The Economist just said that the music industry is growing again – or at least finished bottoming out. So with that ringing endorsement, there hadn’t been a better time to head down to Austin for its annual, massive, music industry festival, South-by-Southwest – Tuesday-Saturday, March 12th to 16th, which QRO did, with Ted Chase and Ivey Haber.
South-by-Southwest 2013 started on Tuesday, March 12th.
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It was a hell of a Hump Day at South-by-Southwest.
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From Sound City to the Woodies, it was a full Thursday at SXSW.
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QRO’s SXSW Friday was dominated by magazine events like those from SPIN, FADER, and Filter.
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South-by-Southwest can wear you down by its final day. Your best bet is to stay at a few showcases, or just go where the night takes you, which is what QRO did.
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Rough run-down of everyone & everything covered (74 bands, 78 performances):
Angel Haze – Saturday @ Austin Music Hall, photos
Austra – Wednesday @ VICELAND, photos
Dan Blakeslee – Tuesday @ Cedar Street Courtyard, photos
Billy Bragg – Thursday @ Antone’s
Capital Cities – Saturday @ Austin Music Hall, photos
Cayucas – Thursday @ FADER Fort, photos
Charli XCX – Saturday @ Austin Music Hall, photos
Chelsea Light Moving – Tuesday @ Mohawk, photos
!!! – Wednesday @ Lustre Pearl, photos
CHVRCHES – Friday @ Stubb’s, photos
The Coathangers – Friday @ Easy Tiger, photos
Cold War Kids – Tuesday @ Hype Hotel, photos
Dawes – Thursday @ Antone’s, photos
Death – Thursday @ The Main, photos
Delta Spirit – Tuesday @ Cedar Street Courtyard, photos
Fall Out Boy – Saturday @ Austin Music Hall, photos
Joe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons – Tuesday @ Cedar Street Courtyard, photos
Foxes – Friday @ Empire Automotive, photos; Saturday @ Austin Music Hall, photos
Future & Trae tha Truth – Friday @ FADER Fort, photos
Wynter Gordon – Saturday @ Austin Music Hall, photos
HAIM – Thursday @ mtvU Woodies, photos
Hands – Tuesday @ Red 7, photos
Perez Hilton – Saturday @ Austin Music Hall, photos
Iamsu! – Thursday @ FADER Fort, photos
Icona Pop – Wednesday @ VICELAND, photos
Iggy & The Stooges – Wednesday @ Mohawk, photos
In the Valley Below – Wednesday @ Lustre Pearl, photos
IO ECHO – Tuesday @ Red 7, photos
Ivan & Alyosha – Saturday @ Ten Oak, photos
Japandroids – Tuesday @ VICELAND, photos
Kacey Johnsing – Tuesday @ Red 7
The Joy Formidable – Wednesday @ VICELAND, photos
Kerli – Saturday @ Austin Music Hall, photos
Kopecky Family Band – Tuesday @ Cedar Street Courtyard, photos
Kendrick Lamar – Friday @ Stubb’s, photos
Lissie – Saturday @ Austin Music Hall, photos
Los Lonely Boys – Wednesday @ El Sol y La Luna, photos
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thursday @ mtvU Woodies, photos; Saturday @ Austin Music Hall, photos
John McCauley & Friends – Tuesday @ Cedar Street Courtyard
Meat Puppets – Thursday @ Stubb’s
Middle Class Rut – Wednesday @ Mohawk, photos
Nardwuar & The Evaporators with Andrew W.K. – Thursday @ Cheer Up Charlie’s, photos
P.E.A.C.E. – Friday @ Clive Bar, photos
Paloma Faith – Saturday @ Austin Music Hall, photos
Parenthetical Girls – Saturday @ Ten Oak, photos
Mikhael Paskalev – Friday @ Uncorked Tasting Room, photos
Pharcyde – Saturday @ Club de Ville, photos
