SXSW madness starting with a (all ages!) bang!

My first recommendation for the official start of SXSW, Tuesday March 17th would be the lovely all-ages Terrorbird/Force Field Day party.

Highlights include chillwave (bear with me, it really is a genre) artists Toro Y Moi. Toro Y Moi aka Chaz Bundick made it to Texas A&M University last semester with a great set for MSC Town Hall's Lunch Box Concert series and has been winning audiences over with his sublime vocals that drip and drop over lusciously layered beats that gurgle with soul. Check out his debut full-length album here.

Neon Indian has made a name for himself with the same sort of 8-bit-meets-morphine-and-molasses type of electronic sound. They have been featured at festivals all around the nation (ACL, Funfunfunfest, Bonaroo '10) and should be breaking into the rest of America's eardrums soon after their SXSW domination. Check out their great debut album here.

The Rural Alberta Advantage play perfect indie-folk jams. Throw in some xylaphone, some one-and-two-and electro beats sparringly along with songs reminiscent of the places we came to love and cherish growing up and you've got yourself a bonafied SXSW breakthrough artist. Check out their stunning album, Hometowns, here.


If you're not sure who Real Estate is, then for God sakes scroll down about half-way and check out the post about them on this blog earlier in the year. Think bonfire on the beach with your best friends and a couple guitars to get the idea of the vibe these guys convey (60's california, not 00's O.C.). Check it here.

Those Darlins from Tennessee are an amalgamation of jingle-jangled whiskey-tinged breath along with 60's girl pop jams. But much more of the former. Outlaw country tunes sung by twenty-something year old girls doesn't get any better than this. Song matter includes: drunk biking, broken hearts, country cookin' and good ol' honkeytonkin'! Check it out here.


Oh yea... forgot to mention the FREE BEER for those of age.


Terrorbird / Force Field Day Party
Toro Y Moi, Neon Indian, Real Estate, The Rural Alberta Advantage, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Matias Aguayo, Those Darlins, Beach Fossils, Oh No Ono, Choir of Young Believers, The Fresh & Onlys, Frankie Rose and the Outs, Stricken City, Inlets, Ernest Gonzales, The Splinters at Red 7 [a] [m] [noon-6pm, free, all ages, free beer noon-2pm]
(from showlistaustin.com)