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name_last: Prom Night
name: Prom Night
name_index: P
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F25526.jpg
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Narrative Short
search: Prom Night Celia Rowlson Hall, Jae Song
original_serial: event_FS11718
original_venue_serial: Alamo Lamar A
description:
  Director: Celia Rowlson Hall, Jae Song
  USA | 8 minutes


  Starring:
  Celia Rowlson Hall


  Prom night is ritual, disco balls, expectation, corsages, dresses, holding, sweating, status, entering in twos, balloons, school gyms, dancing slow and fast.


name_last: DSLR Video and Beyond: The Impact of Emerging Technology on Filmmaking
name: DSLR Video and Beyond: The Impact of Emerging Technology on Filmmaking
name_index: D
event_category: OTHER
event_sub_category: Various
original_serial: event_FP990160
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 13AB

  Moderator:
  Guy Kawasaki (Alltop)

  Participants:
  Bill Frakes (Straw Hat Visuals)
  Blake Whitman (Vimeo)
  Steve Heiner (Nikon Inc)

  Summary
  Starting with the video capable DSLR, affordable technologies are now starting to change the landscape for motion picture from indie cinema, journalism and music videos

  Starting with the video capable DSLR, affordable technologies are now starting to change the landscape for motion picture from indie cinema, journalism and music videos

search:
  DSLR Video and Beyond: The Impact of Emerging Technology on Filmmaking Bill Frakes Straw Hat VisualsBlake Whitman VimeoSteve Heiner Nikon IncGuy Kawasaki Alltop


name_last: Sahara Smith
name: Sahara Smith
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/240.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/saharasmithmusic
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: Sahara Smith
original_serial: event_MS14212
original_venue_serial: Austin Music Hall
description:
  SAHARA SMITH – MYTH OF THE HEART 
   
  Sahara Smith is a natural. Or as the Austin Chronicle observes, “She's the real deal all 
  right.” 
   
  Don’t take our word for it. Listen to her debut album on Playing in Traffic Records, Myth 
  of the Heart, and you’re bound to agree with the Dallas Morning News that “Smith is a 
  revelation.” The disc is hailed as “a gorgeous album for all lovers of carefully chosen 
  words, rich imagery and ethereal vocals” by Texas Music magazine and “a richly 
  impressive, intensely soulful debut album,” by the Los Angeles Times. All that and more 
  is to be savored on Myth of the Heart. 
   
  It bows with the alluring “Thousand Secrets,” which opens a window on the vulnerable 
  places we all have, as Smith writes, “For every broken branch there is a mile of fallen 
  leaves/But no one knows the river flows a thousand miles deep.” Propulsive churning 
  tracks like “Are You Lonely,” “The Real Thing” and “All I Need” make feelings of 
  longing and desire palpable, while the up-tempo title song sings about resisting the urge 
  to love. Meditative yet kinetic auras grace Smith’s reflections on being lost within love 
  (“Tin Man Town”), empathy (“Angel”), mortality (“The World’s On Fire”) and life’s 
  travails (the closing cut “Twilight Red,” which Smith wrote at age 13). And such songs 
  as “Train Man,” “Midnight Plane” and “Mermaid” embody the notion of poetry in 
  motion with their evocative images of travel and places near and far. 
    
  The album was cut in primarily live sessions in Los Angeles, produced by Emile Kelman, 
  known for his longtime work with T-Bone Burnett, who shepherded the recordings. The 
  players include such regular Burnett associates as drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist Dennis 
  Crouch and guitarist Marc Ribot, whose musicality bring both a deeply-rooted feel and 
  contemporary imagination to the album. As the Los Angeles Times describes the disc, it’s 
  lush with “Cinemascope-like wide-screen portraits of romantic passion, loneliness and 
  unrequited love.” 
   
  “Sahara is the best young artist I have heard in many years,” notes Burnett. And what 
  seems at first blush like preternatural musical and lyrical maturity is as much the organic 
  result of being all but weaned on fine artistry. 
   
  Add to that the ineffable quality of magic. “To ascribe [an] old-soul narrative would do a 
  bit of a disservice to Smith, whose ethereal voice and sound comes less from a place of 
  experience beyond her years and more, seemingly, from some other universe entirely,” 
  posits the Austin American-Statesman. 
   
  Born in Austin, Texas and raised in the nearby Hill Country town of Wimberley, Smith is 
  the daughter of a playwright mother and a father who’s a jeweler by profession as well as 
  a sculptor and painter. In her infancy the music of classical composers like Beethoven, 
  Mozart and Rachmaninoff played in the home, and “my dad was singing me really 
  strange lullabies like ‘Long Black Veil’ and ‘Lily of the West’ and ‘El Paso,’” Smith 
  recalls. Celtic music and fellow Texas born and raised singer/songwriter Nanci Griffith 
  were also among the musical fare she heard in her formative years. 
   
  An avid reader from an early age, Smith wrote her first poem at age three. While in 
  second grade one of her works was published in the Anthology of Poetry for Young 
  Americans. On her eighth birthday her father got her a guitar and showed her some 
  chords, and she was soon composing songs. At 10 years old her uncle gave Sahara a 
  collection of Shakespeare comedies “and we would act out the parts together,” she 
  recalls. 
   
  Not long after her mother played her Simon & Garfunkel’s The Concert in Central Park 
  while they were riding in the car, and Smith experienced an epiphany that centered the 
  music she was creating in a realm that felt right. “I wrote pop songs before that, but that 
  triggered me writing sort of folk songs,” Smith explains. “I’m more rooted in the folk 
  tradition than anything else.” 
   
  Then a greatest hits collection of Leonard Cohen’s early recordings “just changed 
  everything I thought about songwriting,” recalls Smith. “It was pure poetry but it was 
  also accessible, relatable and structured. It made me realize that you don’t have to 
  simplify the way you express your emotions as long as it’s recognizable that there are 
  universal elements of truth to them. I try to utilize that in my songwriting and think about 
  what emotion a certain image will conjure and create the feeling of the song through 
  imagery.” 
   
  Her music also became informed by Tom Waits, Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, classic 
  country artists like Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, and seminal Texas singer- 
  songwriters like Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. Plus contemporary acts such as 
  Radiohead, Wilco, The Shins and Tegan and Sara. “I think what I do takes all those 
  influences into consideration,” notes Smith. 
   
  In her early teens Smith started playing open mike nights at local coffeehouses and a 
  restaurant, and quickly landed two regular weekly gigs. When she was 14, her father 
  urged her to send a tape of her songs to “A Prairie Home Companion” for a “Talent from 
  Twelve to Twenty” contest spotlighting young musicians.  
   
  Smith was chosen to compete on the nationally aired radio show, which she confesses 
  was “terrifying.” One thing that did still her nerves was the presence of its host. “I'd been 
  listening to Garrison Keillor since I was really tiny,” she explains. “My parents would put 
  on his monologues as a way to make me go to sleep. That's how soothing his voice and 
  personality were. 
   
  “I was really positive after the first round I wasn’t going to be called out again, so I put 
  my guitar away,” recalls Smith. “When they called me back out for the second round I 
  had to retune my guitar as I walked out onstage.” She came in second in the competition. 
   
  The “Prairie Home Companion” contest also won Smith her Austin-based managers: 
  Rosalyn Rosen and Kevin Wommack. Rosen, a close friend of Smith’s mother, heard it 
  and then played her appearance for Wommack. Duly impressed, they caught one of 
  Smith’s hometown gigs and eventually signed on to manage her. By her late teens Smith 
  was meeting with and being considered by a number of record labels. 
   
   
   
  “We thought about who we would want to get to produce the album and just sort of 
  unanimously agreed that T Bone Burnett would be the best,” says Smith. “So my 
  manager just kind of on a whim sent him my MySpace page and he asked us if we could 
  fly up to Los Angeles so he could meet us. So we went to L.A. and recorded a couple of 
  demos at his studio. One of his engineers, Emile Kelman, was just beginning to branch 
  out and do some production of his own, so Emile produced the project and T-Bone 
  oversaw the project and we used a lot of the same people from the Robert Plant [and] 
  Alison Krauss Raising Sand album. I think it just wound up being really magical.” 
   
  Music critics obviously agree. “A hybrid of folk, Americana, country and bluegrass, Myth 
  of the Heart makes good on Smith's promise,” says the Austin American-Statesman. 
  “Melodic and often heartbreaking, it's an assured debut, an elaborately painted canvas 
  anchored by Smith's poetic songwriting and otherworldly voice.” 
   
  The Los Angeles Times notes how from the very first song, Myth of the Heart “quickly 
  places this 21-year-old in the Emmylou Harris-Alison Krauss camp of country-rock 
  singers of exquisite tastefulness.” In addition to the complimentary musical comparisons, 
  Smith’s lyrics have been likened as well by the media to such iconic poets as T.S. Eliot 
  and Emily Dickinson. 
   
  Blessed with a becoming modesty, Smith says of her songs, “What I’m trying to do is 
  create music that anybody can listen to. And even if they don’t interpret it that same way 
  that I do, they still interpret it in a way that’s meaningful to them.” 
   
  As the Dallas Morning News insists of Myth of the Heart, “Pay attention to this one.” For 
  it’s the first winning and assured step in what is sure to be a long and satisfying musical 
  journey to come.


name_last: Comedy Showcase: Early Friday
name: Comedy Showcase: Early Friday
name_index: C
event_category: Comedy
event_sub_category: Various
original_serial: event_OE00376
original_venue_serial: Esther's Follies
description:
  Participants:
  Brody Stevens (The Agency Group)
  Darryl Lenox (Rutledge Nash & Associates, LLC)
  Eugene Mirman (N/A)
  Hampton Yount (N/A)
  Jena Friedman (N/A)
  Kurt Braunohler (N/A)
  Tig Notaro (Integral Entertainment)

  Summary
  Some of the most exciting emerging talent in comedy, mixed with seasoned favorites, and special guests.

search:
  Comedy Showcase: Early Friday Brody Stevens The Agency GroupDarryl Lenox Rutledge Nash &amp; Associates, LLCEugene Mirman N/AHampton Yount N/AJena Friedman N/AKurt Braunohler N/ATig Notaro Integral Entertainment


name_last: Invasion of the DJs
name: Invasion of the DJs
name_index: I
event_category: Gear Alley
event_sub_category: Various
search: Invasion of the DJs
original_serial: event_OE00720
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 2

  DUBSPOT ONLINE: DJ Sets from Thavius Beck, Matt Shadetek, Ancient Astronauts DJ Sets & Live Performances from Dubspot Online Instructors using Ableton Live & Serato. In celebration of Dubspot's new Online school.


name_last: Freedom or Death
name: Freedom or Death
name_index: F
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1646.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/FREEDOM_OR_DEATH-THIS_CROWDED_ROOM.mp3
website_link: http://www.freedomordeathmusic.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8GOV3Z3izg
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Avant/Experimental
search: Freedom or Death
original_serial: event_MS10848
original_venue_serial: Swan Dive
description:
  In the 1820's during the Greek War of Independence 'Freedom or Death' became the war cry for the people of Greece. Their passion, belief and desires were so strong, that they accepted no substitute. The Toronto based duo adopted that name, as it's their mantra when it comes to their music. 'We want to have the freedom to make the music and the artistic choices that we want. If we cannot have that freedom, we'd rather not put anything out, which is the death of our art' says Fernandez, one half of the production and song writing unit. Freedom Or Death's sound is based in everything, acoustic folk, electronica, traditional rock, hip-hop rhythms yet always rooted in lyrics with substance.

  After releasing their self titled debut EP three months ago, Freedom Or Death played the acclaimed POP Montreal Music Festival in September and the CMJ Music Marathon in New York in October. The Wall Street Journal named them as one of the 12 best bands at CMJ, and they lived up to the hype.

  'Freedom or Death, a Toronto-based duo, express warmth whether they're playing quiet folk guitars or electronic music under their engaging vocals. CMJ marks their first appearance in the States; since they're unsigned, they're likely in search of label to help distribute and promote their music, which is mature and thoroughly satisfying. Wise is the executive who signs and nurtures them.' - Jim Fusilli, WSJ

  Not only has the duo received solid reviews from blogs and websites as far away as Iceland and Germany but are also receiving hometown praise as well.

  'There's a palpable ache at the heart (of the) Toronto duo that'll be instantly recognizable to anyone who's ever feel like they were moving in slow motion while it's a crush of strangers rushes past you... they can make an electronic keyboard feel as organic as a plank of oak.'- John Sakamoto, Toronto Star


name_last: Johnny Cash: Trapped by Authenticity
name: Johnny Cash: Trapped by Authenticity
name_index: J
website_link: http://www.uml.edu
hashtag: johnnycash
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: History of Music
search: Johnny Cash: Trapped by Authenticity Jonathan Silverman UMass Lowell
original_serial: event_MP6434
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 11AB

  Moderator:
  Jonathan Silverman (UMass Lowell)

  Summary
  Most music fans associate Johnny Cash with authenticity. His life and music speak of his genuineness and commitment to his music. But like most popular artists, Cash was bound by the conventions of the musical world, conventions he struggled against his entire career. Part of his difficulty stemmed from a genre instability that made his connections to his associated audiences tenuous. But another larger problem was the concept of authenticity that lies at the heart of musical adoration and often music criticism. In short, judging anything by its authenticity is a problem—the concept is fraught with logical, artistic, and  conceptual difficulties. How do we know who is “real”? What are the criteria? Who benefits from these criteria? And yet, authenticity remains a definitive term for judging a musical artist. In this presentation, I will offer a critique of the authenticity system and suggest some other ways of judging and analyzing pop music using Johnny Cash as a case study.


name_last: SO & SO
name: SO & SO
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/44432.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/SO__and__SO-Heart_Beats_Slow.mp3
website_link: http://www.facebook.com/SOandSOworld
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: SO &amp; SO
original_serial: event_MS13289
original_venue_serial: The Tap Room at Six
description:
  SO & SO are a 5 member Los Angeles based band who has been together for 14 months.  SO & SO regularly play at HOTEL CAFE , HOUSE OF BLUES,  VIPER ROOM and other venues throughtout LA.   Canadian producer Rob Wells colablorated with Amie Miriello and Jay Dmuchowski to write and record 12 tracks that will be released in the spring of 2011.    SO & SO will have 2 songs featured in 2 episodes of ONE TREE HILL,  Air Dates are February 8th and February 15th.


name_last: Mythbusters Fan Meet Up
name: Mythbusters Fan Meet Up
name_index: M
event_category: Meet Up
event_sub_category: Meet Up
search: Mythbusters Fan Meet Up Pansy Narendorf Bates Investigations
original_serial: event_IAP000513
original_venue_serial: Driskill
description:
  Room: Maximilian Room

  Participants:
  Pansy Narendorf (Bates Investigations)

  Summary
  As the SXSW Interactive Festival continues to grow, it often becomes harder to discover /network with the specific type of people you want to network with. Hence a full slate of daytime Meet Ups are scheduled for the 2011 event. These Meet Ups are definitely not a panel session -- nor do they offer any kind of formal presentation or AV setup. On the contrary, these sessions are a room where many different conversations and (and will) go on at once. This timeslot is for registrants to network with other SXSW Interactive, Gold and Platinum registrants who are interested in Mythbusters. Cash bar onsite.


name_last: Collaboration Over Competition
name: Collaboration Over Competition
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/CollaborationOverCompetition.jpg
website_link: http://page.ly
hashtag: #CollabSxSW
event_category: Business
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP5768
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon C

  Participants:
  Derek Neighbors (Gangplank)
  Jay Baer (Convince & Convert)
  Kristie Wells (Social Media Club)
  Sally Strebel (Page.ly)

  Summary
  The old way of thinking tells small businesses to worry about competitors. Worrying takes the focus off the business. By collaborating with competitors the focus remains on the client and business goals. Take for instance the WordPress theme design company StudioPress. StudioPress recommended other theme design companies to add to the Page.ly power ups page. Because of these actions and more, they've increased their recognition, branded themselves as a benevolent leader, and gained respect within the community. GangPlank, a collaborative workspace, started as a few web firms who decided to share their business secrets. They decided to combine their efforts and work together under the same roof. There was enough room for more so the space was opened up to the public. Now the space has increased from 5k sq ft to 16k sq ft and is funded by the city of Chandler. Learn these tactics and more from a highly qualified panel of experts who live this philosophy daily.

