLYVINYL RECORD CO & DOUBLE DOUBLE (New York ISRAEL) 9:00pm Wyldest (London ENGLAND) SoundExchange Sessions TBA Morgan Saint (New York NY) 8:00pm Jade Bird (Smallfield ENGLAND) TBA Topaz Jones (Montclair NJ) WHAMMY 9:30pm Alsarah & the Nubatones 10:00pm Balún (Brooklyn NY) 7:30pm Lomelda (Silsbee TX) (Brooklyn NY) 11:00pm Only Girl (London ENGLAND) 9:00pm Billie Eilish (Highland Park CA) 8:20pm Hatchie (Brisbane AUSTRALIA) 10:30pm La Cuneta Son Machín (Managua 12:00am Violet Days (Stockholm SWEDEN) 10:00pm Jukebox the Ghost (New York BANGER’S 9:10pm Hovvdy (Austin TX) NICARAGUA) 1:00am NÄM (Austin TX) NY) STUBHUB (SXSW BADGES & MUSIC 10:00pm Anna Burch (Detroit MI) 11:30pm Mokoomba (Victoria Falls 11:00pm Alina Baraz (Los Angeles CA) WRISTBANDS ONLY) 11:00pm Post Animal (Chicago IL) ZIMBABWE) IRONWOOD HALL 12:00am Bishop Briggs (Los Angeles CA) 9:00pm The Frights (San Diego CA) 12:00am White Reaper (Louisville KY) 12:30am Bohemian Betyars (Miskolc 1:00am Cut Copy DJs (Melbourne BEER N TACOS AUSTRALIA) 10:00pm Cuco (Hawthorne CA) 1:00am Special Guest HUNGARY) 8:35pm LVRDS (Atlanta GA) 11:00pm WAVVES (San Diego CA) 1:15am DJ Jigüe and El Menor (Havana 8:50pm Jae Mansa (Atlanta GA) 12:00am Action Bronson (Queens NY) CHEER UP CHARLIE’S INSIDE CUBA) 9:05pm Runway Richy (Atlanta GA) PALM DOOR ON SABINE TOPSHELF RECORDS 9:20pm Chinese Kitty (Miami FL) AWAL X B3SCI BARCELONA 7:45pm Poppies (New York NY) FLATSTOCK STAGE 9:35pm Ball Greezy (Miami FL) 7:45pm CLARA-NOVA (Los Angeles CA) BERLIN BEATS / MUSICBOARD BERLIN 8:45pm Gulfer (Montreal CANADA) AUSTIN CONVENTION 9:50pm Snap Dogg (Detroit MI) 8:30pm Otzeki (London ENGLAND) 8:00pm Majestic Casual DJs (Berlin 9:45pm Queen of Jeans (Philadelphia PA) 10:05pm Luke Nasty (Miami FL) 9:15pm Warbly Jets (Los Angeles CA) GERMANY) 10:45pm Special Explosion (Seattle WA) CENTER 10:20pm Molly Brazy (Detroit MI) 10:10pm Evalyn (Venice CA) 9:00pm Linda Lee (Berlin GERMANY) 11:45pm Ratboys (Chicago IL) 11:30am The Heart Collectors (Tyalgum 10:40pm Travis Porter (Atlanta GA) 11:05pm Freedom Fry (Los Angeles CA) 10:30pm Roi Perez (Berlin GERMANY) 12:45am No Vacation (San Francisco CA) AUSTRALIA) 11:00pm Kollision (Atlanta GA) 12:00am Young & Sick (Los Angeles CA) 12:00am Monoloc (Berlin GERMANY) 12:30pm Bifannah (Vigo SPAIN) 11:20pm Marlo (Atlanta GA) 1:00am NVDES (Los Angeles CA) 1:30pm Liz Brasher (Memphis TN) 11:40pm Skooly (Atlanta GA) 2:30pm The Fish Police (London ENGLAND) 12:05am Key Glock (Memphis TN) 3:30pm Holy Boy (Los Angeles CA) 12:30am YFN Lucci (Summerhill GA) 4:30pm Juan Ingaramo (Buenos Aires 1:15am Young Dolph (Memphis TN) ARGENTINA)

