SXSW 2018 Preview – Monday

Ever since it expanded to a Tuesday, SXSW has threatened to stretch into Monday, and in 2018 finally does....
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SXSW 2018 Preview - Monday

South-by-Southwest returns for another year, and while it might not be as big as it used to be, there’s still more music than you can shake a stick at, even now extending into Monday. Running until Saturday, March 12th-17th. Here’s QRO’s list of all events, official & unofficial, day & night, RSVP/free/etc.:

 

 

Recommended

 

2511 Diaz St. (free)
MASH Movers
1:30pm – Shrugs
2:15pm – Julie Odell
3:00pm – RILEY MOORE
3:45pm – William Matheny

3712 Clarkson Ave. (unofficial)
Melted
2:00pm – Poppies
2:40pm – Brnda
3:20pm – Sloppy Jane
4:00pm – Vacations
4:40pm – The Medium
5:20pm – Thee MVPs
6:00pm – Pierce & The Gals
6:40pm – The Cuckoos
7:20pm – Mean Motor Scooter
8:00pm – Mind Shrine
8:40pm – Growl
9:20pm – Paul Cherry
10:00pm – Anemone

Austin Taco Project, 500 E 4th St. (official/free)
6:00pm – Margaret Chavez
7:00pm – Estupida Erikah
8:00pm – Ganges

Dirty Dog Bar E 6th St. (RSVP)
2:00pm – TY
2:45pm – Monsterboy
3:30pm – Haunted Like Human
4:15pm – Maggie Rains
5:00pm – Big League
5:45pm – Modern Mimes
6:30pm – Sign of Lies

The Dogwood (inside stage), 715 W 6th St. (free)
Ideal Productions
1:00pm – Bonnie Whitmore
2:00pm – Beth Lee
3:10pm – Jon Dee Graham
4:20pm – Jeff Plankenhorn
5:30pm – Western Youth
6:40pm – The Sideshow Tragedy
7:50pm – Debra Watson
9:10pm – The Reverent Few

Fairmont Austin, 101 Red River St. (official/free)
6:00pm – Gabriel Wolfchild and The Northern Light
7:00pm – Jaimee Harris Trio

Four Seasons, 98 San Jacinto Blvd. (badges only)
CityLab
Tunde Olaniran

Hilton Cannon and Belle, 500 E 4th St. (official/free)
6:00pm – Fabrizio Cammarata
7:00pm – Scott Collins
8:00pm – Harry Pane

Hotel Vegas, 1500 E 6th St. (RSVP)
Do512/Covert Curiousity
8:00pm – Kolars
9:00pm – Superfonicos
10:00pm – Trouble in the Streets
11:00pm – A Giant Dog

Hotel Vegas (inside), 1500 E 6th St. (RSVP)
Do512/Covert Curiousity
7:00pm – The Blind Suns
8:15pm – Big Bill
9:30pm – Naked Giants
10:45pm – Post Animal
12:00am – Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol
1:00am – BRONCHO

Hotel Vegas at Volstead Lounge, 1500 E 6th St. (RSVP)
Do512/Covert Curiousity
7:00pm – Living Hour
8:15pm – Strange Lot
9:30pm – Acid Tongue
10:45pm – White Mystery
12:00am – Go Fever
1:00am – Rachel K Collier

Hotel Van Zandt, 605 Davis St. (official/free)
6:00pm – Canvas People
7:00pm – WILD

Hyatt Regency, 208 Barton Springs Rd. (official/free)
6:00pm – Chloe Foy
7:00pm – Jade Imagine

Jackalope, 404 E 6th St. (RSVP)
12:00pm – Singers In the Round
1:00pm – Skip Monday
2:00pm – Great Highway
3:00pm – Transit Method
4:00pm – Moonray
5:00pm – The Fell Swoop.

L’Estelle House, 88 1/2 Rainey St. (RSVP)
Snickers/Culture Collide
J. Rocc
Lowly Worm
Sad Dad

Snickers & Culture Collide bring DJs to L’Estelle House – there better also be free Snickers…

Michigan House, 700 Trinity. (unofficial)
Mother Cybor
7:30pm – Tunde Olaniran

Mohawk Indoor, 912 River River St. (RSVP)
The Onion AV Club
4:30pm – The Motor Tom
5:50pm – Dramatic Logers
7:00pm – Field Report

Mohawk Outdoor, 912 River River St. (RSVP)
The Onion AV Club
4:00pm – Nnamdi Ogbonnaya
5:00pm – Knox Fortune
6:30pm – Lucy Dacus
7:30pm – Shamir

‘America’s Finest News Source’, The Onion, comes to SXSW.