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  Collaboration Over Competition Derek Neighbors GangplankJay Baer Convince &amp; ConvertKristie Wells Social Media ClubSally Strebel Page.ly


name_last: Shannon McNally
name: Shannon McNally
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3627.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Shannon_McNally-Western_Ballad.mp3
website_link: http://www.shannonmcnally.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Alt Country
search: Shannon McNally
original_serial: event_MS13228
original_venue_serial: 18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
description:
  Shannon McNally Releases Western Ballad 
  Famed Allen Ginsberg Poem Anchors Album out March 22

  Shannon McNally in the crux of a prolific phase. Earlier this year, she released the highly acclaimed Coldwater, grounded in her love for J.J. Cale, classic rock and the juncture where blues, soul and country music meet made all the more powerful by the keys of the late, great Jim Dickinson.  Now, McNally comes forth with Western Ballad, officially releasing March 22, anchored by the title track written by Allen Ginsberg. 

  McNally, who co-wrote most of the remaining songs with producer and longtime collaborator Mark Bingham, characterizes the record as psychedelic Americana. I knew that working with Mark, (known for being fearless with his music) I couldn't scare him. I could go out as far as I wanted, and he's going to be out even further. 

  The album was born of simple woodshedding between McNally and Bingham at his famed New Orleans Piety Street Studios I just wanted to write, she explains. We had no agenda, no direction, no lofty thoughts about making a record. I was really just excited to see how working with Mark would push me and figured the possibilities were endless.Â Bits and pieces of songs we each had became five songs in two days and I just went with it.

  And what was born of the session is a collection of songs inspired by themes inherent in the vintage American songbook. It's not a coincidence the pair, who both were living in New Orleans when Katrina hit, finished the record during the days of the oil spill. The songs contemplate mortality, the unity of the downtrodden, the joys of day-to-day life, Native American themes, as well as the treacheries of the ego. It became a wayfaring spiritual record, or a spirit-record as she might say -- driven by her sultry, mellow voice. And Ginsberg'sÂ words tiedÂ it all together in the end. It was the missing link, says McNally.
  Bingham, A 70s era avant-garde musician and artist who became an in-demand producer-arranger-engineer presiding over countless jazz, rock, pop, blues, zydeco, brass band and hip-hop sessions since relocating to New Orleans, worked musically with Ginsberg for several years, and had done a new arrangement for the piece in the late 80s. He points out I always wanted to hear a singer who could do it justice. And from McNally's perspective the song 'was a gift. Allen Ginsberg was one of America's transcendent thinkers and as one of the principal beat era poets, also a principal defining voice of the counter culture- rock and roll has and will always be about questioning authority and knowing oneself. Â That's been my church.

  In the beginning I didn't know where we were going, but I had complete faith in the process, shares McNally. Memory of a Ghost was the first song they finished and is the first single (available on iTunes now). It is an ode to the world of reflections, where things are backwards and opposite to our everyday world. It's where instincts and distant memories are what guide a person. I like that state and I feel better if I can stay connected in part to it, she says of the song. A tambourine punctuates the surreal and Native American landscape of the song with a bridge sung by Bingham that gives the ghost it's say ' driven by McNally's lead guitar. 
  It's always a blast to follow her guitar solos, shares Bingham. She has the succinct razor's edge style of playing that leaves over-use of technique back in the practice room where it belongs.

  Shannon, who released her debut Jukebox Sparrows on Capitol Records in 2002, brought True Possessions in to finish with Bingham. It's about coming to terms with the music business. I wrote it post-Katrina, post the downhill slide I felt after Geronimo. I needed to exorcise some toxic experiences of the past 10 years in the business, wipe the tears so that I could continue with my life's work. 

  Thunderhead in many ways is that song's spiritual sibling. It's inspired by the Sundance ceremony that the Indians of the Western Plains do. I wrote it about my daughter Maeve's birth, it's cleansing, and crawling through the fire to bring something new to the world, something better.

  The record nears the end with the traditional Little Stream of Whiskey, with a James Alsanders march and Anthony Cuccia percussion with some South AfricanÂ style piano -- coupled with the bass following the piano left hand, and pedal steel to top it all off. And then as the closer My Own Second Line, reflects the affliction of madness to the degree that the singer is truly in their own world and in their own marching parade.Â  As the joke goes, 'I am not suffering from mental illness, I'm rather enjoying it,' says Bingham. 

  Shannon continues to tour with her band Hot Sauce featuring Eric Deaton on guitar (a disciple of RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough), Wallace Lester on drums, Jamison Hollister on pedal steel, mandolin and violin, and Greg Spradlin on bass and background vocals. They will be touring in the spring,Â including an appearance at New Orleans JazzFest.
  Â 
  All this motion has jarred a lot of inspiration and new songs, she shares. I've done a lot of collaborations (including the Grammy nominated tribute to Dickinson, Onward and Upward). And I plan to begin a new Hot Sauce RecordÂ soon, and have begun to lay plans forÂ the release of my work with Dr. John called Small Town Talk ' The Song of Bobby Charles.


name_last: Ultrageist
name: Ultrageist
name_index: U
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3762.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Ultrageist-The_Future.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/ultrageist
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Metal
search: Ultrageist
original_serial: event_MS14130
original_venue_serial: Habana Bar Backyard
description:
  You all have made a decent attempt, and only a decent attempt, at acquiring your full potential in your collective existence, but any truly evolved species could tell you that. you all have an unexplainable hate towards everything that looks like you, a horrible obsession with material items crafted on your planet, and are severely unaware of even why you're existing.


name_last: Viva Riva!
name: Viva Riva!
name_index: V
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F31256.jpg
website_link: http://www.musicboxfilms.com/viva-riva
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Narrative Feature
search: Viva Riva! Djo Tunda Wa Munga
original_serial: event_FS11557
original_venue_serial: Alamo Lamar B
description:
  Director: Djo Tunda Wa Munga
  USA | 96 minutes
  Music Box Films


  Starring:
  Patsha Bay, Manie Malone, Hoji Fortuna, Marlene Longage, Diplome Amekindra, Alex Herabo


  Riva is a small time operator who has just returned to his hometown of Kinshasa, Congo after a decade away with a major score: a fortune in hijacked gasoline. Wads of cash in hand and out for a good time, Riva is soon entranced by beautiful night club denizen Nora, the kept woman of a local gangster. Into the mix comes an Angolan crime lord relentlessly seeking the return of his stolen shipment of gasoline. Director Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s Kinshasa is a seductively vibrant, lawless, fuel-starved sprawl of shantytowns, gated villas, bordellos and nightclubs and Riva is its perfect embodiment.


name_last: Meredith Bragg
name: Meredith Bragg
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/44553.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Meredith_Bragg-Next_Time.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/mbandtheterminals
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: Meredith Bragg
original_serial: event_MS14489
original_venue_serial: Stephen F's Bar
description:
  Many things have happened in the years since Virginia songwriter
  Meredith Bragg's last album was released, but nothing will give more insight into his newest full-length, Nest, than the recent birth of his daughter. While pulling inspiration from sources as disparate as John James Audobon (Birds of North America) or Renaissance architecture (The Last Hours of Brunelleschi), the subtext of parenthood is a natural -- though initially unintentional --
  through-line.

  Teaming up with long time collaborator and producer Chad Clark
  (Dismemberment Plan, Georgie James, Beauty Pill), Nest also finds Meredith extending his sonic palette from the self-restrained single guitar of his sophomore record (Silver Sonya) to a larger handful of musicians, instruments and digital experimentation. The result is his most engaging and expansive record to date.

  Meredith lives in Alexandria VA with his wife, daughter, two cats and a general lack of shelf-space. Nest is his fourth release for The Kora Records.


name_last: Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
name: Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F29989.jpg
website_link: http://www.smallbeautifullymovingparts.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knY_wfmOoA8
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Narrative Feature
search: Small, Beautifully Moving Parts Annie J. Howell, Lisa Robinson
original_serial: event_FS11464
original_venue_serial: State Theatre
description:
  Director: Annie J. Howell, Lisa Robinson
  USA | 73 minutes
  Sacha Pictures


  Starring:
  Anna Margaret Hollyman, André Holland, Mary Beth Peil, Sarah Rafferty, Susan Kelechi Watson


  Sarah Sparks is pregnant and feeling wholly ambivalent, despite her boyfriend’s pure enthusiasm. A committed tech-geek, she fears she is more interested in ultrasound technology than in what’s being ultra-sounded. When her sister lures her to L.A. for what ends up being a terrorizing baby shower, Sarah keeps her rental van and hits the road in search of the source of her anxiety: her estranged mother, now living off the grid. SMALL, BEAUTIFULLY MOVING PARTS takes a comic and poignant look at one woman’s coming-of-parenthood in the age of technology.


name_last: Marketing Budgets Have Gone Social – Is It Working?
name: Marketing Budgets Have Gone Social – Is It Working?
name_index: M
hashtag: #MarketingSocial
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP000261
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: Hill Country AB

  Participants:
  David Witt (General Mills)
  Julie Hamp (PepsiCo)
  Kathy Baughman (HLB Communications/COMBLU)
  Kris Narayanan (Samsung)

  Summary
  Wisdom has it that the smart money is going social. To add impact to their communications programs, brands are moving dollars into socially-focused campaigns. But is it working? Have we reached a saturation point? Panelists will assess the impact inside and outside their organizations by this shift in priorities – and budget.

  This panel is presented by the Council of Public Relations Firms.

search:
  Marketing Budgets Have Gone Social – Is It Working? David Witt General MillsJulie Hamp PepsiCoKathy Baughman HLB Communications/COMBLUKris Narayanan Samsung


name_last: Tahiti 80
name: Tahiti 80
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/42668.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Tahiti_80-Solitary_Bizness.mp3
website_link: http://www.tahiti80.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Tahiti 80
original_serial: event_MS12564
original_venue_serial: 512 Rooftop
description:
  Tahiti 80
  Solitary Bizness EP
  Out October 25th

  It is always a pleasure to enter the world of Tahiti 80.  If they were a place, we’d never want to leave.  The Solitary Bizness Ep, is a prelude to their upcoming full length The Past, The Present & The Possible.  It is a journey into the sixth dimension, a cash-in of no limitation or compromise. Ceilings have been removed, bringing forth the strongest experimentation of their career without rewriting a signature.  The technisound at Tahitilab is still in-check !

  Xavier Boyer heralds his finest breezy to heartfelt analytics while infectious beats, rhythms and boops uncontrollably propel the mind and body. T80 nods heads, slow or fast; gas pedal to the floor, dancing while no one or everyone is watching.  Here are six tracks celebrating the addition of two new members of the official line-up Julien Barbagallo and Raphael Leger, in addition to their first release on their own self-run label, Human Sounds.  

  If you thought 2010 was coming to a musical close, October says “Who knows, you might just find some treasure.”


name_last: The Wonderful Things in Internet of Things
name: The Wonderful Things in Internet of Things
name_index: W
event_category: Design / Development
event_sub_category: Solo
search: The Wonderful Things in Internet of Things Alex Williams ReadWriteWeb
original_serial: event_IAP000657
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom C

  Participants:
  Alex Williams (ReadWriteWeb)

  Summary
  What an exciting time we live in. The past few years have seen such a huge change in what the Internet means to us. And now we are on the verge of what almost seems magical in what we will be able to do. Most of us remember a time when a desktop was the coolest thing ever. Now, the wonder is about smartphones and iPads. But what will come of us in a world where everything is connected? How will we exist in this new world? What are some of the examples we can point to that gives us a guide to what we should be thinking about? The Internet of Things means a world where the fabric of our lives is about data and the way it connects any kind of object. In this discussion, we'll give you a tour of this new modern universe ,the wonder it holds and the dangers that come with a society supported by a deeply woven data fabric.


name_last: Mega Ran and K-Murdock
name: Mega Ran and K-Murdock
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2519.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Mega_Ran_and_K-Murdock-Dream_Master.mp3
website_link: http://megaran.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkZ75L3S_I0
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Mega Ran and K-Murdock
original_serial: event_MS11154
original_venue_serial: Flamingo Cantina
description:
  Random, aka Mega Ran. Teacher, Rapper, Hero. Random manages the unthinkable by dazzling retro gamers while garnering respect from Hip-Hop's harshest critics. Random's unique 'Mega Ran' persona was born in 2007 when he was approached by representatives at Capcom and offered an exclusive partnership agreement. Random has placed music in video games, television programming, and even college coursework. By day, he is a middle school English teacher in Phoenix, AZ.

  K-Murdock is a music producer and radio show host from Washington, DC. His primary group, Panacea, remains one of the most critically acclaimed underground hip-hop acts of this decade. K is known for adding lush soundscapes that have gone on to redefine progressive hip-hop and soul music. He ran the longest running hip-hop show on XM satellite radio, SubSoniq, and has mixed, mastered and produced for some of today's best major and indie talent.