austinchronicle.com GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE 29 THE SXSW OUTDOOR STAGE 720 CLUB PATIO CEDAR STREET COURTYARD EMPIRE CONTROL ROOM HOTEL VEGAS PATIO THE MAIN RADIO DAY STAGE AUSTIN PRESENTED BY MGM 7:45pm Pneuma (San Jose COSTA RICA) TBA Kemba (Bronx NY) CLASH + VERO TRUE SOCIAL PRESENTS PANACHE CARTEL SOUND CONVENTION CENTER 8:45pm The Strypes (Cavan IRELAND) 8:00pm Mélat (Austin TX) 7:00pm Cones (Los Angeles CA) TBA Boombox Cartel (Monterrey VUHAUS (SXSW BADGES & ARTIST RESORTS 9:45pm Touts (Derry N. IRELAND) CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN 8:50pm Anna Wise (Brooklyn NY) 7:45pm Tiny Ruins (Auckland NEW MEXICO) DREAM OUT LOUD 10:45pm The Foreign Resort (Copenhagen 9:50pm Kojo Funds (London ENGLAND) ZEALAND) TBA MIKNNA (Los Angeles CA) WRISTBANDS ONLY) 5:15pm Centavrvs (Distrito Federal MEXICO) DENMARK) CHURCH 10:30pm Zoey Dollaz (Miami FL) 8:30pm Surfbort (Brooklyn NY) TBA HEKLER (Las Vegas NV) 12:00pm Sunflower Bean (New York NY) 6:15pm El Freaky Colectivo & Friends 11:45pm Holy Boy (Los Angeles CA) 7:00pm Rosemary & Garlic (Utrecht 11:10pm Not3s (Hackney ENGLAND) 9:15pm Michael Rault (Montreal CANADA) TBA F L A C O (Indianapolis IN) 1:00pm Lo Moon (Los Angeles CA) (Bogotá COLOMBIA) 12:45am The Gloomies (Encinitas CA) NETHERLANDS) 11:50pm Buddy (Compton CA) 10:00pm ORB (Geelong AUSTRALIA) 2:00pm Natalie Prass (Richmond VA) 7:15pm Los Super Seven (USA) 8:00pm Justin Michael Williams 12:30am Duckwrth (Los Angeles CA) 10:45pm Omni (Atlanta GA) THE MAIN II 3:00pm Nikki Lane (Nashville TN) 8:15pm DREAMERS w/ Special Guests ANTONE’S (Los Angeles CA) 1:10am Kodie Shane (Atlanta GA) 11:30pm U.S. Girls (Toronto CANADA) 4:00pm Mélat (Austin TX) 8:30pm Los Lobos (Los Angeles CA) 9:00pm Núria Graham (Barcelona SPAIN) MUSICALIZE PRESENTS...BRITISH TAKEOVER 5:00pm The Shacks (New York NY) NEW WEST RECORDS 10:00pm Leon Of Athens (Athens GREECE) 12:30am La Luz (Los Angeles CA) 8:00pm Izzie Gibbs (London ENGLAND) 8:00pm The Nude Party (Livingston Manor 11:00pm Theodore (Athens GREECE) EMPIRE GARAGE NINE MILE RECORDS AND TOURING 8:40pm Big Tobz (London ENGLAND) THE TOWNSEND NY) STONES THROW 1:15am Golden Dawn Arkestra (Austin TX) 9:20pm Sian Anderson (London ENGLAND) RUSSIAN HOUSE SECRET STAGES 9:00pm Caroline Rose (New York NY) CHEER UP CHARLIE’S 8:00pm The Steoples (Los Angeles CA) 10:15pm Jaykae (Birmingham ENGLAND) SOUNDS FROM THE WORLD 8:00pm Love Moor (Birmingham AL) 10:00pm Lilly Hiatt (Nashville TN) 8:30pm Stimulator Jones (Roanoke VA) INTERNATIONAL DAY STAGE 10:55pm Rude Kid (London ENGLAND) 8:00pm Tita Lima (Los Angeles CA) 9:00pm Us, Today (Cincinnati OH) 11:00pm Aaron Lee Tasjan (Nashville TN) ADHOC 9:00pm Prophet (Los Angeles CA) 11:55pm Avelino (London ENGLAND) 9:00pm Chencha Berrinches (South Gate CA) 10:00pm Will Stewart (Birmingham AL) 12:00am Ron Gallo (Nashville TN) 8:00pm Yonatan Gat (New York NY) 9:30pm Kiefer (Los Angeles CA) AUSTIN CONVENTION 12:35am Bugzy Malone (Manchester 10:00pm La Misa Negra (Oakland CA) 11:00pm Tristen (Nashville TN) 1:00am The Texas Gentlemen (Dallas TX) 8:45pm Mal Blum and The Blums 10:10pm Homeboy Sandman & Edan (New CENTER ENGLAND) 11:00pm Boogat (Montreal CANADA) 12:00am The Young Step (St. Augustine FL) (Brooklyn NY) York NY) SXSW BADGES & ARTIST WRISTBANDS ONLY 1:15am Wretch 32 (Tottenham ENGLAND) 12:00am PAYAMBÓ (Bogotá COLOMBIA) 1:00am Juiceboxxx (Milwaukee WI) 9:30pm Soccer Mommy (Nashville TN) 1:00am Cirkus Funk (Cali COLOMBIA) BARCELONA 10:15pm Lucy Dacus (Richmond VA) 10:50pm Karriem Riggins (Detroit MI) 12:00pm Small Island Big Song (Melbourne 1:45am DJ Ace (London ENGLAND) QUITE HYPE 12:30am Vundabar (Boston MA) 11:30pm Sudan Archives (Los Angeles CA) AUSTRALIA) TRINITY WAREHOUSE 8:00pm Mason Flynt (Austin TX) 12:05am Peanut Butter Wolf (Los Angeles 1:00pm DJ Jigüe and El Menor (Havana SAXON PUB 11:00pm G Flip (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) MALVERDE 8:00pm Jason James (Texas City TX) SONY’S “LOST IN MUSIC” (PLATINUM, MUSIC 9:30pm Le Naturel (San Bernardino CA) 11:45pm Topaz Jones (Montclair NJ) CA) CUBA) DEEDO 10:30pm Odalys Pena (New York NY) 12:45am Mndsgn (Los Angeles CA) 2:00pm Lali Puna (Munich GERMANY) 9:00pm Sam Morrow (Los Angeles CA) BADGES ONLY) 1:15am A Place to Bury Strangers 7:50pm Hosted by TIGA (Paris FRANCE) 10:00pm Zac Wilkerson (Killeen TX) 8:00pm Olivia Noelle (Queens NY) 11:30pm Anthony Somebody of Quite (Brooklyn NY) 3:00pm HEX (Wellington NEW ZEALAND) 8:00pm Kids N Cats (Vienna AUSTRIA) Hype (Willingboro NJ) 4:00pm Beating Heart (London ENGLAND) 11:00pm Charlie Faye & The Fayettes 9:00pm Leikeli47 (Brooklyn NY) ESTHER’S FOLLIES 9:00pm Remna Schwarz (Praia CAPE (Austin TX) 10:00pm A.CHAL (Los Angeles CA) 12:30am Vintage Lee (Boston MA) 8:00pm The Cunning (Nashville TN) 5:00pm España Circo Este (Forlì ITALY) VERDE) 12:45am Powers Pleasant (Brooklyn NY) CHEER UP CHARLIE’S INSIDE 9:00pm Lord Buffalo (Austin TX) 12:00am Lisa Heller (Simsbury CT) 11:00pm Tinashe (Los Angeles CA) AdHoc 10:00pm Sarahmée (Montreal CANADA) 1:00am King Pelican (San Antonio TX) 12:00am Khalid (El Paso TX) 7:45pm Jad Fair (Manor TX) 10:00pm Jared & the Mill (Phoenix AZ) THE IRON BEAR 11:00pm Sahad and The Nataal BARRACUDA 8:30pm ShitKid (Stockholm SWEDEN) 11:00pm Efek Rumah Kaca (Jakarta 8:00pm Bun B + Special Guests (Port Patchwork (Dakar SENEGAL) UNIVERSITY AVENUE FLUFFER X SIOLM DOUBLE PIT PARTY 9:15pm Honduras (Brooklyn NY) INDONESIA) Arthur TX) 12:00am NIX (Dakar SENEGAL) SCOOT INN 7:45pm Bad Moves (Washington DC) 10:00pm Goat Girl (London ENGLAND) 12:00am Emma Elisabeth (Berlin GERMANY) 1:00am DJ DOLLAR SENEGAL (Dakar RELIX @ BROOKLYN BOWL FAMILY REUNION CHURCH OF CHRIST 8:45pm FAVX (Madrid SPAIN) 10:45pm Kraus (New York NY) 1:00am Grandchildren (Philadelphia PA) THE IRON BEAR SENEGAL) (SXSW BADGES & WRISTBANDS ONLY) KINGDOM EXPERIENCE 9:45pm Grim Streaker (Brooklyn NY) 11:30pm Sammus (Ithaca NY) 8:00pm Soda Lilies (Austin TX) 9:00pm Tyler Childers (Louisa KY) 6:30pm Jopo Da Son (San Antonio TX) 10:45pm Public Access T.V. (New York NY) 12:15am Nnamdi Ogbonnaya (Chicago IL) FLAMINGO CANTINA 9:00pm Alexalone (Austin TX) MOHAWK INDOOR 10:00pm The Bright Light Social Hour 6:40pm Harmini (Elmira NY) 11:45pm Starcrawler (Los Angeles CA) 1:00am TBA CLUB LOS GLOBOS 10:00pm Ruby Haunt (Laguna Beach CA) COSMICA/HERMOSO RUIDO/VIVA FESTIVAL (Austin TX) 7:00pm Big Ro (Austin TX) 12:45am Ringo Deathstarr (Austin TX) 8:00pm CASEROLOOPS (Barquisimeto 11:00pm She Sir (Austin TX) 11:00pm Hiss Golden Messenger (Durham 7:15pm Turn Up Broz (Rancho Cucamonga 8:25pm Tall Juan (Far Rockaway NY) CLIVE BAR VENEZUELA) 12:00am Terry vs. Tori (Seville SPAIN) 9:25pm Ismael Ayende (Bogota COLOMBIA) NC) CA) 9:00pm Señor Loop (Panama City PANAMA) 1:00am Jaguwar (Dresden GERMANY) 12:00am Okkervil River (New York NY) 7:35pm Rehab (Warner Robins GA) BARRACUDA BACKYARD THE SHOWTIME HOUSE (PLATINUM, MUSIC 10:25pm Current Joys (Los Angeles CA) Fluffer x SIOLM Double Pit Party 10:00pm Fntxy (Tijuana MEXICO) 11:25pm Popstitute (Medellin COLOMBIA) 7:50pm Austin Lanier (Newport News VA) BADGES ONLY) 10:25pm Yoga Fire (Mexico City MEXICO) 8:05pm Navelle Hice (Chester PA) 8:10pm Double Ferrari (Athens GA) 8:00pm Leikeli47 (Brooklyn NY) JAVELINA 12:25am August Eve (Los Angeles CA) SEVEN GRAND 9:10pm Kings of the beach (Vigo SPAIN) 11:00pm Mr. Paradise (Villa Duarte INVERTEBRATE 1:20am Dany F (Medellin COLOMBIA) GORILLA VS BEAR 8:20pm J-Nice The Kingdom Builder (Austin 9:00pm Kweku Collins (Evanston IL) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) TX) 10:10pm The Wedding Present (Leeds 10:00pm Lee Fields & The Expressions 8:00pm Hypoluxo (Brooklyn NY) 7:45pm Forever (Montreal CANADA) ENGLAND) 12:00am El Freaky (Bogotá COLOMBIA) 8:50pm Superbody (Chattanooga TN) 8:35pm Hater (Malmo SWEDEN) 8:35pm DJ OVERCOMER (San Angelo TX) (Brooklyn NY) 1:00am La Fame (Miami FL) MOHAWK OUTDOOR 8:55pm Main Main (Tallulah LA) 11:10pm LIFE (Sheffield ENGLAND) 11:00pm DMC (Queens NY) 9:40pm Field Trip (New York NY) COSMICA/HERMOSO RUIDO/VIVA FESTIVAL 9:25pm Sun June (Austin TX) 9:10pm Dre’ L.O.C. (San Antonio TX) 12:10am IDLES (Bristol ENGLAND) 10:30pm No Vacation (San Francisco CA) 8:00pm Jasper Bones (Pasadena CA) 10:15pm Helena Deland (Montreal CANADA) 9:20pm - Promise (Toronto CANADA) 1:10am METZ (Toronto CANADA) CONTAINER BAR FLATSTOCK STAGE 11:20pm Sons of an Illustrious Father 9:00pm Private School (Miami FL) 11:15pm Men I Trust (Montreal CANADA) 9:40pm Kadence (Oklahoma City OK) AUSTIN CONVENTION (Brooklyn NY) 10:00pm Kitten (Brooklyn NY) 12:15am Faye Webster (Atlanta GA) 10:00pm C-Micah (St. Louis MO) BD RILEY’S BASTID’S BBQ 12:10am Cassandra Jenkins (New York NY) 11:00pm The Marías (Los Angeles CA) 1:15am Hinds (Madrid SPAIN) 7:45pm MICHAEL 5000 WATTS (Houston CENTER 1:00am Gus Dapperton (New York NY) 10:15pm Five 2 Oh (Corpus Christi TX) 7:00pm Summer Salt (Austin TX) 11:30am Núria Graham (Barcelona SPAIN) 12:00am Cuco (Hawthorne CA) 10:30pm Cassandra Robertson (Dallas TX) 8:00pm Duncan Fellows (Austin TX) TX) 1:00am Elegante & La Imperial (Lima SHERATON BACKYARD 10:55pm No Weapon (Austin TX) 9:00pm The Lemons (Ulaanbaatar 8:30pm Kayper (London ENGLAND) 12:30pm C-Kan (Guadalajara MEXICO) 9:15pm Talib Kweli (Brooklyn NY) 12:50pm LNG/SHT (Cancun MEXICO) KARMA LOUNGE PERU) DO604.COM & DO250.COM PRESENTS MONGOLIA) KUTX - THE BREAKS #KNOWFUNCITY 10:00pm FAIRE (Paris FRANCE) 10:00pm Skratch Bastid (Toronto CANADA) 1:30pm Luna Lee (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) VALHALLA 11:00pm DJ Jazzy Jeff (Philadelphia PA) 2:30pm Le Couleur (Montreal CANADA) 8:00pm Confucius Jones (Austin TX) NATIVE HOSTEL 7:00pm MY!GAY!HUSBAND! (DJ Between TIGER BOMB PROMO 11:00pm Motorcade (Dallas TX) 3:30pm Holy Motors (Tallinn ESTONIA) 8:30pm Harry Edohoukwa (Dallas TX) LYFT (SXSW BADGES & MUSIC WRISTBANDS Sets) (Vancouver CANADA) 8:00pm Cassandra Jenkins (New York NY) 12:00am Trupa Trupa (Gdańsk POLAND) 4:30pm Benin City (London ENGLAND) 8:50pm Junior Flexwell (Austin TX) 7:15pm Missy D (Vancouver CANADA) 1:00am Grace Vonderkuhn (Wilmington DE) CONTINENTAL CLUB 9:10pm Omenihu (Austin TX) ONLY) 9:00pm Thunder Dreamer (Evansville IN) 7:30pm Dawn and Hawkes (Austin TX) 7:30pm Kimmortal (Vancouver CANADA) 10:00pm Pujol (Nashville TN) ATOMIC MUSIC GROUP 9:30pm Cha’keeta B (Austin TX) 8:00pm LNDN DRGS/Jay Worthy 8:00pm The Hooten Hallers (Columbia MO) FRIENDS 9:50pm Dominican Jay (Austin TX) 8:45pm Molly Burch (Austin TX) 11:00pm Acid Dad (New York NY) THE BELMONT 10:00pm Ben Kweller (Dripping Springs TX) (Vancouver CANADA) 12:00am Hater (Malmo SWEDEN) KOREA SPOTLIGHT (18+) 9:00pm Rosie Flores (Austin TX) #FEELINGS X RANGE EMOTION 10:10pm The Bishops (Austin TX) 8:40pm I M U R (Vancouver CANADA) 1:00am Josh T. Pearson (Austin TX) 7:30pm Say Sue Me (Busan SOUTH KOREA) 10:00pm Kelly Willis (Austin TX) 8:00pm Range Emotion (Austin TX) 10:40pm Jake Lloyd (Austin TX) 9:30pm Peach Pit (Vancouver CANADA) 8:30pm Junoflo (Los Angeles CA) 11:00pm Peterson Brothers (Bastrop TX) 8:45pm Creepside (San Antonio TX) 11:05pm Deezie Brown (Austin TX) PALM DOOR ON SABINE 10:20pm Little Destroyer (Vancouver THE VELVEETA ROOM 9:20pm DPR LIVE (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) 12:00am The Dead South (Regina CANADA) 9:30pm Cuyo (Austin TX) 11:25pm The Teeta (Austin TX) SOUNDS FROM HUNGARY CANADA) 10:10pm Crush (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) 1:00am Los Skarnales (Houston TX) 10:15pm Supraman (Austin TX) 11:55pm Alesia Lani (Austin TX) 9:00pm Rackajam (Budapest HUNGARY) 11:20pm SonReal (Vernon CANADA) MUSIC FROM IRELAND 11:10pm CIFIKA (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) 11:00pm Range Emotion (Austin TX) 12:15am Tank Washington (Austin TX) 10:00pm Belau (Budapest HUNGARY) 8:00pm Touts (Derry N. IRELAND) 12:10am Lee Hi (Bucheon SOUTH KOREA) COOPER’S BBQ 12:00am Ben Aqua (Austin TX) 12:30am Kydd Jones (Austin TX) 11:00pm Boggie (Budapest HUNGARY) THE SIDEWINDER INSIDE 9:00pm The Lost Brothers (Dublin 1:00am KARD (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) BLUE ÉLAN RECORDS 1:00am House of Kenzo (San Antonio TX) 12:55am SERTIFIED (Austin TX) 12:00am The Qualitons (Budapest IRELAND) 1:25am Magna Carda (Austin TX) HUNGARY) DANGERBIRD NOW 2018 10:00pm The Strypes (Cavan IRELAND) 8:00pm Chelsea Williams (Columbus OH) 7:45pm *repeat repeat (Nashville TN) 9:00pm Rita Coolidge (Nashville TN) HALF STEP 1:00am Bohemian Betyars (Miskolc 11:00pm Saint Sister (Dublin IRELAND) BLACKHEART HUNGARY) 8:45pm Matt Costa (Laguna Beach CA) 12:00am Le Galaxie (Dublin IRELAND) WARP MAGAZINE 10:00pm Janiva Magness (Detroit MI) LATIN URBAN HOUSE/ MECCALANI/ KINGDOM 9:45pm Cones (Los Angeles CA) 1:00am Talos (Cork IRELAND) 8:00pm Zombies in Miami (Aguascalientes 11:00pm Jesse Dayton (Austin TX) REMEZCLA THANK YOU FOR SWEATING 10:45pm Ume (Austin TX) MEXICO) 12:00am Rod Melancon (Wright LA) 8:00pm Derian (Tampico MEXICO) 8:00pm Cirque Noir [Live] (Houston TX) PALM DOOR ON SIXTH 11:45pm NO WIN (Los Angeles CA) VICTORIAN ROOM AT THE 9:00pm VOWWS (Los Angeles CA) 1:00am Gina Sicilia (Philadelphia PA) 8:45pm Doble Porcion (Medellín COLOMBIA) 8:45pm TYFS (Thank You For Sweating) GLOBALFEST 12:45am Juiceboxxx (Milwaukee WI) 10:00pm Patterns (Costa Rica SJ) 9:30pm ALI AKA MIND (Bogotá COLOMBIA) DJ Crew (Austin TX) 8:00pm Punjabtronix (Bristol ENGLAND) DRISKILL 11:00pm Gordi (Canowindra AUSTRALIA) CU29 10:15pm Mozart La Para (Las Minas 9:45pm Doc Daneeka (Swansea WALES) 9:00pm JadaL (Amman JORDAN) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) 10:30pm CAPYAC (DJ Set) (Los Angeles CA) THE SIDEWINDER OUTSIDE FOLK ALLIANCE 12:00am Alejandro Franco (Cdmx MEXICO) ZONA INDIE 10:00pm Gato Preto (Düsseldorf GERMANY) TORO BOOKING 8:00pm Dimpker Brothers (Västervik 1:00am Pepe Mogt ( Nortec) (San Diego CA) 8:00pm Museless (Barcelona SPAIN) 11:00pm Gabylonia (Caracas VENEZUELA) 11:30pm John Acquaviva (London CANADA) 11:00pm Combo Chimbita (New York NY) 12:00am LNG/SHT (Cancun MEXICO) 1:00am Ardalan (Tehran IRAN) 12:00am Alsarah & the Nubatones 8:00pm Quiet Kids (Mcallen TX) SWEDEN) 9:00pm Breaking Forms (Boston MA) 9:00pm Dethgaze (Brownsville TX) 9:00pm The Krickets (Port St Joe FL) 10:00pm Sara Ontaneda (Queens NY) 1:00am Amara La Negra (Miami FL) (Brooklyn NY) BRITISH MUSIC EMBASSY @ 1:00am Seyi Shay (Lagos NIGERIA) 10:00pm Kino Kimino (New York NY) 10:00pm Joshua Burnside (Belfast N. LATITUDE 30 11:00pm AveParadiso (Guadalajara MEXICO) LAMBERTS 11:00pm Ronnie Heart (Fort Worth TX) IRELAND) 12:00am Entropica (Santiago CHILE) THE HIDEOUT CIGAR CITY MANAGEMENT 12:00am Dezorah (Mcallen TX) 11:00pm American Folk - Joe Purdy & BBC RADIO 1XTRA & PPL / PRS FOR MUSIC 1:00am Pønce (Mexico City MEXICO) 8:00pm Ponytrap (Austin TX) 8:00pm Death Hags (Los Angeles CA) PALM DOOR ON SIXTH PATIO 1:00am Acid Tongue (Seattle WA) Amber Rubarth (Los Angeles CA) 8:00pm SILVASTONE (London ENGLAND) 9:00pm Mondragon (Mexico City MEXICO) 9:00pm Parrot Dream (Brooklyn NY) SOUNDS FROM THE WORLD 12:00am Lisa LeBlanc (Montreal CANADA) 9:00pm Big Zuu (London ENGLAND) 10:00pm Divide And Dissolve (Melbourne 10:00pm SEND MEDICINE (Los Angeles CA) 8:30pm Cilantro Boombox (Austin TX) 1:00am Quique Escamilla (Toronto 10:00pm Yxng Bane (London ENGLAND) DIRTY DOG BAR SPEAKEASY 3THIRTEEN AUSTRALIA) 11:00pm The Fantastic Plastics (Brooklyn 9:30pm The Movement (Columbia SC) CANADA) 11:00pm Yungen (London ENGLAND) 12:00am Aiming For Enrike (Oslo NORWAY) NY) 10:30pm Yemen Blues feat. Omar Avital SOUNDS FROM PUERTO RICO 12:00am Taya (Liverpool ENGLAND) 7:30pm DJ unknown x CB5 (Rochester NY) 1:00am Casual Strangers (Austin TX) 8:00pm Cheryl Rivera (Puerto Rico PR) 8:10pm Jillisa Lynn (Rochester NY) 12:00am Ex-Girlfriends (Brooklyn NY) (New York ISRAEL) WALLER BALLROOM 1:00am AJ Tracey (London ENGLAND) 1:00am Fruit & Flowers (Brooklyn NY) 11:30pm Liniker e os Caramelows 9:00pm Andrea Cruz (Cayey PR) 8:40pm Lettermen Project (Tampa FL) 10:00pm Balún (Brooklyn NY) APPELSAP FESTIVAL 9:10pm Ashton Marton (Chicago IL) HIGHLAND LOUNGE (Araraquara BRAZIL) BUFFALO BILLIARDS 12:30am Jahmiel (Portmore JAMAICA) 11:00pm Black Guayaba (San Juan PR) 8:00pm Larry Racer (Amsterdam 9:40pm Mu Dills (Newark NJ) DIGIWAXX LUCILLE 12:00am Jhay Cortez (San Juan PR) NETHERLANDS) CHAPTERS ALUMNI 10:10pm CMULA (San Diego CA) 8:00pm Buddy Lofton (Brentwood NY) SECRET SOUNDS 1:00am Los Chinchillos Del Caribe (Puerto 9:00pm Naaz (Rotterdam NETHERLANDS) 8:25pm Eskiiimo (Los Angeles CA) 10:40pm Miss Krystle (Phoenix AZ) 8:15pm Billa (New York NY) 8:00pm Totally Mild (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) PARAMOUNT THEATRE Rico PR) 10:00pm ABSTRACT (Amsterdam 8:45pm Dox Black (San Jose CA) 11:10pm Ricky Rebel (Los Angeles CA) 8:30pm B-Hi (Harlem NY) 9:00pm Hatchie (Brisbane AUSTRALIA) 9:00pm A Tribute to Blaze Foley (w/ Ben NETHERLANDS) 9:05pm Alvmni (Austin TX) 11:50pm Sandovall (Dallas TX) 8:45pm Ari (Mount Vernon NY) 10:00pm The Teskey Brothers (Melbourne Dickey, Gurf Morlix, Alynda 10:30pm Ray Fuego (Amsterdam 9:25pm Keith Canva$ (Portland OR) 12:25am Drama Diablo (Toronto CANADA) 9:15pm K’Coneil (New York FL) AUSTRALIA) Segarra [Hurrah for the Riff SPEAKEASY KABARET NETHERLANDS) 10:05pm Squidnice (Staten Island NY) 12:50am nothing,nowhere. (Boston MA) 9:30pm Rico Davis (Camden NJ) 11:00pm Alice Ivy (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) Raff], Nikki Lane, JT Van Zandt, MUSICIANS UNITED FOR PUERTO RICO 11:15pm ABSTRACT (Amsterdam 10:30pm Cool Nutz (Portland OR) 1:25am Rob Stone (San Diego CA) 9:45pm Quantum Split (New York NY) 12:00am Mallrat (Brisbane AUSTRALIA) and The Texas Gentlemen) 8:15 pm Astrolabio (Bogotá COLOMBIA) NETHERLANDS) 10:55pm Mir Fontane (Camden NJ) 10:10pm Steelyone (New Rochelle NY) 1:00am Neil Frances (Los Angeles CA) (Austin TX) 9:15 pm Coma Pony (Chihuahuca MÉXICO) 12:00am Kojo Funds (London ENGLAND) 11:20pm Arin Ray (Cincinnati OH) ELEPHANT ROOM 10:40pm Kofi Black (Staten Island NY) 10:15pm Mala Bengala (Bogotá COLOMBIA) 12:45am Amy Becker (London ENGLAND) 11:45pm Rexx Life Raj (Berkeley CA) 8:00pm Henry Brun & the Latin Playerz 11:00pm Adekunle Gold (Lagos NIGERIA) LUSTRE PEARL PARISH 11:15 pm Mejor Actor de Reparto (Buenos 12:10am Doeman (Houston TX) (San Antonio TX) 11:20pm AKA (Johannesurg SOUTH AFRICA) Aires ARGENTINA) 12:40am GASHI (New York NY) 11:45pm Kwesta (Johannesburg SOUTH M&M’S SOUND + COLOR HOUSE (PLATINUM, HIPHOPDX 12:15am Nea Agostini (Santiago CHILE) 9:00pm Pedro Menendez Fusion 8:00pm GoDJKnowledge & The 1:20am Dave East (New York NY) Ensemble (Buenos Aires AFRICA) MUSIC BADGES ONLY) 1:15 am Zero Balas (Lima PERU) 12:30am Talib Kweli feat. DJ Spintelect, 9:00pm R.LUM.R. (Nashville TN) Trendsetters (Austin TX) FRIDAY, MARCH 16 ARGENTINA) 8:20pm Lyric Michelle (Houston TX) BUNGALOW 10:00pm Subhi (Chicago IL) K’Valentine, NIKO IS, and The 10:00pm Billie Eilish (Highland Park CA) ST DAVID’S HISTORIC Space Invadaz (Brooklyn NY) 11:00pm Sylvan Esso (Durham NC) 8:35pm Ant Beale (Camden NJ) 18TH OVER AUSTIN MAJESTIC CASUAL: APPETIZER 11:00pm AJ DeGrasse (San Diego CA) 8:50pm Peso Da Mafia (Baltimore MD) SANCTUARY 8:00pm Nassau (Brooklyn NY) 8:00pm Hazey Eyes (Philadelphia PA) 12:00am La Orquesta Vulgar (Mexico City 9:10pm WHATUPRG? (Atlanta GA) COMMUNION PRESENTS 9:00pm Thandi Phoenix (Sydney 9:00pm Alice Phoebe Lou (Berlin MEXICO) HOTEL VEGAS MAGGIE MAE’S 9:25pm 1KPHEW (Atlanta, GA) AUSTRALIA) 7:00pm Amy Shark (Gold Coast AUSTRALIA) GERMANY) 1:00am Silibrina (São Paulo BRAZIL) 7:10pm Hailey Tuck (Austin TX) VOLUMEN / ACHE PRODUCCIONES 9:45pm Don Flamingo (New Orleans, LA) 8:00pm Lucy Rose (London ENGLAND) 10:00pm The Hearts (Edmonton CANADA) 10:00pm slenderbodies (Los Angeles CA) NINE MILE RECORDS AND TOURING 8:00pm Stefficrown (Cali COLOMBIA) 10:00pm AC Smitty (Hollywood FL) 11:00pm Arrows to Fire (Austin TX) 9:00pm Dermot Kennedy (Dublin IRELAND) 11:00pm Noah Slee (Auckland NEW ZEALAND) ELYSIUM 8:00pm Jonathan Terrell (Austin TX) 9:00pm GANGES (Madrid SPAIN) 10:15pm Jay Park (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) 10:00pm Sam Fender (Newcastle Upon Tyne 12:00am Step Rockets (Minneapolis MN) 12:00am Che Lingo (London ENGLAND) 8:45pm Otis the Destroyer (Austin TX) 10:00pm Girl Ultra (Mexico City MEXICO) 10:40pm Doughbeezy (Houston TX) 1:00am Culture Wars (Austin TX) JAPAN NITE ENGLAND) 1:00am Demo Taped (Atlanta GA) 7:00pm Kiho (Otaru JAPAN) 9:40pm Juanita Stein (Sydney AUSTRALIA) 11:00pm EZI (New York NY) 10:55pm Jay Prince (London UK-ENGLAND) 11:00pm CLOVES (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) 8:10pm PRANKROOM (Kawasaki City 10:30pm Canshaker Pi (Amsterdam 12:00am BOOMS Y CLAPS (Monterrey 11:15pm Sherwood Marty (Baton Rouge LA) 720 CLUB CARVER MUSEUM BOYD JAPAN) NETHERLANDS) MEXICO) 11:35pm Noochie (Washington DC) STEPHEN F’S BAR 8:00pm Denis The Night & The Panic 9:00pm Rude (Setagaya-Ku JAPAN) 11:20pm Patrick Sweany (Nashville TN) 1:00am GHETTO KIDS (Mexico City MEXICO) 11:50pm Larry June (San Francisco CA) Party (Fano ITALY) VANCE THEATER 12:15am Go Fever (Austin TX) 12:10am MAESTRO (Los Angeles CA) SOUNDS FROM ITALY INSIDE GOSPEL LIVE 10:00pm Anna Takeuchi (Kyoto JAPAN) 8:15pm Blindur (Naples ITALY) 9:00pm White Mystery (Chicago IL) 11:00pm Attractions (Fukuoka JAPAN) 1:00am Booher (Austin TX) MAGGIE MAE’S GIBSON 12:30am Generation Now (DJ Drama, Don 10:00pm Tijuana Bibles (Glasgow SCOTLAND) 6:55pm Kara Nichole-Robinson Cannon, Jack Harlow, Lil James, 9:15pm Violetta Zironi (Reggio Emilia ITALY) (San Antonio TX) 12:00am Domico (Tokyo JAPAN) ROOM 10:15pm Wrongonyou (Roma ITALY) 11:00pm Residual Kid (Austin TX) 1:00am Mika Shinno (Tokyo JAPAN) HOTEL VEGAS ANNEX Killumanti) (Philadelphia PA) 12:00am Great Electric Quest (San Diego 7:40pm The Fam (Dallas TX) 7:15pm The Reputations (Austin TX) PUBLIC ACCESS TOURING + SUPERIOR 12:55am WishGranted (Baltimore MD) 11:15pm Fabrizio Cammarata (Palermo CA) 8:10pm Candy West (Dallas TX) MUSIC PUBLISHING 1:10am Tyla Yaweh (Orlando FL) ITALY) 8:50pm Shy Speaks (Dallas TX) NINE MILE RECORDS AND TOURING 12:15am Damien McFly (Padova ITALY) 1:00am Greenbeard (Austin TX) 8:00pm Ryan Culwell (Nashville TN) 8:00pm Scooterbabe (Athens GA) 1:25am Saweetie (Hayward CA) 9:10pm Kayla Freeman (Austin TX) 9:00pm Izzy True (Trumansburg NY) 1:40am Special Guest 9:30pm Ethan Kent (Dallas TX) 8:55pm A. Sinclair (Austin TX) 9:50pm Löwin (Austin TX) 10:00pm Common Deer (Toronto CANADA) STUBB’S 10:55pm Tyro The Epic (Dallas TX) 11:00pm Lingua Franca (Athens GA) 8:00pm Devon Gilfillian (Nashville TN) 11:30pm Mr. Frankie Wilson (Dallas TX) 10:45pm Hard Proof (Austin TX) PARLOR ROOM 11:40pm The Nightowls (Austin TX) 12:00am SISTERS (Seattle WA) 9:00pm Lauren Ruth Ward (Los Angeles 1:00am Dressy Bessy (Denver CO) MALTESERS LIGHT SIDE HOUSE (SXSW CA) 12:45am The President Lincoln (London BADGES & MUSIC WRISTBANDS ONLY) ENGLAND) 10:00pm Larkin Poe (Atlanta GA) 9:00pm Yoke Lore (Brooklyn NY) 11:10pm Keith Urban (Nashville TN) MAGGIE MAE’S ROOFTOP 10:00pm Jason Bentley (Santa Monica CA) HOTEL VEGAS AT VOLSTEAD SOSOUTH.COM 11:00pm Classixx DJ Set (Los Angeles CA) TBA KP Tha Profit (San Antonio TX) STUBB’S INSIDE BURGERMANIA LATAM / VIVA POMONA TBA Worldwide (San Antonio TX) 8:40pm Prinz Grizzley and his 8:00pm Melenas (Pamplona SPAIN) TBA OMB Bloodbath (Houston TX) PLUSH Beargaroos (Egg AUSTRIA) Capital Metro (www.capmetro.org) runs extended 8:50pm El Otro Grupo (Santa Marta TBA Doughbeezy (Houston TX) ROGUE AGENCY DJ 9:40pm Dead Horses (Milwaukee WI) COLOMBIA) TBA Off The Dome (Tacoma WA) 8:00pm Brent Tactic (Brooklyn NY) 10:40pm Blake Brown & The American hours and increased service throughout SXSW. Plan 9:40pm Los Wilds (Madrid SPAIN) TBA BADYOSHI (Seattle WA) 9:00pm Eliot Lipp (Austin TX) Dust Choir (Denver CO) 10:30pm Jóvenes Adultos (Mexico City TBA DJ X.O. (Houston TX) 10:00pm Holly (Lisbon PORTUGAL) 12:40am Flora Cash (Stockholm SWEDEN) MEXICO) TBA Young Lyric (Houston TX) 11:00pm Doc Daneeka (Swansea WALES) trips, get real time departure information and use a 11:20pm Club de Surf (Santiago CHILE) 12:15am Fat Tony (Houston TX) 12:10am The Zephyr Bones (Barcelona 12:45am P Montana (London ENGLAND) credit card to buy your passes on the CapMetro App. SPAIN) 1:00am Tan Frío el Verano (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)

