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SXSW Parties on Wednesday, March 12th

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Party List: Wednesday, March 12th

11:00 am
Little Radio/Noisepop 2008 Party
Octopus Project, Two Gallants, Die! Die! Die!, White Denim, Yellow Fever, Foreign Born, Borthers & Sisters, Tom Freund, Restaurant, The Explorer's Club, Brazos.
Red Eyed Fly, 715 Red River St, Free, Free Drinks 11,
 
Austinist and Gothamist present "Gonna Gonna Get Get Down III" Top Pick
Shout Out Louds, Shearwater, Liam Finn, We Barbarians, Jukebox the Ghost, The Forms, Anathallo, Nico Vega, Johnny Flynn, Pattern is Movement, A Place to Bury Strangers, The Bleedin Bleedins, DJ Ceeplus Bad Knives, and Phosphorescent perform.
Mohawk, 912 Red River St, Free 11am-6pm
 
Noon
Columbus Discount Records Showcase
Tommy J & Mike Rep,The Guinea Worm,El Jesus de Magico,Necropolis,Night of Pleasure,Unholy Two.
Lambert's BBQ 401 W 2nd St, Free Noon-6pm
 
Force Field & Terrorbird Media Showcase
These United States, Evangelicals, These New Puritans, YACHT, The Raveonettes, The Mae Shi, WHY?, The Blow, Laura Barett, Radar Bros, Headlights, Bowerbirds, Let's Go to War, The Death Set, Panther, Hey Willpower. 
Emo's, 603 Red River St. Details: 12 - 6pm, FREE, All Ages
 
IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash
We're happy to announce the details of our annual IODA Opening Day Bash at the upcoming SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. This year's showcase features popular independent artists from around the world...
Emo's Annex   Noon-6pm
 
The Guitartown/Conqueroo Party and Drew Glackin Tribute Top Pick
Brent Best 9pm, Hacienda Brothers 8:15pm, Patty Hurst Shifter 7:30pm, The Silos 6:45pm, Blue Mountain 6pm, Chip Robinson/Eric Ambel 5:20pm, special guest 4:40pm, Jon Dee Graham 4pm, Shawn Mullins 3:20pm, Tom Freund 2:40pm, Chris Stamey 2pm, James McMurtry 1:20pm, Steve Polz 12:40pm, Eleni Mandell Noon..
Mother Egan's, 715 w. 6th St. Free and open to the public. Noon-9pm
 
Gorilla vs. Booze Top Pick  
White Denim, White Williams, Ghosthustler, Bodies Of Water, Holy (expletive), The Cool Kids, The Party DJs.
The Peacock, 515 Pedernales St, Free  Noon-6pm
 
TucsonScene.com/A Fine Tooth party
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Headlights, Gentleman Auction House, What Laura Says Thinks and Feels, Golden Boots, Mostly Bears, The Deludes, The Jons, The Holy Rolling Empire,..music video? The Swim, Mr. Free and the Satellite Freakout, Eagle Seagull, The Indelicates (UK).
Beso Cantina, 307B W. 5th St, Free, Free Drinks Noon-2am, | RSVP
 
Rank Outsider Records Day Show (beer)
5:00 Sons of Hercules, 4:00 Pat Todd & the Rank Outsiders, 3:00 Scott "Deluxe" Drake, 2:00 Gravy Boat, 1:00 The Born Liars
Room 710 / 710 Red River St.
 
Business Deal Records/KOOP 91.7 FM Day Show (beer)
Fishboy, Count Dracula's Weed Smuggling Jam Engine, Pataphysics, Charles Potts Magic Windmill Band,
Shapes Have Fangs
Lovejoy’s / 604 Neches St.
 
Navdo Day Party (drinks)
The Boxing Lesson, Trilobite, Paleo, Audrye Sessions, TBA
The Parish / 214 E. 6th St.
 
Good For You Music Day Party (beer, food)
Lowry, Romantica, American Bang, Imaginary Johnny, KaiserCartel, Samantha Murphy, Steve Poltz
Threadgill’s / 301 W. Riverside Dr.
 