  Ran and K linked over a shared love for video games and hip-hop, and released the landmark album 'Forever Famicom' in 2010, and just wrapped up their first full tour, 'The Bits and Rhymes Tour.'


name_last: BOOBatary
name: BOOBatary
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F28885.jpg
website_link: http://leahshore.wordpress.com/
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Animated Short
search: BOOBatary Leah Shore
original_serial: event_FS11983
original_venue_serial: Alamo Lamar A
description:
  Director: Leah Shore
  USA | 2 minutes


  A secretary types with her boobs. Made entirely in one month.


name_last: How Blogs With Balls Are Saving Sports Media
name: How Blogs With Balls Are Saving Sports Media
name_index: H
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/HowBlogsWithBallsAreSavingSports.png
website_link: http://danshanoff.com
hashtag: #BallsyBlogs
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP6017
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: Hill Country AB

  Participants:
  AJ Daulerio (Gawker Media)
  Dan Shanoff (Quickish Media)
  Darren Rovell (CNBC)
  Jemele Hill (N/A)
  Spencer Hall (SB Nation)

  Summary
  Film geeks, political buffs and gossip lovers may argue, but nowhere has the impact of blogging and podcasting been more dramatic in the past few years than the sports world. In a space dominated exclusively by those with access to the field, the press box and the locker room, the audience has grown completely accustomed to stories being broken by a fan with little more than a phone and a Twitter account almost overnight. Fans and voices outside the velvet rope of media credentialing are not only reporting on the stories of the day, they're making and breaking stories with increasing frequency. They're also emerging as some of the most important influencers, connecting directly with one of the most coveted audience demographics filled with young, passionate adults. 

  How has this democratization disrupted the existing models for big sports leagues, teams, players, coaches and media outlets? What can other industries learn from the creative and technical innovators in sports media today? What challenges and advances within are other industries and communities ignoring at their peril?

search:
  How Blogs With Balls Are Saving Sports Media AJ Daulerio Gawker MediaDan Shanoff Quickish MediaDarren Rovell CNBCJemele Hill N/ASpencer Hall SB Nation


name_last: Time Traveling: Interfaces for Geotemporal Visualization
name: Time Traveling: Interfaces for Geotemporal Visualization
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/TimeTravelingBrokenImage.pdf
website_link: http://www.geotemporalviz.org/
hashtag: #timespace
event_category: Design / Development
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP6627
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom B

  Participants:
  Adam Rabinowitz (University of Texas)
  Ana Boa-Ventura (media shots)
  Irene Ros (IBM Research)
  Nicholas Rabinowitz (nickrabinowitz.com)
  Ryan Shaw (University of North Carolina)

  Summary
  Displaying geography alone is easy: interactive maps are more and more a part of our everyday lives. Displaying time alone is easy: we are all familiar with charts and animations that show the passage of time. It is increasingly common to display time and space together in a single visual interface as well, but this combination has raised a number of new questions. There are few conventions or standards for geotemporal visualization, and we are still discovering which approaches are most effective for which datasets. Focusing particularly on historical data, this panel will explore issues in the modeling and visualization of geotemporal information, presenting existing approaches and discussing new trends.

search:
  Time Traveling: Interfaces for Geotemporal Visualization Adam Rabinowitz University of TexasAna Boa-Ventura media shotsIrene Ros IBM ResearchNicholas Rabinowitz nickrabinowitz.comRyan Shaw University of North Carolina


name_last: Robotics Meet Up
name: Robotics Meet Up
name_index: R
event_category: Meet Up
event_sub_category: Meet Up
search: Robotics Meet Up Steve Guengerich BroadBrush Ventures - Appconomy
original_serial: event_IAP000505
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Room 616AB

  Participants:
  Steve Guengerich (BroadBrush Ventures - Appconomy)

  Summary
  As the SXSW Interactive Festival continues to grow, it often becomes harder to discover /network with the specific type of people you want to network with. Hence a full slate of daytime Meet Ups are scheduled for the 2011 event. These Meet Ups are definitely not a panel session -- nor do they offer any kind of formal presentation or AV setup. On the contrary, these sessions are a room where many different conversations and (and will) go on at once. This timeslot is for registrants to network with other SXSW Interactive, Gold and Platinum registrants who are interested in robots. Cash bar onsite.


name_last: Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!
name: Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/39975.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Tiger!_Shit!_Tiger!_Tiger!-Whispers.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/tigershittigertiger
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!
original_serial: event_MS11928
original_venue_serial: BD Riley's
description:
  Two years after the release of TS!TT acclaimed debut,  the Italian noise-pop explorers are back with 'Whispers'. Recently featured as a band to watch in Spin Magazine, Italy's secret weapon bring forth a sound that's tempting and melodic, yet sharp and desperate. 
  Every song is played with the greatest urgency: 'Whispers EP' is catchy, but in a subtle way that keeps you engaged. However, it is the antithesis to a whisper, it is a noisy lo-fi sound with punk and new waves influences. This EP shows that TS!TT aren't afraid to grow as a band, and we still can't wait for their follow-up to 'be yr own sh*t'.

  EP DIGITAL COPY: http://www.mediafire.com/?n3ysg3lay141uod
  EP PREVIEW: www.soundcloud.com/wearetstt/whispers

  www.toloselatrack.org

  Ep and 7'' available at Insound.com and Rough Trade:
  www.insound.com
  www.roughtrade.com


name_last: Mentors - Distribution 2
name: Mentors - Distribution 2
name_index: M
event_category: OTHER
event_sub_category: Various
original_serial: event_FP990171
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 11AB

  Participants:
  Adam Chapnick (Distribber.com)
  Jon Reiss (Hybrid Cinema)
  Laure Parsons (x + x films)
  Richard Lorber (Kino Lorber)
  Slava Rubin (IndieGoGo)

  Summary
  Get some one-on-one face time with people who can decide if a film goes theatrical, VOD or another route entirely. Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platinum badge holders at a first-come, first-served basis. Registrants who signed up online must check-in 30 minutes before your mentor time slot to guarantee your spot. Limited on-site signup is also available for a small number of mentor sessions spots and will begin 30 minutes before the first time slot of each session. Signup for Mentor Sessions Online here - http://mentor.sxsw.com/

  Get some one-on-one face time with people who can decide if a film goes theatrical, VOD or another route entirely. Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platinum badge holders at a first-come, first-served basis. Registrants who signed up online must check-in 30 minutes before your mentor time slot to guarantee your spot. Limited on-site signup is also available for a small number of mentor sessions spots and will begin 30 minutes before the first time slot of each session. Signup for Mentor Sessions Online here - http://mentor.sxsw.com/

search:
  Mentors - Distribution 2 Adam Chapnick Distribber.comJon Reiss Hybrid CinemaLaure Parsons x + x filmsRichard Lorber Kino LorberSlava Rubin IndieGoGo


name_last: The Mother Truckers
name: The Mother Truckers
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/39743.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/The_Mother_Truckers-Summer_Of_Love.mp3
website_link: http://www.reverbnation.com/themothertruckers
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unVoabvcBbI
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: The Mother Truckers
original_serial: event_MS12217
original_venue_serial: Continental Club
description:
  The Mother Truckers are a kick-ass rock 'n' roll band from Austin, Texas! Their music is high-octane Americana, blending elements of Country and Blues with loud guitars, big choruses and powerhouse vocals. Their creative songwriting and high energy live performances lift you up to a place that’s somewhere between a honky-tonk and a mosh-pit!
  The core of the group is the singing songwriting team of Josh Zee and Teal Collins.
  Josh Zee (vocals/lead guitar) has recorded 2 major label records on the SONY/Work label as the singer/guitarist and songwriter for the Rock group 'Protein'. They toured extensively throughout the U.S. on 'The Warped Tour' and also toured Europe and Japan as part of MTV Asia Summer Fest.
  Teal Collins (vocals/ukulele/guitar) Teal's early introduction to music was through her dad, famous Jazz disc jockey Al, 'Jazzbeaux' Collins. Teal has recorded sessions for Grammy award winning producers Narada Michael Walden (Whitney Houston) and Stephen Bray (Madonna). Teal has also received Gold and Platinum albums for her work on Shanice (Motown records) and Third Eye Blind's album Blue.
  Josh and Teal formed the Mother Truckers in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2002 after meeting at a local open mic night. The Band recorded several self-released albums including fan favorite 'Something Worth Dying for'. 
  In 2005, Josh and Teal moved their music to Texas, and set up shop in Austin, “The Live Music Capitol of the World”. There, they met local music scene veterans, Danny G (Bass) and Pete The Beat (Drums) who form The Mother Truckers powerhouse rhythm section. The band got a residency at the legendary Continental Club and quickly started drawing a large number of fans to their shows.
  In 2007 they recorded their album 'Broke, Not Broken' (Funzalo Records) at Ray Benson’s Bismeaux Studios in South Austin. The album was met with critical acclaim and received airplay nationwide. The Austin American Statesman's Michael Corcoran placed the album on his top 10 list of the year as did the Village Voice's Chuck Eddy. At SXSW The Austin Music Awards named The Mother Truckers 'Best Roots Rock Band Of The Year'.
  In 2008, The Mother Truckers released “Let’s All Go To Bed” (Funzalo Records) which was responded to immediately by the fans, the press, and multiple XM/Sirius satellite stations, Including “Little Steven’s Underground Garage” where the Truckers’ single “Streets of Atlanta” was picked as one of the “Coolest Songs in The World” . They also had many TV and film placements including HBO’s “True Blood” Series, feature film “Touching Home” with Ed Harris, and feature film “Wake” with Jane Seymour.

    Now, in 2010, the band has a brand-new album “Van Tour”. An instant classic of in-your-face, touring band, rock and roll imagination! LITTLE STEVEN’S UNDERGROUND GARAGE 
  *the Mother Truckers song 'SUMMER OF LOVE' has been chosen as one of the 'Coolest Songs in the World' on the 'Little Steven's Underground Garage ' SIRIUS Satellite radio show.  2008’s “STREETS OF ATLANTA” was also chosen for this same distinction. Once again, Michael Corcoran from The Austin American Statesman has responded with high praise~ “... The Mother Truckers have penned an instant pop classic with ‘Keep It Simple’ from their new ‘Van Tour’ CD. The Tune, featuring Teal Collins’ sensational soaring vocals, has a nostalgic top 40 radio feel. Zee and Collins are probably the most talented guitarist/vocals tandem in Austin”.


name_last: Empress Hotel
name: Empress Hotel
name_index: E
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1531.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Empress_Hotel-Here_Comes_the_New_Challenger.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/empresshotel
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Empress Hotel
original_serial: event_MS12766
original_venue_serial: Mi Casa Cantina
description:
  Empress Hotel at it's core is an assembly of musicians from both New Orleans and afar. Spearheading this New Orleans pop ensemble are brothers Ryan and Eric Rogers on guitar and drums, backed by Patrick Hodgkins from Portland, Maine on bass, Leo DeJesus on keys and percussion and fronted by the lovely Julie Williams on keys and the ever so amorous Micah McKee on lead vocals and guitar. The music is inspired by 70s one hit wonders such as Ace and The Dwight Twilley Band and drawing influence from legends like Prince, Sparks, and Roxy Music.

  Empress Hotel brings a personal, human story to their interpretation of pop songs. It's implemented through stream of consciousness lyrics, dynamic vocal melodies and rhythmic harmonies from individuals who love the glory days and still go see new bands play live more than most. They lust for a music that is inclusive, crowd pleasing and honest. Empress Hotel asks for you to sing along, and dance within it. It wants your company.


name_last: LDFD
name: LDFD
name_index: L
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/4508.jpg
website_link: http://ldfd.tumblr.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: LDFD
original_serial: event_MS15052
original_venue_serial: Beauty Bar
description:
  Justin Ledford (LDFD) was born in Amarillo, Texas U.S.A. His unique sound is inspired by a smattering of production tools he started with when he was younger. 'I started making beats with a Radio Shack Moog from the 80's, an SP-404, my guitar and random percussion instruments.'
  His live sets incorporate elements of UK Funky, Dubstep, House and Hip-Hop. He is both a member of the international artist collective Broken Teeth and the Dallas Dubstep crew 'Dub Assembly'. Headedup by Jason Mundo, Dub Assembly's first generation stateside Dubstep events have offered LDFD a healthy home.
  He has been featured at events with Gaslamp Killer, Daedelus, Samiyam, Free the Robots, Hatcha and Noah D. In one short year LDFD's dazzling efforts in the studio have come under high praise and have been supported by artists such as LV, Starkey, and Distal. It's no wonder that he already has an EP coming out on Daedelus' label, Magical Properties.


name_last: Uncle Bad Touch
name: Uncle Bad Touch
name_index: U
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3987.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Uncle_Bad_Touch-I_Wanna_Love_You.mp3
website_link: http://www.unclebadtouchband.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Uncle Bad Touch
original_serial: event_MS14017
original_venue_serial: Spill
description:
  Mikey from Priestess with his girlfriend, Kathryn, and their drummer-friend, Shawn spent two weeks in the summer jamming and recording in Mikey's kitchen. As they finished each song, they put them up on myspace, facebook and posted to Stillepost. There was an amazing reaction to their, fuzzy, catchy, hooky tunes recorded on Garageband. They spent the rest of the summer playing sweaty loft parties and bbqs and are now poised to be one of the new breakout bands from Montreal this coming year.  Their super lo-fi, fun,  fuzzy, garagy  sound and loveable live show is infectious. Mikey and Kathryn are such a cool, loveable couple to see up front and center.   Already darlings of the Montreal scene, they're now getting attention from usa labels, bloggers, press,etc..  They recently supported Jeff The Brotherhood and will be out with Ty Segal in March. 


