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Shore Fire's Guide To SXSW 2017

 

 

 

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Monday, March 13

 

Tuesday, March 14

 

Wednesday, March 15

 

Thursday, March 16

 

Friday, March 17

 

Saturday, March 18

 

(PLEASE NOTE: all shows and times are subject to change. Click here to read this guide online.)

Our SXSW Artists:

Ariana and the Rose
Press Kit w/ Photos | SoundCloud
Inspired by the nights of her adopted homes of London, NYC and LA, as well as the polar excitement of love and loss, the pop auteur showcases her evolution of dance-floor cool from her upcoming four-song EP 'Retrograde,' out March 24. These new songs feature production contributions from Tom Fuller, Me Not You and RKCB, and they orbit the same meticulous, metallic pop universe created by Robyn and Kate Bush.

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A2IM
Press Kit w/ Photos
A2IM is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit trade organization headquartered in New York City representing a broad coalition of over 400 Independently owned American music labels. The organization represents the interests of these independently owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the marketplace, in the media, on Capitol Hill and as part of the global music community. In doing so, it supports a key segment of America's creative class that represents America's diverse musical and cultural heritage.

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The Black Angels
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
"The Death March Tour" shows off the Austin psych-rock masters' signature menacing fuzz guitar and slow-building psychedelic earworms. The four-piece band created new album 'Death Song' (April 21 via Partisan) during the recent election cycle, reflecting an emotional climate dominated by division, anxiety and unease.

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BNQT
Press Kit w/ Photos | SoundCloud
Eric Pulido and other members of Midlake team with Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses), Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand), Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) and Fran Healy (Travis) to form this indie supergroup, or as Pulido puts it, "a poor man's version of the Traveling Wilburys!" Debut album 'Volume 1' comes out April 28 via Dualtone.

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Benjamin Booker
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
Booker's new album 'Witness' (June 2 via ATO) is his most ambitious work, delving deep into his passion for eccentric soul, R&B and blues. It draws on William Onyeabor's 70s African psych-rock, Freddie Gibbs and Pusha T, while never straying too far from the garage-punk intensity that made his self-titled 2014 debut a creative breakthrough. These 10 new, original tracks were all written by Booker, produced by Sam Cohen (Kevin Morby) and mixed by Shawn Everett (Alabama Shakes).

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Dams of the West
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Tomson takes his solo project on the road for the first time and plays songs from a debut album, 'Youngish American' (Columbia/30th Century Records), produced by the Black Keys' Pat Carney. Stereogum calls Tomson, who wrote and recorded all the instruments, "a clever and insightful songwriter overflowing with ideas," ideas that tackle early-30s ennui, domesticity and pretending to be Elvis.

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Danger Mouse
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
Brian Burton and his 30th Century Records label present the ambitious 'Resistance Radio: The Man In The High Castle Album' (April 7). Produced and created by Burton and Sam Cohen, 'Resistance Radio' is an imagined soundtrack to the Amazon Original Series, 'The Man In the High Castle' featuring Beck, Kelis, Norah Jones, The Shins, Angel Olsen, Benjamin Booker, Karen O and more covering songs from the show's early 1960s time period.

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Downtown Music Publishing's Joe Conyers
Press Kit w/ Photos
As Downtown's VP, Technology and VP/GM of Songtrust, Conyers is currently helping redefine music publishing through efforts focused on technology, product development and digital strategy with Downtown Music Publishing and Songtrust, two leaders in rights managment. Prior to entering the music publishing industry, he worked for both startups and for large technology, media and finance companies in strategy, product and analysis roles.

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Downtown Music Publishing's Andrew Sparkler
Press Kit w/ Photos
Sparkler is Downtown's SVP, Business Development, overseeing catalog acquisitions, digital partnerships and performing rights strategy, both domestically and abroad. Before joining Downtown, Sparkler served as VP and head of Business Affairs at ASCAP. Sparkler frequently writes and speaks on issues surrounding technology, publishing and performing rights. He received his law degree from the Fordham University School of Law and his undergraduate degree from Brown University.

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Electric Guest
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
The indie-pop duo is on its first North American tour in four years supporting new album 'Plural' (Downtown/Interscope). Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton's first album together in five years, recorded in their hometown LA, is the pair's most confident and fully realized blend of electronic, pop and R&B, with '80s synths, iPhone drum machines, Latin and Caribbean percussion and hidden touches from Joanna Newsom, HAIM and The Vaccines' Justin Young.