30 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com SWAN DIVE 720 CLUB CHEER UP CHARLIE’S INSIDE HIGHLAND LOUNGE LUCILLE PLUSH SWAN DIVE PATIO POP MONTREAL ZONA INDIE WOLFIEVIBES PR 1AM VIBES SIX SHOOTER / DEVILDUCK RECORDS FEEDBACK ALLIANCE OLD FLAME RECORDS + OUTER ORBIT 7:50pm Bodywash (Montreal CANADA) 8:00pm Jóvenes Adultos (Mexico City 8:00pm Leather Girls (Austin TX) TBA GASHI (New York NY) 8:00pm Ensign Broderick (Toronto 8:00pm Inflatable Robot (Austin TX) BOOKING 8:40pm Motel Raphael (Montréal CANADA) MEXICO) 9:00pm Guts Club (New Orleans LA) TBA Sheck Wes (Harlem NY) CANADA) 9:00pm Devras Plexi (Austin TX) 7:45pm This Pine Box (Dayton OH) 9:30pm Common Holly (Montreal CANADA) 9:00pm Buffalo Blanco (Monterrey MEXICO) 10:00pm India Ramey (Nashville TN) TBA 070 (North Bergen NJ) 9:00pm The Wet Secrets (Edmonton 10:00pm BRAINWAVVE (Austin TX) 8:35pm Gothic Tropic (Los Angeles CA) 10:20pm TiKA (Toronto CANADA) 10:00pm Mala Bengala (Bogotá COLOMBIA) 11:00pm Candace (Portland OR) TBA Neila (Parkland FL) CANADA) 11:00pm BoomBaptist (Austin TX) 9:30pm LuxDeluxe (Northampton MA) 11:10pm Pierre Kwenders (Kinshasa 11:00pm Melenas (Pamplona SPAIN) 12:00am Uncle Meg (Brooklyn NY) TBA Wolftyla (New York NY) 10:00pm Whitney Rose (Austin TX) 12:00am Dr. Bobby Banner, MPC (El Paso TX) 10:25pm Slow Caves (Fort Collins CO) CANADA) 12:00am Sputnik (Mexico City MEXICO) 1:00am Miss Eaves (Brooklyn NY) TBA Odalys Pena (New York NY) 11:00pm Shred Kelly (Fernie CANADA) 1:00am Homeboy Sandman (New York NY) 11:20pm Zuli (Long Island NY) 12:00am Lido Pimienta (Toronto CANADA) 1:00am Monoplasma (Los Angeles CA) TBA Nike Boi (Chicago IL) 12:00am The Dead South (Regina CANADA) 12:15am Dawg Yawp (Cincinnati OH) 1:00am Yamantaka // Sonic Titan (Toronto CLIVE BAR TBA Johnny OZ (Broward County FL) 1:00am Whiskey Shivers (Austin TX) RADIO DAY STAGE 1:10am Particle Devotion (Baton Rouge LA) CANADA) 800 CONGRESS THE SHOWTIME HOUSE (SXSW BADGES & TBA YesJulz (Miami FL) 101X (SXSW BADGES & ARTIST WRISTBANDS SOUNDS FROM AFRICA & THE CARIBBEAN TBA Larry June (San Francisco CA) LUSTRE PEARL THE SXSW OUTDOOR STAGE SWAN DIVE PATIO MUSIC WRISTBANDS ONLY) TBA Lexii Alijai (Saint Paul MN) ONLY) 8:00pm Lil Shaker (Accra GHANA) 9:00pm White Reaper (Louisville KY) TBA Valee (Chicago IL) M&M’S SOUND + COLOR HOUSE (SXSW Host: Andrew WK PRESENTED BY MGM M FOR MONTREAL 8:20pm DJ Juls (London ENGLAND) 10:00pm BRONCHO (Tulsa OK) BADGES & MUSIC WRISTBANDS ONLY) 12:00pm In the Valley Below (Grand Rapids MI) 7:00pm Corridor (Montreal CANADA) 8:50pm LAX (Lagos NIGERIA) 11:00pm Low Cut Connie (Philadelphia PA) 9:00pm Night Beats (Austin TX) 1:00pm Kitten (Brooklyn NY) RESORTS 8:00pm Anemone (Montréal CANADA) 9:20pm Nailah Blackman (Port of Spain 11:45pm DJ Costa (Boston MA) HOTEL VEGAS 10:00pm Albert Hammond Jr (New York NY) 2:00pm lovelytheband (Los Angeles CA) AUSTIN MUSIC AWARD WINNERS 9:00pm Milk & Bone (Montreal CANADA) TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO) BURGERMANIA VII 11:00pm Cut Copy (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) 5:00pm Bidi Bidi Banda (Austin TX) 10:00pm FRIGS (Toronto CANADA) 9:50pm The Compozers (London ENGLAND) 7:15pm Chronophage (Austin TX) 6:00pm Night Drive (Austin TX) 11:00pm Lisa LeBlanc (Montreal CANADA) 10:30pm Adekunle Gold (Lagos NIGERIA) CONTINENTAL CLUB 8:00pm Sass (Austin TX) RUSSIAN HOUSE 7:00pm A Giant Dog (Austin TX) 12:00am Partner (Windsor CANADA) 11:00pm AKA (Johannesurg SOUTH AFRICA) 8:00pm William Harries Graham (Austin TX) 8:45pm Trouble Boys (Austin TX) MAGGIE MAE’S GIBSON SOUNDS FROM THE WORLD 8:00pm Shinyribs (Austin TX) 1:00am Le Couleur (Montreal CANADA) 11:30pm Kojo Funds (London ENGLAND) 9:00pm Jon Dee Graham (Austin TX) 9:30pm Muther (Austin TX) ROOM 8:00pm SpivOberta (Dobropillia UKRAINE) 9:00pm Roky Erickson (Austin TX) 10:00pm Ian Moore (Austin TX) 9:00pm Lolo Lovina (Sydney AUSTRALIA) 12:10am Patoranking (Lagos NIGERIA) 11:00pm Churchwood (Austin TX) 10:15pm Breakout (Austin TX) ATX6 1:00am DJ Mix Master David (Atlanta GA) 11:00pm RMBLR (Atlanta GA) 8:00pm I Am Bearwood (Austin TX) 10:00pm SORNE (Los Angeles CA) THE SXSW OUTDOOR STAGE 12:00am Charlie Faye & The Fayettes 11:00pm Kimokal (Jakarta INDONESIA) TAP ROOM AT THE MARKET (Austin TX) 11:45pm Temple of Angels (Austin TX) 9:00pm Little Mazarn (Dallas TX) THE COLOR AGENT LLC PRESENTED BY MGM 12:30am The Cowboys (Bloomington IN) 10:00pm Croy and the Boys (Austin TX) 12:00am OY (Berlin GERMANY) ANTONE’S 1:00am Ben Dickey (Little Rock AR) 1:00am NIX (Dakar SENEGAL) 8:00pm Spaceboifresh (Dallas TX) RESORTS LAFAYETTE LIVE 11:00pm Torino Black (Austin SPAIN) 8:20pm Tree (Dallas TX) 6:00pm Caamp (Columbus OH) 8:00pm Caleb Elliott (Natchitoches LA) COOPER’S BBQ HOTEL VEGAS ANNEX 12:00am Otis the Destroyer (Austin TX) 8:45pm Mama Duke (Austin TX) 6:45pm Albert Hammond Jr (New York NY) 9:00pm Jourdan Thibodeaux et Les BURGERMANIA VII 1:00am Go Fever (Austin TX) SAXON PUB 9:15pm Troy Garrick (Denton TX) 7:40pm Shakey Graves (Austin TX) 8:00pm Terra Lightfoot (Hamilton CANADA) 8:00pm Chrissi Poland (Jersey City NJ) Rôdailleurs (Cypress Island LA) 9:00pm Sarah Klang (Gothenburg SWEDEN) 7:30pm Distractor (Costa Mesa CA) 9:45pm Danielle Grubb (Dallas TX) 8:45pm Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night 10:00pm Curley Taylor and Zydeco 8:15pm CHAI (Nagoya JAPAN) MAGGIE MAE’S ROOFTOP 9:00pm Lizzie and The Makers (New York 10:15pm BdotCroc (Minneapolis MN) Sweats (Denver CO) 10:00pm Deanna Wheeler (Austin TX) TN) Trouble (Sunset LA) 11:00pm Emma White (Nashville TN) 9:00pm Tinnarose (Richmond VA) CO-SIGN 10:00pm Vandoliers (Dallas TX) 10:45pm Abisha Uhl (Minneapolis MN) 11:00pm Chris Ardoin (Lafayette LA) 12:00am Kathryn Legendre (Austin TX) 9:45pm Mozes and the Firstborn 8:00pm Girl Ray (London ENGLAND) 11:00pm Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary 11:20pm Tangina Stone (Brooklyn NY) TAP ROOM AT THE MARKET 12:00am Lil’ Buck Sinegal (Lafayette LA) 1:00am Sam Morrow (Los Angeles CA) (Eindhoven NETHERLANDS) 9:00pm Miles Francis (New York NY) Friends (Nashville TN) 11:55pm Stephanie Rice (Houston TX) PLANETARY GROUP 1:00am Brother Dege (New Orleans LA) 10:30pm Tracy Bryant (Los Angeles CA) 10:00pm Dessa (Minneapolis MN) 12:00am Paul McDonald (Nashville TN) 12:30am Kamau Kenyatte (New York NY) 7:30pm Abhi The Nomad (Austin TX) 11:15pm The Sloths (Hollywood CA) 11:00pm Sneaks (Washington DC) 1:10am Bre-Z (Philadelphia PA) CU29 12:00am The Risin’ Sun (Mexico City MEXICO) 1:00am Brian Pounds (Austin TX) 8:15pm Grand Analog (Toronto CANADA) AUSTIN CITY LIMITS LIVE AT 8:00pm Bea Troxel (Nashville TN) 12:00am MINT FIELD (Tijuana MEXICO) 9:00pm Lime Cordiale (Sydney AUSTRALIA) THE MOODY THEATER 9:00pm Didirri (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) 1:00am Overlake (Jersey City NJ) THE TOWNSEND 10:00pm Mozes and the Firstborn HOTEL VEGAS AT VOLSTEAD SEVEN GRAND NORTHERN SPY RECORDS (Eindhoven NETHERLANDS) SXSW & UNDERWOOD PROMOTIONS 10:00pm Makana (Honolulu HI) 8:00pm Benyaro (Jackson WY) 7:00pm SXSW SLUGFEST - A Night of Pro 11:00pm Fatai (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) BURGERMANIA VII THE MAIN 9:00pm Eric Tessmer (Austin TX) 8:00pm Katie von Schleicher (Brooklyn NY) 11:00pm Mimicking Birds (Portland OR) 7:00pm II Tone (Memphis TN) 9:00pm Wilder Maker (Brooklyn NY) 12:00am Faith Healer (Edmonton CANADA) Boxing and Music (Austin TX) 12:00am Raye Zaragoza (New York NY) H1GHR MUSIC RECORDS (18+) 10:00pm Emi Secrest (Memphis TN) TBA OG Maco (Atlanta GA) 1:00am Colin Macleod (Stornoway 7:45pm James Swanberg (Chicago IL) 7:55pm Jay Park & Cha Cha Malone 11:00pm Annalise Azadian (New York NY) 10:00pm Renata Zeiguer (Brooklyn NY) 1:00am Scenic Route to Alaska (Edmonton 8:30pm Thee MVPs (London ENGLAND) 11:00pm Odetta Hartman (Washington DC) CANADA) TBA GO DJ JB (Austin TX) SCOTLAND) (hosts) (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) 12:00am Cedric Burnside (Holly Springs MS) TBA Jay Jones (New Orleans LA) 9:15pm TAWINGS (Tokyo JAPAN) 8:00pm DJ ROCRYTE (Seattle WA) 1:00am Trupa Trupa (Gdańsk POLAND) 12:00am Cuddle Magic (New York NY) DIRTY DOG BAR 10:00pm The Resonars (Tucson AZ) 9:00pm pH-1 (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) 1:00am The Kominas (Boston MA) THE TOWNSEND DON’T “MOSH” WITH TEXAS 10:45pm Elephant Stone (Montreal CANADA) 9:20pm Avatar Darko (Seattle WA) EPICENTRO / KEXP’S EL SONIDO BARCELONA 11:30pm Crocodile Tears (Austin TX) 9:35pm pH-1 (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) SHERATON BACKYARD UNIVERSITY AVENUE 8:00pm Nakury (San Pedro COSTA RICA) GENO COCHINO & FRIENDS 8:00pm Black Heart Saints (Austin TX) 12:15am ORB (Geelong AUSTRALIA) 10:00pm Ted Park (Madison WI) PREMIUM SONICS 9:00pm Lido Pimienta (Toronto CANADA) 7:55pm Hosted Myka9 & MC Kemst (Los 9:00pm Memories in Broken Glass (San 10:25pm Raz Simone (Seattle WA) 7:00pm Dj Anarchy (Houston TX) CHURCH OF CHRIST 10:00pm 1982 (diecinueve ochenta y dos) Angeles CA) Antonio TX) HOTEL VEGAS PATIO 11:00pm Jarv Dee (Seattle WA) 7:20pm Picture My Vision Entertainment KINGDOM EXPERIENCE (Cuenca ECUADOR) 8:00pm Sharkweek (Houston TX) 10:00pm The Bvtcher (Austin TX) 11:25pm Special Guest (Seoul SOUTH (Missouri City TX) 6:00pm World Rejects (Houston TX) 8:40pm BOGL (Las Vegas CA) 11:00pm Death of a Dream (Austin TX) BURGERMANIA VII 7:35pm Peyton (Houston TX) 6:25pm Josiah Caleb (Dallas TX) 11:00pm Baywaves (Madrid SPAIN) 7:15pm Part Time (San Francisco CA) KOREA) 12:00am Marrón (Acapulco MEXICO) 9:20pm Kelly Dean (Los Angeles CA) 12:00am Lethal Injektion (Tuscon AZ) 12:10am Special Guest (Seoul SOUTH 7:55pm Erva Carter (Beaumont TX) 6:40pm Los Profetas (New York NY) 10:00pm Gigantor (Los Angeles CA) 1:00am Dayne Alexander (Chicago IL) 8:00pm Annabelle Chairlegs (Austin TX) 8:20pm Anti-Lilly (Houston TX) 7:10pm Mike Gz (Decatur GA) 1:00am Gepe (Santiago CHILE) 8:45pm White Fang (Los Angeles CA) KOREA) 10:40pm TRiLLBASS (Charlotte NC) 1:00am DJ Pumkin (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) 8:40pm Eimaral Sol (Killeen TX) 7:20pm Da Church (Detroit MI) 11:20pm Geno Cochino (Los Angeles CA) ELEPHANT ROOM 9:30pm Mattiel (Atlanta GA) 9:05pm Radio Galaxy (Houston TX) 7:30pm Jesse Mitchell (Houston TX) TRINITY WAREHOUSE 12:00am 6Blocc (Los Angeles CA) 8:00pm 16 the Olympus (San Antonio TX) 10:15pm No Parents (Los Angeles CA) 9:30pm The Afroknotts (Houston TX) 7:45pm Von Won (Houston TX) SONY’S “LOST IN MUSIC” (SXSW BADGES & 1:00am VON D (Paris FRANCE) 9:00pm Vanilla Summit (Richmond VA) 11:00pm American Sharks (Austin TX) THE MAIN II 10:20pm M3CCA (Houston TX) 8:00pm Samantha Howard (Brooklyn NY) MUSIC WRISTBANDS ONLY) 10:00pm Monte Warden and The 11:45pm The Dwarves (San Francisco CA) INTERNATIONAL HIP-HOP 10:45pm Phase One (Bronx NY) 8:15pm Chris Anthony (Brooklyn NY) 8:00pm The Accidentals (Traverse City MI) BARRACUDA Dangerous Few (Austin TX) 12:30am Guantanamo Baywatch (Portland 8:00pm League DJ JRO (Austin TX) 11:05pm Blvck Spvde (Saint Louis MO) 8:30pm D- Will (Rochester NY) 9:00pm Morgan Saint (New York NY) 11:00pm Jon Blondell Quintet (Austin TX) OR) 8:30pm Nakury (San Pedro COSTA RICA) 11:35pm Jack Freeman (Houston TX) 8:45pm Dontae (San Diego CA) 10:00pm Lo Moon (Los Angeles CA) ARTIST GROUP INTERNATIONAL + XTRA 12:00am Ori Dagan (Toronto CANADA) 1:15am NOBUNNY (Tucson AZ) 9:05pm La Etnnia (Bogota COLOMBIA) 9:00pm Kajmir Kwest (Los Angeles CA) 11:00pm Caitlyn Smith (Cannon Falls MN) MILE RECORDINGS 1:00am ChihiroYamazaki+ROUTE14band 9:40pm Yoga Fire (Mexico City MEXICO) THE SIDEWINDER INSIDE 9:15pm Keedren Boston (San Antonio TX) 12:00am Cam (Lafayette CA) 8:00pm Allman Brown (London ENGLAND) (Tokyo JAPAN) INTERNATIONAL DAY STAGE 10:15pm Ali aka Mind (Bogota COLOMBIA) 8:00pm Luneta Mágica (Manaus BRAZIL) 9:30pm R.A.W. (READY AND WILLING) 1:00am Noah Cyrus (Los Angeles CA) 9:00pm BONES (Los Angeles CA) AUSTIN CONVENTION 10:50pm New Fame (Da Nang VIETNAM) 9:00pm Margaret Chavez (Austin TX) (Houston TX) 10:00pm Tennis System (Los Angeles CA) ELYSIUM 11:30pm Dwagie (Tainan City TAIWAN) 10:00pm TBA 9:50pm Th3 Saga (Queens NY) 11:00pm Honduras (Brooklyn NY) CENTER 12:15am Kelvyn Colt (Bingen GERMANY) 10:05pm Plain James (Carrollton GA) UNIVERSITY AVENUE 12:00am Swimming With Bears (Austin TX) 8:00pm Secret Sands (Houston TX) 1:00am Tasha The Amazon (Toronto 11:00pm Jade Imagine (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) 9:00pm Talos (Cork IRELAND) SXSW BADGES & ARTIST WRISTBANDS ONLY 12:00am Our Girl (London ENGLAND) 10:20pm DJ D-Lite (Austin TX) CHURCH OF CHRIST 1:00am Spirit In The Room (Los Angeles 12:00pm Gato Preto (Düsseldorf GERMANY) CANADA) 10:40pm Jamie Grace (Los Angeles CA) CA) 10:00pm I Am Waiting For You Last 1:00am Dryspell (Austin TX) KINGDOM EXPERIENCE Summer (Ryazan RUSSIA) 1:00pm Lola Marsh (Tel Aviv ISRAEL) 11:10pm Isabel Davis (San Antonio TX) 6:15pm Surve (Hammond LA) 2:00pm Gepe (Santiago CHILE) MALVERDE TBA Keedren Boston (San Antonio TX) 6:30pm Montell Fish (Pennsylvania PA) 11:00pm Primo (Austin TX) THE SIDEWINDER OUTSIDE BARRACUDA BACKYARD 12:00am Yahyel (Tokyo JAPAN) #TRAKHOUSESXSW MODERN SKY 6:45pm Dray South (Austin TX) ARTIST GROUP INTERNATIONAL + XTRA 1:00am Soviet (Los Angeles CA) THE IRON BEAR 8:00pm [istandard] presents: VALHALLA 7:00pm B.I.P. (Plano TX) #TRAKHOUSESXSW (Brooklyn NY) 8:00pm Brian Merrill (New York NY) 7:10pm Rockstar Jt (Montgomery AL) MILE RECORDINGS SXSW SPOTLIGHT SHOWCASE 9:00pm Navy Gangs (Brooklyn NY) NEGATIVE GAIN 7:25pm Street Hymns (Grand Prairie TX) 7:30pm Many Rooms (Houston TX) EMPIRE CONTROL ROOM 8:00pm DVWEZ (Orlando FL) 10:00pm Caddywhompus (New Orleans LA) 8:00pm Panic Priest (Chicago IL) 7:40pm wearechxsen (Austin TX) 8:30pm Non Canon (Bristol ENGLAND) MOVE FORWARD MUSIC 9:00pm Da Chick (Lisboa PORTUGAL) MOHAWK INDOOR 11:00pm Pow Pow Family Band (New York 8:50pm Wire Spine (Vancouver CANADA) 7:55pm Wande (Austin TX) 9:30pm The RPMs (Brighton ENGLAND) 8:00pm Wavy (Coney Island NY) 10:00pm TiKA (Toronto CANADA) FLOWER OF LIFE CBD PRESENTS: CMMNTY NY) 9:40pm Haex (Los Angeles CA) 8:10pm Faith Pettis (Palo Alto TX) 10:30pm Will Varley (Deal ENGLAND) 8:45pm Steve Cannon (Los Angeles CA) 11:00pm MIDDLESPOON (Austin TX) 8:00pm Montie Blaze (Portland OR) 12:00am Breanna Barbara (Queens NY) 10:30pm KANGA (Los Angeles CA) 8:30pm FEDEL (Tulsa OK) 11:30pm Skinny Lister (Greenwich ENGLAND) 9:30pm JPEGMAFIA (Baltimore MD) 12:00am Shelita Burke (Los Angeles CA) 8:20pm Huey P. (Seattle WA) 1:00am Big White (Sydney AUSTRALIA) 11:30pm Pixel Grip (Chicago IL) 8:45pm Calvin & Kimberly (Detroit MI) 12:30am Frank Turner (Winchester 10:15pm Kemba (Bronx NY) 1:00am Vockah Redu (Houston TX) 8:40pm Wayne Smith (Denver CO) 12:20am Strvngers (Edmonton CANADA) 9:05pm Jazmine Nikao (Richmond VA) ENGLAND) 11:00pm Molly Brazy (Detroit MI) 9:25pm Cory Kendrix (Denver CO) SPEAKEASY 1:10am Mr.Kitty (Austin TX) 9:20pm Calvin Martyr (Killeen TX) 11:45pm Lil Gnar (Los Angeles, CA) IRONWOOD HALL 10:25pm FLAVIA (Los Angeles CA) SOL LIFE X RPM 9:35pm SANTIAGO (New Orleans LA) BLACKHEART 12:30am Kodie Shane (Atlanta GA) 6XSW 10:55pm DEVMO (Los Angeles CA) 8:00pm Dj El Indio (World Hood Set) THE VELVEETA ROOM 9:50pm Triple Thr33 (Las Vegas NV) PENNY LOAFER PR 1:15am Maxo Kream (Houston TX) 8:00pm Unimerce (Toronto CANADA) 11:25pm Tommy 2 Stix (Austin TX) (Sacramento CA) 8:00pm The Canvas People (Austin TX) 10:05pm Sean C. Johnson (Oklahoma City 7:30pm Chill Russell (Austin TX) 8:30pm Eric Dingus (Austin TX) 11:50pm Nems (Coney Island NY) 9:20pm Kayla Briët (Cypress CA) 9:00pm Dan Lyons (Margate ENGLAND) OK) 8:20pm The Elliotts (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) EMPIRE GARAGE 9:00pm JiMMY BRiCKZ (Toronto CANADA) 12:35am Kosha Dillz (Perth Amboy NJ) 10:00pm Philharmonik (Sacramento CA) 10:00pm LYLO (Glasgow SCOTLAND) 10:25pm A-RON (Houston TX) 9:10pm MeaAUSTRALIAell (Austin TX) 9:20pm Faiza(Toronto CANADA) 1:05am Deca (Denver CO) 11:00pm Trophy Dad (Madison WI) BRIC’S BLOCK PARTY 1:30am Deluxe (Aix-En-Provence FRANCE) 10:40pm Boogat (Montreal CANADA) 10:40pm Antwoine Hill (Fort Wayne IN) 10:00pm Lime Cordiale (Sydney AUSTRALIA) TBA The Outfit, TX (Dallas TX) 9:40pm NUE (Toronto CANADA) 11:20pm Lido Pimienta (Toronto CANADA) 12:00am Febueder (Ascot ENGLAND) 11:10pm 5ive (Earth TX) 11:00pm Darkbird (Austin TX) TBA DJ Logan Garrett (Nashville TN) 10:00pm Devontee (Toronto CANADA) 12:00am La Misa Negra (Oakland CA) 1:00am Hot Flash Heat Wave (San 11:25pm Bryann Trejo (Abilene TX) 12:00am Bad Pony (Sydney AUSTRALIA) TBA The High Rollaz (Dallas TX) 10:20pm Savannah Re (Toronto CANADA) NATIVE HOSTEL 1:00am DJ Jigüe and El Menor (Havana Francisco CA) 10:55pm Victorious (Austin TX) 1:00am Lola Tried (Austin TX) TBA Jawuan (Shreveport LA) 10:40pm Puffy L’z (Toronto CANADA) LYFT (SXSW BADGES & MUSIC WRISTBANDS CUBA) 11:00pm Sean Leone (Toronto CANADA) ONLY) VICTORIAN ROOM AT THE VALHALLA BRITISH MUSIC EMBASSY 11:20pm Friyie (Toronto CANADA) ESTHER’S FOLLIES 11:40pm Dillan Ponders (Toronto CANADA) 7:30pm Shy Beast (Austin TX) SPEAKEASY KABARET DRISKILL BOSS TWEED PRESENTS: RIPPLE MUSIC @ LATITUDE 30 8:00pm Mary Ocher (Berlin GERMANY) 8:30pm CAPYAC (Austin TX) SOL LIFE X RPM 8:00pm Jaimee Harris (Austin TX) 8:00pm Salem’s Bend (Los Angeles CA) 12:00am CMDWN (Toronto CANADA) BBC RADIO 1 & DIT 9:00pm Cold Fronts (Philadelphia PA) 12:20am Big Lean (Toronto CANADA) 9:30pm Riders Against the Storm (Austin 8:00pm DJ Novela (Sacramento CA 9:00pm Harvey McLaughlin (San Antonio TX) 8:50pm Steak (London ENGLAND) 10:00pm Royal Forest (Austin TX) TX) 9:20pm Tall Paul/Mic Jordan (Minneapolis 10:00pm Chuck Auerbach (Akron OH) 9:40pm Blackwülf with Special Guest 8:00pm Superorganism (London ENGLAND) 12:40am Killy (Toronto CANADA) 9:00pm IDER (London ENGLAND) 11:00pm Ramesh (Austin TX) 1:15am Murda Beatz (Toronto, CANADA) 10:45pm Golden Dawn Arkestra (Austin TX) MN) 11:00pm The Grahams (Nashville TN) Geof O’Keefe (Pentagram/Bedemon) 10:00pm TBA 12:00am DYGL (Tokyo JAPAN) 10:00pm Ziibiwan (Toronto CANADA) 12:00am Chris Stamey (Chapel Hill NC) (Oakland CA) 11:00pm Suzi Wu (London ENGLAND) 1:00am Say Sue Me (Busan SOUTH KOREA) PALM DOOR ON SABINE 10:40pm Nani Castle (Staten Island NY) 1:00am Some Kind of Animal (Pittsburgh 10:30pm The Watchers (San Francisco CA) 12:00am Not3s (Hackney ENGLAND) JAVELINA 8:00pm Yori (Amsterdam Netherlands) 11:20pm Frank Waln (He Dog SD) PA) 11:20pm Wo Fat (Dallas TX) KICHINK ON 9:00pm Oh My Love (Austin TX) 12:00am SETI X (Los Angeles CA) 12:25am Mothership (Dallas TX) 1:00am Benin City (London ENGLAND) FLAMINGO CANTINA TBA Papachina (Armenia COLOMBIA) TBA Grounders (Toronto CANADA) 10:00pm Ace Harper (Los Angele CA) 12:45am Jam No Peanut (New York NY) WALLER BALLROOM BUNGALOW TBA Chainska Brassika (London ENGLAND) TBA CASEROLOOPS (Barquisimeto 11:00pm Summer Heart (Malmö SWEDEN) 8:00pm Wyldest (London ENGLAND) THE VELVEETA ROOM TBA PAYAMBÓ (Bogotá COLOMBIA) VENEZUELA) 12:00am The Nimbus (Austin TX) STEPHEN F’S BAR 9:00pm Jess Ribeiro (Melbourne EXPLODING IN SOUND RECORDS JUICE TBA Gepe (Santiago CHILE) AUSTRALIA) 8:00pm DJ Rosegold (Toronto CANADA) TBA Hety And Zambo (San Andres TBA Pommez Internacional (Buenos 8:00pm The Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers 8:00pm Shell of a Shell (Nashville TN) Island COLOMBIA) PALM DOOR ON SIXTH (Soldiers Grove WI) 10:00pm The Money War (Perth AUSTRALIA) 8:50pm Yazan (Brooklyn NY) 8:40pm Niena Drake (Chicago IL) Aires ARGENTINA) 11:00pm Vista Kicks (Los Angeles CA) 9:20pm DJ Chip Banks (Youngstown OH) TBA Bombasta (San Antonio TX) TBA El Otro Grupo (Santa Marta 8:00pm Roxy Roca (Austin TX) 9:00pm 3 Hand Stephen (Portland OR) 9:40pm MANEKA (Brooklyn NY) TBA Quique Escamilla (Toronto 9:00pm The Commonheart (Pittsburgh PA) 10:00pm Curtis McMurtry (Austin TX) 12:00am BOYO (Los Angeles CA) 10:45pm Bethlehem Steel (Brooklyn NY) 10:40pm DJ Hella Yella (Austin TX) COLOMBIA) 1:00am SadGirl (Los Angeles CA) 11:20pm DJ Kyra Chaos (Hampton VA) CANADA) TBA Estado de Sitio (Lima PERU) 10:00pm A-Town GetDown (Austin TX) 11:00pm Scott Collins (Austin TX) 11:50pm Washer (Brooklyn NY) 12:40am DJ Bar1ne (San Diego CA) 11:00pm Cilantro Boombox (Austin TX) 12:00am Ley Line (Austin TX) 12:50am Stove (Newtown CT) TBA DJ X.O. (Houston TX) FLATSTOCK STAGE AUSTIN 12:00am Kat Graham (Atlanta GA) 1:00am Stone Wheels (Austin TX) KARMA LOUNGE 1:00am Andre Cymone (Los Angeles CA) VICTORIAN ROOM AT THE CONVENTION CENTER NERDCORE SUNDAY, MARCH 18 CARVER MUSEUM BOYD 11:30am Terra Lightfoot (Hamilton CANADA) TBA Crunk Witch (Presque Isle ME) SWAN DIVE DRISKILL 12:30pm Fabrizio Cammarata (Palermo ITALY) TBA Mega Ran (Phoenix AZ) PALM DOOR ON SIXTH PATIO OLD FLAME RECORDS + OUTER ORBIT FOLK ALLIANCE VANCE THEATER 1:30pm Bodywash (Montreal CANADA) 8:00pm Soia (Vienna AUSTRIA) BOOKING PALM DOOR ON SIXTH CAPITOL VIEW ARTS TBA Dual Core (Austin TX) 9:00pm Tomar and the FCs (Austin TX) *SXSW FREE CLOSING PARTY: SOUL CLAP & 8:00pm Saint Sister (Dublin IRELAND) 2:30pm Febueder (Ascot ENGLAND) TBA Schaffer the Darklord (New York 8:00pm Oak House (Athens GA) 9:10pm The Lost Brothers (Dublin IRELAND) 7:30pm KannKasso (Austin TX) 3:30pm machìna (Tokyo JAPAN) 10:00pm Akina Adderley & The Vintage 9:00pm Ex-Girlfriends (Brooklyn NY) DANCE OFF WITH CASH PRIZE! 8:00pm Mic Taylor (Austin TX) NY) Playboys (Austin TX) 10:20pm Rev Sekou (St Louis MO) TBA Kadesh Flow (Kansas City MO) 10:00pm Fruit & Flowers (Brooklyn NY) 7:45pm Vockah Redu (Houston TX) 11:30pm AHI (Brampton CANADA) 8:30pm AJ (Chicago IL) 11:00pm Lorine Chia (Bamenda CAMEROON) 11:00pm Doe (London ENGLAND) 8:00pm Croy and the Boys (Austin TX) 9:15pm Casey Jay (Austin TX) FRIENDS TBA Shubzilla x Bill Beats (Seattle WA) 12:00am Tameca Jones (Austin TX) 12:40am The Deer (Austin TX) 8:00pm ELSZ (Sydney AUSTRALIA) TBA MC Frontalot (Brooklyn NY) 12:00am Frontier Folk Nebraska (Cincinnati 9:00pm Xylouris White (Anogeia GREECE) 9:45pm 90 One (Austin TX) 1:00am Grand Rapids Soul Club (Grand OH) 10:00pm Miss Lavelle White and the L 10:30pm Whiteside (Austin TX) 9:00pm MADDEE (Toronto CANADA) TBA Crayondroids (Dallas TX) Rapids MI) 10:00pm Gold Casio (Portland OR) TBA Dollar Signs (Charlotte NC) 1:00am Lung (Cincinnati OH) Men (Austin TX) WALLER BALLROOM 11:00pm BillieB (Austin TX) 11:00pm Jonathan Toubin (New York NY) CULT CITIZEN 11:45pm Anastasia (Austin TX) 11:00pm Moonlight Breakfast (Bucharest ROMANIA) PARISH 12:00am NY Night Train Soul Clap & 8:00pm Kyle Avallone (New York NY) 12:15am G-Jet (Austin TX) KINGDOM Dance Off + Special Guests (New 9:00pm CHILLEMI (New York NY) 12:00am The Magnettes (Pajala SWEDEN) BELLA UNION 1:00am Elle Exxe (Edinburgh SCOTLAND) REALMUSIC EVENTS 8:00pm Ari Roar (Dallas TX) York NY) 10:00pm Bambara (Brooklyn NY) CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN 8:00pm Andrew Parsons (Austin TX) 1:00am Jonathan Toubin (New York NY) 11:00pm BOYTOY (Brooklyn NY) 9:00pm Field Division (Des Moines IA) 9:30pm Masha (Belgrade SERBIA) 10:00pm Hilang Child (London ENGLAND) 12:00am Promiseland (New York NY) CHURCH HALF STEP 11:00pm Catz ‘N Dogz (Szczecin POLAND) 1:00am Surfbort (Brooklyn NY) HOLODECK RECORDS 11:00pm Tiny Ruins (Auckland NEW URBAN HOUSE/ MECCALANI/REMEZCLA ZEALAND) 7:00pm VVV (Austin TX) 8:00pm Fntxy (Tijuana MEXICO) 7:40pm LACHANE (Austin TX) LAMBERTS 12:00am Xylouris White (Anogeia GREECE) 9:30pm GHETTO KIDS (Mexico City MEXICO) 1:00am Ezra Furman (Chicago IL) 8:35pm Missions (Los Angeles CA) 10:15pm Melymel (Santo Domingo KEELED SCALES SATURDAY, MARCH 17 9:30pm Curved Light (Austin TX) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) 8:00pm Buck Meek (Austin TX) 10:25pm Dylan Cameron (Austin TX) 11:00pm Mr. Paradise (Villa Duarte 9:00pm Sun June (Austin TX) PARLOR ROOM 11:20pm Steve Hauschildt (Chicago IL) 10:00pm Julia Lucille (Austin TX) MALTESERS LIGHT SIDE HOUSE (SXSW 18TH OVER AUSTIN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) 11:00pm Knife in the Water (Austin TX) THE LIVING ROOM 12:00am Farina (Medellín COLOMBIA) 12:00am Adam Torres (Austin TX) BADGES & MUSIC WRISTBANDS ONLY) 8:00pm 20 Somethin’ Band/Tenth Child CHEER UP CHARLIE’S 1:00am C-Kan (Guadalajara MEXICO) 1:00am Twain (Franklin County VA) 9:00pm Cut Copy DJs (Melbourne Inc. House Band (Dallas TX) SIREN SOUNDS + SOFT JUNK: QUIT YOUR AUSTRALIA) 8:25pm Adam + Kizzie (Oklahoma City OK) DAY JOB THE HIDEOUT 10:00pm Val Fleury (Monrovia LIBERIA) 8:50pm Rock Boy Fresh (Los Angeles CA) 8:00pm The Medium (Nashville TN) 8:00pm Holland Patent Public Library 11:00pm Penguin Prison (New York NY) 9:15pm Chadney Christle (Dallas TX) 8:50pm Sloppy Jane (Brooklyn NY) (Brooklyn NY) 9:40pm Doobie Powell (Hartford CT) 9:40pm THICK (Brooklyn NY) 9:00pm Surma (Leiria PORTUGAL) 11:05pm Brik.Liam (Dallas TX) 10:30pm Champagne Superchillin’ (New York NY) 10:00pm De Osos (Mexico City MEXICO) 11:50pm Venzella Joy (Buffalo NY) 11:20pm Faux Ferocious (Nashville TN) 11:00pm SoundMass (Austin TX) 12:40am Micki Miller (South Bend IN) 12:10am BODEGA (Brooklyn NY) 12:00am Francine Thirteen (Dallas TX) 1:00am BOYTOY (Brooklyn NY) 1:00am Rachel Mason (Los Angeles CA)