  'Like a Smith Westerns hangover after a night with Iggy Pop' - PASTE  
   http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/10/cmj-an-a-z-guide.html?p=5




  'Artist To Watch...KickAss' Rollo&Grady  - http://www.rollogrady.com/artist-to-watch-uncle-badtouch/


  'Best Discovery Of The Year'  -NashvilleScene


  The BIG TAKEOVER'S  TOP-10:    #3: 

    Uncle Bad Touch - Baby Baby Baby Baby


  'This new Montreal band has somehow achieved the rare feat of effectively blending indie-fied pop, prog and old school rock. (Classic Prop?) With epic melodies and a nifty ability for the songs to contract and release unexpectedly, Uncle Bad Touch is a great time with just the right amount of fucked up and shred. Go see them live, they play really hard!'

  http://www.bigtakeover.com/top-ten/Matt-Lee-110116


name_last: A Bootstrapped Geek Sifts Through the Bullshit
name: A Bootstrapped Geek Sifts Through the Bullshit
name_index: B
website_link: http://blog.asmartbear.com
hashtag: #startup
event_category: Business
event_sub_category: Solo
search: A Bootstrapped Geek Sifts Through the Bullshit Jason Cohen WPEngine
original_serial: event_IAP6034
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon AB

  Participants:
  Jason Cohen (WPEngine)

  Summary
  After starting four companies, I've found that some widely accepted advice lead me to failure while trusting my (inexperienced) gut lead to success. So many business philosophies profess they're the One True Way, yet different business face different hurdles. With stories, six actionable lessons, and a workshopping of 37signals' philosophy, you'll learn when to follow the rules and when to go your own way.


name_last: Wheelchair Sports Camp
name: Wheelchair Sports Camp
name_index: W
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/43231.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Wheelchair_Sports_Camp-Party_Song.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/wheelchairsportscamp
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGGNbq-xKd4
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Wheelchair Sports Camp
original_serial: event_MS12168
original_venue_serial: Red 7
description:
  Wheelchair Sports Camp, the Denver based pseudo hip-hop band is Kalyn as MC/producer, Abi McGaha Miller as vocalist/saxophone, brother Isaac as live rhythm, and Christopher Behm-Meyer as DJ B*Money.  The band unknowingly started in the summer of 1997 when Kalyn moved back from Burbank, CA to her Denver hometown and was invited to attend/corrupt the 14th annual week-long Wheelchair Sports Camp.  Having grown-up listening to TLC, Salt -n- Pepa, Missy Elliot and The Pharcyde despite her parent's recommendations, Kalyn entered a talent show at the age of 12 rapping originial rhymes over a cassette of herself beatboxing.  After meeting Abi and later brother Isaac in college, Kalyn combined talents to create a more live, jazzy, funky, combination to the traditional hip-hop group.  And after hitting their groove with DMC national finalist DJ B*Money, they had everything a group could need to call themselves a good band.  The unconventional setup of live instruments, turntables and Kalyn's produced beats, presents a polished sound unique to the hip hop game with old-school lyrics that maintain a sarcastic yet independent and heavy consciousness.  After playing for a few years around the Denver metro area, the group has been fortunate enough to share the stage with headliners and mentors like Raekwon, Rahzel, Zion I, Souls Of Mischief, good friend One Be Lo & Binary Star, Blueprint, Mr. Dibbs, Macklemore, DubConscious, Pep Love, Astronautalis and many more. The band has played outside home in places including New York, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, and continues to expand their fanbase in further markets.
  Wheelchair Sports Camp persists to stay passionate about many causes, playing shows to raise money and awareness to prevent domestic violence, support Haiti relief efforts, promote equality, advocate an end to the war in the Middle East, aid the homeless, and any other fight they can foster. Taking a nod from one of their favorite artists Radiohead, Wheelchair Sports Camp always has free or pay what you can CDs available at shows for fans. 'If you can't afford music or food, steal it!' has been their motto since inception. Their goal is to spread their music like wildfire, and they encourage their fans to share and borrow creativity in hopes to conserve a free culture. To them, it's the only way to keep their music headed in the right direction without allowing money and greed to interfere with the creative process.


name_last: Cleantech: The Interactive Community & the Next Great Industry
name: Cleantech: The Interactive Community & the Next Great Industry
name_index: C
website_link: http://bbdo.com
event_category: Greater Good
event_sub_category: Dual
search: Cleantech: The Interactive Community &amp; the Next Great Industry Indira Vaidy BBDO
original_serial: event_IAP7989
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 6AB

  Participants:
  Indira Vaidy (BBDO)

  Summary
  Every major forecast from McKinsey to The Gates Foundation points to cleantech as the Next Great Industry. It seems obvious, yet how many of us in the interactive community have deep knowledge and involvement in this sector? Our prediction and hope is that that will change in the next 3-5 years. This session will discuss the current growth of the cleantech sector, its implications for the interactive community and vice versa, the optimal scenarios for impact, and the ways we can start thinking about this industry now. We’ll dive into the current role of data and developers, the importance of mapping & the Internet of Things, and look at case studies from GE & IBM to TerraPower. We’ll also follow up on some of the principles in the SXSW 2010 keynotes of Valerie Casey & Bruce Sterling such as systems thinking in the interactive community, high-impact development, and our role in social & environmental change. Quoting the “Environmental Leader” blog on cleantech: “As our colleague, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has explained, new industries founded on new technology platforms tend to be complex and expensive at first, as it takes the combined efforts of an organized group of highly skilled people to commercialize a breakthrough.” They’re talking about us, so let’s get involved.


name_last: The Resentments
name: The Resentments
name_index: R
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/4286.jpg
website_link: http://theresentments.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: The Resentments
original_serial: event_MS14478
original_venue_serial: Saxon Pub
description:
  The Resentments are a collective of songwriters, sidemen, renegades and bon vivants that have held down Sunday nights at the Saxon Pub in Austin, Texas for many years, in many forms. Mostly acoustic, they trade songs and instruments, solos and bon mots, but John Chipman, Bruce Hughes, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Jeff Plankenhorn and Miles Zuniga all share the same goal: elevation and liberation of the spirit through music.
  The Resentments were started 13 years ago by the late Stephen Bruton and the very much alive Jon Dee Graham. Neither plays in the current line up, but their presence is always felt.


name_last: Baby I'm A Star! How to Get Major Exposure in a Multi-Platform Media Environment
name: Baby I'm A Star! How to Get Major Exposure in a Multi-Platform Media Environment
name_index: B
hashtag: babyimastar
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Various
original_serial: event_MP990195
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 18ABC

  Moderator:
  Kelly Griffin (BET Networks)

  Participants:
  J Cole (Roc Nation)
  Jaunique Sealey (Atom Digital)
  Londell McMillan (The Source Magazine)
  Melanie Fiona (Title 9/SRC/Universal Motown)
  Stephen Hill (BET Networks)
  Troy Carter (Atom Factory Inc)

  Summary
  Discover the secrets of how to become a star and strategically get your music to your audience --through TV, digital, records and live performances.  What are ways to get on a major network, or get the proper attention from a label, and generate fans and cash by taking your act on the road?

search:
  Baby I'm A Star! How to Get Major Exposure in a Multi-Platform Media Environment J Cole Roc NationJaunique Sealey Atom DigitalLondell McMillan The Source MagazineMelanie Fiona Title 9/SRC/Universal MotownStephen Hill BET NetworksTroy Carter Atom Factory IncKelly Griffin BET Networks


name_last: T. Tex Edwards & Out On Parole
name: T. Tex Edwards & Out On Parole
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/458.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/T._Tex_Edwards-Move_It.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/ttexedwards
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: T. Tex Edwards &amp; Out On Parole
original_serial: event_MS12387
original_venue_serial: Karma Lounge
description:
  T. Tex Edwards is an unsung pioneer of cowpunk and honky tonk murder ballads who started out in the '70s with the punk band Nervebreakers. Thom 'Tex' Edwards' whiskey-soaked vocals already had a slight country twang to them back in 1978 even as the band performed their goofy anthems while supporting the Sex Pistols in Dallas. Drawing influence from the Flamin' Groovies and the Cramps rather than the more political end of the punk spectrum, Nervebreakers were equally at home lampooning 'You're the One That I Want' from Grease as they were playing it straight (relatively) with the Kinks' 'I'm Not Like Everybody Else.' Their original material was rousing and funny, and 'My Girlfriend Is a Rock' was even a minor hit in San Francisco. The band never released a full-length record in their lifetime, even though they had an almost legendary local reputation. A live performance of them backing Roky Erickson at the Dallas Palladium in 1979 was released in 1992, and a posthumous CD recorded in 1980, We Want Everything, was finally released by Get Hip in 2000. 

  Edwards' first post-Nervebreakers outfit, Tex & the Saddle Tramps, left scarce but vital documentation, such as the churlish rocker 'Move It!' that later would appear on the Loafin' Hyenas record and be covered by LeRoi Brothers. Still most of the T. Tex legend from the early to mid-'80s remains only in the recollections of those fortunate enough to catch him performing his offbeat brand of incorrigible country live. His growling redneck delivery is at times unhinged, but it's instantly recognizable, highly addictive, and consistently manages to hit the narrow margin between parody and reverence, often accomplishing both. 

  He formed Out on Parole in Austin in 1984, and Loafin' Hyenas in Hollywood in 1986, but it took until 1989 before things finally started moving forward. His first solo album -- as T. Tex Edwards and Out on Parole -- was a stroke of demented genius that caused a stir when cult label Sympathy for the Record Industry released it yet proved more an inspiration than the chart-topper it should have been. Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill was a collection of 'psycho-country' covers done with a relatively straight face and high musical pedigree -- LeRoi Brothers/Fabulous Thunderbirds alumni Mike Buck was the driving force behind the album. It's not only Johnny Cash who wrote dark country and western songs of adultery and murder; Pardon Me collects obscure, nutty gems from the likes of Johnny Paycheck (the title song), Porter Wagoner ('Rubber Room'), and Lee Hazlewood ('Girl on Death Row'), not to mention the twisted genius of Leon Payne's 'Psycho.' The same ground would be covered in the following decade, sometimes with song selections oddly similar to Pardon Me, but rarely with the same gravelly brilliance.

  The 1990 release of the Loafin' Hyenas' only LP was mostly ignored despite strong original material and another killer band. Songs like 'Can't Find the Door Knob' and 'Scratchin' Fleas' utilized Tex's distinctive vocals perfectly, and the drunken abandon of the band was captured, bottled, and released only in France and Japan.

  Further recordings followed under various guises and numerous small labels. T. Tex and the Big 'D' Ramblers, DisGraceland, and T. Tex and the Sickoids were a few that made it to record, and one-off projects like 1999's 18-song Intexicated Tape were mostly circulated among the faithful.

  After a long silence, the full-length Up Against the Floor was released in 2007. The Swingin' Cornflake Killers backed a slightly toned-down Edwards on a selection of offbeat covers (David Bowie's 'Black Country Rock' and Conway Twitty's 'Lonely Blue Boy') as well as equally memorable originals like the instant standard 'Ain't No Bars in Heaven.'

  A while later Nervebreakers announced they were regrouping after their 'slight' 27-year hiatus. T. Tex remains a pioneering, under-appreciated, and often neglected chronicler of the offbeat and eccentric traditions of country rock & roll. — JT Lindroos, All Music Guide


name_index: N
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/radical.jpg
hashtag: #SXSW@radical
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
original_serial: event_OE00027
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
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description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4

  Transmedia Production in the Next Frontier: In a Galaxy Not So Far Away, Digital, Film and Music Meet Outer Space with @radical.media Chief Technology Officer Evan Schechtman and Chief Creative Officer James Spindler

  radicalmedia.com

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name_last: My Little Pony
name: My Little Pony
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/45939.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/mylittlepony-The_Grass_That's_Still_Wet.mp3
website_link: http://myspace.com/mylittleponyoslo
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: My Little Pony
original_serial: event_MS10994
original_venue_serial: Esther's Follies
description:
  mylittlepony, (the band, not the brand), was founded in Oslo in the winter of 2007. Allthough having 'screwed up their googlability' (quote: MTV UK & Ireland) they have been able to build an international name for themselves in the world of underground twee pop. Their first full length album 'Think Too Much' was released in 2008 and featured such hits as 'Skipping Down the Street', 'MacGyver Blues', 'A Song For You On Your 40th Birthday' and the even longer entitled track 'Do You Really Love Me Or Am I Just In Your Network?'. The album was a success even among the critics from Norwegian mainstream media and it was soon distributed worldwide with special editions for Japan and The Philippines. In 2008 they were awarded the Spanish Premio Pop Eye for 'European Revelation' and the following year 'Think Too Much' achieved the same prize in the category of 'Best International Album'. They have toured Spain twice and visited Germany three times. Last November they played the biggest stage at the public broadcast festival On3 in Munich together with such acts as Speech Debelle, Chris Garneau, Ebony Bangs, Royal Bangs and a slightly confused Pete Doherty. In total they have played over two hundred shows in ten different European countries. Their biggest fan bases are in Germany, USA Spain, Sweden, Japan and the UK.

  2011 sees the release of the long awaited second album 'Making Marks'. The video for the single 'Hard To Be Good ' has already been put in MTV rotation and entered the German myspace charts. The band's appealing mix of twee pop and more classic pop, soul and americana music is making them reach a steady growing audience, without ever loosing their intense underground fervor. The combination of pure sincerity and analytical intelligence in both melodies and lyrics make mylittlepony a front runner in the increasingly more exciting pop capital of Oslo, Norway.


name_last: Speaking to Geeks
name: Speaking to Geeks
name_index: S
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP000307
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom F

  Participants:
  Brian Kelley (gordonandthewhale.com)
  Jenny Alme (InsidePulseMovies.com)
  Joanne Yang (Gaia Online)
  Joveth Gonzalez (Capcom Entertainment Inc)
  Justin Rojas (FUNimation Entertainment)
  Kellie Parker (Sega of America)

  Summary
  Being geek is “in” today but how do companies and marketers talk to these currently-hip-but-not-hipsters and become part of the pop culture landscape themselves? Representatives from the pillars of geekdom: anime, comics, videogames and films share how they use social marketing to reach and win over the smart and the skeptical and reap the benefits of nerd word of mouth.

search:
  Speaking to Geeks Brian Kelley gordonandthewhale.comJenny Alme InsidePulseMovies.comJoanne Yang Gaia OnlineJoveth Gonzalez Capcom Entertainment IncJustin Rojas FUNimation EntertainmentKellie Parker Sega of America


name_last: Are We Not Men? Reaching New American Dads
name: Are We Not Men? Reaching New American Dads
name_index: A
website_link: http://manofthehouse.com
hashtag: #Dads
event_category: Work & Happiness
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Are We Not Men? Reaching New American Dads Craig Heimbuch ManoftheHouse.comJason Avant DadCentric
original_serial: event_IAP5702
original_venue_serial: Marriott Courtyard
description:
  Room: Rio Grande A

  Participants:
  Craig Heimbuch (ManoftheHouse.com)
  Jason Avant (DadCentric)

  Summary
  Men's media has changed tremendously- almost as much as men and dads have. Today's dads are active  in every aspect of the household, from parenting to chores, and yet, they are largely overlooked as readers and consumers. New American Dads are thirsty for knowledge and a community that speaks their common language - that of the real man. The new language of men helps Jacks of all trades learn how to be better at all of them, retain their essential masculinity and perform well in a new paradigm of family, work and self. Traditional media outlets - those that espouse the virtues of supposedly manly interests ($10,000 suits, rare scotch and women, women, women) are missing an opportunity to serve this emerging male marked. In order to speak 'Dad,' media must speak to the realities of his life, his priorities, responsibilities, aspirations and, above all else, be useful. The growing online media directed at the New American Dad understands that service journalism - that which seeks to inform as well as entertain - is the next evolution in the daddy blogger. Blogs have their place, but in order to effect change in men's media, online resources must engage the reader in a conversation, one in which the consumer walks away feeling better informed than they had before engaging the site. Service journalism - how-tos, how it works and best-of lists - have practical applications in readers' lives, thus engendering loyalty and creating conversations with a long overlooked population, while developing an audience for whom older media models based on supposed aspiration and stereotype have little meaningful impact. Speak to dads in their language, encourage them to speak back, teach them something they can use and entertain them - this is the next evolution of men's media.


name_last: Babe Rainbow
name: Babe Rainbow
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/772.jpg
website_link: http://baberainbow.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: Babe Rainbow
original_serial: event_MS12531
original_venue_serial: Soho Lounge
description:
  What started as a project to kill time during his 8 month unemployment in 2009, Cameron Reed's (AKA Babe Rainbow) experimental electronic music took off as quick as it began. Only months after posting his first songs online tastemaker blogs like 20 Jazz Funk Greats and Gorilla Vs. Bear were championing the desolate soundscapes and enormous beats. It wasn't long after that the influential UK-label Warp Records reached out to Reed to release the 7-song 'Shaved EP' in February '10.

