HEADING TO AUSTIN Blurt at SXSW 2011
Mar 16, 2011
Thursday night showcase at the Continental Club, day parties Thurs. - Sat., and a brand new issue of the magazine...
BY BLURT STAFF
Bags are packed and we're headed to the airport: the BLURT staff is converging on Austin from multiple points on the map for the 2011 SXSW Music Conference. We're doubly excited because not only will we be hosting, along with our good friends at Second Motion Records, a Thursday night showcase and co-sponsoring several day parties, we'll also have the new issue of BLURT, hot off the presses, in hand to pass around.
The Spring 2011 print edition is due on newsstands March 29 and the uncompromising PJ Harvey graces its cover, and in a revealing interview, discusses the historical obsessions that helped inspire her curiously titled latest album, "Let England Shake." The 10th issue carries on the BLURT tradition of covering all things music and culture-related, with the kind of editorial irreverence and passion its readers have come to expect since the 2008 kickoff of blurt-online.com and the 2009 launch of BLURT's print magazine. This edition includes interviews with the Drive-By Truckers, Explosions in the Sky, Lykke Li, Nicole Atkins, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Panda Bear, Wanda Jackson and many more, as well as over 50 DVD, CD and book reviews. We're available at Borders, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Hastings, and hundreds of other retail outlets around the word.
Additionally, with a bevy of thoughtful and insightful bloggers (that include artists Greg Laswell, Otep Shamaya, David Schools, James McMurtry and others), interviews, daily news updates and exclusive content, Blurt-online.com continues to be a destination site for music and culture fans worldwide. As part of its evolution, the site will be getting a facelift in the months to come. It's all part of what is making 2011 look so promising for BLURT and its dedicated readership.
Meanwhile, this year's showcase will be our best yet as we are hosting it at the legendary Continental Club on Thursday night, St Patrick's Day! Below is the line-up and times. Please come early as we are expecting a full house all night long and as always in Austin/SXSW, entry is based on a first-come, first-serve basis. Below you'll also find details of our day parties, so please drop by and say hello.
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Blurt Magazine/Second Motion Official SXSW Showcase
The Continental Club
1315 S. Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78704
8pm: The Latebirds
9pm: K's Choice
10pm: Ian Moore
11pm: David Garza
12am: Jon Langford & Skull Orchard
1am: Scott H Biram
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We are also cosponsoring several day parties during SXSW. Here is the kick-ass lineup:
GINGERMAN PUB
301 Lavaca St
Austin, TX 78701
THURSDAY:
1:00-1:40 Marques Toliver (solo) - www.myspace.com/marquestoliver
2:00-2:40 Lydia
Loveless - www.myspace.com/lydialoveless
3:00-3:40 Eatliz - www.eatliz.com
4:00-4:30
Jon Langford and the Skull Orchard (from The Mekons) -
http://www.myspace.com/jonlangfordskullorchard
4:45-5:15 The Waco
Bros (members of The Mekons) -
http://wacobrothers.com/wb/
5:45-6:25 Ha Ha Tonka -www.hahatonkamusic.com
7:00-7:40 Hoots and Hellmouth - www.hootsandhellmouth.com
8:00-8:40 Kingsley Flood - www.kingsleyflood.com
9:00-9:30 Ryan Schmidt - http://www.myspace.com/aboutschmidt
9:45-10:25 Cliff Hillis - www.cliffhillis.com
10:45-11:25 Mean Creek - www.myspace.com/meancreek
11:45-12:15
McAlister Drive - www.myspace.com/mcalisterdrive
12:30-1:00am Andy Friedman (solo) - www.myspace.com/otherfailures
FRIDAY:
1-1:40 The BellRays - www.thebellrays.com
2:00-2:40 Richard Barone (from The Bongos, w/special guests Peter Buck
from REM, and Vanessa Hay & Michael Lachowski from Pylon who will do 'Cool'
by Pylon as finale) - www.richardbarone.com
3:10-3:50 The Fleshtones - www.fleshtones.org
4:20-5:00 Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3 -
http://www.myspace.com/stevewynnthemiracle3
5:20-6:00 The Baseball Project (members of REM, Young Fresh Fellows,
Dream Syndicate, Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3) - www.thebaseballproject.com
6:30-7:15 Mike Watt (Iggy Pop and the Stooges, The Minutemen, fIREHOSE) -
www.mikewatt.com
7:40-8:20 LITE (instrumental virtuosos from Japan) -
http://www.myspace.com/liteband
8:50-9:30 The Bluebonnets (Kathy Valentine from The GoGo's) -
http://www.kathyvalentine.com/
10:00-10:40 Supercluster (Vanessa Briscoe Hay from Pylon, Bob Hay from
The Squalls) - http://www.superclusterband.com/
11:00-11:40 Casper and the Cookies (from Athens GA) -
http://www.casperfandango.com/
12:10-12:50 Flash To Bang Time (Lynda Stipe, Michael's sister, from OH OK) - http://www.myspace.com/flashtobangtime
SATURDAY:
1:15-1:55 Gram Rabbit - www.gramrabbit.com
2:15-2:55 Locksley - www.locksley.com
3:15-3:55 The Latebirds - www.latebirds.com
4:15-4:55 Eddie Spaghetti (The Supersuckers) - www.supersuckers.com ; http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artist/eddie-spaghetti
5:15-5:55 Evaline - http://www.myspace.com/evaline
6:15-7:00 Jimmy Gnecco (of OURS) - www.jimmygnecco.com
7:20-8:00 Blackbells - http://www.myspace.com/blackbellsband
8:20-9:00 Colourslide - www.myspace.com/colourslide
9:20-10:00 David Wax Museum - www.davidwaxmuseum.com
10:20-11:00 Girls Guns and Glory - www.girlsgunsandglory.com
11:20-12:00 Parallax Project - www.parallaxproject.com
12:20-12:50 The Wandas - www.myspace.com/thewandas
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And we are also excited to once again sponsor our good friends at Bloodshot Records and their annual day party at the Yard Dog:
Bloodshot Records annual SXSW Yard Dog Party
1510 S.
Congress, Austin
TX
Friday
March 18, 2011
12 noon - 12:20 Carolyn Mark with The Jack Grace Band
12:30 - 1:00 Ben Weaver
1:10 - 1:40 Maggie Bjorklund with Cobirds Unite
1:50 - 2:20 Lydia Loveless
2:30 - 3:00 Exene Cervenka
3:10 - 3:40 Whitey Morgan & the 78s
3:50 - 4:10 Freakwater
4:20 - 4:50 Eddie Spaghetti
5:00 - 5:30 Ha Ha Tonka
5:40 - 6:30 Waco Brothers
Party sponsored by Rolling Rock and Blurt
Savory and sweet pies by Dangerously Delicious Pies
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