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Ex-Girlfriends 99 LUFTBALLOONS L-M PIVOTAL PUNK BY TIM STEGALL Fri. 16, Lamberts, 12mid; Sat. 17, Swan Dive, 9pm There used to be an all-girl British band called We’ve Got a Fuzzbox and We’re Gonna Use It. These LOS WILDS Wed. 14, Bungalow, 12mid; Bad Moves Idles trash-rockin’ Brooklyn feminists should turn that into Fri. 16, Hotel Vegas at Volstead, 9:40pm Tue. 13, Sidewinder Outside, 7:30pm; Wed. 14, Hotel Vegas Patio, 9:30pm; These biker film garageniks from Madrid Fri. 16, Barracuda, 7:45pm Thu. 15, Latitude 30, 1am; Fri. 16, an album title. Their raucous crunch-pop on 2017’s played more SXSW slots last year than any Going by the self-titled debut cassette Barracuda Backyard, 12:10am You’re Next EP sounds like a pissed-off Go-Go’s band, dropping jaws from Hotel Vegas to the this D.C.-based, mixed-race/-gender Media has tossed the garland “post- following a night of bad sex and worse drugs. Sheraton with their unhinged raunch and quartet issued in 2016, Bad Moves punk” around the necks of these Bristol snarled Spanish lyrics. The Black Lips’ Jared have spent a lifetime absorbing lessons barbarians because they share a hometown The Dwarves Swilley dubbed Los Wilds “the Spanish Fat by the Pixies and Superchunk. “Shitty with the arty end of foundational punks the Sat. 17, Hotel Vegas, 11:45pm White Family.” – Tim Stegall Tomorrow” and “The Verge” bristle with Pop Group. A sustained burst of verbal and The days of 12 songs in 12 minutes ending in power-pop and New Wave hooks flying musical bile characterizes Idles’ debut LP destroyed clubs and SWAT team visits are long gone, but going by freshly discharged 15-track from oblique angles, creating a modern, Brutalism, the angriest British outburst this Tue. 13, 720 Club, 12mid; Dwarves LP Take Back the Night, these veteran DAN LYONS melodic punk with an art-school mind. side of Sleaford Mods. Sat. 17, Velveeta Room, 9pm Behind the sociopaths still value speed, aggression, sleaze, kit with former outfits Phobophobes, Misty and 1:30 song lengths. Blag Dahlia still couches Broncho Miller, and most notably off-kilter UK punks The Tissues depravity in humor and brutality in highly refined pop. Tue. 13, Barracuda Backyard, 8:45pm Wed. 14, Parish, 12mid; Thu. 15, Bungalow, the Fat White Family, Dan Lyons moved Three pissed-off women and one dude 1am; Sat. 17, Clive Bar, 10pm into the spotlight last year fronting the Wet on guitar who appears perpetually Broncho stormed out of Norman, Okla., The Cowboys Nurse. As with his previous crews, Lyons rev- hungover create the harshest feminist with 2011’s Can’t Get Past the Lips, 10 Sat. 17, Hotel Vegas, 12:30am els in lo-fi sounds, but cuts psych-pop charm art-punk howl to emerge from Los sticks of roughneck-yet-melodic pop that “We have no allegiance to ‘punk’ or ‘garage tinged with dusty Americana that hearkens Angeles since Hole’s earliest 45s. 2017 suggested a crude midsouth Buzzcocks with rock’ or anything like that,” Cowboys vocalist Keith Robyn Hitchcock. – Doug Freeman debut LP Veil bursts with clangy guitars, a few Dick Dale records hidden behind their Harman told Noisey in 2016. “We’re just trying to second-hand Crate amps. Now two years on have fun and write good songs. And good songs motorik drums, and Kristine Nevrose’s Fri. 16, Townsend, 12mid from third LP Double Vanity, the guitars still come in all shapes and sizes.” For these MARRÓN battery acid shriek. Think Kathleen Born in Mexico and based in NYC, Jorge have plenty of grit and the songs are as Bloomington, Ind., rough-housers, that means a Hanna joining Gang of Four. Marrón’s ethereal voice floats dreamy synth- urgent, but a not-unwelcome, creeping certain cheap-beer-hangover belligerence blasted pop productions. The Acapulco native’s slickness rings more New Wave. through broken amps. Alice Bag debut LP etc. came out on Nacional Records, Tue. 13, Sidewinder Outside, 11:10pm the indie standard-bearer for progressive Co-founder of pioneering Seventies Nox Boys The Kominas Latin music. Single “Cometa” emits the same Sat. 17, Townsend, 1am punks the Bags, Alicia Armendariz Thu. 15, Lamberts, 12mid breezy vibe as classic Brazilian bossa nova. remains L.A.’s original punk rock queen. “Nox” is short for Blawnox, the Likely the most truly radical, subversive modern – Thomas Fawcett Her 2011 memoir Violence Girl stared Pennsylvania micropolis home to this American punk band, the Kominas are the closest quartet. Three twentysomethings and U.S. analog to Pussy Riot. These Pakistani- down body/identity issues as a Latina. METZ Fri. 16, Barracuda Backyard, Chicano folk through girl-group pop, 61-year-old slide guitarist Bob Powers create American, Muslim, Worcester, Mass., natives a Replacements-like power crunge out of match Russia’s imprisoned feminist fuck-you 1:10am Combustive art squall since 2016 debut Alice Bag spun a four-star 2008, Toronto trio Metz substantiate art bark of outspoken societal reform frontman Zack Keim’s Westerbergian rockers’ dissidency, but the insurgent message of compositions. Signed to garage king label “Sharia Law in the U.S.A.” gains sharper teeth via the long talent shadow fellow Canadian through raw rock. Blueprint follows up legends NoMeansNo cast across the this month. Get Hip, Nox Boys are the freshest blast of their concise blend of Seventies punk, sampling, delinquent raw power you’ll hear this SXSW. and their music heritage. punk landscape. September 2017-issued third LP Strange Peace benefits from no- nonsense producer Steve Albini. Singles “Cellophane” and “Mess of Wires” deto- nate like mind bombs at a Trump cabinet meeting. – Tim Stegall

