It’s that time, my dear readers. The Music portion of SXSW 2010 begins in earnest today, so I’m here to bring you (for your reading pleasure) my approximate schedule for the three days I’ll be in attendance at this glorious event. For ease of reading, the shows I’ll be attending in an optimal, perfect world, one where set-up and sound check delays never occur, will be underlined.
For those of you interested in perusing the list of what’s happening across the city of Austin for what looks to be a riotous few days — right down to every venue hosting music, who’s playing each venue, and what day it’s all happening — click here for the massive list. You shouldn’t be disappointed by what you find here.
Furthermore, you can check in on the festivities at Houston Press Rocks Off, as I’m part of the team of writers covering SXSW 2010. And if you’re not overwhelmed with reading about all sorts of live music shenanigans (both the bands and the people), please come back on Monday, March 22nd to read my personal recap essay of the event.
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Buzzgrinder/Buddyhead Official SXSW Party: Annie’s West (706 West 6th Street)
11:00am – 5:00pm – Apteka, Admiral Radley, Dios, Icarus Line, Nebula, Royal Bangs, Entrance Band, Look Mexico, Ha Ha Tonka, Wax Fang, Quest For Fire, Slang Chickens, and Narduwear
Baeble’s SXSW Day Party: The Scoot Inn (1308 East 4th Street)
12:00pm – 6:00pm – Timber Timbre, Jaguar Love, Javelin, Bear Hands, Dappled Cities, These United States, Seabear, and The Happy Hollows
Mountain Hope Revival: The New Movement (1819 Rosewood)
Brother/Ghost
Circlebirds
Warbler Pl
Papermoons
Mandy Clinton
Green Acres A.K.A William Lee
Standard Recording Company: Dirty Dog (505 East 6th Street)
12:00pm – Bald Eagle Refugees
12:45pm – Amo Joy
1:30pm – Elsinore
2:15pm – Thunderhawk
3:00pm – Harley Poe
3:45pm – Dr. Manhattan
4:30pm – Dead Beats
5:20pm – Jookabox
Wunderbar: Parkside (301 East 6th)
12:00 – 3:00pm – DJ Sets by Matias Aguayo, Heidi, and Tobias Thomas
Perfect Pairs Party: Red Fez (5th and Colorado)
1:00pm – 6:00pm – No Age, Japanadriods, Best Coast, Eternal Summers, and Finger On The Pulse DJs
Filter Magazine Showdown at Cedar Street: Cedar Street Courtyard (208 West 4th)
1:50pm – Fool’s Gold
2:40pm – Active Child
3:30pm – Minus The Bear
SXSE: Space 12 (3121 East Twelfth St)
3:00pm – Metavari
5:00pm – husband&wife
Danielson and Ben & Vesper should be at this show also.

XO Publicity / Future Sounds / American Songwriter Magazine / WOXY: Stompin’ Grounds (3801 South Congress – Corner of South Congress and Alpine)
2:15pm – David Vandervelde (Secretly Canadian)
3:00pm – Lissie (Fat Possum)
4:00pm – Rocky Votolato (Barsuk)
5:00pm – Ben Sollee/Daniel Martin Moore (Sub Pop)
6:00pm – Matthew Mayfield
6:50pm – Joe Purdy
Anodyne / The Record Machine / Mushpot: The Jackalope (404 East 6th Street)
2:00pm – Olympic Size
2:45pm – Capybara
3:30pm – Cowboy Indian Bear
4:15pm – Little Brazil
5:00pm – Roman Numerals
6:00pm – Open Hand
DJ sets from Max Justus, Bacon Shoe, and Yawn
Banyan Branch Day Party: Max’ Wine Dive (207 San Jacinto Boulevard)
2:00pm – Avi Buffalo
2:45pm – Baron Von Luxxury
3:30pm – The Soft Pack
4:15pm – Anya Marina
Banyan Branch Night Party: Aloft Hotel (11601 Domain Drive)
7:00pm – Lost In The Trees
8:00pm – Athlete
9:00pm – Hurricane Bells
M For Montreal Official SXSW Nighttime Showcase: Paradise (401 East 6th Street)
8:00pm – La Patère Rose
9:00pm – Lovely Feathers
10:00pm – Parlovr
11:00pm – Beast
12:00am – Think About Life
1:00am – We Are Wolves
Pop Tarts Suck Toasted and I Rock And Roll: The Creekside Lounge (East 7th Street and Red River)
8:45pm – Million Young
9:30pm – Dinosaur Feathers
10:15pm – Twin Sister
11:00pm – Songs
11:45pm – Bridges and Powerlines
12:30am – Princeton
1:15am – Drink Up Buttercup
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Buzzgrinder/Buddyhead Official SXSW Party: Annie’s West (706 West 6th Street)
11:00am – 5:00pm – Sweet Apple, Jaguar Love, Henry Clay People, Title Tracks, These United States, The Seedy Seeds, Drink Up Buttercup, Mini Mansions, The Pack A. D., Jack Ladder, Vandaveer, and Lazer Crust
Big Picture Media “Rise N’ Shine” Showcase: The Bayou Lounge (500 East 6th Street)
11:00am – The Colourist
11:30am – Frank & Derol
11:55am – Matt Lowell
12:15pm – Emii
12:40pm – The New Collisions
1:10pm – Ionia
1:40pm – Ahimsa Sunrise
2:10pm – Special Guest
Exclaim.ca and M for Montreal present: Montreal vs. Toronto: Paradise (401 East 6th Street)
12:00pm – Silver Starling
12:30pm – Little Girls
1:00pm – Radio Radio
1:35pm – DD/MM/YYYY
2:10pm – Lights
Village Voice Media Showdown 2010: La Zona Rose (612 West 4th Street)
12:00pm – 5:00pm – The xx, Superchunk, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, and Surfer Blood
MOKB Presents Pumps And A Bump: Peckerheads (6th Street at Trinity)
12:00pm – 8:00pm – Beach Fossils, Lemonade, Diplomats of Solid Sound, Holy Fuck, Burnt Ones, Jookabox, Andy D, Hollywood Holt, Banjo Or Freakout, The Hood Internet, The Glitch Mob
AAM 2010 SXSW Extravaganza: Galaxy Room Backyard (508 East 6th Street)
12:00pm – 6:00pm – We Were Promised Jetpacks, Holy Fuck, Avi Buffalo, matt pond PA, Hesta Prynn, Violent Soho, and Garotas Suecas
Texas Music Magazine Reader Appreciation Party: Scholz Garten (1607 San Jacinto)
1:00pm – Luke Olson
2:00pm – The Trishas
3:00pm – Radney Foster
4:00pm – The Killdares
5:00pm – Carrie Rodriguez
6:00pm – The Gourds
7:00pm – Soulhat
8:00pm – The Bluebonnets
9:00pm – The Morakestra