  With remixes for artists such as DOOM, Midnight Juggernauts, and Comanechi, a  mixtape, and a series of music videos and shorts, Babe Rainbow stayed in the press earning praises from the likes of the Fader, Stereogum and Pitchfork. In July '10 he was invited to perform in NY at the MoMA PS1 Warm UP Series opening for his heroes Animal Collective. A handful of festival appearances across Canada followed.

  Weaving thick textures of sound that engulf the listener, Babe Rainbow is as much ambient and noise as it is hip-hop and dubstep. The music may not be the easiest to dance to but it certainly demands your attention, because if you don't follow along you'll get lost in the maze of tones you've been submerged in.


name_last: A Conversation with Randall Poster
name: A Conversation with Randall Poster
name_index: C
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Conversation
original_serial: event_FP990080
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 18ABCD

  Moderator:
  Graham Reynolds (Golden Hornet Project Film Event - Metropolis with Original Live Score/Wyatt Brand)

  Participants:
  Randall Poster (Search Party Music)

  Summary
  Graham Reynolds sits down with prolific Music Supervisor Randall Poster, to talk about the importance of music in film. Poster has worked with the greats, including Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, and Jason Reitman.

  Graham Reynolds sits down with prolific Music Supervisor Randall Poster, to talk about the importance of music in film. Poster has worked with the greats, including Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, and Jason Reitman.

search:
  A Conversation with Randall Poster Randall Poster Search Party MusicGraham Reynolds Golden Hornet Project Film Event - Metropolis with Original Live Score/Wyatt Brand


name_last: Terrorism 2.0: Al Qaeda's Online Tools
name: Terrorism 2.0: Al Qaeda's Online Tools
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/Terrorism20AlQaedasOnlineTools.jpg
website_link: http://www.washingtonian.com
hashtag: #terror2.0
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: Solo
search: Terrorism 2.0: Al Qaeda's Online Tools Garrett Graff Washingtonian Magazine
original_serial: event_IAP5405
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: TX Ballroom 5-7

  Participants:
  Garrett Graff (Washingtonian Magazine)

  Summary
  The web, it is often said, inherently benefits the insurgent. Thus it's no surprise that it's becoming the medium of choice for terrorists and violent extremist groups around the world.
  Tracing 'terror 2.0' from the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai&mdash;arguably the first networked terrorist attack&mdash;up through the Times Square bomber, who was radicalized after watching online videos from Muslim cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki and others, this presentation will examine how terrorists are using the same tools we're developing for spreading information and social networking in the West for their own nefarious purposes&mdash;even sometimes live online to coordinate unfolding attacks.
  Learn how al Qaeda, the Iraq insurgency, Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Taliban, and even Russian organized crime is running scams, coordinating attacks, recruiting followers, raising money, and living their lives online alongside regular web users. For instance, the Taliban's website was, for a long period, hosted on a server in Houston, Texas, and al Qaeda's primary webmaster&mdash;who helped pass around online bomb-making guides, radical videos, downloadable extremist sermons, and  hostage videos&mdash;turned out to be a 22-year-old geek in West London.


name_last: Animated Shorts
name: Animated Shorts
name_index: A
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F31339.jpg
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Shorts Program
search: Animated Shorts Various
original_serial: event_FS11564
original_venue_serial: Alamo Lamar A
description:
  Director: Various
  VARIOUS | 96 minutes


  The Beaufort Diaries
  Director: Alex Petrowsky
  When you're a dying breed in Hollywood, sometimes it's tough to go with the floe.

  BOOBatary
  Director: Leah Shore
  A secretary types with her boobs

  Denmark
  Director: Daniel Fickle
  Pily, a lovable crustacean of mixed origin struggles to escape his underwater home when it becomes threatened by pollution.

  Dinosaur Ballet
  Director: Ross Butter
  A short animation, showcasing the grace and poise of our prehistoric forerunners.

  The Eagleman Stag
  Director: Mikey Please
  If you repeat the word ‘fly’ for long enough it sounds like you're saying ‘life’. This is of no help to Peter. His answers lie in the brain of a beetle.

  Get With The Program
  Director: Jennifer Drummond Deutrom
  The complacent inhabitants of this near-future society devise ways to adapt to the constant demands of the techno dystopia they have created.

  Heart
  Director: Erick Oh
  An exploration of transcendence. This short presents questions through abstract metaphors and symbols, illustrated by the human heart.

  A LOST AND FOUND BOX OF HUMAN SENSATION
  Directors: Martin Wallner & Stefan Leuchtenberg
  When his father dies unexpectedly, a young man seeking to cope with his grief goes on a powerful emotional journey through time and space.

  Paths of Hate
  Director: Damian Nenow
  A short tale about the demons that slumber deep in the human soul and have the power to push people into the abyss of blind hate, fury and rage.

  Preferably Blue
  Director: Alan Dickson
  Not everyone loves Christmas.

  Teddy Goldblatt
  Director: Rob Munday
  In a post-apocalyptic world a lemon called Teddy finds his legs.

  Weather Report
  Director: Olivia Taussig
  A catalogue of nine headlines, illuminating apocalyptic undercurrents. Headlines become ironic expositions, highlighting fantastical variables and animals play.

  The Wonder Hospital
  Director: Beomsik Shimbe Shim
  A surreal journey through a mysterious hospital that alters the perception of physical beauties.


name_last: Greek Fire
name: Greek Fire
name_index: G
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/661.jpg
website_link: http://www.greekfiremusic.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Greek Fire
original_serial: event_MS13262
original_venue_serial: Emo's Main Room
description:
  Greek Fire is a mission to capture the attention of a rock deprived generation. A mission to re-vitalize the spirit of rock music in all of it's purity and greatness. A mission to create uplifting, soaring music for those who need it now more than ever. Greek Fire is comprised of 4 young men from the planet Earth, each sharing an extreme passion for their respective instruments. Greek Fire is about purity and expression, poetry and mystery, the beauty of the journey. Faith in something greater, a quest into the unknown, a connection with the fire within. Embracing the power of words, the beauty of the guitar riff, the energy created through real rhythm, Greek Fire is a quest to resurrect the greatness of rock music for those who want something more. Natural melodies and rhythm with no cover ups, no pitch correction, no splicing and dicing it to perfection, just the spirit of that natural and attitude-filled first take. We invite you to the ride.


name_last: Filmmakers Meet Distributors
name: Filmmakers Meet Distributors
name_index: F
hashtag: #SXSWMeetUp
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
search: Filmmakers Meet Distributors
original_serial: event_OE00107
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4



  SXSW invites indie filmmakers and distributors to get together at The Trade Show Meet Up Pavilion to explore new platforms and methods for film distribution.


name_last: Lindi Ortega & The Treasures
name: Lindi Ortega & The Treasures
name_index: L
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/41856.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Lindi_Ortega-Little_Lie.mp3
website_link: http://soundcloud.com/lastgangentertainment/sets/lindi-ortega-little-red-boots-sampler/s-izfS2
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na3IA6YX-qg
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: Lindi Ortega &amp; The Treasures
original_serial: event_MS12402
original_venue_serial: Swan Dive
description:
  Somewhere in an old 1960’s apartment building in the city of Toronto, Canada, a well worn pair of cherry red cowboy boots wait by the door.On the bed is a journal with a bird on the front cover and the saying “Go Slow, Life in Progress”. Sitting on the floor with a bottle of merlot and a red flower in her dark hair is where we find Lindi Ortega.  She’s no stranger to the stage, having toured across Canada and the United States, Ortega has performed for all kinds of audiences. She opened for the UK band Keane in North America, as well as a successful Midwest run with movie star Kevin Costner and his band The Modern West. Lindi Ortega has just completed a new full length record produced by Ron Lopata and set for release on Last Gang Records in the summer of 2011. Keep an ear out for that sweet vibrato and an eye out for those little red boots because it won’t be long before Canada boasts of a brand new country darling.


name_last: The Appleseed Cast
name: The Appleseed Cast
name_index: A
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/The_Appleseed_Cast-As_the_Little_Things_Go.mp3
website_link: http://www.theappleseedcast.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: The Appleseed Cast
original_serial: event_MS12427
original_venue_serial: Skinny's Ballroom
description:
  Sagarmatha, the seventh full length by Appleseed Cast, finds the band self-assured and largely home-recorded, indulging in the creation of their art beyond the pressures of hype or doubt that compromise younger and lesser bands. It seems that they understand that for a band that's been making music for ten years to sound fresh, their ideas must be fresh. Sagarmatha integrates the more anthemic sensibilities of Two Conversations (mainly in the very catchy vocal melodies) and the density and distorted rock moments of Peregrine with the experimental tendencies of both Low Level Owl records. While LLO alternated noise and song over two records, pushing and pulling the listener in and out of the din and the narrative, Sagarmatha is a world where the melodic vocals and knotty delayed guitars Appleseed Cast is known for are supported by (and can't exist without) the ambient noise, electronic beats, bells, percussion, and keyboards the band has grown to love. They've been pegged with various genre names over the years, most of which they've outgrown and outlived. At this point, I think they are best described as weavers: of sounds beautiful and horrible, always intriguing, and of stories in sometimes inscrutable but always evocative lyrics. Their songs draw you in immediately, but demand multiple listens, which is how it should be I think, and is why they've inspired such a loving and long-lasting following. They've weathered many storms of fashion. Sagarmatha is mountain-climbing music, Appleseed Cast are mountain-climbers. Sagarmatha is epic in scope and sound, evoking the horror and beauty of nature, the sublime. A band bred by the ocean and born in Kansas is unafraid to stare into the void of sea or sky. As points of reference, I suggest this record fits somewhere between the intersection of Low and the Flaming Lips, Can and the Postal Service, or Fugazi and Sigur Ros.


name_last: The Boom Boom Box
name: The Boom Boom Box
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/46726.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/The_Boom_Boom_Box-City_Bus.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/thebbbox
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: The Boom Boom Box
original_serial: event_MS11870
original_venue_serial: 512
description:
  Appendages of Ghostcar, Pleasant Grove, Pinkston, Sara Jaffe and Baboon have reconstituted themselves into a new body known as 'The Boom Boom Box' (name taken from Echo and the Bunnymen 'Heaven Up Here').  Together for 2 years, The Boom Boom Box have played mutliple shows around Texas, opening for such acts as the Toadies and Man Man.  The Boom Boom Box has completed recording of their full length debut. To be released in the Spring of 2011.


name_last: DJ Teraoka and the Revolution
name: DJ Teraoka and the Revolution
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/45397.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/DJ_Teraoka_and_the_Revolution-SWIM.mp3
website_link: http://www.djteraokaandtherevolution.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: DJ Teraoka and the Revolution
original_serial: event_MS10962
original_venue_serial: The Hideout
description:
  DJ TERAOKA AND THE REVOLUTION  is a band of powerful digital rock presented by three members covering their faces with Jason's hockey mask and skull mask. 
  They were formed in 2004.
  The threesome, Vocal/Bassist/Programing:Dj teraoka, and guitarist:Imai, and drummer Tsune.
  They were inspired directly by rock, punk, garege, alternative rock, heavymetal, and techno.
  The sound is full of a preeminent digital sound and groove. 
  It changes any hall into the 'Disco Teraoka of the near future' in an instant.


name_last: Beyond Wordclouds: Analyzing Trends with Social Media APIs
name: Beyond Wordclouds: Analyzing Trends with Social Media APIs
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/BeyondWordCloudsAnalyzingTrends.jpg
website_link: http://www.fahrenheittechnology.com
hashtag: #beyondwc
event_category: Design / Development
event_sub_category: Solo
search: Beyond Wordclouds: Analyzing Trends with Social Media APIs Chris Busse Fahrenheit Emerging Media
original_serial: event_IAP5656
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom C

  Participants:
  Chris Busse (Fahrenheit Emerging Media)

  Summary
  There are many services that will generate wordclouds and simple graphs from the conversations on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. These services use Application Programmer Interfaces (APIs) to access the data on the platforms then perform various analysis on that data. These tools are often very limited in their functionality, or are very expensive to use for large-scale ongoing analysis and even then they often don't cover all the needs of a dynamic organization.

  This presentation will demonstrate how to programmatically access the APIs of several social media platforms to pull out specific data, store it in a database, and perform custom analysis on it to meet the needs of various business cases.

  We'll take a look at how different social media platforms are better suited for gleaning different kinds of data. This includes Twitter and Facebook as well as various blog and location-based platforms. Specific business cases will be shown around marketing, communications, competitive intelligence, crisis management, and return on investment analysis.

