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Saturday, March 13, 2010
The Walkmen play a free show at Stubb’s
Content sharing Web site Digg annually throws one of the South by Southwest Interactive Conference’s bigger parties, and that’s especially true this year. The Bigg Digg Shindig, as it’s cleverly dubbed, will take place from 7 p.m. to midnight at Stubb’s and features a performance by acclaimed indie rock band the Walkmen.
Intrigued? The event is free and open to the public, so swing by to check it out.
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XXX rapper Blowfly to perform tonight at Beerland
If you’ve never heard of Clarence Reid, a.k.a. Blowfly, you’re missing out on one of music’s most bizarre and frequently hilarious stories — the superhero costume-clad performer records sex-based parodies of popular songs, started out as a songwriter for hit R&B acts in the 60s and 70s and recorded what many consider the first rap song with 1965’s “Rap Dirty.”
Blowfly is the subject of a film screening as part of the South by Southwest Film Festival tonight at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, and the legend himself will appear at the film’s afterparty tonight at Beerland, with openers Foot Patrol. Check out Joe Gross’s review of the film here.
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Day for Night: late parties break SXSW rules
When acts sign a contract to play SXSW, they agree to not play any other shows that compete with official SXSW showcases from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. But several official acts, including Band of Skulls, Drink Up Buttercup and Movits are scheduled to play unsanctioned shows during those hours.
SXSW managing director Roland Swenson says acts who plan to violate the agreement will be contacted and told to choose between the nighttime parties and their showcases.
This puts the lineup of the WOXY/ Future Sounds Super Rumble, Wednesday night at Shangri-La (1016 E. Sixth St.) in jeopardy. Currently on the sked, which has yet to be released to the public, are the super-buzzy Band of Skulls, Jaguar Love and Phantogram- all between 9 p.m. and midnight.
Band of Skulls’ two official SXSW showcases are Friday: 8 p.m. at the Beauty Bar/ Palm Door and 1 a.m. at Maggie Mae’s.
Los Angeles-based Future Sounds, which owns WOXY and booked the shows, has three daytime parties at Shangri-La to which you can RSVP here.. But the Wednesday night kickoff Rumble isn’t mentioned.
“We personally haven’t been contacted (by SXSW),” said WOXY’s Paige Maguire, “but we would encourage the bands to decide what’s best for them” in choosing the Super Rumble or their official showcase.
Check out the Showlist Austin blog for a list of nighttime parties; you can be sure SXSW organizers are.
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