MEUTE Tue. 13, the Main, 12:20am; Wed. 14, Mohawk Outdoor, 12:15am; Thu. 15, Friends, 8pm In Germany techno is king, but one act proves the genre doesn’t require drum machines or computers. Hamburg’s Meute takes classic techno from the likes of Laurent Garnier and transforms it into marching band arrangements, complete with booming bass drums substituting for 808 kicks and syncopated xylophones mimicking synth lines – bringing out the warmth and melody hiding in even the darkest electronic tunes. – Dan Gentile

MOKOOMBA Wed, 14, Russian House, 12mid; Thu. 15, Flamingo Cantina, 11:30pm Based in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Mokoomba draws on the Tonga and Luvale rhythms of its region, but adds healthy dollops of funk, ska, and soukous to an irresistible dance fusion of pan- African (and beyond) styles. Vets of Peter Gabriel’s WOMAD festivals, the sextet released third album Luyando last year. – Michael Toland

32 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com JANA BIRCHUM Shamir TUE. 13, SIDEWINDER OUTSIDE, 12:10AM; THU. 15, WATERLOO RECORDS, 1PM “I begged to play any other song,” recounts The breakdown landed him five days in a Shamir Bailey, 23, about being asked to per- psychiatric hospital, where he was diag- form his hit song “On the Regular” during nosed with bipolar disorder. His latest his national television debut on Late Night effort, last year’s Revelations, encapsulates With Stephen Colbert. “After that moment, I that trauma. From the buzzing feedback on was like, ‘I can’t do this anymore.’” “Her Story” to the anxiety-driven “90’s The song, like the rest of Kids” and hardened punk his 2015 debut Ratchet, ref- bite of “You Have a Song” erences everything from THE BREAKDOWN and “Blooming,” it recalls four-on-the-floor house, LANDED HIM his fascination with Chic disco romps, and FIVE DAYS IN A Nineties rock. Donna Summer glitz and PSYCHIATRIC “I’ve listened to Hole my glam. Despite its universal entire life and I’m fasci- acclaim, the Las Vegas HOSPITAL, WHERE nated that the Nineties singer feels himself at an HE WAS DIAGNOSED was the only decade when impasse as “the album WITH BIPOLAR alt-rock topped the charts.” didn’t represent me as an Yet “Straight Boy” reckons artist.” He ended his con- DISORDER. with the commodification tract with XL Recordings of queer culture amongst and, on a whim, released his 2017 LP Hope, a straight men and queer-baiting in the media. lo-fi manifesto, for free on SoundCloud. “There’s a stereotype that I’m supposed to “Hope was like the bomb, because I didn’t be happy and nice,” says Shamir. “But I just even do it out of confidence,” laments Bailey. want to be as explicit as possible: Queer “I did it for my sanity, but even after the people are multifaceted people, too.” recording, I suffered a psychotic episode.” – Alejandra Ramirez

PETE MOLINARI Tue. 13, Townsend, 9pm MOZES & THE FIRSTBORN Fri. 16, Tap London’s Pete Molinari couldn’t sound any more Room at the Market, 10pm; Sat. 17, Hotel like he grew up playing guitar in the deep South. Vegas Annex, 9:45pm A Burger Records band Crooning in his soulful choirboy voice behind whose talent transcends the oft-airheaded guitar work that oscillates between quivering garage rock scene, this young Netherlands quar- blues riffs and cleaned-up Americana, Molinari tet fronted by Melle Dielesen broke out in 2013 offers a retro throwback sound straight out of with debut single “I Got Skills,” an undeniable the Sixties. sing-along tempting comparisons to the Black – Libby Webster Lips. Ensuing sophomore LP Great Pile of Nothing shifted toward Nineties alt-rock. – Kevin Curtin

austinchronicle.com GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE 33 GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 MUSIC Snail Mail Boyd at SXSW 2017 WED. 14, BARRACUDA, 12:30AM; THU. 15, CLIVE BAR, 9PM Last SXSW went a little too well for increasing attention left the artist to Lindsey Jordan. After performing her maneuver a budding career alongside typi- drowsy, guitar-driven debut EP Habit at cal post-high school adjustments, includ- the weeklong talent sniff, the Baltimore ing a haphazard, short-lived move to NYC. native found herself naively navigating an “I didn’t write anything because I was so ambush of potential contracts, labels, and cramped in this nasty apartment,” recalls management. All this while finishing up Jordan. “I had never made my own doctor’s her senior year of high school. appointment. I didn’t have forks or any- The indie rock wiz has since signed with thing. I write the best at home in Baltimore. Matador Records and fin- My parents work, so it’s nice ished up her first full-length to have this suburban house as Snail Mail. The 18-year- SHE NAMES empty all the time.” old says those industry SHRED-HEAVY That knack for candid growing pains directed the ACTS SHEER self-reflection carries into album’s more pronounced MAG, OUGHT, Habit’s time capsule tracks. take on her earnestly diaris- On quietly cataclysmic tic, minimalist melodies. AND TELEVISION “Dirt,” she admits “Baby “I’ve gotten to know AS REFERENCES when I’m 30, I’ll laugh about myself and sort of had to be FOR THE how dumb it felt,” keenly a fake adult doing all this balancing youthful indul- stuff,” admits Jordan. FORTHCOMING gence with well-adjusted “Habit was really confused, WORK. perspective. scared, insecure, and dra- “I still have a million matic. The new one is more options and steps in my self-assured, direct, honest, and specific.” life,” says Jordan. “I like being young,

She names shred-heavy acts Sheer Mag, because I can figure out if this is what I BIRCHUM JANA Ought, and Television as references for the want to be doing or not. It’s important to forthcoming work. Starting lessons at just know that there’s other stuff. It’s not all 5, Jordan’s conspicuous, fuzzy guitar kicks about riding the hype wave.” fueled the Snail Mail buzz. Exponentially – Rachel Rascoe JAZZ NICHE BY MICHAEL TOLAND

Moses Boyd – Solo X Ashley Henry Trio Wed. 14, the Main II, 8pm Wed. 14, the Main II, 9pm London drummer Moses Boyd wowed From a generation of British musicians improvisational music fans during SXSW’s UK bred on hip-hop and R&B as much as jazz, jazz showcase last year behind a spectacular twentysomething London pianist Ashley Henry set fronting his group Exodus. He returns channels his muse into melodic post-bop with grooving psychedelic jazz/electronica that swings with soul. New EP Easter finds hybrid Solo X, hot on the heels of self- his Trio morphed into RE: Ensemble, released EP Absolute Zero. augmented by guest vocalists and Art Blakey saxophonist Jean Toussaint.

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34 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com Leni Stern Graham Reynolds & Wed. 14, Russian House, 9pm the Golden Arm Trio This guitarist’s career encompasses Thu. 15, Elephant Room, 10pm jazz fusion, a distinctive take on Seven years have passed since Reynolds singer-songwriterdom, and more released Duke! Three Portraits of Ellington. experimentation. The Munich-born That’s what happens when one’s too busy scoring New Yorker who married guitarist Mike Richard Linklater films, as well as plays, ballets, Stern currently combines all previous and any other public performance you could interests with rhythms performed by possibly imagine. master Senegalese musicians on her most recent album, 2016’s Pedro Menendez Fusion Dakar Suite. Ensemble Fri. 16, Elephant Room, 9pm Nubya Garcia Pedro Menendez remains the vanguard of Wed. 14, the Main II, 10pm Argentina’s jazz scene for 30 years now. Famed at One foot in post-bop and the other home for chamber works, the Buenos Aires in funky electronica, saxophonist composer, multi-instrumentalist, and label owner is Nubya Garcia – who also works with prepping the ambitious Voyage Through Latin POSTERS/POSTCARDS fellow showcaser Moses Boyd – gives America, a polyrhythmic tour de force paying tribute swinging London a new meaning. to his region’s unique musical perspective. Dance-floor-ready, her new EP When CDS/DVDs We Are doesn’t stint on fiery improv. Silibrina Fri. 16, Elephant Room, 1am Zara McFarlane This São Paulo septet led by keyboardist/ AS QUICKLY AS 1 DAY Wed. 14, the Main II, 11pm composer Gabriel Nóbrega puts a fresh spin on COMPLETION!! UK singer Zara McFarlane brings traditional melodies and rhythms with crack jazz phrasing to reggae and R&B, a improvisation. Last year’s debut album O Raio lays combination that’s swept various UK out the group’s philosophy on serious grooves. jazz awards since her 2010 debut. Third album Arise was produced by fellow London jazz maverick Moses Vanilla Summit Sat. 17, Elephant Room, 9pm Boyd and features Ezra Collective Richmond, Va., isn’t known as a hotbed of jazz, drummer Femi Koleoso and pianist but on last year’s self-titled debut, young quintet YES!! Joe Armon-Jones. Vanilla Summit blends instrumental acumen with 512-459-5253 Ezra Collective Latin and worldbeat rhythms. Wed. 14, the Main II, 12mid Ezra Collective represents the face Chichiro Yamazaki + of young English improvisers. Route14 Band Influenced by Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, Sat. 17, Elephant Room, 1am and J Dilla, they’re still instantly Now something of a SXSW tradition, Tokyo recognizable as jazz. The London trumpeter Chichiro Yamazaki and her backing trio quintet’s sold-out 2017 EP Juan Pablo: have brought her catchy pop/jazz to the festival The Philosopher won Best Jazz Album every year since 2013. The group’s self-described at the esteemed Gilles Peterson “Singing Instruments” sound pleases crowds like Awards in January. Herb Alpert in his prime, as heard on her 2017 album Sweet Thing. 99 LUFTBALLOONS O-P

MARY OCHER Sat. 17, Esther’s Follies, 8pm OUR GIRL Mon. 12, Latitude 30, 12mid; Sat. Atmospheric synth swatches give way to African 17, Sidewinder Inside, 12mid British alt-rock rhythms and Brecht-style librettos through trio Our Girl meshes stark noise with tender this Russia-via-Israel émigré. Her Berlin-based harmonies without it sounding forced. On 2016 post-punk cabaret pivots on the anti-capitalist EP Normally, Soph Nathan’s deep, breathy voice stance of 2017’s The West Against the People adds dimension while bass and rhythmic guitar (not to mention its accompanying essay), with thumps, courtesy of Josh Tyler and Lauren Ocher’s Kate Bush-like gift for vocal drama and Wilson, cushion her lyrics about the vapidity dynamics liberating her songs from the trap of characterizing the emotional labor of today’s agitprop. – Greg Beets society. – Isabella Castro-Cota

Wed. 14, Barracuda Backyard, JAY PARK Fri. 16, Parish, 10:15pm; Sat. 17, OUGHT Singer, rapper, dancer, actor, 11:10pm; Thu. 15, Barracuda, 12:05am These the Main, 12:10am post-punks’ rousing fragmentation shaped label owner, Jay Park came up in the Pacific around Tim Darcy’s sprawling poetry, channeling Northwest B-boy scene before enlisting overseas Talking Heads’ specialty for anxiously comforting in the K-pop forces. In a busy last decade, he’s tracks. On Ought’s Merge debut, the Montrealers blossomed into the Korean Chris Brown, a bilin- streamline a previously feverish sound, the dusk- gual triple threat, who last year signed to Jay-Z’s ier, muted Room Inside the World aligning deep Roc Nation label. – Kevin Curtin instrumentals with Darcy’s social commentary. – Rachel Rascoe

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RULED BY WOMEN BY RACHEL RASCOE French Vanilla Tue. 13, Barracuda Backyard, 7:45pm; Wed. 14, BD Riley’s, 11pm L.A. art rockers French Vanilla tackle power structures with danceable post-punk and a wall of sax. Infectiously persistent, Sally Spitz’s wailing vox trade tumbling lines with off-kilter guitarist Ali Day. The trio is humorous and earnestly grandiose, pulled off with thunderous style on their self-titled debut. Hinds Wed. 14, Hotel Vegas Patio, 10:15pm; Fri. 16, Seven Grand, 1:15am Immediately recognizable for their jangly, clamorously carefree variant of garage rock, Madrid foursome Hinds has become Spain’s ruling indie act. Ana Perrote and Carlotta Cosials’ collaborative vox unleashed celebratory lo-fi on 2016 debut Leave Me Alone. Strummy single “New For You” previews sophomore Soccer Mommy Lucy Dacus follow-up I Don’t Run on Mom + Pop Music. Girl Ray Wed. 14, Barracuda, 11:30pm; Sunflower Bean Soccer Mommy Lucy Dacus Thu. 15, Latitude 30, 11pm; Thu. 15, Hotel Vegas Patio, 11:35pm; Fri. 16, Cheer Up Charlies, 9:30pm Fri. 16, Cheer Up Charlies, 10:15pm Fri. 17, Maggie Mae’s Rooftop, 8pm Fri. 16, Radio Day Stage, Austin Convention “I don’t want to be your fucking dog,” Two years ago, Richmond, Va., songwriter Nico-styled, declaratively Todd Rundgren- Center, noon blasts 20-year-old Sophie Allison on Clean, Lucy Dacus put out broodingly twangy debut loving trio Girl Ray takes Sixties rock Softly streaming “Twentytwo” shows off a her latest collection of openly angsty No Burden on a little hometown label. That’s classicism in a timely, DIY direction. The sweeter side of NYC trio Sunflower Bean. The catharsis. The Nashville songwriter remains where her small-scale story ends. The North London group hones a chugging, introspective track, taken from forthcoming unhindered by her love of Avril Lavigne and disarming LP unleashed her warm, alluring homespun sound with swirling melodies by Mom + Pop album Twentytwo in Blue (they’re Taylor Swift, unpretentious in her powerful, tone on a re-release on Matador. Her best friends Poppy Hankin and Iris all 22-year-olds), puts bassist Julia deeply vulnerable alt-rock. Preceding Courtney Barnett-esque lyrics and grunge- McConnell. Debut Earl Grey, a tongue twist Cummings’ gracefully urgent vocals in the Collection, a playbook of bedroom tracks, meets-country sound continue on upcoming on their moniker, launched a debut American front seat. The high school-assembled introduced longing guitars and swoony vox. sophomore album Historian. tour backing Brooklyn buzz band Porches. group’s debut Human Ceremony built a dreamy, metallic sound out of frenetic youth. Common Holly La Luz Palm Fri. 16, Swan Dive, 9:30pm Fri. 16, Hotel Vegas Patio, 12:30am Thu. 15, Hotel Vegas Annex, 11:15pm Ratboys Jarring instrumentals and Brigitte Naggar’s Built on surf riffs and sweeping Sixities Guitarists Eve Alpert and Kasra Kurt trade Thu. 15, Cheer Up Charlies Inside, 11:45pm slippery phrases coincide in Common Holly’s harmonies, L.A. quartet La Luz maintains a vocals for Philly act Palm, their soft phrases Self-referenced as “post-country,” Chicago restless, electro-acoustic indie. If Sylvan debonair air. Charles Burns-inspired, Ty cutting through a sharply melodic ruckus. duo Julia Steiner and Dave Sagan make Esso embraced the bedroom pop aesthetic, Segall-produced sophomore album Weirdo Crashing drums, synth pads, and mechanical, harrowing, tender songs both Americana and it might resemble the Montreal-based Shrine existential dread around Shana Animal Collective guitars approximate a zany, scuzzy DIY. Emotionally invested sophomore singer’s keeling debut Playing House. Off- Cleveland’s sharply floaty vocals. “Cicada” is malfunctioning carnival ride. The quartet effort GN (text-shortened “goodnight”) pulls kilter patterns shift around deep string cinematically smoke-filled with glowy guitar skewed discernibly garage for EP Shadow inspiration from nature and news stories, instrumentals, embellished by frazzled rock backlighting, teasing propulsive consistency Expert, but new LP Rock Island pushes “Peter the Wild Boy” sympathizing with a that landed tours with like-minded Half Waif for third album Floating Features. deeper into frenzied, experimental territory. feral child, and “Elvis Is in the Freezer” and Julien Baker. eulogizing a deceased pet.

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PARTNER Tue. 13, Valhalla, 12:20am; Fri. 16, Swan Dive Patio, LIDO PIMIENTA Mon. 12, Empire Garage, 9pm; Thu. 15, Mohawk JORDAN RAKEI Tue. 13, Elysium, 9pm Contributing vocals 12mid “Just two gay Canadians” according to their Twitter bio, Ontario- Indoor, 8:30pm; Fri. 16, Townsend, 9pm; Fri. 16, Swan Dive, to Disclosure’s Caracal (2015), Jordan Rakei’s career took a quick dwelling best friends Josée Caron and Lucy Niles brandish an openly 12mid; Sat. 17, Speakeasy, 11:20pm Trailblazing Toronto-based, ascent as his honey-smooth timbres caressed the polyrhythmic jazz queer, pro-slacker, totally 420 lifestyle on first full-length In Search of Colombian-born Lido Pimienta took home Canada’s Polaris Prize last sensibilities and warm live instrumentation of his 2016 debut Cloak Lost Time. Opener “Everybody Knows” (“you’re high”) splays the pair’s year, beating out Leonard Cohen and Feist. Winning album La Papessa and 2017 follow-up Wallflower. Hip-hop-leaning, the Australian faux-Nirvana style, but behind the deadpan rings and streamlined is an openly political art-pop statement sung entirely in Spanish. Afro- coalesces frantic, thumping basslines, in-the-pocket percussion, and shredding lies seriously exciting indie rock. – Rachel Rascoe Colombian synth-pop traverses a landscape of gender, race, and moth- free-flow horns. – Alejandra Ramirez erhood through unhindered musical innovation. – Rachel Rascoe PEACH PIT Wed. 14, Javelina, 12mid; Fri. 16, Sheraton GEMMA RAY Mon. 12, Barracuda Backyard, 10:30pm; Tue. 13, Backyard, 9:30pm This self-proclaimed “chewed bubblegum pop” PUSSY RIOT Tue. 13, the Main, 7:15pm; Wed. 14, Belmont, St. David’s Historic Sanctuary, 7pm; Tue. 13, Cheer Up Charlies, fourpiece delivers teen angst wrapped around singer Neil Smith’s 12mid Late 2017 saw the first U.S. musical performance from femi - 10:10pm Since 2008, UK native Gemma Ray (currently haunting Berlin) hushed vox. 2016 debut Sweet FA gathers laissez-faire influence nist Russian activists Pussy Riot, and now the balaclava-donning has offered blackhearted R&B drawn from a pre-Beatles palette, ring- from fellow Canadian Mac DeMarco on last year’s LP, which picks up protest collective brings their confrontational, explicitly political ing like Amy Winehouse with a serious Nick Cave fixation. Film noir, the pace while retaining feathery melodies. – Isabella Castro-Cota music to SXSW. Pure pop (“Police State”) to slithering electronica Billie Holiday, teen romance comics – all figure heavily into Ray’s torch- (“Organs”), Pussy Riot beckons resistance. – Libby Webster ing soul, full of heavy reverb guitar and throaty emoting. – Tim Stegall

36 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com Tunde Olaniran TUE. 13, IRON BEAR, 12MID Tunde Olaniran doesn’t set out to write anthems for outcasts. He just can’t help it. The Flint, Mich., artist who spent stretches of his youth living in London, Germany, and his father’s native Nigeria drops uplifting self-affirmations over beats that bang like Beyoncé’s Lemonade. On “Namesake,” Olaniran spits rapid-fire verses before soaring operatic on the chorus:

Now maybe there’s a lesson I’ve been given Or some wisdom from the stories that I need to tell And everybody’s hoping and scraping and wishing They could be something outside themselves If I can be me, then you can be yourself.