  Attendees of this presentation will leave with a better understanding of how looking at the universe of online conversation as a whole can provide valuable insight into what consumers are thinking and interested in at any given moment.


name_last: Party Like It's 1986 hosted by Google and the ACLUs of N California and Texas
name: Party Like It's 1986 hosted by Google and the ACLUs of N California and Texas
name_index: P
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: Party Like It's 1986 hosted by Google and the ACLUs of N California and Texas
original_serial: event_OE00329
original_venue_serial: Maggie Mae's
description:
  It’s the opposite of awesome for electronic privacy law to be older than the web. Break out those legwarmers/high tops and Party Like It’s 1986- Demand Privacy Like It’s 2011.  
  Totally awesome – drinks, live 80s tunes, retro games, and more.


name_last: Right Brain to Left: Art of Persuasive Presentations
name: Right Brain to Left: Art of Persuasive Presentations
name_index: R
website_link: http://www.definition6.com
hashtag: #JohnHarne
event_category: Work & Happiness
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Right Brain to Left: Art of Persuasive Presentations John Harne Definition6
original_serial: event_IAP8248
original_venue_serial: Marriott Courtyard
description:
  Room: Brazos 2/3

  Participants:
  John Harne (Definition6)

  Summary
  Why do so many creative professionals in the interactive design and agency business struggle to sell their concepts, executions and creative work to the business decision makers. What are the potential issues of communicating concepts containing emotion and aesthetic content to analytical thinkers. How are some creative professionals able to sell just about anything to their clients.  John Harne is the Executive Creative Director for Definition6. With over 20 years of interactive experience he began his career as an artist and animator and has successfully lead several of the largest interactive agencies since 1998. His team recently won Adage Small Agency Campaign of the Year with the viral“Coke Happiness Machine”. His experience with leading creative presentations for a wide variety of media spans identity projects like the WebMD identity to 50 million dollar accounts like Virgin and TheHomeDepot to film projects for TLC and Matchbox20. Just last week he showed a major hotel how his team would transform their brand through creative consumer insights. He credits the win to building part of the concept in an iPad application and handing it to the clients during his pitch. In this presentation he will give concrete and examples of how to pitch ideas to boards to games to campaigns and how to ask for the business. Learn some valuable techniques to understand the prospective client, how to read the room and how important story-telling is in the process of creative presentation.


name_last: Creating a Career in Digital Product Design
name: Creating a Career in Digital Product Design
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/CreatingACareerInDigitalProduct.jpg
website_link: http://mail.yahoo.com
hashtag: #digitalproductdesign
event_category: Business
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Creating a Career in Digital Product Design Andrei Herasimchuk Design by Fire
original_serial: event_IAP5385
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon E

  Participants:
  Andrei Herasimchuk (Design by Fire)

  Summary
  Digital Product Design -- the craft of designing interfaces for digital products like the Apple iPhone or an interactive web application like Yahoo! Mail -- promises to be one of the hottest job design prospects for the next century. Nearly every product type we know about has gone or is going digital, from content rich websites like CNN.com to mobile task-based applications like Gowalla to products for the digital home like Microsoft's Kinect. As such, designers for these digital products need to be well equipped with advice from a designer who has been in the trenches since the early days of mainstream software product design. In this session, Andrei Herasimchuk, the lead designer behind the Adobe Creative Suite and the creative lead behind the current redesign of one of the internet's largest web-based applications, Yahoo! Mail, will divulge lessons learned from the trenches, and in doing so will pass on the keys to successful digital product design not learned in the classroom. and in doing so, he'll inspire a new generation of digital product designers to take the profession to the next level.


name_last: Kevin Poulsen
name: Kevin Poulsen
name_index: K
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/poulsen.jpg
hashtag: #sxbookstore
event_category: Bookstore Appearance
event_sub_category: Various
search: Kevin Poulsen
original_serial: event_OE00549
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom D Foyer

  Wired senior editor Kevin Poulsen, will be stopping by the SX Bookstore to meet fans and sign copies of his new work, Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion Dollar Cyber Crime Underground.


name_last: RockLive Presents: SXSW ScreenBurn Mike Tyson Meet & Greet
name: RockLive Presents: SXSW ScreenBurn Mike Tyson Meet & Greet
name_index: R
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/rock_software.jpg
event_category: ScreenBurn
event_sub_category: Various
search: RockLive Presents: SXSW ScreenBurn Mike Tyson Meet &amp; Greet
original_serial: event_OE00732
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 2

  Former Heavyweight Champion of the World, Mike Tyson will be on hand for autographs in support of RockLive’s new iPhone/iTouch game, Mike Tyson Main Event.


name_last: Chimes and Bells
name: Chimes and Bells
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1667.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/chimesandbells
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Avant/Experimental
search: Chimes and Bells
original_serial: event_MS13610
original_venue_serial: Soho Lounge
description:
  Chimes and Bells released their first EP ”Into Pieces Of Wood” in 2009 on Tigerspring Records and it led to a contract with the UK label Bella Union. In the following year Chimes and Bells played numerous industry festivals, for instance By:larm and SPOT.  In October 2010 they released their debut album ”Chimes and Bells” on Tigerspring Records, which will be internationally released in 2011. In the fall of 2010 the band supported Trentemoller on a 3 week european tour.


name_last: 140 Conference: My Family's Incredible Story
name: 140 Conference: My Family's Incredible Story
name_index: 0-9
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/140ConferenceMyFamilysIncredibleStory.jpg
website_link: http://www.anasmiracle.com
hashtag: #140conf
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: 140
search: 140 Conference: My Family's Incredible Story Nelson de Witt N/A
original_serial: event_IAP000357
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: TX Ballroom 2-4

  Participants:
  Nelson de Witt (N/A)

  Summary
  Growing up in Boston as an adopted child I knew almost nothing about my past. Then one day when I was 16 we received a phone call out of the blue that my family in Central America had been searching for me. We learned of an incredible story about how I had been “disappeared” from my family during El Salvador’s civil war. Now, 30 years later, I’m working on an interactive documentary film as I try to find my place in the world and honor those who sacrificed during the war.


name_last: Capo
name: Capo
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/43221.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Capo-Imposible.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/capoband
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Capo
original_serial: event_MS11201
original_venue_serial: Habana Bar Backyard
description:
  From the deserts and shootouts of Tijuana,  to the mainstreets of Mexico City, CAPO combines the honesty of Mexican folk and country with the power of indie rock.

  Four rocker cowboys - Tito - vocals/leader (Tijuana), Vicente - guitar (Michoacán), Adrián - drums (Veracruz port), and Juan - bass (Mexico City) blend psychedelic folk, classic rock, lo-fi aesthetics into textured soundscapes that speak to and from the soul.

  Un Corazon Se Quema -2010- ( A burning Heart) was recorded in Mexico City, under the engineering of George Aja, and later mastered at Grey Market Mastering (Montreal, Canada) by Harris Newman  (Arcade Fire).

  CAPO´s   first single  “Imposible” will be released November 15th by Ombligo Records (Perú).


name_last: Gepe
name: Gepe
name_index: G
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1686.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Gepe-Por_La_Ventana.mp3
website_link: http://quemasucabeza.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Gepe
original_serial: event_MS15193
original_venue_serial: Maggie Mae's
description:
  The designer Daniel Riveros baptized his musical project as Gepe inspired by the name of a red box for photographic inputs at his house in San Miguel’s commune.
  	This name transformed him into one of the most important voices of his generation raising excellent critics from specialized press due to the combination of folklore with elements of popular Chilean music and electronic music as well.
  	Since 1999, his name began to sound as a distinctive soloist and instrumentalist thanks to his role as drummer and singer of the duet Taller Dejao. The bassist, Javier Cruz; Daniel’s schoolmate completed this duet. They both gave life to a very particular sound marked by the five strings of Cruz and the folkloric drumming from Gepe.
  	The work of the couple remains immortalized on the album “El Brillo que Tienes es lo Humano que Queda”, this work was really praised by local press and also, nowadays, is really hard to catch a copy from this album.
  	Parallel to the popular shows with Taller Dejao, Gepe figured as bassist of the known singer Chilean singer: Javiera Mena and joined her in the choirs of “Sol de Invierno” song. At the same time, Gepe maintained a pretty much active work with Jacobino Discos, an independent showcase bounded to experimental music. Under this collective-label he edited and released his first album as soloist in 2005 under the name of “5x5”. This mythic blue EP of handcrafted production compound by 7 songs had the collaboration of Pablo Flores and Sebastian Sampieri, some part of the band that accompanied Gepe in his first shows.
  Gepinto
  Since the “5x5” release, Gepe appeared as a composer and soloist performer of must-go shows. Songs as “La Enfermedad De Tus Ojos”, “Namás” or “Multiplicación” where transformed into really known pieces from his repertory, all of them remain registered in the album Gepinto from 2005 edited by Quemasucabeza.
  	During those months, his presentations with Taller Dejao were growing in public but every time where turning more and more sporadic, ending in the disappearance of this project. 
  	“Gepinto” launched him as a young promise from Chilean music. The disc explored folk sounds but also added some pop shades and a little dose of experimental.
  	Since its release in a full Master room from the Radio of the University of Chile, the album began to grow from mouth to mouth backed up by applause of Chilean press; also the album was causing attention in countries like Argentina and Spain.
  	In early 2006, Gepe participated with Icalma, Holden, Javiera Mena and Vicente Sanfuentes (a.k.a Original Hamster). The relationship with Sanfuentes began to grow almost instantly consolidating a new duet for the birth of Gepe’s second album: “Hungría” by middle 2007.
  	In this plate Gepe counted with the technical advice from Vicente Sanfuentes as producer, thanks to all his musical knowledge and his know-how in electronic music, he guided Gepe to the new sound he was looking for.
  Hungría
  “Celosia” was the first single from this album. The song maintained Gepe’s vocal and lyrical richness and also amazed with some electronic touches bounded to indietronic. The single maintained a constant rotation in local radio raising high expectations about the whole album.
  	In a full Normandie Cinema Art, Gepe released “Hungría” accompanied by Milton Mahan (Denver) in the bass and Danae Morales (Golden Baba and World Music) in the choirs. The show mixed some old songs with the new album’s repertory: “Esgrima”, “Gracia”,” No te mueras tanto” o “Hebra Prima”, this mixture amazed the audience because of the presence of keyboard and programming’s and  also because of acoustic 	guitars with the folkloric touch that was held on Gepe’s compositions.
  In May 2008, the singer participated on the first edition of ‘Festival de Solistas en Solitario’, where he highlighted between the new litter of Argentinean and Chilean soloist performers- songwriters invited.
  	By these days, Gepe was celebrating the publication in Japan of a recompilation of his two albums: “17 Minerales” under the sign of Art Union. A year later the singer edited for free the EP “Las Piedras” available at www.quemasucabeza.com. 
  	In this mini disc, Gepe continued exploring the pop shades from “Hungría”, this time stranded out the song that gave name to the album and also “Victoria Roma”, ballade  which video was recorded in Santiago and New York. The work from Christopher Murray and Ignacio Rojas, the makers of Victoria Roma’s music video obtained the first place in the Festival del Video clip 2009.
  	After the success of Hungría and Las Piedras EP, Gepe turned into one of the most wanted Chilean musicians by Argentinean and Mexican producers, while in early 2009 Daniel participated in three concerts in New York City: in the America’s Society, Piano’s and The Dumbo General Store. In a growing process of Internationalization of his career, Gepe has delighted Argentinean audience in numerous and well-attended shows, from the popular Compass parties to the Ciudad Emergente Festival organized by Buenos Aire’s government.
  	Parallel, Gepe has visited Mexico for many show presentations in different locations, getting to be the special guest of Carpa Intolerante in the Festival Vive Latino in 2009. During his last visit to Mexico City, he edited the compilation of Hungría + Las Piedras EP which was distributed by Intolerancia Records. Also for Mexican audience, Gepe made a successful tour in December 2009 having presentations at Teatro de la Ciudad and Museo de la Ciudad de México
  	Back in Chile, Gepe managed to amaze the audience once more during 2009 due to his participation in Ciclo de Musica Movistar of channel 13, where he fulfilled the SCD de Bellavista Room. At the same time, the singer began a good musical relationship with Manuel García and Chinoy. Together they filled Victor Jara’s stadium making a show mixing their repertories. This same experience was repeated in other capital shows; as a result they gathered pretty good critics and the backup from all age audience.
  	Later, on December 2009 Gepe performed in Concierto Expo Shanghai scenario which gathered the main characters from Chilean music scene in a show that took place at Cerro San Cristóbal. By end of 2009, the musician also participated in the Take Away Show by  the French documentary maker Vicent Moon (known for his work with La Blogoteque) made in Valparaiso, Chile. 
  	In other activities and invited by Philippe Boisier (leader from the Chilean- French band Icalma) Gepe recorded a cover from Los Bloops called “Los Momentos”, main song from the Chilean movie “Turistas” by Alicia Scherson. This new version performed by Gepe really captivated the audience for its intimate and modern lecture of one of the most popular classics from Chilean culture. The music video maintained a constant rotation thought the metro lines of the capital thought 2009.
  Audiovision
  Restless, Gepe worked during 2009 in the mix and postproduction of “Audivision”, his third album with Quemasucabeza. “Por La Ventana” was the first single of this album. The song has rotated with full success in Chile and Mexico-thanks to the good sponsorship brought by local radio station, Radio Ibero at Mexico City.
  	Digitally released in May 2010 in www.portaldisc.con, “Audiovision” shows Gepe’s evolution to organic pop, where the use of different instruments overcomes electronic details. At the same time, Audivision stands out for the presence of special guests such as Jorge González from Los Prisioneros who adds his voice to “Salon Nacional de Tecnologías”; Javiera Mena again collaborated with Gepe in “Lienza; Danae and Felicia Morales recorded French horn and cello, respectively; Pedro Subercaseaux (known as Pedropiedra) recorded electric bass and electroacustic guitar for “12 Minerales”, Cristian Heyne, the disc producer, manager of programming’s and choirs in “Alfabeto”, plus Pamela Sepúlveda (Fakuta) and Valeria Jara (Gordi) incorporated their voices in different moments of the album. In less than six months, Gepe has released “Audiovision” in Mexico, Spain and China- country where he performed twice during Expo Shanghai 2010-, captivating the audience with his mixture of Latin-American sounds and his approach to pop structures.
  	Actually, Gepe maintains a tight agenda in Chile anda Southamerica, traveling to different cities all over the territory to introduce “Audiovision”, album that was released in CD and vinyl format.


name_last: The Rhythm Image - Music Videos from Vimeo
name: The Rhythm Image - Music Videos from Vimeo
name_index: R
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Shorts Program
search: The Rhythm Image - Music Videos from Vimeo
original_serial: event_FS12296
original_venue_serial: Vimeo Theater
description:
  | 90 minutes


  Drawing from the most innovative and creative work from the last year, Vimeo will be screening a fresh cornucopia of our favorite original music videos from artists and directors from all across the globe.


name_last: Master Blaster Sound System
name: Master Blaster Sound System
name_index: M
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Master_Blaster_Sound_System-Prende.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/masterblasterdj
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: Master Blaster Sound System
original_serial: event_MS14841
original_venue_serial: Mellow Johnny's
description:
  Master Blaster Sound System is at the nexus of Cumbia Crunk, Roots Norteño and Deep Club tracks. South Texas Cumbia OG's Dj Dus, Brian Ramos, and Cecy Treviño are at the creative center of this brutal collaboration several years in the making.