XO / RM64 / Propellerhead / Double Stereo / Brightman: Dirty Dog (505 East 6th Street)
1:15pm – One Pin Short
2:00pm – Jonneine Zapata
2:45pm – Gordon Voidwell
3:30pm – Fitz & the Tantrums
4:15pm – Jaguar Love
5:00pm – Twin Atlantic
Filter Magazine Showdown at Cedar Street: Cedar Street Courtyard (208 West 4th)
4:20pm – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
5:15pm – Dr. Dog
Hexadecagon: Whole Foods (6th and Lamar)
7:30pm – The Octopus Project
NXNE @ SXSW: Prague (422 Congress Avenue)
8:00pm – Jully Black
9:00pm – LIGHTS
10:00pm – DD/MM/YYYY
11:00pm – Matthew Good
12:00am – The Trews
1:00am – Shout Out Out Out Out
Pure Volume House 2010 (504 Trinity St.)
12:00am – Steel Train
1:00am – Serena Maneesh
2:00am - The Constellations
3:00am - THE XX (DJ SET)
Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Friend Island: 815 E. 6th St. Austin, TX
11:00am – Sharon Van Etten
11:40am – Garotas Suecas
12:20pm – Pill Wonder
1:00pm – Slaraffenland
1:40pm – The Caribbean
2:20pm – Balmorhea
3:00pm – Pattern Is Movement
3:40pm – Or, the Whale
4:20pm – All Tiny Creatures
5:00pm – Chris Denny
5:40pm – Silent League
6:15pm – Robert Gomez/Ormonde
6:45pm – Bear In Heaven
7:30pm – Collections of Colonies of Bees
Coffee No Pants Day Party: Red Eyed Fly (715 Red River)
Indoor Stage:
11:40am – Reading Rainbow
12:20pm – Mynabirds
1:00pm – Nicole Adkins
2:20pm – Lissie
3:00pm – Sharon Von Etten
3:40pm – Freelance Whales
4:20pm – Avi Buffalo
5:00pm – JBM
5:40pm – Fyfe Dangerfield
Outdoor Stage:
12:00pm – Blair
12:45pm – Savior Adore
1:30pm – Dawes
2:15pm – Joan Of Arc
3:00pm – Jukebox The Ghost
3:45pm – Free Energy
4:30pm- The Middle East
5:15pm – Rogue Wave
Paper Garden Records Showcase: Parkside (301 East 6th st @ San Jacinto)
12:00pm – The Loom
12:40 PM – Emanuel and the Fear
1:20 PM – The Lovely Feathers
2:00 PM – SAADI
2:40 PM – Peasant
3:20 PM – Mighty Tiger
Standard Recording Company: Shakespeare’s Pub
12:00pm – Metavari
12:45pm – Dead Beats
1:30pm – Burnt Ones
2:15pm – Thunderhawk
3:00pm – Bridges and Powerlines
3:45pm – Amo Joy
4:30pm – husband&wife
M for Montreal and Brooklyn Vegan: The Galaxy Room (506 East 6th Street)
Main Stage:
12:00pm – Wye Oak
1:00pm – Besnard Lakes
1:45pm – Think About Life
2:30pm – Holy Fuck
3:15pm – Voivod
4:15pm – Andrew WK
4:55pm – Roky Erickson w/ Okkervil River
Side Stage:
12:30pm – Jason Collett
1:30pm – Beast
2:15pm – Duchess Says
3:00pm – Suckers
3:45pm – Plants and Animals
4:30pm – Local Natives
Todd P and Force Field PR Day Party: Ms Bea’S aka Cheer Up Charlie’s (1104 East 6th St)

The Garden Party: The French Legation Museum (between 8th and 9th Street, East of I-35)
12:00pm – 8:00pm – Laurel Collective, Malachai, Villagers, Admiral Radley, The Kissaway Trail, Karen Elson, Sweet Apple, YACHT, and Frightened Rabbit
4AD SXSW Party: Clive Bar (609 Davis St.)
2:00pm – 6:00pm – DJ sets by Efterklang, Serena-Maneesh, Anni Rossi, and Broken Records
Filter Magazine Showdown at Cedar Street: Cedar Street Courtyard (208 West 4th)
2:40pm – Athlete
3:30pm – The Constellations
4:20pm – The Boxer Rebellion
5:15pm – Frightened Rabbit
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Also, I’d imagine that the Mess With Texas Party (located at 1001 East 6th Street) should be quite awesome. Check out the poster for more details.