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Huka Entertainment's Evan Harrison
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
A versatile music industry veteran, Harrison is the CEO of Huka Entertainment, an independent creator & producer of large scale destination-location music festivals such as Pemberton Music Fest in British Columbia, and Tortuga Music Fest on the beach in Ft. Lauderdale. Harrison also has been recognized in Advertising Age's "Entertainment A-List," Details' "50 Most Powerful Men under 38," and New York Observer's "Power Punk" list. He has also been profiled in Billboard, Businessweek, Crains, The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times, Reuters, USA Today, Variety and The Wall Street Journal.

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Hurray for the Riff Raff
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
Guiding light Alynda Segarra performs songs off the group's latest album 'The Navigator' (ATO), a thrilling call to arms that finds itself at both a musical and cultural crossroads, delving deep into the worlds of Latin rhythms, searing rock and incisive ballads.

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Valerie June
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
The "unstoppable" (Rolling Stone) roots music trailblazer brings her "unique, stunning voice" (New Yorker) and mesmerizing new album 'The Order of Time' (Concord) to Austin, weaving electric blues, African rhythms, cosmic atmospherics and delicate soul into her inventive ruminations on love, family, struggle and the passing of time.

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Major & The Monbacks
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
The Norfolk, VA band's raucous blend of soul, roots and rock tips its cap equally to Levon and Lennon. The band's ecstatic live show has sold out concerts across the region and has earned a slew of high profile festival slots from Firefly to Floyd Fest in addition to support dates with Charles Bradley, Os Mutantes and Antibalas. New album 'Moonlight Anthems,' produced by fellow Virginian Matthew E. White, is out June 16 via Yep Roc.

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Overcoats
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
The New York-based duo, consisting of former college roommates Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell, previews its lush debut album, 'YOUNG' (April 21 via Arts & Crafts), co-produced by Autre Ne Veut and Nicolas Vernhes (The War On Drugs, Dirty Projectors). NPR's All Songs Considered says the music "unfolds with disarming intricacy" and praises the "splendor of its deliberate harmony."

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Peppina
Press Kit w/ Photos | SoundCloud
An impressed Joseph Gordon-Levitt invited the Helsinki teenager to fly to LA to perform on his hitRECord TV special - and the Finnish multi-instrumentalist hasn't looked back since. The songwriter and her five-piece band offer a captivating performance brimming with honest lyrics, indie-pop optimism and Regina Spektor-like cinematic arrangements. Her new EP 'Spark' comes out June 23 on Honey Rose Records.

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PWR BTTM
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
Armed with a new set of cutting rock 'n' roll anthems, the glammed and glittered duo Ben Hopkins and Liv Bruce tackle diary-like explorations of life, identity and existential crises head-on on 'Pageant' (May 12 via Polyvinyl). This vital exploration of self is hot with friction, angst and hope, both hilarious and heart wrenching. The New York Times' glowing live review deemed their show "part theater, part punk, entirely captivating."

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Randy Rogers Band
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
The group's latest release, the independently released 'Nothing Shines Like Neon,' landed in the top five on the Billboard country albums chart, and Rolling Stone Country declared that Randy is "carving out a legacy that may one day be on par with that of another Texan: George Strait." Billboard also called their current single "Tequila Eyes," "one of the year's most essential country songs."

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Real Estate
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
Pastoral guitars, elegantly deployed arrangements and mindful melancholy - the acclaimed band further perfects its sound while welcoming new band members and collaborating with Grammy-winning producer Cole M.G.N. (Beck, Snoop Dogg, Julia Holter). New album 'In Mind' is out March 17 via Domino.

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San Fermin
Press Kit w/ Photos | YouTube
Ellis Ludwig-Leone is a master storyteller, a poet-observer who has made fans of the New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR and more. Now the Brooklyn bandleader writes his first songs from a personal perspective, confronting themes of disconnect, displacement and everyday anxiety. The results are assured, gorgeous and, according to TIME, "soaring [with] feathery vocals, grounded with touches of rock-band sensibility." The new album 'Belong' comes out April 7 via Downtown/Interscope.

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