“A purring cat, for a lot of people, is this soothing thing, but cats do it to soothe and heal themselves,” he muses by phone on a lazy Sunday morning at home. “I think that’s what I’m doing. I’m trying to do stuff to make myself feel confident and excited.” Olaniran is tall with a wide frame. His coiffed hair and penchant for rocking robes and muumuus lead many to mistakenly assume he’s gay or trans, which doesn’t both- er him in the least. Flanked by a pair of avant right to exist called into question. Sometimes dancers, Olaniran is a force of nature onstage, I literally have to give myself a pep talk just performing with a swagger that belies a long to be in public.” journey to self-love and acceptance. With a follow-up to 2015 debut LP “We all have our own things that we’re Transgressor due this summer, Olaniran is dealing with when we walk into the world sure to continue thwarting expectations. every day, but if you present differently in “Being a fat black man with dark skin, it’s any way – whether it’s gender expression, the really hard for people to see anything but size of your body, the color of your skin – it that, so I get lumped into rap, or people think can be a real struggle. You have to get past I’m gonna be Luther Vandross,” he relays. the fact that you will be harassed or you will “Or they say, ‘You should really sing gospel.’ have all of these aggressions or micro- Like, I’m an atheist, what are you talking aggressions leveled at you, and have your about?!” – Thomas Fawcett THE FLINT, MICH., ARTIST WHO SPENT STRETCHES OF HIS YOUTH LIVING IN LONDON, GERMANY, AND HIS FATHER’S NATIVE NIGERIA DROPS UPLIFTING SELF-AFFIRMATIONS OVER BEATS THAT BANG LIKE BEYONCÉ’S LEMONADE.

ROSEMARY & GARLIC Wed. 14, Waller Ballroom, SAHAD & THE NATAAL 8pm; Fri. 16, Central Presbyterian Church, 7pm PATCHWORK Fri. 16, Malverde, 11pm Plying airy folk from Utrecht, Anne van den Hoogen Like a hand-stitched quilt, Sahad & the and Dolf Smolenaers whisper a sound reminiscent of Nataal Patchwork make up a beautiful ethereal, piano-heavy music reverberating inside of a tapestry from many distinct parts. As church. Their atmospheric debut dropped in January, its evident on 2017’s Jiw, the Senegalese dramatic brooding steered by the frontwoman’s delicate octet draws on traditions ranging from vocals and cinematic instrumentation. – Libby Webster West African Afrobeat, Malian blues, and sophisticated jazz, pop, and rock in crafting lush, multilingual compositions. RVG Tue. 13, Barracuda, 9pm; Thu. 15, 720 Club, 1am Melbourne’s Romy Vager Group looks back to the post- – Thomas Fawcett punk/jangle pop Eighties for inspiration, coming off like the British arm of 120 Minutes one second and acknowl- edged homegrown inspiration the Go-Betweens the next. Vager’s commanding drawl and memorable songs domi- nate 2017 debut A Quality of Mercy. – Michael Toland

austinchronicle.com GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE 37 GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 MUSIC Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats TUE. 13, THE GATSBY, 12:30AM; FRI. 16, AUDITORIUM SHORES, 8:45PM “We’re kinda stuck here in Nashville,” laughed Denver’s blue-eyed soul wunderkind Nathaniel Rateliff on his way to breakfast last Sunday. “We’re supposed to be doing this big weekend festival down in the Dominican Republic, but there’s weather. We’re trying to figure out how to get down there, and I forgot we had an interview!” Easy for the 39-year-old to get flustered amidst a flurry of details and last-minute complications, though he’s maintaining remarkable compo- sure. Five days from this interview, Rateliff’s third Stax LP with his band the Night Sweats, Tearing at the Seams, hits the shops. Two weeks after that, they will be showcasing at SXSW. And just the night before, the group debuted at the Grand Ole Opry with the new album’s more acoustic songs, “Hey Mama” and “Babe I Know,” before being surprised with a call for an unscheduled third number, which resulted in a standing ovation. Rateliff gets the cultural friction at play in a white soul revue band appearing at the mother church of country music. “This record is all over the place,” he says. “It’s what I wanted this band to be when we started: Have the influence of soul and R&B, but I also wanted to be like the Band. They could do songs like [Marvin Gaye’s] ‘Baby Don’t You Do It,’ and they could do ballads.” He also notes the impact of modern singer-songwriters like Damien Jurado on Seams’ heavy emotional content. He was an indie troubadour himself 10 years ago. “I really haven’t changed all that much,” he chuckles. “Fortunately, I keep screwing up my life enough to keep coming up with content for the songs. RATELIFF GETS THE CULTURAL FRICTION AT PLAY IN A WHITE SOUL It’s hard when you realize you’ve been writing about the same thing for REVUE BAND APPEARING AT THE MOTHER CHURCH OF COUNTRY MUSIC. 15-20 years. Man, I guess I’ve had no personal growth!” – Tim Stegall

Davie Lee Fields & the Thu. 15, St. David’s Historic Expressions FUTURE R&B/OLD SOUL BY THOMAS FAWCETT Sanctuary, 8pm Fri. 16, Clive Bar, 10pm Foolish to predict stardom after only a Last soul man standing, six-song EP and zero national profile, but North Carolina native Lee Son Little Blvck Spvde if James David Treadwell can bottle the Mon. 12, Pour Choices, 12:10am Tue. 13, Parish, 9:45pm; Sat. 17, Sheraton Backyard, 11:05pm Fields first cut a cover of infectious hand-clapping romp that is A deeply soulful singer-guitarist who’s When your given name is Veto Lamar Money a stage handle James Brown’s “Bewildered” “Testify,” go ahead. The Jersey-to-L.A. collaborated with the Roots and RJD2, seems unnecessary, but the St. Louis singer gets a pass with in 1969 and only followed it singer channels Pharrell and Bruno Mars Philly native Son Little’s modern take on off-kilter vocals and scatting lo-fi beats. Recent LP Hopeless with a deeply soulful full- with upbeat pop-soul. The Black Gospel blues and soul offers subtle electronic and Romanticizing emanates the same weirdo jazz aesthetic length a decade later. He Vol. 1 EP debuts his church roots. inflections and a nod to hip-hop in both as Madlib’s Quasimoto project. proudly rocked a Jheri curl on timing and lyricism. 2017 sophomore LP several Nineties releases New Magic flexed and fleshed. Madison McFerrin Durand Jones & before throwing in with the Wed. 14, 18th Over Austin, 1am; Thu. 15, Malverde, 11pm the Indications young Brooklyn hipsters that SassyBlack Like jazz legend Bobby McFerrin, his daughter does much Thu. 15, Barracuda Backyard, 12:50am helped vault Sharon Jones Tue. 13, Iron Bear, 9pm more with her voice than sing despite a beautiful, breathy Louisiana-bred soul man Durand Jones and Charles Bradley to Formerly the singing half of Afro-futurist tone. The budding singer-songwriter builds lush backing tracks linked up with the Indications at Indiana stardom for a late-career run hip-hop duo THEESatisfaction, Seattle’s with seemingly endless layers of her hums, oohs, and coos University and recorded their stellar debut still going strong. Stasia Irons brews hologram funk, singing transformed by looping percussion. Madison continues LP in a Bloomington basement on a jazzy riffs over downtempo synth beats. 2016 building her catalog with a recent three-song EP Finding shoestring budget. This is gritty Southern M3CCA solo debut No More Weak Dates explored Foundations Vol. II. soul with punchy horns and dirty fatback Sat. 17, Sheraton Backyard, comic book nerdery while last year’s New drums, a signature act on Ohio’s 10:20pm Black Swing brims with sensual seduction. Colemine Records, a worthy Daptone Spiritual descendant of clone. Erykah Badu, 23-year-old Oshun Dallas singer Mecca Tue. 13, Parish, 12:40am; Wed. 14, Dirty R.Lum.R. Tauheedah cooks up an Dog Bar, 12:25am Thu., 15, St. David’s Historic Sanctuary, intoxicating blend she calls The term Afro-futurist gets bandied 10pm; Fri. 16, Lustre Pearl, 9pm “galactic hip-hop soul.” The about a lot these days, but this pair of Spotify certainly amplified Nashville’s candy-painted singer recent NYU grads looks like they just R.Lum.R. (pronounced R-Lamar) with prime unleashes the divine feminine walked off the set of Black Panther. placement on playlists and even making on her 2017 Fruittape EP: Niambi Sala and Thandiwe pay homage to his face the cover on its popular Alt R&B “She walks in the darkness/ the Yoruba water goddess as Oshun, jukebox for six months. Classically trained Her aura is shining/ It smells mesmerizing a blend of soulful spiritualism guitarist Reggie Williams earns it with like God’s incense/ and sharp rhymes. Forthcoming debut synth-laden love songs and a Bring blessings.” Bittersweet cruises the cosmos. piercing falsetto.

38 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com 99 LUFTBALLOONS Sa-St SHOPPING Wed. 14, Hotel Vegas Annex, NOW OPEN 11:25pm; Thu. 15, Latitude 30, 10pm London/ SAINT SISTER Wed. 14, Central Glasgow-based trio Shopping took an electri- Presbyterian Church, 7pm; Thu. 15, Velveeta cally danceable post-punk position on 2015’s Room, 11pm; Fri. 16, Victorian Room at the jittery Why Choose. They push a brooding, Driskill, 8pm Traditional Celtic folk harmonies groovy stance on latest The Official Body, and harps receive a mesmerizing modern flourish produced by Orange Juice’s Edwyn Collins. On from Morgan MacIntyre and Gemma Doherty, opener “The Hype,” guitarist Rachel Aggs and following in the increasingly eclectic line of the drummer Andrew Milk spiral out over media Staves or fellow Irish balladeer James Vincent brainwashing. – Rachel Rascoe McMorrow. Slanted electro-pop melodies course around ethereal, intertwining vocals on upcom- SKINNY LISTER Sat. 17, Barracuda ing first LP The Shape of Silence. – Doug Freeman Backyard, 11:30pm London natives, Skinny Lister have pounded out a folk-punk odyssey SARAHMÉE Fri. 16, Malverde, 10pm Grinding everywhere from hotel elevators to record label beats back and forth in her thick French accent, car parks since 2009. They’ve even performed Senegalese daughter and adopted Québécoise while wing-walking! Taking the legacy of the rapper Sarahmée Ouellet proved her mettle on Pogues and upping the vintage punk assault, 2015 debut Légitime, 16 tracks that traverse the they went fully electric for portions of 2017’s anxiety driven “Paniqué” to the gruff flexing of The Devil, the Heart & the Fight. – Tim Stegall 10 “DTVR.” The French rap niche’s sovereign. 0 2 5 G. – Alejandra Ramirez Wed. 14, Scoot Inn, 8pm; Thu. A E D NOAH SLEE U . L 5 S S B 4 T T , 7 15, Malverde, 10pm; Fri. 16, Bungalow, 11pm I . ELMO 8 N 7 REMNA SCHWARZ Fri. 16, Malverde, 9pm Berlin-based Tongan-New Zealand musician , T E X A S Born in Senegal, Remna Schwarz moved through Noah Slee got his start early this millennium sing- Zaire, Mali, Portugal, France, and the U.S. before ing with West Auckland pop-funk band Spacifix. settling in Cabo Verdé. That informs a pan-African August 2017 saw the release of his proper debut OPENING CELEBRATION - 3/31 AND 4/1 fusion revolving around his soulful voice and nimble album, sleek R&B stormer Otherland, an intensely acoustic guitar work. No new album in a decade, personal statement that digs into his coming out, CRAWFISH BOIL - 3/31 FROM NOON ‘TIL OUT - DOORS AT NOON recent singles “Upon Da Surface” and “Kal Koldadi” a post-breakup depression, and recharge into a promise new work forthcoming. – Michael Toland force of nature. – Kahron Spearman @skullmechanixbrewing on Facebook @skullmechanix on Instagram REGULAR HOURS: MON-FRI 3PM-12AM | SAT-SUN 1PM-12AM SEA MOYA Thu. 15, BD Riley’s, 9pm Hailing SOIA Sat. 17, Palm Door on Sixth Patio, from Mannheim, Germany, this mind-expanding 8pm Viennese singer Soia Hagen serves up trio marries Krautrock’s legacy to skittering melodic soul dabbling in jazz and spoken word. Afro-pop guitar and herky-jerk funk beats. After 2016 sophomore LP H.I.O.P. (“Roaming Deer,” garnering acclaim for 2016’s Baltic States EP, “A Porcupine’s Agenda,” “Intangible Tiger”) Sea Moya relocated to Canada to work on their proved her to be one with nature. More recent forthcoming full-length. – Greg Beets work with producer Mez (“Fractal Spirit”) finds the singer crooning over jazzy, loop-filled hip- SEIS PISTOS Wed. 14, the Main, 10:30pm hop beats. – Thomas Fawcett These Chihuahuans’ subversion of the Sex Pistols’ name says everything about their “Latin SONARS Thu. 15, Maggie Mae’s Gibson punk.” Warping the form since 1996, their three Room, 8pm Retro-futurism looms large in the LPs and two singles ripple with all the crashing spaced-out sounds of this British-Italian electro- guitar chords, anger, and propulsive energy of psych duo. “Desert Moon” from 2015’s Jack Rust the Clash in 1978. – Tim Stegall and the Dragonfly IV EP incorporates astronaut transmissions over a transcendent wash of gui- SEYI SHAY Thu. 15, Highland Lounge, tars and synthesizers. – Greg Beets 11:40pm; Fri. 16, Palm Door on Sixth, 1am Rising at warp speed, Nigerian-English fusionist SPUTNIK Wed. 14, the Main, 9:40pm; Sat. Seyi Shay has become as controversial as she is 17, 720 Club, 12mid The first satellite, Sputnik’s talented. 2015 studio debut Seyi or Shay blends Soviet launch in 1957 triggered the Space Race. Afro-pop with echoes of Beyoncé, whom she Brash, tuneful, and entirely en Español, these counts as one of her mentors. During 2017, she Mexico City punks have run their own race released a full rundown of club and radio singles, since 2003, absorbing influences ranging from including island riddim “Your Matter” and Afro- Bad Religion (“Cien Inviernos”) to the Pixies salsa amalgam “Bia.” – Kahron Spearman (“Puentes”). – Tim Stegall

SHITKID Wed. 14, BD Riley’s, 1am; Fri. 16, THE STRYPES Thu. 15, Velveeta Room, Cheer Up Charlies Inside, 8:30pm Brandished 10pm; Fri. 16, 720 Club Patio, 8:45pm After as one of Sweden’s freakiest sonic happenings, furtive evolution toward Aughts Britpop on 2015’s Åsa Söderqvist smashes guitar fuzz and drum Little Victories, these ferocious Irish pub rockers machines into her own weird, sinister shade of found a richer, more sustainable mix of aban- rock. The Gothenburg artist hones her tinny, don and maturity on last year’s Spitting Image. stream-of-consciousness lyricism on newest EP Character studies like “Behind Closed Doors” This Is It, crafty electro-punk matching the bite examine life’s terminal velocity from a perspec- of breakout “Oh Please Be a Cocky Cool Kid.” tive more cynically wizened than the quartet’s – Rachel Rascoe youthful vintage would suggest. – Greg Beets

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Ivy Sole Mon. 12, Pour Choices, 8:15pm Wrestling spirituality, mental health, and Philly, the Wharton business grad slides between a smooth, singsong cadence and poetic reflection on last year’s EP West. Soulful timbres (“Rooftop”), political musings (“The Four”), and dancehall rhythms on “My Way,” a flip of KP & Envyi’s “Shorty Swing My Way,” spiral the North Carolina native’s vulnerability. Joey Purp Tue. 13, Lustre Pearl, 12:45am; Wed. 14, Cheer Up Charlies, 11:30pm A member of Chicago’s Savemoney crew, which includes Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, and Saba, Joey Davis fits the bill with nimble flow and heady wordplay. On 2016’s iiiDrops, he spits filthy swagger via “Girls @,” politically charged monologues on “Cornerstore,” and apathetic realism on “Moneys & Bitches.” Trinidad James Tue. 13, Antone’s, 1am Nicholas James Williams reached over-the- top decadence on Billboard Hot 100 single “All Gold Everything.” Before the Trinidad rapper could capitalize with a Def Jam debut, he was dropped from the label, wherein he started Gold Gang Records and released eight mixtapes including 2017’s Father Figga. WebsterX

Wed. 14, Stubb’s Inside, 12mid HALL BRENDAN DAVID Amidst a hellish soundscape of jagged synths, eerie ambience, and scattered beats on his 2017 debut Daymares, Sam Ahmed Fat Tony Tinashe Wyclef Jean oscillates between longing croons, aggressive Wed. 14, Maggie Mae’s, 1am; Fri. 16, Thu. 15, Trinity Warehouse, 11pm Thu. 15, Highland Lounge, 12:30am shots, and desperate pleas – all crystallized Plush, 12:15am Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe offers pop with Oddball visionary to Lauryn Hill’s queenly from his hometown Milwaukee. Laced with André 3000’s pliable, decidedly urban production on singles “All Hands on melodics and Pras Michel’s pop sensibility, dynamic flow and Jay-Z’s witty hooks, Deck,” “Faded Love,” and the Schoolboy Q and DJ Wyclef Jean brought otherworldly magic August Greene Houston mainstay Anthony Jude Obi Mustard assisted “2 On.” The Kentucky native leans traversing the Black diaspora, political rage, Wed. 14, Stubb’s, 12:20am served up curveballs by the dozen on on slinky hip-hop production and R&B on key and nerdy culture on 1994 Fugees debut Jazz pianist Robert Glasper, rapper 2010 debut RABDARGAB and 2013 mixtapes Aquarius and Amethyst. Blunted on Reality and seminal follow-up Common, and jazz drummer Karriem Riggins follow-up Smart Ass Black Boy. The Score two years later. That’s carried join forces in the hip-hop supergroup August Throwing shots at gentrification Action Bronson over on the Haitian polymath’s six solo LPs. Greene. Including a performance at the White amidst jagged synths on “Hood Party” Thu. 15, Banger’s, 12mid House for an NPR Tiny Desk Concert, they and repping Whataburger on “Drive- Food obsession, Ghostface Killah comparisons, and Dr. Octagon cover Sounds of Blackness’ “Optimistic” on Thru,” Fat Tony quirks. a penchant for vulgarity make Ariyan Arslani’s music Thu. 15, the Main, TBA an eponymous bow. as tasty as it is distasteful. For every cinematic The original lineup of Dan the Automator, Princess Nokia comedy of “The Don’s Cheek” on Blue Chips 2, Kool Keith, and DJ Qbert dropped space rap Bun B Thu. 15, Clive Bar, 11pm there’s the tone-deaf, misogynistic “72 Virgins” on utopia “Octagon Octagon” and the alien Wed. 14, Highland Lounge, 1am Giving the middle finger to femcee Saaab Stories. The Queens native goes from raunchy hijack “Area 54” from the forthcoming Bun B played the sage to Pimp C’s loose stereotypes on “Tomboy,” Destiny to vulnerable in the drop of a punch line. Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern cannon in Lone Star legacy UGK, but the Nicole Frasqueri raps aggressively Day Horripilation, their first album in over Houston rapper born Bernard Freeman built a contemplative on debut LP 1992 Rapsody 20 years. Southern hip-hop franchise with Trill (2005), II Deluxe (2017). Whether waxing on her Thu. 15, Belmont, 12:10am Trill (2008), Trill OG (2010), and Trill OG: The hometown (“ABCs of New York”) or Featured on Anderson Paak’s Malibu, Kendrick Epilogue (2013). Percussive beats grind back exploring her Taíno and Yoruban Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, and signed to Jay-Z’s and forth to braggadocio punch lines and mic culture (“Brujas”), the 25-year-old label Roc Nation, North Carolina’s Marlanna Evans dominance. breakout aims for the jugular. nabbed a Grammy nomination for Laila’s Wisdom. Rapsody’s sophomore album remains a lyrically bold opus, sprawling with Black Power transcendence.

