Free – RSVP Here @ Red Eyed Fly 715 Red River Street (Saturday March 20th)

Like last year, Aquarium Drunkard is kicking off our SXSW early and doing a night-party during Interactive at Red Eyed Fly with Scion, Saturday night, March 13th. This year we have local champs, and AD favorites, The Strange Boys and Harlem lined up along with Blair opening the show. I would advise getting there early [...]

It’s that time of year again. The time when team AD leaves L.A. and decamps for Austin, TX for a week of non-stop tex-mex, Lone Star, non-existent cabs, salty margaritas…and, of course, music. Come hang out w/ Aquarium Drunkard all day Thursday, March 18th, at Lamberts noon-6pm.  Free day-party = no badges/wristbands needed. Also, no [...]

Giddy up.  Aquarium Drunkard and Standard Answer present White Denim, Black Joe Lewis and American Princes, at Red Eye Fly, Saturday night March 14th. The show is free — no badges, wristbands, etc. are needed but you must RSVP here.  Things get going at 8pm.  If you’re in town for the film/interactive portion of SXSW, [...]

For the third year in a row our SXSW Hot Freaks! day-party is happening Friday March 20th, and Saturday March 21st, noon – 6pm. Two days of, AD approved, live music, on three stages, held at Club DeVille and the Mohawk, located next to one another on Red River street. Once again the [...]

It’s again that time of year: SXSW. In two weeks, hordes of artists, industry folks and fans alike will descend upon Austin for a non-stop marathon of music, friends, BBQ, beer, and yes, breakfast tacos.  Once again we’ll be there in a variety of capacities.  This is the first AD announcement, of three, per our [...]

February of 2007 saw the long-awaited DVD release of the 1970 psychedelic/schizophrenic gangster-meets-pop star tale Performance. Famously known as Mick Jagger’s on screen debut, Performance expertly captures the late sixties decadence and decline into hard drugs and paranoia.But for many of us, long before we saw a grainy VHS bootleg copy of the film, we [...]

This will do it for our ‘08 SXSW coverage – but I wanted to make sure to throw up some photos from Saturday’s Hot Freaks party. Highlights included: The Whigs bombastic set on the Mohawk’s outside stage (at 1pm), Kevin Barnes covering the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, and M.I.A.; Frankel’s John Cale-like cover of [...]

The Dodos – Friday – Opening Set, Hot Freaks (The Mohawk, Outside Stage)
Thursday night, after the Lou Reed tribute wrapped up, we all had Texas BBQ on the brain which was quickly remedied by Ironworks Barbecue, thankfully, just a ten minute walk away. The line moved surprisingly fast, and a good thing, as we [...]

Thurston Moore, in the audience, Thursday, at the Lou Reed tribute (photo: nathan malone)
Beginning Thursday morning the typical SXSW blur begins, as it does every year. Lasting through Sunday, until you’ve stepped foot on your flight back home, the blur consists of too many miles walked, bands watched, faces committed to memory, events overlapping, [...]

Wednesday, after Gorilla vs. Booze, like every night during SXSW, there were choices to be made on where to go and who to see. Actually, I should say there were choices to be made by other folks, because, honestly, as a longtime R.E.M. fan, there was only one place I wanted to be, and that [...]

Alright – back home in L.A. after five days in Austin – gonna do our best to provide some highlights the next few posts. First off, thanks to all the AD readers who made it out for our two-day Hot Freaks! party, Friday and Saturday, at Mohawk and Club DeVille. It was a [...]