Palm Door on Sixth, 508 E 6th St. (RSVP)
Super Finland
12:00pm – Tuomo & Markus
12:00pm – Lone Deer Laredo
12:00pm – New Silver Girl

The Rustic Tap, 613 W 6th St. (badges only)
Media Temple
FOXTRAX
3:00pm – Mallrat

Sheraton BackYARD, 702 E 10th St. (official/free)
5:00pm – La Orquesta Vulgar
6:00pm – Makana
7:00pm – She Sir

Spiderhouse, 2906 Fruth St. (free)
Maletilla
Socha
Hey Cowboy
HIGH WAISTED
Wesley Jensen

Spiderhouse, 2906 Fruth St. (free)
Peach Fuzz Mag
King Warbler
B.R. Lively
Chris Catalena
SMiiLE
The Stacks
Whiskey Shivers
Calliope Musicals
The Reputations
The Sun Machine
SAILOR POON
Lolita Lynne

Spiderhouse, 2906 Fruth St. (free)
Howdy Gals
STRANGE LOT
Town Criers
La Fonda Music
Dogleg
The Halfways
Honey and Salt
Belcurve
The Painted Hands
Gools
Blood Pumps
Hand-Me-Down Adventure

Somehow, three different unofficial day parties are scheduled at Spiderhouse.

Swan Dive, 615 Red River St. (free)
Green Belt Touring
1:00pm – Dossey
2:00pm – The Lagoons
3:00pm – Calliope Musicals
4:00pm – BUHU
5:00pm – Solid State Dream Suit
6:00pm – Midcentury

 

 

 

Alibi, 96 Rainey St. (RSVP)
Playground Global/Culture Collide
8:00pm – Spinderella

Aquarium, 403 E 6th St. (free)
RedGorilla Music Festival
7:30pm – Kismit
8:30pm – Obscured by Echoes
9:30pm – Midnight Matinee

Barracuda, 611 E 7th St.
Hamburg x Berlin Music & Interactive Night
8:00pm – World Brain
8:50pm – Fenster
10:00pm – Ace Tee
11:00pm – Linda Lee
12:10am – Perel

Barracuda Backyard, 611 E 7th St.
Hamburg x Berlin Music & Interactive Night
8:30pm – Emma Elisabeth
9:30pm – Jaguwar
10:30pm – Gemma Ray
11:30pm – OY
12:20am – Alice Phoebe Lou

Bass Concert Hall, 510 23rd St.
Texas Performing Arts
11:30pm – Max Richter

Beerland, 711 1/2 Red River St. (free)
Dream Baby Dream
7:15pm – AquaticA
8:00pm – Bloody Knives
8:45pm – Blushing
9:30pm – alexalone
10:15pm – Grivo
11:00pm – Wyldest

British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30, 512 San Jacinto Blvd.
DIY
8:00pm – Breakfast Muff
9:00pm – Boniface
10:00pm – Catholic Action
11:00pm – Francobollo
12:00am – Our Girl
1:00am – LIFE

British Music Embassy takes over Latitude 30.

Bungalow, 92 Rainey St.
8:00pm – Milk & Bone
9:00pm – Wake Island
10:00pm – Pierre Kwenders
11:00pm – Moonshine
12:30am – Ludo

The Chuggin Monkey, 219 E 6th St. (free)
RedGorilla Music Festival
9:00pm – White Label Analog
10:00pm – On the Sun
11:00pm – Medusa’s Disco
12:00am – The Heroine

Continental Club, 1315 S Congress Ave. (free)
9:30pm – Genital Panic
10:30pm – Atom Age
11:45pm – Agent Orange

Dirty Dog Bar E 6th St. (RSVP)
7:15pm – Hinyana
8:00pm – Venustra
8:45pm – Whiskey Ignition
9:30pm – The Southern Revival
10:15pm – Slaves Wage
11:00pm – Sleepspent
11:45pm – Fools Brew
12:30am – Bad Blood

The Dizzy Rooster, 306 E 6th St. (free)
RedGorilla Music Festival
7:00pm – the SIR band
8:00pm – Ginger Root
9:00pm – Johnny Fury
10:00pm – The Sugar
11:00pm – Big Monsta

Elysium, 705 Red River St.
Taiwan Beats
8:00pm – Sonia Calico
9:00pm – Ruby Fatale 鹿比 ∞ 吠陀
10:00pm – Prairie WWWW
11:00pm – Sangpuy
12:00am – PoeTeK
1:00am – Van Ness Wu

Empire Control Room, 606 E 7th St. (official or RSVP)
Meow Wolf: Fractallage
8:00pm – Corduroi
9:30pm – Kystal Klear
11:00pm – Nancy Whang
12:20am – Honey Soundsystem

Nancy Whang, the unsung hero of LCD Soundsystem, comes to SXSW.