40 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com Kweku Collins 99 LUFTBALLOONS S-T Fri. 16, Clive Bar, 9pm Like Noname and Saba, Kweku Collins emerges from the fertile Chicago area. SUPERORGANISM Wed. 14, Stubb’s, A com- Teetering between coming-of-age 8:20pm; Sat. 17, Latitude 30, 8pm mittee of largely unknown pop wizards, manifestos, spaced-out Kid Cudi raps, and Superorganism is an eight-person, co-habitating abstract spoken word, the 20-year-old London collective that emerged last year on wordsmith boasts an expansive palette including “Oasis2: Maps,” a rendition of the Domino Records. First drop “Something for Your Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Maps” on 2017’s Grey. M.I.N.D.” introduced 17-year-old Orono Noguchi’s power chimes, while “Everybody Wants to Be Famous” confirmed the group’s brightly nostal- Talib Kweli gic production capacity. – Rachel Rascoe Fri. 16, Container Bar, 9:15pm Social activist, Mos Def teammate on Black Star, and collaborator with Kanye SURMA Tue. 13, the Main, 10:20pm; Sat. 17, West, Pharrell Williams, and Common, Hideout, 9pm Portuguese multi-instrumentalist Brooklyn’s Talib Kweli Greene stays busy and pedal-looper Débora Umbelino, 22, deliv- whether penning passionate essays ers nymphlike vocals atop cosmic ethereality. against white supremacy, starting his own Her lyrically and sonically ambitious debut, the record label (Blacksmith Records), or fantastical and fantastic Antwerpen, serves rising spinning his philosophy across eight solo blends and choral ambience over 10 gorgeous LPs including November’s Radio Silence. songs, each track listed in a different language. – Kahron Spearman LUKAS NELSON / BAND OF HEATHENS Peanut Butter Wolf Fri. 16, Empire Garage, 12:05am TAGORE Thu. 15, Hotel Vegas Annex, 1:15am Founding Stones Throw Records in The lush, sun-kissed psychedelia of Tagore feels PARKER MILLSAP / KELLY WILLIS / SHINYRIBS 1996, Chris Manak ushered in an like napping in a velvet Snuggie. Hailing from eccentric strain of L.A. hip-hop with Brazil’s northern coastal city of Recife, front- Quasimoto, Madvillain, and Madlib. He man Tagore Suassuna’s spaced-out soulful haze signed beat mastermind J Dilla and invokes Revolver-era Beatles, the samba-soul of LILLY HIATT / THE GREYHOUNDS Anderson Paak’s duo NxWorries. Marcos Valle, and a pinch of Os Mutantes. – Thomas Fawcett Duckwrth Fri. 16, Empire Control Room, 12:30am TAN FRÍO EL VERANO Fri. 16, Hotel Vegas CAROLYN WONDERLAND / PAUL CAUTHEN Whether channeling the King of Pop on at Volstead, 1am Shoegazing post-rock grounds “Michuul,” shedding boogie this Venezuela-to-Argentina collective’s sound, “Throwyoassout,” or jigsawing guitars on but the fractured glitch of the music and other- THE TEXAS GENTLEMEN / PAUL THORN “Xtra,” L.A. native Jared Lee traverses low- worldly alienness of the vocals keep easy acces- bass funk, distorted rock, bubbling pop, sibility at bay. The masked Buenos Aires group and everything in between on 2017’s Xtra favors lushly camouflaged melodics, with new Ugly mixtape, taking cues from oddball single “Portal” portending a third album. JESSE DAYTON / LARKIN POE / JEFF PLANKENHORN visionaries Outkast and N.E.R.D. – Michael Toland

Kemba TASHA THE AMAZON Sat. 17, the Main II, SUZANNA CHOFFEL / CHELSEA WILLIAMS Sat. 17, Empire Control Room, 10:15pm 1am Natasha Schumann boasts the best of both Breaking out via a viral freestyle on HOT worlds. Fearless lyricist, she’s also a diligent pro- 97’s Real Late with Peter Rosenberg and ducer creating jarring, electronic hip-hop. Nothing CARSON MCHONE / FIELD REPORT gaining Kendrick Lamar’s stamp of prim and proper about the Canadian rapper, her approval, Matthew Jefferson (fka YC the lyrics offering a KO punch on 2016 EP Die Every Cynic) flows nimbly with politically charged Day, which was nominated for a Juno Award for shots. A trip to Ferguson inspired the Rap Recording of the Year. – Alejandra Ramirez RED SHAHAN / LEY LINE / SYDNEY WRIGHT Bronx native’s 2017 disc Negus. TAWINGS Thu. 15, Maggie Mae’s, 8pm; Sat. Homeboy Sandman 17, Hotel Vegas at Volstead, 9:15pm A dis- & SURPRISE GUESTS! Sat. 17, Plush, 1am sonant blend of brainy instrumentation, angular Angel Del Villar II is a rapper’s rapper. guitars, throbbing bass, and girl gang vocals, From 2007 debut Nourishment (Second Tokyo fourpiece Tawings counts only one two- Helpings) to last year’s Veins, the Queens track release. “Listerine” is a barbed blur clock- MC never falters on proudly arrogant flows ing in at under two minutes, piercing guitars flit- and technical wordplay. The Stones Throw ting in and out, while the other half of the demo, signee brings his A-game every set. “Dad Cry,” chugs Sixties surf. – Libby Webster

Miss Eaves TIJUANA BIBLES Wed. 14, Hotel Vegas Sat. 17, Cheer Up Charlies Inside, 1am Annex, 7:45pm; Fri. 16, 720 Club, 10pm Not to Brooklyn’s Shanthony Exum throws the be confused with the Canadian trash-rock act, this middle finger to the patriarchy under grimy Glaswegian quartet’s post-punk pocket novellas synths and oscillating beats. She goes from brim with oversaturated emotion. Alternating celebrating women of all shapes and sizes between icy broods and fiery screams, frontman in banger “Thunder Thighs” to turning the Tony Costello channels the darkened high drama male gaze on its head on “Fuccboi Salute,” of Nick Cave and Peter Murphy against a backdrop and giving instruction on masturbatory ode of sexy-bleak riffage. – Greg Beets “Hump Day” from last year’s Feminasty. W E S T G A T E

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The Marías Sports Wed. 14, Radio Day Stage, Austin Wed. 14, Sidewinder Inside, 11:50pm Convention Center, noon; Thu. 15, BY ISABELLA CASTRO-COTA Oklahoma dream-pop trio Sports sounds nothing PRIORITY POP Palm Door on Sixth, 8:10pm; Fri. 16, like the denotation behind their moniker. Their Mohawk Outside, 11pm Eighties indie grooves come courtesy of brothers L.A. couple Maria and Josh Conway Jacob and Christian Theriot on bass and guitar, and embody the vintage glamour of their Cale Chronister’s low, breathy vocals. 2015’s Naked home base on debut EP Superclean All the Time and 2016’s People Can’t Stop Chillin Vol I. Psychedelic soul (“Only in My reverb moody and abundant summer vibes. Dreams”) and seductive dream-pop (“Basta Ya”) are cast together by Porches Maria’s siren voice and a slew of Wed. 14, Barracuda Backyard, 12:05am horns, disco, and jazzy beats. Aaron Maine utilizes Porches as a vehicle for satisfying homemade pop. 2013 debut Slow Dance Kelela in the Cosmos plays more indie rock, a stretch from Wed. 14, Gatsby, 10pm 2016 records Pool and Water, which lean toward the D.C. native Kelela Mizanekristos electronica that led to the simple, softhearted beats defines a postgenre world. 2013’s that characterize this year’s long player The House. Cut 4 Me is dark electronic with loopy beats, 2015’s Hallucinogen lights Cuco otherworldly R&B, and last year’s Thu. 15, Banger’s, 10pm; Fri. 16, Take Me Apart synthesizes both into Mohawk Outside, 12mid sultry electro-pop existing in The thing about Omar Banos, he’s acing bedrooms (“Turn to Dust”) and dance emotional ballads in a culture that continually halls (“LMK”). places machismo on the forefront, that resistance packaged in glittery dream-pop. The 19-year-old Gus Dapperton Angeleno’s lush synth waves and trumpet create a Wed. 14, Sidewinder, 9:50pm; Thu. bubble of surrealism with tinges of Tame Impala, 15, Friends, 1am; Fri. 16, Javelina, seamlessly weaving Spanish and English into 1am journal love of the 21st century. Before SoundCloud housed rappers like Lil Xan and Lil Peep, it planted indie dream-pop voices like Gus Khalid Thu. 15, Trinity Warehouse, 12mid Dapperton. Playful and unassuming, On 2017 debut American Teen, Khalid Robinson the New Yorker projects his dreams snagged A-list collabos Calvin Harris, Future, and into a playground of bubbly Kendrick Lamar, nabbed three Grammy noms, and production. 2017 EP Yellow and Such sold out tours. The Georgia-born El Paso rep, 20, and this year’s You Think You’re a generates a new pop/R&B hybrid celebrating youth Comic! exude cheeky, feel-good vibes. Lola Marsh Living Hour and the spectrum of emotions that accompany it. Tue. 13, Blackheart, 9pm; Thu. 15, Maggie Mae’s, Tue. 13, Javelina, 11pm Tennis 11pm; Sat. 17, International Day Stage, Austin This Winnipeg outfit’s Wed. 14, Lustre Pearl, 10pm Hot Flash Heat Wave Sat. 17, Velveeta Room, 1am Convention Center, 1pm eponymous 2016 debut is ambient Tennis rides the wave of musical This Cali fourpiece traffics in cheeky hooks and Israeli duo Yael Shoshana Cohen and Gil Landau and echoey, each song floating into couples that actually work. Since distorted guitar recalling Weezer if they were enter new pop territory through the former’s deep, the next almost indiscernibly. This 2011 debut Cape Dory, the Denver lathered in synth. 2015 debut LP Neapolitan is earthy vocals and the latter’s folk soundscape of year’s EP offers more love-soaked duo reanimated Seventies pop colorful garage rock, a sound seeped through 2017 whistles and ukulele. On their 2017 EP, Cohen’s tone melodies and smoky pop nostalgia. Last year’s We Can Die follow-up Soaked. Even so, the latter takes root in recalls Lana Del Rey but Landau’s airy instrumentation psychedelia set aflame by singer Happy EP pulls out wistful disco for a cleaner, brighter instrumentation, opening up their prompts it to a cinematic stage. Sam Sarty. story about the darker side of love. tales of young love.

99 LUFTBALLOONS T-Y KEITH URBAN Fri. 16, Stubb’s, 11pm Second VICTIM MENTALITY Thu. 15, Dirty Dog WSTRN Thu. 15, the Main II, 10:45pm Wstrn’s only to Nashville, Austin isn’t thought of as a C&W Bar, 9pm From the teased glam hair, speed-fire irresistible 2015 single “In2” turned a Top 5 UK TOTALLY MILD Thu. 15, Cooper’s BBQ, 8pm; hotbed and neither is SXSW. The latter perception guitar solos, and Eighties metal leather, Victim hit, but the following year saw key member Akelle Fri. 16, Lucille, 8pm Curating a retro, dream-pop now modifies as the conference follows up a Garth Mentality deliver on debut Heavy Metal Is Back. Charles imprisoned for his role in a particularly landscape since 2015 debut Down Time, Australian Brooks free-for-all at Auditorium Shores last year Built on Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, they’re savage assault. Now a duo, sweet-voiced West quartet Totally Mild trickles textures carried by with a far more intimate showcase by the Kiwi pop veterans of the South Korean scene. Londoners Haile and Louis Rei remain marvels at Elizabeth Mitchell’s delicate soprano. This year’s superstar. Having notched No. 1 country hits since – Alejandra Ramirez crafting lovey urban R&B with strong hip-hop and Her loses some of the fuzz and opts for a crisper 1991, Urban preps 10th studio LP Graffiti U for a dancehall influences. – Kevin Curtin tone, positioning Mitchell’s voice in the center world tour beginning in St. Louis on June 15. spotlight. – Isabella Castro-Cota MARLON WILLIAMS Wed. 14, Palm Door – Raoul Hernandez on Sixth Patio, 12:45am; Thu. 15, Barracuda XIAOXIA, MR. ASBO, SOULSPEAK PLAY Backyard, 10:50pm Marlon Williams’ crystalline You’ve like- Fri. 16, BD Riley’s, 12mid; Sat. GUQIN Thu. 15, 3ten ACL Live, 8pm TRUPA TRUPA VACATIONS Tue. 13, 720 Club, 10pm Sun- croon turned down country and folk roads on his ly heard a guqin, but don’t know it. The fretless, 17, Seven Grand, 1am Gdansk quartet Trupa Trupa kissed melodies, jangly reverb struts, and lacka- eponymous 2015 solo debut, but February fol- seven-stringed acoustic instrument resembles made inroads on the U.S. market last year when its daisical surf-rock rhythms all skip in Vacations’ low-up Make Way for Love pitches his swooning 2017 sophomore disc Jolly New Songs landed on a pedal steel and has soundtracked countless beach stroll. The Australian foursome glide range into the natural territory of torch ballads. Chinese period films. It’ll be turned on its head by a Newsweek best-of list. Haunting, atmospheric, through greasy guitar slides and laconic choruses With strings and easy throwback pop melodies, with English lyrics, the Poles boast “elements of a virtuoso of the instrument teamed with a pair of on 2015 debut Days, and master a crossover the New Zealand songwriter settles somewhere electronic musicians who’ll sample it live, resulting Sigur Ros and Radiohead,” according to Rolling between the sleepy rhythms of Mac DeMarco and between Roy Orbison and Richard Hawley. Stone great David Fricke, “but even darker.” in the type of one-night-only cross-cultural expe- the melodic Beach Fossils on Vibes (2016). – Doug Freeman rience that only happens at SXSW. – Dan Gentile – Raoul Hernandez – Alejandra Ramirez

42 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com I’M LUCKY, I SLEEP YAHYEL Wed. 14, REALLY WELL. International Day Stage, THAT WAS ONE Austin Convention Center, 4pm; Thu. 15, Maggie OF THE STARTING Mae’s, 1am; Sat. 17, Elysium, POINTS FOR THIS 12mid An English-speaking PROJECT. WE’RE electro-pop band from Tokyo, CHRONICALLY Yahyel released their first EP, the critically acclaimed Y, in SLEEP-DEPRIVED 2015 with the founding trio of AS A CULTURE. Ikegai, Shinoda, and Sugimoto. Another extended play, Fool/ Midnight Run, arrived 10 months later just before the addition of Kento Yamada and Kazuki Ooi. 2018’s Human fuses emotive lyrics with bouncy synths. – Kahron Spearman YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN Wed. 14, Dirty Dog Bar, 11:25pm; Thu. 15, Hotel Vegas Patio, 7:55pm; Fri. 16, Swan Dive, 1am This multi-modal Canadian avant- rock collective frequently overwhelms the senses with epic instrumental bombast, Max Richter MON. 12, BASS CONCERT HALL, 11:30PM-8AM deeply emotive vocals, and stunning visual accompani- In his debut SXSW performance, contempo- MR: I’m lucky, I sleep really well. That was one of tion about how music and sleep fit together. ment. Founded in Montreal by rary classical polymath and Englishman Max the starting points for this project. We’re chroni- AC: How have people responded? vocalist Ruby Kato Attwood Richter, 51, performs Sleep, an eight-hour orches- cally sleep-deprived as a culture. We’re constant- MR: You get hardcore folks who turn up at mid- and drummer Alaska B, the tral composition played overnight to an audi- ly on. I wanted to create a piece that functions night, go to sleep, and wake up at dawn. Or they ensemble builds aural moun- ence lying in actual beds. like a psychological holiday from the 24/7 data sit there all night listening. Most people do both, tains out of metal, folk, and blizzard, like a big pause button. they walk around, wake up, snore. It’s a bit egali- theatricality, informing the Austin Chronicle: What’s a film score that would AC: What size bed do you have? tarian. I think of it as an invitation to go on a noise with indigenous culture, be a good entry point for your music? MR: A really big bed! Whatever the super king- journey, to reflect and think about the big stuff, Buddhist philosophy, and Max Richter: Probably The Leftovers. It’s an size is. which we don’t get a chance to do much these queer theory. Dirt, their first amazing show. Aside from that, my first score, AC: Sleep isn’t as drone-y as some people might days. We’re so busy and everyone is so saturated album in five years, arrives this Waltz With Bashir, an animated documentary expect. How did you conceive the piece? with information, it’s incredibly satisfying to month. – Greg Beets from Israel. MR: There’s different ways to approach music for stop and listen. – Dan Gentile AC: You seem like a busy guy. How many hours of sleeping. Things like white noise are functional, See extended interview online at sleep do you get a night? like a lullaby. This is more like an inquiry, a ques- austinchronicle.com/music/daily.