Phosphorescent – Friday @ Bar 96, photos
Pusha T – Thursday @ mtvU Woodies, photos
Ra Ra Riot – Tuesday @ Hype Hotel, photos; Friday @ Clive Bar, photos; Saturday @ Waterloo Records
Shout Out Louds – Thursday @ Cedar Street Courtyard & The Parish, photos @ Cedar Street Courtyard, photos @ The Parish; Friday @ Clive Bar & Easy Tiger, photos @ Clive Bar, photos @ Easy Tiger
Skaters – Tuesday @ VICELAND, photos
Small Black – Thursday @ FADER Fort, photos
Solange – Friday @ Stubb’s, photos
Solid Gold – Wednesday @ Lustre Pearl, photos
Sound City Players – Thursday @ Stubb’s, photos
The Specials – Wednesday @ Mohawk, photos
Stooshe – Saturday @ Austin Music Hall, photos
Surfer Blood – Saturday @ Cedar Street Courtyard, photos
Swim Deep – Thursday @ FADER Fort, photos
Team Spirit – Tuesday @ VICELAND, photos
Tegan & Sara – Thursday @ mtvU Woodies, photos
Telekinesis – Thursday @ The Parish, photos
Thao & The Get Down, Stay Down – Thursday @ The Stage On Sixth, photos
Ásgeir Trausti – Thursday @ Cedar Street Courtyard, photos
Trinidad Jame$ – Friday @ Stubb’s, photos
Twenty-One Pilots – Thursday @ mtvU Woodies, photos
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Friday @ Stubb’s, photos
Usher & Afghan Whigs – Friday @ FADER Fort, photos
Wavves – Tuesday @ VICELAND, photos
Widowspeak – Tuesday @ Red 7, photos
Wild Cub – Tuesday @ Club de Ville, photos
Wild Moccains – Friday @ Karma Lounge, photos
Wildcat! Wildcat! – Saturday @ Cedar Street Courtyard, photos
Youngblood Hawke – Saturday @ Cedar Door, photos
Best New Act – HAIM
Runners-up – In the Valley Below, IO ECHO, Small Black, Stooshe
Best Established Act – (tie) Ra Ra Riot, Shout Out Louds
Runners-up – !!!, Iggy & The Stooges, Japandroids
Worst Act – Twenty-One Pilots
Runners-up – Wildcat! Wildcat!, Swim Deep
Most Hyped – Snoop Dogg as Snoop Lion
Runners-Up – Iggy & The Stooges, Sound City Players, Green Day, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Most Underrated – Surfer Blood
Runners-Up – Icona Pop, Nardwuar, Wild Moccains
Most Forgettable – Swim Deep
Runners-Up – The Coathangers, Dawes, Chelsea Light Moving, Skaters
Best Showcase – (day) FADER Fort (Wednesday-to-Saturday)
Runners-Up – (day) Filter Magazine/Macbeth Footwear party @ Lustre Pearl (Wednesday), SPIN party @ Stubb’s (Friday), Filter Magazine/tumblr party @ Clive Bar (Friday)
Best Showcase – (night) VICELAND (Tuesday-to-Saturday)
Runners-Up – (night) Dyn party @ Cedar Street Courtyard (Tuesday), The Syndicate showcase @ Hype Hotel (Tuesday), House of Vans @ Mohawk (Wednesday), Perez Hilton showcase @ Austin Music Hall (Saturday)
Best Label Showcase – Merge Records @ The Parish (Thursday)
Longest Line – House of Vans @ Mohawk (Wednesday)
Runners-Up – The Syndicate showcase @ Hype Hotel (Tuesday), VICELAND (Tuesday), photo pits at SPIN party @ Stubb’s (Friday) & FADER Fort (Friday)
Best Guest – Usher
Runners-Up – Everyone at Sound City Players, Andrew W.K.
Biggest Miss – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Runners-Up – Camper Van Beethoven, Divine Fits, The Flaming Lips, The Polyphonic Spree, Vampire Weekend
Best Dressed – Angela Gail
Runners-Up – Asos Music Lounge, Macklemore, Nardwuar
Wildest Crowd – VICELAND (Tuesday)
Runners-Up – Mohawk (Wednesday), Cheer Up Charlie’s (Thursday)
Wildest Act – (tie) Delta Spirit, Nardwuar & The Evaporators with Andrew W.K.
Most appearances – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