Empire Garage, 606 E 7th St. (official or RSVP)
Meow Wolf: Fractallage
8:00pm – Nnamdi Ogbonnaya
9:00pm – Lido Pimienta
10:15pm – Golden Dawn Arkestra
11:45pm – Dan Deacon
1:00am – Amara La Negra

Handlebar, 121 E 5th St. (free)
RedGorilla Music Festival
7:00pm – Run & Hide
8:00pm – Slow Cooked
9:00pm – Candi & The Muthaload
10:00pm – Trishes
11:00pm – Dayne Jordan
12:00am – DJ Ferno

Hotel Vegas, 1500 E 6th St. (RSVP)
Do512/Covert Curiousity
3:00pm – Catholic Action
4:15pm – Vockah Redu
5:30pm – Nnamdi Ogbonnaya
6:45pm – The National Reserve

Hotel Vegas (inside), 1500 E 6th St. (RSVP)
Do512/Covert Curiousity
2:00pm – LUCIA
3:15pm – Cones
4:30pm – Bifannah
5:45pm – Melenas

Hotel Vegas at Volstead Lounge, 1500 E 6th St. (RSVP)
Do512/Covert Curiousity
2:00pm – Joseph King and The Mad Crush
3:15pm – Jaimee Harris
4:30pm – Reality Something
5:45pm – Leggy

Jack’s, 300 E 6th St. (free)
RedGorilla Music Festival
9:00pm – Brother & The Hayes
10:00pm – Old Flame
11:00pm – The Clearwings
12:00am – Cowboy Diplomacy

Kick Butt Coffee, 5775 Airport Blvd. #725 (free)
The Dead Boys featuring Cheetah Chrome and Johnny Blitz
Ghost Wolves
The Pistolators
Eastside Suicides

The Lost Well, 2421 Webberville Rd. (unofficial)
Left Lane Cruiser
Pure Luck
D.Kosmo

Mohawk Indoor, 912 River River St. (official or RSVP)
The Onion AV Club
8:00pm – Sudan Archives
9:10pm – Lomelda

Mohawk Outdoor, 912 River River St. (official or RSVP)
The Onion AV Club
8:30pm – Bully
9:40pm – Wye Oak
10:45pm – Superchunk

Merge Records founders Superchunk rock Mohawk at night behind their new What a Time To Be Alive (QRO review).

Native Hostel, 807 E 4th St. (badges/wristbands only after 10:15pm)
SoundCloud
8:15pm – Nilüfer Yanya
9:15pm – Yung Pinch
10:15pm – Elohim
11:15pm – Whethan
Party Pupils

Palm Park, 711 E 3rd St. (badges/wristbands only)
SoundCloud
8:00pm – Kaki King

Pelons, 802 Red River St. (invite-only)
Vevo
7:00pm – Olivia Noelle
9:00pm – Jade Bird
7:00pm – Noah Cyrus

Pour Choices, 401 E 6th St.
REC Philly
8:15pm – Ivy Sole
8:55pm – Ceramic Animal
9:40pm – iLL Fated Natives
10:30pm – Hardwork Movement
11:20pm – Vita and the Woolf
12:10am – Son Little
1:10am – Low Cut Connie

The Rooftop on Sixth, 403 E 6th St. (free)
RedGorilla Music Festival
9:00pm – Mark Newman

Sahara Lounge, 1413 Webberville Rd. (free)
Funhouse
6:00pm – Ladyfang
7:00pm – Ama
8:00pm – Chakra Khan
9:00pm – Satalights
10:00pm – Cari Q
11:00pm – Basketball Shorts

San Jac Saloon, 300 E 6th St. (free)
RedGorilla Music Festival
5:00pm – Sim Ross & The Restless
6:00pm – Lara Price
7:00pm – Jillian Rae
8:00pm – The Banisters
9:00pm – The Soap Boxers
10:00pm – Sam Burchfield
11:00pm – The Fell Swoop
12:00am – Cowboy Diplomacy

The Sidewinder Inside, 715 Red River St.
Discover Denton
7:30pm – Leoncarlo
8:20pm – Harry Zimm
9:10pm – TOMKAT
10:00pm – Wesley Jensen and The Penny Arcade
11:00pm – Kaela Sinclair
12:00am – Pearl Earl
1:00am – Josh T. Pearson

The Sidewinder Outside, 715 Red River St.
The Loyalty Firm
7:45pm – Terminal Mind
8:45pm – The Gary
9:45pm – Lola Tried
10:45pm – Built By Snow
11:45pm – My Education
12:45am – Kay Odyssey

Spiderhouse Ballroom, 2908 Fruth St. (RSVP)
Outer Limit
7:30pm – The Gnomads
8:15pm – Shutterr
9:00pm – 2069
9:45pm – Loafer
10:30pm – Gold Fronts
11:15pm – TC Superstar
12:00am – Sherry
12:45am – Chromagnus

Swan Dive, 615 Red River St. (free)
Green Belt Touring
8:15pm – Brett Sexton
9:00pm – William Matheny
10:00pm – Thunder Dreamer
11:00pm – Dramatic Lovers
12:00am – SMiiLE
1:00am – Laser Background

Unbarlievable, 76 Rainey St. (free)
RedGorilla Music Festival
5:00pm – Catch Pritchard
6:00pm – The Christopher Brothers
7:00pm – Sirens MG
8:00pm – The Soap Boxers
9:00pm – Kiez

 

 

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