The 6th Annual Florida Bandango (beer, food, cigars)(REQ)
5:30 Guitar Shorty, 4:45 The Ditchflowers, 4:00 Have Gun Willl Travel, 3:45 James Walsh, 3:00 Giddy Up Helicopter, 2:30 Lorna Bracewe, 1:45 Ronny Elliott & Rebekah Pulley, 1:30 Sylvie Simmons, 12:45 Ed Harcourt, 12:00 John McNicholas
Yard Dog Gallery / 1510 S. Congress Ave.
 
The Opera House Day Shows
Ex-Cocaine, Diamond Head, Voodoo Economics, Oh Pyramid
Opera House - 2209K S. 1st St.
 
Donewaiting.com’s “The Big Texas Jumpstart” (drinks)
Creekside Lounge / 606 E. 7th St.
Spinto Band, Division Day, Joseph Arthur, AA Bondy, Midgetmen, Catfish Haven, Goes Cube,
El Jesus de Magico
 
Cheapo Discs Instores
6:00 TBA, 5:00 The Ettes, 4:00 Selmanaires, 3:00 Spain Colored Orange, 2:00 Craig Marshall, 1:00 Paul
Collins, 12:00 Ladyfingers Romeos
Cheapo Discs - 914 N. Lamar Blvd
 
Choose GOOD Austin (REQ)(beer)
Lightspeed Champion, Deadly Syndrome, Scissors for Lefty, Mason Jennings, Black Before Red, The Exit, Langhorne Slim, Hello Stranger
Hotel San Jose / 1316 S. Congress Ave.
 
12:30pm
Athens in Austin (REQ)(beer)
5:15 Dark Meat, 4:30 Elf Power, 3:45 Modern Skirts, 3:00 Dead Confederate, 2:15 We Versus The Shark, 1:30 Bloodkin, 12:45 Madeline, 12:30 Clay Leverett
Bourbon Rocks / 508 E. 6th St.
 
1:00pm
The Solar Stage At The Counter Cafe (beer)
9:00 The Mae Shi, 8:00 Team Robespierre, 7:00 DD/MM/YYYY, 6:00 Lymbyc Systym, 5:00 Say Hi To Your Mom, 4:00 Kelley Stoltz, 3:00 Nyles Lannon, 2:00 What Laura Thinks Says And Feels, 1:00 Ramshackle
The Counter Café / 626 N. Lamar Blvd.
 
Levis/Fader party @ The Fort
Performing: The Mae Shi, The Whip, Jeremy Jay, The Kills, The Ruby Suns, Chikita Violenta, Does it Offend You Yeah?, YACHT, with Prince Klassen, Rezound and Pandemonium Jones (Cap n' Jones)
The Fort, 204 E. 4th Street * RSVP/ Invite Only
 
SXSW Day Show Sedium @ Plush
Anti-SXSW lineup at PLUSH! FREE
Plush  1pm-10pm
 
Emo's Presents SXSW Showcase
Poor People, Shapes have Fangs, Ripe, The Diagonals.
Emo's Lounge, 603 Red River St, Open to public. 1-6pm
 
2:00pm
Yarrr! PR/ Greyday Records’ Third Annual Pirate Elvis Party
The Future Kings of Nowhere, Heligoats, Minmae, Southerly, Chase Frank
Flamingo Cantina / 515 E. 6th St.
 
ComboPlate Booking presents South by Soup Fest
8:00 Elizabeth McQueen & The Firebrands, 7:20 Moonlight Towers, 6:40 Monahans, 6:00 Matt The Electrician, 5:20 Michael Fracasso, 4:40 A.J. Roach, 4:00 Beaver Nelson, 3:20 Ana Egge, 2:40 Nels Andrews, 2:00 The Eric Hisaw Band
Guero’s Taco Bar / 1412 S. Congress Ave.
 
The Purevolume Ranch (REQ)(drinks)
3:00 Audible Mainframe, 4:00 Wild Light, 5:00 You, Me and Everyone We Know, 6:00 Rediscover, 7:00 Jade McNelis, 8-12 DJ LOUNGE, 12:00 Say Hi To Your Mom, 1:00 Hearts of Palm, 2:00 The Graduate, 3:00 Innerpartysystem
The Purevolume Ranch / 2nd & Trinity
 
Parlor day party
The Mae Shi, Crime Novels, Make a Rising, Daniel Francis Doyle, & Mittens on Strings.
The Parlor 100 E North Loop Blvd # B, Free.  2:30pm-7pm
 