austinchronicle.com GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE 43 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW FILM 2018 SXSW FILM REVIEWS 2018 BLOOD FEST Midnighters, World Premiere Austin’s Rooster Teeth is a powerhouse for web culture, a mass producer of online videos ranging from gameplay commentaries to animated web series. A handful of years ago, the studio branched out to feature- length films, and their latest is Blood Fest. Blood Fest is the name of a Renaissance-faire-style horror festival – a secluded, outdoor gathering for the world’s largest gorehounds. Dax (Robbie Kay) has been obsessed with horror ever since his mom was murdered on Halloween night while they were watching the original Dracula. His father (Tate Donovan), on the other hand, despises horror and forbids him from going to a festival that mindlessly celebrates gratuitous violence. So, natural- ly, Dax finds a way to Blood Fest, without his dad’s permission. Directed by local Austinite and horror enthusiast Owen Egerton, the film doesn’t come without its setbacks. It’s a formulaic Nurture vs. Bloody Nature meta-horror movie that for most of its run time tries too hard, but there’s a sincer- THE COSTS OF BEING YOURSELF IN WILDLING ity about the movie that keeps it zipping BY RICHARD WHITTAKER along. When Blood Fest takes a step back, there are shining moments that are genu- To modern eyes, “Little Red Riding Hood” An American Werewolf in London, Ginger Homo sapiens like to build cities and roads inely funny. The video store banter (located is a metaphor for burgeoning sexuality, but Snaps – and instead at less conventional everywhere, and their habitat gets smaller at Vulcan Video’s former North Austin when it was first told in the thick, shadow- stories of otherness. “In these movies, there and smaller.” location) between Dax, Sam (Seychelle cloaked forests of Central Europe, the wolf at is something truly irreversible about the Böhm has gone through a major life Gabriel), and Krill (Jacob Batalon) is the door was very real. Sometimes a wolf is transformation that happens. Like the girl in change of his own. The German-born direc- upbeat and cute, and the opening scene just a wolf, and that’s a sharp-fanged truth of Let the Right One In, she can’t choose to be tor had established a successful career as a between young Dax and his mom is sicken- Wildling; yet that does not mean there human. She is a vampire, and there is no way producer and production manager in his ingly sweet, but charmingly so. These brief should be no empathy for the monster. “We back. In Black Swan, there’s something irre- homeland, before moving to the U.S. in 2013. moments sprinkled throughout make up don’t necessarily respect the others,” writer/ versible about that transformation. It’s not Oddly, he had been stymied in the land of the slightly for the times when a gag runs lon- director Fritz Böhm said. “Whether they’re like Natalie Portman only becomes the black Brothers Grimm in his attempts to make a ger than it’s welcomed, like when Chuck’s other people, whether they’re wild animals, swan at night. She’s gradually, slowly trans- horror-tinged drama. “It’s not like I didn’t try Zachary Levi makes a cameo appearance. we tend to be suspicious toward everything forming, and there’s no way back.” to get my directorial debut done in Germany,” But Blood Fest will find a place to that is different, and sometimes we become he said, “But I found it very hard to get a thrive, and that’s in the online space. It’s very brutal about it.” NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT project off the ground in the German market GIF-able, and it winks enough at its core Böhm’s attraction to the beast in the dark Wildling that had fantasy aspects to it.” audience to satisfy. However, for those began in childhood. “It came from my mom Thursday, March 15, 12:30pm, Paramount There are genre films being made there, who don’t know who supporting actress reading so many fairy tales to me as a kid,” he like 2008’s Krabat and the Legend of the Barbara Dunkelman is, or why it’s so funny said. “I just always found myself drawn to the Böhm is not the first filmmaker to link Satanic Mill, on which Böhm served as post- that a group of gamers are stuck in a room bad guys, Rumpelstiltskin or the Snow Queen, monstrous transfiguration to puberty – both production supervisor (“My first paid gig,” playing a computer game that controls the because their stories were so much more are about the body in rebellion. However, he said proudly), “but most of the movies park’s zombies, you might get lost. heartbreaking than that of the actual heroes.” this is a reversal of the trope of lycanthropy that my colleagues over there make are – Jenny Nulf The monster in Wildling is Anna (English as a metaphor for adolescence. Instead, either comedies, or really realistic social Friday, March 16, 8:45pm, AFS Cinema actress Bel Powley), raised in total isolation Böhm saw the universality of that teen trans- dramas, because those are the popular by the mysterious Daddy (horror icon Brad formation as empathetically connecting genres in Germany. So you come to the Dourif). Inevitably, the world, and Anna’s audiences with Anna’s plight. “You can’t go potential financier with the idea of a girl true lycanthropic nature, cannot be kept at through puberty, and decide to reverse it,” he who transforms into a creature, and they’re bay. Yet Anna is not the typical teen wolf. said. “There’s a biological force behind it.” like, ‘Uh, we don’t know, that seems pretty Böhm said, “I wanted to keep away from all Yet while puberty is how audiences can far out there.’” the typical tropes, like magical amulets and empathize with Anna’s changes, for Böhm By comparison, “When I came to the U.S., full moon transformations and silver bullets, it’s also an insight into those others. “I’m a I found there was much greater openness to so more and more I started to create my own huge animal lover,” he said, “and I always these kind of stories.” Even he’s not sure why. mythology around this.” thought of what happens with wolves in the “Maybe it’s just that it’s a younger culture, That’s why he looked away from the stal- wild, how they get pushed back by civiliza- and movies and fantasy are such a huge part warts of the werewolf canon – The Wolf Man, tion, and their numbers dwindle because us of it.” n

44 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com employment. When one of the waitresses runs into legal trouble, Lisa organizes a benefit car All wash to help with the cost. But the bar’s owner RockinNight wants nothing to do with it and tries to shut it Long down. Lisa and waitresses Danyelle (Shayna Austin McHayle) and Maci (Haley Lu Richardson) band together to try to get their friend the money she needs and to get Lisa through a bad day that keeps getting worse. The film has just the right amount of puns and playful wordplay. (At one point Danyelle calls Lisa “the wind beneath her buffalo wings.”) And the addition of a trucker- hat-donning Lea DeLaria (Orange Is the New Black) as Bobo, their favorite customer and hero collaborator – undertakes this inquiry at a time SUPPORT THE GIRLS when the men get gross, highlights the central when the debate over artificial intelligence is Narrative Spotlight, World Premiere theme of the film: women empowering and entering the mainstream. There are over 40 A dude setting a feminist comedy in a sexy protecting women. The plot takes a backseat panels and sessions relating to AI at SXSW sports bar? Bold move. Titling it with a bra to the dialogue, leaving the focus on character 2018, so Pallotta and Wolting’s film lands at joke? Bolder. But Austin writer/director Andrew development − especially between Lisa and an opportune time. The duo avoids the apoca- ude Girls! Bujalski’s new comedy, Support the Girls, does Danyelle. It also lets the actors’ comedic lyptic or utopian visions promised by critics ive N it. It delivers a glimpse into the complex lives chops shine. – Ashley Moreno and proponents of AI research, instead favor- L of working-class American women … along Friday, March 16, 7pm, Alamo Ritz; Saturday, ing a grounded approach to examining human with a couple good butt jokes. March 17, 11:30am, Alamo South Lamar identity in a world full of supermachines. Support the Girls centers on Lisa (Regina Hall) Although the film does not shy away from

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sure that he would not come because through those years, I received so many propositions, and I denied all of them. It was American TV, Israeli TV, some Russian show, and I From Russia With Subs denied everybody, even German TV. When I first spoke to Tiller, I really didn’t like him at first, he was very pushy. He THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUE TALE OF SUBMARINE SMUGGLING IN OPERATION ODESSA was very right to the point. I was not ready for that. So I said BY MOISÉS CHIULLÁN get yourself to this prison, maybe we can talk. Two weeks pass by, and I’m called to the office of the direc- Ever hear the one about the time a Russian gangster, a tor of the prison. I go, “The director of the prison wants to talk Miami playboy, and a Cuban spy conspired to sell a Russian to me … strange.” I go to the office of the director, and I see all submarine to a Colombian drug cartel? It’s no joke. Operation this lighting. I see three cameras, the crew, and then this little Odessa tells a true-crime story that is so surreal, you’ll swear guy Tiller running around telling me, “Oh, Tarzan, I’m so that it must be fiction, even as photos, video, and recorded happy to meet you, I came all this way” and I go “Whoa whoa tape corroborate the multi-perspective story being told. whoa, I’m glad you came here, but I didn’t know that you were In 1997, the story was front-page news across the globe, and planning to film me, and I’m not ready to talk to you yet.” now it returns with a SXSW world premiere before debuting For two hours, he was talking to me, trying to convince on Showtime on March 31. Director Tiller Russell has crossed me, and I told Tiller, “No, I’m still not ready, I’m still in jail, multiple continents to not only tell the stories of all three I still don’t know who you are.” He was trying to tell me, accused criminals, but also the DEA Special Agents, U.S. “Look Tarzan, I brought $10,000 for you hidden in my Marshals, and U.S. attorneys who worked the case. His cen- underwear, I almost died to tral subject is the larger-than-life Ludwig “Tarzan” Fainberg, bring this money to the prison.” a Russian migrant who went from mob enforcer to smuggler DOCUMENTARY You know what it is in prison, trying to simultaneously cross the DEA, Colombian cartels, SPOTLIGHT $10,000? You can BUY a prison and the Russian mob with his friends. in Panama for that money. I Operation Odessa denied and said “No.” He was Friday, March 16, 7:45pm, after me for two years. He was Austin Chronicle: At what point did this story grab you? Alamo Ritz Tiller Russell: About seven or eight years ago, I was working persistent, and I tell you, if it with the producers on another project. I had followed Tarzan’s weren’t for Tiller, this story story for a long time, and I thought to myself, “This has got to Tiller, and I want to tell your story.” And Tarzan says, “OK, would not have come up. He provoked me to tell my story, be one of the most amazing true-crime capers of the last 25 you come down here, smuggle yourself into this prison, and and I love the guy. years,” but nobody had really gotten the whole story. So, I we’ll see what happens.” That’s how it began. TR: This was after he did a jailbreak from the Panamanian talked to a narc at the DEA who gave me a tip. “There’s this AC: Tarzan, why were you immediately receptive to this guy prison and crossed into Costa Rica, went to Cuba, and then guy Tarzan, he’s in this Panamanian prison, [and] he’s got a who figured out how to get in touch with you? got repatriated in Moscow. Once he got back to Moscow, he Blackberry.” He gave me Tarzan’s cell phone number. I called Ludwig “Tarzan” Fainberg: You know, first of all, it was not hit me back and went, “I’m out, it’s on, get over here.” And him, he answers and says, “This is Tarzan,” and I go, “This is immediate. It was a strange situation, this guy calling. I was so it went.

ded the plant is in Mexican culture. For many extracting masks or wigs from her southern CONTINUED FROM P.45 SXSW 2018 FILM REVIEWS Mexicans, and especially those that produce orifices, which she then dons in a kind of camera, recognize facial and speech patterns agave-based spirits, they are more than just backward striptease. and to interview subjects. The film culminates drinks, but a part of their identity, rooted in Indeed, the unabashed erotics and nudity in a final test of the system, in which Pallotta the soil. – Dan Gentile of Narcissister’s performances are wholly is interviewed – fully autonomously – by the Wednesday, March 14, 11am, Stateside; vulnerable and perhaps unsettling. However, Cambot. The project yields surprising results Saturday, March 17, 2:15pm, Alamo Ritz Narcissister’s personal recollections of and serves as the backbone to the film’s her childhood and her mother’s body and overarching exploration of AI, as well as an NARCISSISTER childhood feel decidedly more intimate. illustration of what makes humans unique. ORGAN PLAYER Interweaving family photographs, audio inter- More Human Than Human can’t predict Festival Favorites views, video diaries of her mother (which were what will happen to civilization when artificial At the outset of Narcissister Organ Player, shot by her brother long before the project), inevitably surpasses human intelligence, but performance artist (and director/subject) and her own performances, Narcissister Organ what it can do – and what it does with pro- Narcissister proclaims she’s only been sure Player positions the provocateur’s work within found effectiveness – is reassure audiences of two callings in life: her role as a dutiful her family’s narrative in such a way that it not that we should not take our humanity for goes into each margarita. Overhead drone daughter and her work as an artist. only illuminates her art but also furthers her granted. – Austin Sanders shots contrast rows of blue agave plants A “hybrid performance/documentary film,” family’s story. Thursday, March 15, 6pm, Alamo South Lamar against the desert landscape, with workers Narcissister’s first feature film examines For Narcissister, it seems that we carry our looking small like ants in the endless fields. how her knotty family history – particularly parents’ childhoods and histories (and their AGAVE: THE SPIRIT Tequila’s boom and bust cycles put incred- her relationship with her mother – influenced parents’ as well) inside of our bodies; eternal OF A NATION ible stress on the land (exports have tripled her creation of the masked persona that wellsprings for creativity. Documentary Spotlight, World Premiere over the past five years), with either a feast is Narcissister. As the film reveals, it’s as Still, Narcissister Organ Player draws a line Once relegated to shot glasses and spring or famine of plants to harvest, and directors nuanced as one might think for a perfor- between exploring the character and expos- break, agave-based liquor has been elevated Nicholas Kovacic and Matthew Riggieri’s lov- mance artist whose work often features her ing the real individual. Narcissister’s tattooed to the top shelf. Tequila and mezcal are ing camerawork turn the humble cactus into a fingers censor or only offer half-glimpses of appreciated with the same nuance as bour- sympathetic character. her face in family photographs. This tension bon or Scotch, but most consumers are still But the agave is just half the story. An old between masked and unmasked is central in the dark about how a cactus becomes an saying goes, for everything good there is mez- to Narcissister’s modus operandi: She’s elixir and just how important it is to the com- cal, and for everything bad there is mezcal. never without her masks and wigs (even munities that harvest it. By weaving together the histories of several wearing them during the post-premiere Q&A). Agave: The Spirit of a Nation shows the different producing families, the documentary Narcissister Organ Player, then, above all, plant to be much more than raw material. shows the personal connection between the is itself a Narcissister work – an enigmatic The documentary highlights family producers people and the plant. There’s a reverence performance (and performer) that thrives in in Jalisco and Oaxaca whose lives revolve for the hard manual labor involved; the pro- absurdity yet isn’t afraid to play with senti- around the plant. With strikingly beautiful cin- cess almost seems more important than the mentality. – Beth Sullivan Wednesday, March 14, 1:30pm, Alamo Ritz ematography, it celebrates the hard labor that product, which speaks to just how embed-

46 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com Will Elliott, Nick Rutherford, and Kirk Johnson, ZOEY GROSSMAN the team behind SXSW troilism comedy The Unicorn

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Ever felt like you’re trapped in the old Not that any of the team have ever had a “Who’s on first?” sketch? When all three threesome. Elliott said, “We’re all just too members of the scripting team behind The nerdy. … It’s just one more person in the bed Unicorn are on the phone, it’s a tumble of one- to disappoint.” liners and one-upmanship, and it can be hard However, Johnson added, “I’ve had awk- to tell them apart. Will Elliott said it’s easy to ward enough sexual encounters to extrapo- recognize when star and co-writer Nick late, and use that sense memory to imagine Rutherford is speaking “because it’s a very what a threesome would be like.” high, boylike voice, and he’s always insulting.” What they created is a fully clothed sex “And you can tell when Will’s speaking,” comedy (at least on the screen: During writ- replied Rutherford, “because nothing inter- ing, Rutherford said, “There was a lot of me esting will be said.” taking it out and saying, ‘Does this look OK to The trio have all undergone some geo- you guys? Should I be concerned?’ and them graphic dislocation. As Beef & Sage, Elliott reminding me that we had a lot of work to and third writer Kirk Johnson were main- do.”) That was a big change from the Nineties stays of Austin’s video humor avant-garde, American Pie-emulating raunchfests that but they moved to Los Angeles in 2015. they grew up watching. Those, Rutherford Meanwhile Californian Rutherford (a former said, were about “what kind of weird thing Saturday Night Live writer and a co-founder can I stick my wiener in, and how can I spy on with Kyle Mooney of the Good girls, and our movie was always Neighbor sketch comedy NARRATIVE FEATURE going to be more about the rela- group) is now an honorary COMPETITION tionship ramifications of trying to Austinite, appearing in two do this with the person that you projects from local online con- The Unicorn love, rather than, what zany tent empire Rooster Teeth: Wednesday, hijinks can they get into?” March 14, 3:15pm, Crunch Time, and the SXSW Alamo South Lamar He described the writing expe- 2018 Midnighter Blood Fest. rience as surprisingly smooth. “I’d And even with all that creative talent, it was pace around with a Scotch and a cigar, and I the fourth member of the writing team, director would dictate to Kirk, who would type, and Robert Schwartzman, who came up with the Will would change the printer ribbon when- original idea, based on a real-life experience. ever it needed to be changed out.” Rutherford said, “Him and his now-wife were Elliott chimed in: “I’m still expecting to go approached by this woman at a bar, and she was to the screening on Saturday, and Kirk and hitting on him. He was like, ‘Oh, I’m engaged, I’s names will be removed, and Nick will have and this is my fiancée,’ and the girl was like, ‘Oh, pulled some WGA shit on us.” I don’t care. I’m a unicorn. I’m into her too.’” “I lobbied for that every day,” Rutherford That close encounter became the story of replied, but the reality was a little more chill. Caleb (Rutherford) and his longtime fiancée “The four of us just outlined it very casually, Malory (Lauren Lapkus) as they have their where we wanted it to go, and when it came own near-misses with a threesome, in a night to the actual scripting, the three of us would of misread cues, awkward experimentation, get together and really beat out the outline.” and some uncomfortable persona realiza- And even another collaboration off the tions. Rutherford said, “What drives you to table, with Elliott ready with an elevator pursue a threesome, and what does that say pitch for a sequel. “Our next project is about about your relationship?” someone attempting a onesome.” n

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50 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE GUIDE TO SXSW 2018 austinchronicle.com 10) THREADGILL’S Since its 1933 origin as 19) CHI’LANTRO Home to the original kim- a popular beer joint, Threadgill’s brings together chi fries, this Mexican-Korean fusion food place vagabond musicians and Southern food. Try their curbs more than one craving at a time. famous chicken-fried steak. 301 W. Riverside, 823 Congress, www.chilantrobbq.com www.threadgills.com 20) VINCE YOUNG STEAKHOUSE 11) EMMER & RYE This charming place Locally owned and operated, this is one of the has dim sum service and seasonal farm-to-table finer dining options – filet mignon, prime rib shareable plates featuring heirloom grains. eye, and brown sugar roasted salmon. They’ve 51 Rainey #110, www.emmerandrye.com got cigars, too. 301 San Jacinto, www.vinceyoungsteakhouse.com 12) LUCKY ROBOT From edamame to sea- weed, this is a healthy but hearty option, especially 21) BOILER NINE BAR + GRILL for those looking to keep things light or vegetarian. Integrated into the old Seaholm Power Plant, 1303 S. Congress, www.luckyrobotrestaurant.com enjoy their cocktails or wood-fire roasted items like noodles, sandwiches, and grilled brisket. 13) MOONSHINE PATIO BAR & 800 W. Cesar Chavez, www.boilernine.com GRILL With special SXSW brunch hours, they’re comfort-food-centric with chicken & waf- 22) GERALDINE’S Located in the Hotel fles, shrimp & grits, and signature skillet apple Van Zandt, this trendy restaurant is named after pie. 303 Red River, www.moonshinegrill.com Rainey Street’s famous former resident guinea fowl, Geraldine. Shrimp hush puppies, y’all. 14) CLAY PIT The Clay Pit brings a range of 605 Davis, www.geraldinesaustin.com Indian flavors with naan dishes, curry creations, and tandoor plates. 1601 Guadalupe, www.claypit.com 23) BACKYARD AT WALLER CREEK Enjoy a Yardbird sandwich and a 15) FRANK These aren’t your average back- cocktail while you soak up some vitamin D on the yard grill-style hot dogs. Frank elevates house- lawn. 701 E. 11th, www.backyardbaraustin.com made franks with ingredients like smoked ante- lope, rabbit, and smoked alligator. 407 Colorado, 24) FLOWER CHILD For a healthier option, www.hotdogscoldbeer.com Flower Child’s fresh lemonade, organic wine, sal- ads, and bowls served in a serene, natural envi- 16) SCHOLZ GARTEN This historic bier- ronment are the perfect stop. 500 W. Second, garten serves bratwurst, German currywurst, and www.iamaflowerchild.com more beers than you need. Check out the enormous patio. 1607 San Jacinto, www.scholzgarten.com 25) NORTH ITALIA One of the latest addi- tions to the Downtown roster, here’s a streamlined 17) AUSTIN JAVA Come early, stay late, Italian spot with prosciutto bruschetta, wood-fired and enjoy locally roasted coffee, a full bar, stacks pizza, and seared scallops with Parmesan risotto. of chocolate chip pancakes, and a taste of Spicy 500 W. Second, www.northitaliarestaurant.com African peanut soup. 301 W. Second, www.austinjava.com 26) HOUNDSTOOTH COFFEE Find The Austin Chronicle them in the Frost Bank Tower, or at the easy- is your source for all things SXSW, 18) EL NARANJO A sophisticated window access special SXSW Interactive patio coffee from breaking news and interviews to to Mexican cuisine, their moles bring a special bar. They’ve also got specialty drinks such as

elegance to the menu, while their appetizers and the SXSW Lavender 9 Iron. 401 Congress, red carpet coverage and insider tips. smaller plates like the guacamole and empanadas www.houndstoothcoffee.com bring the simple deliciousness of everyday Mexican

dishes. 85 Rainey, www.elnaranjo-restaurant.com 27) WU CHOW Reppin’ eight styles of Chinese cuisine and craveworthy dim sum, this lovely dining option has dishes like tangerine peel beef and honey pecan Gulf prawns. 500 W. Fifth, www.wuchowaustin.com 2018

28) KEMURI TATSU-YA From the famed Ramen Tatsu-ya team, this Texas-influenced Japanese izakaya specializes in smoked meats, yakitori, and ramen, with a special menu of oddball beauties. We’re very proud of this one. 2713 E. Second, www.kemuri-tatsuya.com

29) LE POLITIQUE Open since last fall, this bright brasserie, patisserie, and coffee shop marries classic French cuisine with a gorgeous raw seafood bar, and serves croissants that deserve handwritten love letters. 110 San Antonio, INSIDE AND OUT www.lepolitiqueaustin.com

30) CHEZ NOUS For more than three decades, three friends have been providing JOHN ANDERSON Downtown with an oasis filled with authentic French cuisine. 510 Neches, www.cheznousaustin.com Geraldine’s Sign up for our digital daily editions austinchronicle.com/sxsw

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