  The EP is only the first installment of an extensive body of work that has come together since the late summer of 2010. The group decided to fore go traditional song writing techniques and harmonic ideas in favor of what they affectionately refer to as 'BANGAHS'. With the rules out the window, several extended recording sessions (some more than 72 hours at a time) have produced a delirious blend of edgy material often traversing the outer limits of music making, yet always showcasing the very best of these artists' Texas/Mexico foundations.

  Master Blaster is producing fresh sounds and beats for a new generation of cross-pollinated youth. Electronic toys, live beats and a full band push the live show envelope and serve as a bridge between DJ culture, live music performances and the cumbia underground.


name_last: The deviantART Sandbox
name: The deviantART Sandbox
name_index: 0-9
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/dA logo.jpg
event_category: Lounge
event_sub_category: Various
search: The deviantART Sandbox
original_serial: event_OE00460
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: 7

  Welcome to The deviantART Sandbox, where creativity and community meet. The deviantART Sandbox brings an added level of inspiration, community and creativity to your SXSW experience. DeviantART.com is the world’s largest and longest-running online art community. We designed The Sandbox to give you a taste of what our 16 million registered members love about deviantART, in a comfortable space to unplug and play. Discover emerging artists exhibited in the art gallery; get in touch with your inner-creative at our art tables; try your hand at digital drawing with deviantART muro, our web-based drawing tool; or grab a seat in our reading corner filled with art books created by deviantART members. Join us for daily art-related discussions and classes. No matter what brought you to SXSW, the deviantART Sandbox has something for everyone. Come to play, leave inspired. Follow us at: @deviantART


name_last: The Hobart Brothers, featuring Lil' Sis Hobart
name: The Hobart Brothers, featuring Lil' Sis Hobart
name_index: H
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/347.jpg
website_link: http://www.thehobartbrothers.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Alt Country
search: The Hobart Brothers, featuring Lil' Sis Hobart
original_serial: event_MS11691
original_venue_serial: Speakeasy
description:
  The Hobart Brothers & Lil' Sis Hobart is:
  Jon Dee Graham, Freedy Johnston and Susan Cowsill.  The band formed in 2009 when Jon Dee and Freedy got together to write a couple of songs about their early days in music, when they washed dished for a living.  The band name refers to the commercial dishwasher know to all aspiring songwriters.  Then, at last year's SXSW, Susan Cowsill joined as Lil' Sis Hobart, and the family was complete.  In May 2010 they recorded a CD, 'At Least We Have Each Other', in the lounge and kitchen area of Top Hat Studios in Austin, since the band was already set up there to rehearse and it was close to the refrigerator.  This is due out in 2011.
  The Hobart Brothers & Lil' Sis Hobart will be playing SXSW with drummer Russ Broussard and bassist Andrew Duplantis.


name_last: Glambilly
name: Glambilly
name_index: G
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/455.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Glambilly-IN_LOVE_WITH_A_GHOST.mp3
website_link: http://www.glambilly.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Glambilly
original_serial: event_MS11320
original_venue_serial: Karma Lounge
description:
  -GLAMBILLY, brainchild of Hans Frank

  Hans Frank was born and raised in rural Appalachia, in the tri-state region of southeastern, Ohio, Western West Virginia, and Eastern Kentucky. Always a prolific songwriter, the combination of rough and refined contributes to the dissonance in Hans’ music.  His lyrics experiment on the continuum of kitschy, desperation, and painful introspection while his songwriting is bittersweet and full of nuance.   

  GLAMBILLY’s present lineup is Hans Frank (vocals; bass; keyboards), Tony Gloria (drums; percussion), and Buck Fever on guitar. 

  'Like the fifth horseman of the apocalypse, San Antonio's Hans Frank guides Glambilly on a breakneck course designed as much by the Cramps as Sun Records. On booming bass and vox fueled by whiskey muscle, Cavalier Behavior stakes Glambilly's claim to twisted turf ('Creepin',' 'The Sloppy') while hammering at the unforgiving rock of love ('Rock and Roll Catastrophe'). Margaret Moser - AUSTIN CHRONICLE (July 23, 2010)

  'Think Johnny Cash hopped up on pills and simultaneously carjacking both ZZ TOP and WHITE ZOMBIE. Richard Skanse - TEXAS MUSIC

  '[Hans] Frank does not blend into a crowd. A tall man with a shock of spiky hair that would make a haystack nervous. . . that Glambilly thing is no joke . . . goth, glam and country coexist, albeit uneasily, when Glambilly turns it loose, but uneasiness often makes for good rock 'n' roll. 'Jim Beal Jr. - San Antonio Express News

  'Great! A little Glitter, a little John Lee Hooker, some Blacks and Handsome Family—but it's all . . . unique and memorable shit.'Joe Bonomo - Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found


name_last: Between the Lines of Andrew Earles' Husker Du Biography
name: Between the Lines of Andrew Earles' Husker Du Biography
name_index: B
hashtag: huskerdubio
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Various
search: Between the Lines of Andrew Earles' Husker Du Biography Andrew Earles Andrew Earles Productions
original_serial: event_MP990204
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 11AB

  Moderator:
  Andrew Earles (Andrew Earles Productions)

  Summary
  Writer Andrew Earles will discuss several topics centered around his recently-published biography of Husker Du. Among these topics will be how the music press has focused on certain aspects of Husker Du’s legacy, thus overshadowing the many groundbreaking steps taken by the band during their active years as well as the massive impact the trio’s legacy has had on the past quarter-century of underground music. Also discussed will be the sensitivity that remains at the core of Husker Du and the state of flux currently held by the band’s back catalog, even to this day, and how this influenced Earles’ biographical endeavor. This being Earles’ first book, some matters related directly to that will be touched upon, namely the mistakes made and lessons learned during the writing process.


name_last: Mastering Vinyl, Hear All About It
name: Mastering Vinyl, Hear All About It
name_index: M
website_link: http://www.gatewaymastering.com
hashtag: vinylmaster
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Studio
original_serial: event_MP5680
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 11AB

  Moderator:
  Bob Ludwig (Gateway Mastering Studios Inc)

  Participants:
  Doug Sax (The Mastering Lab)
  Michael Fremer (musicangle.com)

  Summary
  My panel will answer everything you want to know about disk cutting. Vinyl albums have experienced a big resurgence in the past few years.  From a low point of less than 1 million units sold in 2006, to over 3 million last year. Every major project we master has vinyl cut for it.  This panel will answer all your questions about mastering for vinyl, how it can be different from CD mastering and how to prep your masters. I will also present a historical over-view of disk cutting featuring photos and movies of my dual lathe mastering studio in the mid-80's.

search:
  Mastering Vinyl, Hear All About It Doug Sax The Mastering LabMichael Fremer musicangle.comBob Ludwig Gateway Mastering Studios Inc


name_last: Shit Horse
name: Shit Horse
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/47299.jpg
website_link: http://www.odessarecords.com/contact/or/sh
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBDDvuuOQ2Q
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Punk
search: Shit Horse
original_serial: event_MS11757
original_venue_serial: Habana Bar
description:
  Shit Horse began as a street performing 'guerrilla' style attack band.  They played on a sidewalk during Merge Fest in Chapel Hill, NC three nights in a row with the help of a battery-powered guitar, garage-sale amplifiers, an extension chord, a small drum set, a megaphone and fireworks.  The size of the crowd seemed to double every successive night.  These uninvited early performances were the only form of 'practicing' Shit Horse ever got.
      The band recorded an EP called 'They Shit Horses, Don't They?' on a 4-track tape recorder.  After all of the music tracks were done live, Danny Mason showed up and invented all of the lyrics on the spot, earning him the nickname Danny 'Magic'.  He later had to listen to the finished recording and memorize his own words.
      While some (incorrectly) consider Shit Horse a gimmick or perhaps a novelty act, others like Tom Ravenscroft (son of the late great John Peel) of BBC6 have embraced the album. 
      The first two-three songs of any live Shit Horse performance are almost always met with confusion which eventually dissolves into ecstatic enthusiasm.


name_last: Go Virtual: Save Money, Sustain People and Planet
name: Go Virtual: Save Money, Sustain People and Planet
name_index: G
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/GoVirtualSaveMoneySustainPeople.jpg
website_link: http://3.ly/sarahcooke
hashtag: #GoVirtual
event_category: Greater Good
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
original_serial: event_IAP6071
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 5ABC

  Participants:
  David Coleman (Collaborative Strategies)
  Sarah Cooke (FIG STRATEGY)

  Summary
  Forward-thinking businesses are leveraging interactive technologies to engage diverse talent, modify behavior, reduce environmental impact, and save big on their bottom line. Adoption can also result in equal improvement in employee engagement. (i.e. Have you worked with a classic asshole? Ever imagine how eliminating or retraining that person would have made everyone happier and more productive?) Leading businesses have advanced beyond Bob Sutton’s No Asshole Rule and are leveraging technology for improved social norms and accountability to their ecosystems. From micro-biz to mega-corp, attend this session for insights into achieving systemic sustainability without sacrificing productivity or access to employees, clients and work partners. The conversation will run the gamut from emerging innovations, proven solutions and first-hand experiences to implications of behavioral theory – sure to include at least one “managers behaving badly” story (just for fun!).

search:
  Go Virtual: Save Money, Sustain People and Planet David Coleman Collaborative StrategiesSarah Cooke FIG STRATEGY


name_last: Film Florida Fish Fry
name: Film Florida Fish Fry
name_index: F
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/filmflorida.jpg
hashtag: #SXSWFilm
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: Film Florida Fish Fry
original_serial: event_OE00134
original_venue_serial: Paradise
description:
  The Florida Fish Fry is back and more sizzling than ever! Join Film Florida for some fried fish, conch fritters, key lime tarts, beers and cocktails and a not-to-be-missed live performance by Afro-Cuban-Funk-DJ amazeband, Spam Allstars (scored SXSW film, 'Square Grouper') to honor Florida film, music and interactive artists at SXSW '11!


name_last: Indigo Tree
name: Indigo Tree
name_index: I
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/829.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Indigo_Tree-leavingtimebehind.mp3
website_link: http://www.indigotreemusic.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Avant/Experimental
search: Indigo Tree
original_serial: event_MS12534
original_venue_serial: The Parish Underground
description:
  2009 – Filip Zawada invites Peve Lety for cooperation at recording some film music. After an hour of improvising, they both decide to embezzle funds for music studio. Finally, as a result of spending whole week closed in a large recording hall, their first record appears. They name it “Lullabies of love and death” . Music for movie has never emerged.
  After putting duo’s songs on myspace, three record companies try to sign a contract with them. Musicians choose one, that provides them with complete freedom to record and think in their own way and gives a possibility of buying new instruments.
  On the 5th of October, their debut album – Lullabies of Love and Death – is released. It collects high assessments from all reviewers and most of them keep pestering musicians to leave Poland, for there’s no place for such sophisticated music in this country. But both Peve and Filip claim, that they live in Europe, not in Africa, and have no intention of going abroad.
  On their first without-audience concert zero persons arrive, and four hundred people comes to see them on their first with-audience concert. The first concert tour is played together with bands from Sweden and Germany.
  In November 2009, musicians decide to embark on series of accoustic concerts in private apartments. First of these experimental performances takes place in the house of Saint. Of Saint Edyta Stein. They are always household members, who organise a concert and they often invite their friends. Unfortunately it’s a very secret what is going to be performed by Peve and Filip, because it’s always something unique.

  Peve Lety – guitar bard. As he couldn’t – through all his life! – reach an agreement with any of the numerous bands, he finally decided to create a music duo. According to his opinion: “It’s a tough choice to throw out the only person you play with.”
  Filip Zawada – ex-member of bands “Pustki” and “AGD”. Sound massager, using Peter Hess’ method. Because he can hardly cope with anyone, he decided to live int the mountain, and tries not to think at all.


name_last: App Savvy - Think First, Code Later
name: App Savvy - Think First, Code Later
name_index: A
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/appsavvythinkfirstcodelater.jpg
website_link: http://kenyarmosh.com/
hashtag: #AppSavvy
event_category: Workshop
event_sub_category: Workshop
original_serial: event_IAP6911
original_venue_serial: Sheraton
description:
  Room: Capitol E-H

  Participants:
  Christopher Brown (Millennial Media)
  David Barnard (App Cubby)
  Ken Yarmosh (kenyarmosh.com)
  Natalia Luckyanova (Imangi Studios)
  Phillip Ryu (tap tap tap)

  Summary
  Before a single pixel is created, a line of code is written, or a marketing plan is conceived, a prospective app should be looked at strategically.  Questions like, “What devices should be targeted?,” “Which category provides the best opportunity for success?,” or 'How much will this app cost?,' can have direct impacts on the actual development process.

  This panel will explore the often overlooked, assumed, or ignored product strategy aspects of application development, describing them conceptually while showing them in practice for successful apps on the App Store.

search:
  App Savvy - Think First, Code Later Christopher Brown Millennial MediaDavid Barnard App CubbyKen Yarmosh kenyarmosh.comNatalia Luckyanova Imangi StudiosPhillip Ryu tap tap tap


name_last: Open for News: Turning Journalism Inside Out
name: Open for News: Turning Journalism Inside Out
name_index: O
event_category: Future of Journalism
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Open for News: Turning Journalism Inside Out Ian Katz The GuardianJemima Kiss The Guardian
original_serial: event_IAP8413
original_venue_serial: Sheraton
description:
  Room: N. Capitol View

  Participants:
  Ian Katz (The Guardian)
  Jemima Kiss (The Guardian)

  Summary
  What do you think the future of journalism should look like? As technology enables a new era of both journalism and media business, both are being redefined through new tools and practices. Activists, dissidents and whistleblowers have a global platform for protest, and journalists can tap an unprecedented range and depth of sources. But what are the best models for sharing information and collaborating through the internet? Information may want to be free, but how should it be organised? And what do the mechanisms of networked journalism and collaboration look like?

  Journalists, and the organisations they work for, need to incorporate new technologies and adapt the ways they work, breaking down the walls between themselves and readers and placing themselves at the centre of the conversation. What are the limitations of existing tools? How does journalism need to adapt, and how could a network of collaboration help that transformation? What have been the most successful examples of open journalism so far?

  As discussion over the neutrality of the internet intensifies, perhaps we should consider a new, non-commercial internet space free from government intervention - a new interpretation of the fourth estate. A digital public space where copyright and collaboration are reinvented. What can journalism and the media learn from successful 'openness' campaigns of the web, of business and open government?


name_last: Emergency Blanket
name: Emergency Blanket
name_index: E
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/43307.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Emergency_Blanket-Next_Passenger.mp3
website_link: http://www.emergency-blanket.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TscWJHnLlhA
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Emergency Blanket
original_serial: event_MS10918
original_venue_serial: Mi Casa Cantina
description:
  The music of Peruvian rock band Emergency Blanket is fully charged with life and energy. With influences from rock classics from the 60’s, 70’s and 90’s “the Blankets” achieve a very classical but yet very fresh and original sound.