Vacancy Records Presents “CLEAN AIR, CLEAR STARS at ART OUTSIDE ’08!”
2:30 Silver Rockets, 3:00 The Teenage Prayers, 3:20 The Shackeltons, 3:50 Tim Easton with Evan Phillips, 4:10 The Viet Minh, 4:40 Headdress, 5:00 Young Lords, 5:30 Jonathan Wilson, 5:50 The Upsidedown, 6:20 CB Brand, 6:40 The People's Revolutionary Choir, 7:10 Soda & Izzy Cox, 7:30 Spindrift, 8:00 Restaurant, 8:20 A Place To Bury Strangers, 8:50 Sian Alice Group, 9:10 Gram Rabbit, 9:40 Highway, 10:00 Ocha La Rocha DJs Dan Mancini, Kelsey Short Shorts
Enchanted Forest / 1412 W. Oltorf St.
 
3:00pm
Carnival Beats Day Party Lineup TBA.
Whisky Bar 303 W 5th St, Open to public. 3-7pm
 
Belfast Nashville Sister City Party
Foy Vance, Brian Houston, Eilidh Patterson, Beth Nielsen-Chapman, Stephanie Dosen, Justin Townes Earle.
Latitude 30 512 San Jacinto St, Free. Invite/badge required 3pm -7pm
 
Ladyfingers Rock n Roll Circus
Swampmeat - 3pm, Copter - 4pm, Ladyfingers - 5pm and Bruce Smith Band - 6pm
Carousel Lounge, 1110 E. 52nd St, Free 3 - 7pm
 
Continental Club Happy Hour
Shotgun Party.
Continental Club 1315 S Congress Ave, Free. 4-6pm
 
Canadian Blast BBQ(drinks)
3:00 The United Steel Workers of Montreal, 3:40 The Pack A.D., 4:20 City and Colour, 5:00 Hot Springs, 5:40 Dragonette, 6:20 DJ/hip-hop explosion with Ghislain Poirier, Skratch Bastid, Cadence Weapon, Grand Analog, Megasoid
South Tent at Brush Square Park / 409 E. 5th St.
 
4:00pm
MOG Presents Lou Reed's "berlin" after-party (REQ)(drinks)
The Raveonettes, The Black Angels, Middle Class Rut, Paper Route, What Laura Says Thinks And Feels
Pangaea / 409 Colorado St.
 
South by S&M
Noise Revival Orchestra Experience, Dirty Hearts, My X Girlfriend, Wiretree, Rails to Russia, Ponieheart, A Love Like Pi, Cliff Howard, Donny Hue and the Colors
Chain Drive, 504 Willow St, Free
 
5:30pm
March Mashup Boat Party Top Pick
DJ Dirk Diggla (Austin), DJ Matt Nice (UK), DJ Snake Eyes (UK), Sousa Operator (Austin), C-Mon & Kypski (Amsterdam), Fat Tony (Houston), Special Guests.
Load at Walsh Landing (by Hula Hut), Lake Austin Blvd, Free, Free food and drinks. Load at 5:30pm back at 9:30pm Limited space available.
 
Eighth Annual Capitol Salute to Texas Music w/ Gov. Rick Perry (REQ)(drinks)
Ryan Bingham, Sunny Sweeney
Capitol Ballroom at the Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel / 701 Congress Ave.
 
6:00pm
End Of An Ear instores
Carl Stone
End of An Ear - 2209 S. 1st St.
 
Palo Duro Unofficial SxSW Showcase
Palo Duro Records & Shiner Records Presents: Trent Summar, Tommy Alverson, Buzz Cason, Dallas Wayne, Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros, Eleven Hundred Springs, Darryl Lee Rush & Miles from Nowhere No ba...
Waterloo Ice House   6pm-Midnight
 
6:30pm
The Hoe Down Under (REQ)(beer)
The Firehouse / 605 Brazos St.
 
Zazzle Welcome Dinner (REQ)(beer)
Jonah Ray, Hard n’ Phirm
Four Seasons Hotel Ballroom / 98 San Jacinto Blvd.
 
7:00pm
Super Secret Records/Mortville Records unofficial showcase
The Chumps, Manikin, The Ape S**ts, The Teeners, Party Garbage.
Beerland, 711 Red River St, 7pm -1am
 
8:00pm
The Viper Room (REQ)
9:00 The Ringers, 10:00 Semi-Precious Stones, 11:00 Roses On Her Grave, 12:00 Coyote Shivers
Orchid / 405 E. 7th St.
 
