Through the Lens: SXSW Music

March 22, 2016

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Just as promised, another South By Southwest has come to an end and the thousands of panelists, musicians and music enthusiasts have (thankfully) gone home.

By Tess Cagle

Austin has endured a week of chaos, thunderstorms, music venue shutdowns and dense crowds throughout downtown. Friday, arguably the most exciting day of the conference, brought threats of a hailstorm that resulted in showcase cancellations around the city, including Fader Fort. 2Chainz’s Beer n’ Tacos Showcase at Austin Music Hall was also shutdown, after a mob rushed security and a firearm was detected. Regardless, other indoor showcases continued on and Saturday brought little to no drama, despite the huge crowds that dominated Sixth Street and the Red River District.

We’ve been left with streets caked with laminated flyers and forgotten mixtapes, a substantially less packed highway and photographs to commemorate the 30th anniversary of this homegrown festival. Reminisce over last week with ORANGE’s coverage of the music portion of SXSW.

Holiday Mountain, ATX local musician, leaps from a speaker at All the Friends Ball, a free showcase curated by Mother Falcon and hosted at Spiderhouse, on March 14.

ATX band, Dreamboat, performs at the chapel stage at Spiderhouse, for Mother Falcon’s All the Friends Ball, on March 14.

Overload, a band hailing from Pakistan, performs at All the Friends Ball at Spiderhouse on March 14.

All Dogs performs at Sidewinder on March 16.

Yuck performs at Sidewinder on March 16.

Shaprece, R&B artist from Seattle, Washington, opens for Rooney at the Soho Lounge on March 16.

Rooney, spearheaded by Robert Shwartzman, debuts new music for the first time in four years at the Soho Lounge on March 16.

ATX artist Bayonne performs at his official showcase at Barracuda on March 17.

Sunflower Bean performs at the BBC Music Showcase at Stubbs on March 17.

The Womps, hailing from Scotland, performs at the Main II on March 17.

Punk band Juiceboxxx performs at Barracuda on March 18.

Oscar and the Wolf dances on stage at Nylon’s Neon Gold showcase at Empire Control Room and Garage on March 18.

Tigertown sings to the audience at Nylon’s Neon Gold showcase at Empire Control Room and Garage on March 18.

Hinds, a garage rock group from Spain, covers their ears during their soundcheck at the Main II on March 18. The soundcheck ran 30 minutes overtime and the group performed their set despite ongoing sound difficulties.

Day Wave performs their final SXSW show at Space24Twenty on March 19.

Street musicians busque on Sixth Street on March 19.

A street musician performs on Sixth Street on the last day of SXSW.

A band leans out of a venue window on Sixth Street on March 19.

A musician runs out of a venue to perform amidst the crowds on Sixth Street on March 19.

SXSW attendees dance with street performers on the corner of Sixth and Red River on March 19.

Colin Jenkins, bassist of Hikes, performs during their showcase at Javelina Bar on March 19.

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Through the Lens: SXSW Music

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