SXSW Showcase - The Bad Rackets
SXSW Showcase 8pm - Bad Rackets 9pm - When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth 10pm - The Playing Favorites 11pm - Camp XRay 12pm - Dub Trio 1am - Naked Raygun 
Red Eye Fly 8pm-2am
 
Foreign Born & Fluokids @ SXSW
Ghosthustler 8:00pm Denton TX Electronic Fluokids 9:00pm Paris FRANCE Electronic Dim Mak Oh
No! Oh My! 10:00pm Austin TX Rock The Deadly Syndrome 11:00pm Los Angeles CA Rock ...
Beauty Bar
 
Simian Mobile Disco & The Kills @ SXSW
White Williams 8:00pm New York NY Avant/Experimental These New Puritans 9:00pm Essex UK Rock Lightspeed Champion 10:00pm London UK Rock Sons & Daughters 11:00pm Glasgow UK Rock ...
Antone's   8pm-Midnight
 
GigaCrate SXSW '08
Front room: 8pm Huggs, 9pm Stareyes, 10pm Bird Peterson, 11pm NickNack, midnight The Rub. Back room: Table Manners Crew, Enfoe, 4colorzach / Pretty Titty.
Whisky Bar, 303 W 5th St, RSVP +$3. 8pm - 2
RSVP
 
Black Keys, Autolux & more @ SXSW
Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears 8:00pm Austin TX R&B Longwave 9:00pm New York NY Rock Delta Spirit 10:00pm Orange County CA Rock Be Your Own Pet 11:00pm Nashville TN Rock Au...
Emo's  8pm-Midnight
 
Hey! Ho! Let's Go! The SXSW Film + Interactive Rock Band Party
Next New Networks and Tumblr invite you to the most epic Rock Band party the world will ever know. Rock Band Showdown starts at 9pm, live music follows by The Vettes and Brenn
Cedar St. Courtyard     8pm-Midnight
 
Trophy's night party
The Blind Pets, High Watt Crucifixers, The Mercers, Muchos Backflips, The Hot Rails, Full Service, Rainbows Are Free, Orange Kahn.
Trophy's, 2008 S Congress Avenue, Free 8pm
 
Unicorn Media Launch Party Music by Bayonics.
Badge or wristband required
Union Park, 612 W. 6th St, Free, free food and drinks 8pm-2 am
 
NPR Music SXSW Showcase - Stubb's BBQ Cellar Show   Top Pick
REM SHOW! (R.E.M.)
8:00 p.m.: Johnathan Rice, The Teenage Prayers, 9:00 p.m.: Summerbirds in the Cellar, 10:00 p.m.: Papercranes, 11:00 p.m.: Dead Confederate, 12:00 a.m.: R.E.M.
Stubb's 8pm-1am
 
9:00pm
Carousel Lounge night party
The Drawing Board, Paris Falls, Spain Colored Orange.
Carousel Lounge, 1110 E. 52nd St, 9pm-1am
 
Duck Down + Stones Throw Sound Clash
Sean Price, Buckshot, Kidz In The Hall, DJ Mister Nash, Guilty Simpson, Percee P,
DJ Rhettmatic DJs Chicken George, Sean Do
Habana Annex / 708 E. 6th St.
 
9:30pm
Sailor Jerry/End Sounds Movie Premiere After Party (Ed Hardy In Person)
Attend the Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins movie premiere @ The Dobie Theatre for the SXSW Film Festival. Hosted by Keith Underwood, Ed Hardy (Yes that Ed Hardy) and Kandi Everett. Music provided by the End Sound's Family.
Jackalope  6:30pm-Midnight
 
10:00pm
Scary Mansion Band Showcase
Scary Mansion set begins at 10pm. Enjoy the cultured blend of Scary Mansion tunes.
The Hideout Theatre  10pm-1am
 
11:00pm
Peel's 3rd annual SXSW showcase showdown
Come on down! Might help if you have a wristband.
Maggie Mae's 11pm-3am
 
Midnight
The OaKs - March 12 @ The Wave
The OaKs - SXSW 2008 Showcase, March 12 @ The Wave (408 E 6th St  78701) You can listen to our new album Songs For Waiting (out March 4, 2008) through www.theoaksband.com
The Wave Bar 12am-2am