  The EP 'What is the Emergency Blanket?' was recorded in 2005 after a solid year of playing live in various local venues and had rave reviews. That year Rolling Stone Magazine (Latin America) released a 2 page article which headed 'The band who is breaking the language frontiers in South America'.
  Their song 'Next Passenger' was a hit and was played in the most important radio stations in their country.

  The LP 'Combi + Nation' (2008) was the band’s first full fledge album. This production includes a new concept which includes songs in Spanish, English and songs that even combine both languages.
  This new concept worked well as the band experimented with different sounds and rhythms such as 'Lando' a traditional Peruvian genre and 'guitarra criolla' a Peruvian style guitar.  'Combi + Nation' also makes reference to the diverse and rich culture that Peru represents to the world.

  The LP contains 11 tracks and was mixed and mastered at Lima 32 Avenger Studio, Los Angeles California by Peruvian sound engineer German Villacorta (who has worked with musicians such as Ozzy Osbourne, Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones, Stone Temple Pilots among others) who gave the album a very powerful and rich sound.

  In March 2008 the band participated in the 1st 'Festival Claro' (the most important music event in the country) where they won the 'Rock & Pop' Category with their song 'La Conexion' which appears in the album 'Combi + Nation'. Thousands of bands participated in this event. After that they went to play in front of crowds of 15,000+ in cities like Trujillo and Ica in support of Peruvian pop singer “Gian Marco”.

  In 2009 they opened for Faith No More in their “Second Coming World Tour” in Lima.

  In 2010 they won the Peoples Music Awards (Metal/Punk/Indie/Rock) in London and also completed their first European tour playing in 3 countries and 9 cities in total. In Zurich they opened for legendary Spanish band “Hombres G”.

  They received positive comments from the judges at the awards such as  “I am very impressed by their energy and enthusiasm and the quality of their writing and playing. Sign them somebody so I can work with them!” - TONY PLATT (Producer: Paul McCartney, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, The Who, Rolling Stones among others) and “They show great promise and can expect interest from anyone with ears for good music.” - Mick Glossop (Producer: Van Morrison and Frank Zappa)

  Emergency Blanket is currently working on the pre production of their new album to be released early next year and have been selected as support act of Stone Temple Pilots this 16th of December 2010 in Lima, Peru.


name_last: Home Video
name: Home Video
name_index: H
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/41879.jpg
website_link: http://www.homevideo.fm
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v23LQak3SWk
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: Home Video
original_serial: event_MS13904
original_venue_serial: Karma Lounge
description:
  Home Video are Collin Ruffino and David Gross, transplants from the misunderstood landscape of New Orleans, now living in the brooding brownstones of Brooklyn, New York. Here they revel in a self-created world of references to Edward Gorey, Massive Attack, The Brothers Quay, Smashing Pumpkins, and a dusting of Chopin, references that they have been collecting for over ten years.

  Originally discovered by Warp Records, the label released Home Video's first two EPs in 2004, both packaged in sleeves illustrated by Collin's dark, Gorey-esque drawings. 'That You Might', a 10' single, immediately picked up considerable attention in Britain from BBC Radio 1 and the NME, while the five song Citizen EP earned the band a feature in Rolling Stone. In 2006, US-based Defend Music released their debut full length, No Certain Night Or Morning. Grammy-nominated DJ Sasha picked two of the songs from this album to remix for his most recent release, Involver 2, which also included songs from Thom Yorke, Ladytron, M83, and Apparat.  Home Video themselves have recently taken to the role of remixer, reworking songs for bands like Bear in Heaven, Wave Machines, Faunts, Bang Gang, and friends Naked Hearts.

  As electronic-rock producers and performers, they record everything themselves, then adapt it live into a full on rock show with live drums and hypnotic visual projections. After sharing a bill in London at the start of Home Video's first European tour, Blonde Redhead were so impressed that they invited the band to support them for three weeks of shows in North America. Since then they have opened for such diverse acts as Justice, Yeasayer, Flying Lotus, Pinback, DJ Krush, Colder, and Radio 4.  

  With their new album, The Automatic Process, the band layers samples, synthesizers, piano, guitar, and live drums to build an electro-tinted minimalist rock that drives steadily towards the sublime -- a spacious soundtrack evocative of a fractured dream.


name_last: FLY AWAY
name: FLY AWAY
name_index: F
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F28996.jpg
website_link: http://www.flyawaymovie.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlFRcmdu3-Y
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Narrative Feature
search: FLY AWAY Janet Grillo
original_serial: event_FS11218
original_venue_serial: State Theatre
description:
  Director: Janet Grillo
  USA | 80 minutes
  PMK-BNC


  Starring:
  Beth Broderick, Ashley Rickards, Greg Germann, JR Bourne, Reno, Denise Dowse


  JEANNE, a single mother of MANDY, a teenager with severe Autism, is at a crossroads. What used to organize her child no longer does. They've become isolated and entrapped.  Yet moments of loving connection with her oddly endearing child, fill Jeanne's heart. But when Jeanne meets Tom, a charming neighbor, sparks fly, causing Jeanne to reckon with her circumstances. What will sustain her child, and herself, into the future? Mandy, meanwhile, has her own ideas, forcing Jeanne to confront what every parent must eventually face; to let go and thrive, yet apart, or hold on tight and fall together.


name_last: Miami Horror (Live)
name: Miami Horror (Live)
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/302.jpg
website_link: http://www.miamihorror.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Miami Horror (Live)
original_serial: event_MS14742
original_venue_serial: The Windish Agency House @ ND
description:
  // MIAMI HORROR // ILLUMINATION //

  After years in the making here at last is Illumination, the fully realised debut album from Melbourne’s favourite psychedelic indie-electronic adventurers Miami Horror.
  With Illumination, Miami Horror has delivered on two years of teeth-cutting live shows and an ever escalating wave of buzz that’s made the group bonafide blog
  darlings the world over. But what’s most amazing about the grand arrival of Illumination is that the roots of the record stretch back countless moons to when
  Miami Horror began as just one synthesizer-obsessed producer huddled over a laptop in a bedroom-come-studio and the album itself just a spark waiting to be lit.

  The afore mentioned synth tragic was, and let’s face it still is, electronic young gun Ben Plant, who kick started Miami Horror out of a love of Roland keyboards and
  French house, landing himself on Pitchfork’s hot-list overnight and copping a barrage of high profile remix requests from the likes of Datarock, PNAU and The Presets.

  Yet it was while Ben was punching out 2008’s epochal Bravado EP that Miami Horror took off in a completely new and different direction. Characteristically wanting
  to flex his creative muscle and avoid the limitations of being stereotyped as simply a dance or electro act, Ben rewired Miami Horror’s genetic makeup, deputising
  the talents of Josh Moriarty, Aaron Shanahan and Daniel Whitechurch to form a new live band persona of Miami Horror, a whole new beast immeasurably
  more exciting than before.

  “It started out that I didn’t want to have any guitar on the album besides a little funk guitar or disco bass,” Ben grins while explaining the turning point for
  Miami Horror’s evolution. “But then Josh came in and started playing all these other parts that sounded amazing. Paired with what I was working on, nobody was
  doing anything like it, so I knew we had to turn those sounds into a live thing and just go wild.”

  It worked. Since the switch, Miami Horror has launched into dizzying new stratospheres, their well-polished chops as a group making for some unmissable sets at
  Australia’s biggest festivals, and that’s not to mention some A-list support slot call ups for everyone from Phoenix, Friendly Fires and La Roux to a hand-picked
  hook up from Lily Allen.

  All this time Ben had been further noodling away at Miami Horror’s long-awaited debut disc and with the vision for a fully-blown and creatively shared band now
  fulfilled Miami Horror was able to pour all of their energy into Illumination, the record that’s taken Miami Horror years to perfect and Ben a whole lifetime to get right.

  Bunkering down in Ben’s own studio in Melbourne, Illumination was recorded in typical Miami Horror fashion with the band opening themselves up to new styles and
  approaches which saw them call in a cast of guest stars including Swedish singer MAI, Melbourne based chanteuse Kimbra, Dappled Cities’ wordsmith
  Tim Derricourt for a lyrical assist and also Neon Indian and Vega prodigy Alan Palomo who Ben flew out from the US to add his distinctive haze to multiple
  tunes (Soft Light, Holidays, Ultraviolet).

  As well as crafting a truly classic album that begs to be consumed from beginning to end to fully uncover all the layers and engrossing sonic textures of each tune,
  Ben says the aim with Illumination was to present an accurate portrait of the band’s current core and not make things too “glossy” and “hi-fi”, with Ben himself
  producing and engineering the album from the confines of his bedroom.

  As such, listening to Illumination is like a guided tour of Miami Horror’s combined minds, with enormous flying grooves gliding through the speakers alongside nods
  to the deities of French house and vintage synth explorers like Giorgio Moroder and Jan Hammer, all mixed and muddled up with slabs of melting,
  fuzzy psychedelica, some wandering kraut rock bass-lines, enough star-gazing hooks to make Electric Light Orchestra blush, plenty of ear-catching pop swagger
  and Ben’s own studied cinematic aesthetics. Never content to stand still, Miami Horror ambitiously test their boundaries across the album, experimenting with
  lush, almost chillwave instrumentals (see the gorgeous Infinite Canyons), futuristic disco gems (I Look To You), summer-bound party jams (Holidays) and
  anthem-sized synth epics (Sometimes).

  Testing the limits of the Miami Horror sound evidently came naturally for the group, with Ben admitting that the band weren’t afraid to cut loose and indulge
  their desires to blend electronic sounds with bristling psych-pop flourishes.

  “At first I didn’t think it was possible for us to do something like that, but more and more we found ourselves making things that sounded a bit fuzzy.
  People don’t believe me when I tell them that we use slide guitar on five tracks because that just doesn’t sound like us,” Ben says beaming.
  “It’s not like Chris Isaak or anything though, we just call it disco-influenced prog-pop. I don’t think that’s a genre, but it works for us!”

  Although the band themselves admit to a serious case of perfectionism, spending months layering, refining, tweaking and endlessly perfecting Illumination,
  they’re at last ready to launch it out to eagerly awaiting ears.

  “We’ve spent about ten months alone mixing the album, which is a process that should normally take two weeks,” Ben laughs. “We always just said ‘f**k it,
  we have to make the album that we want to make’ and this is it. We made it.”

  Yes, this is their moment. And though it seemed like an electro-dreamer’s distant fantasy four years ago, Miami Horror’s same excited sense of wonder has only
  ballooned from then to now. If you haven’t already heard the gospel, expect to be converted to the cause any second now.


name_last: Reconciling YouTube and Grokster: Business Models for Web3.0
name: Reconciling YouTube and Grokster: Business Models for Web3.0
name_index: R
website_link: http://www.wrlawfirm.com
hashtag: #copyright
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP6152
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: Hill Country AB

  Participants:
  Adrian Sexton (New Medici)
  Jeff Dodes (Jive Label Group/Sony Music Entertainment)
  Kaiser Wahab (Wahab & Medenica LLC)
  Olivera Medenica (Wahab & Medenica LLC)

  Summary
  As media giants wage a piracy war, “infringement” is not the real issue, but rather “predictability” as to what makes a digital content delivery business model lawful.  Indeed, the recent Viacom v. Google decision is on many levels a conflicting retread of the Grokster ruling, making it more apparent than ever that courts have failed to provide consistent parameters.  To truly make digital content delivery a viable industry in the long run (for content creators and new marketplace entrants), a coherent framework governing how third party content may be exploited must be devised.  In other words, digital content delivery players need clear and reliable guidelines to assess whether their business model is permissible or not.

  This panel will deconstruct the latest line of cases in order to outline the framework upon which new business models can be built.  To do so, panelists will look at the Grokster and Viacom cases, and compare them to other decisions that could impact the structure of any such business model. 

  The panel will examine what constitutes the “inducement” of copyright infringement, and will parse out still uncertain areas of the law from those that are well established.  Based upon those preliminary conclusions, panelists will establish basic principles upon which any new business model needs to be built while looking forward to new technological development.

search:
  Reconciling YouTube and Grokster: Business Models for Web3.0 Adrian Sexton New MediciJeff Dodes Jive Label Group/Sony Music EntertainmentKaiser Wahab Wahab &amp; Medenica LLCOlivera Medenica Wahab &amp; Medenica LLC


name_last: Be Heard: How to Innovate At Big Companies
name: Be Heard: How to Innovate At Big Companies
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/BeHeardHowToInnovate.jpg
website_link: http://www.williamhertling.com
hashtag: #hackthemachine
event_category: Work & Happiness
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Be Heard: How to Innovate At Big Companies Gene Kim Visible IT FlowWilliam Hertling Hewlett-Packard
original_serial: event_IAP5678
original_venue_serial: Marriott Courtyard
description:
  Room: Brazos 2/3

  Participants:
  Gene Kim (Visible IT Flow)
  William Hertling (Hewlett-Packard)

  Summary
  Don't quit your big company job just yet to go work for that sexy startup. At this panel, seasoned professionals give their tips on how to successfully drive innovative ideas inside big companies. 

  Whether you want to add social media to your company's web presence, adopt hot new technology, or have the next big business idea, we'll tell you how to accomplish it, even in the face of management that still prints out their email.


name_last: Designing Stuff Kids Will Use and Love
name: Designing Stuff Kids Will Use and Love
name_index: D
website_link: http://pbskids.org
hashtag: #designingforkids
event_category: Design / Development
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP6591
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom B

  Participants:
  Chris Bishop (PBS KIDS Interactive)
  Dan Willis (Sapient)
  Rick Pinchera (WGBH Educational Foundation)
  Silvia Lovato (PBS)

  Summary
  PBS KIDS has been designing non-commercial websites and interactive games for kids for over 10 years. Making an interactive product that appeals, engages and is usable by a child is not as simple as using Comic Sans and replacing an “S” with a “Z”. Children's abilities change rapidly and producers need to ensure that products are developmentally accessible. This session will focus on designing for two audiences: pre-readers (3-5) and readers (6-8), through case-studies revealing how and why design choices were made based on experience, user testing and informed guesses.

search:
  Designing Stuff Kids Will Use and Love Chris Bishop PBS KIDS InteractiveDan Willis SapientRick Pinchera WGBH Educational FoundationSilvia Lovato PBS


name_last: Who's Gonna Make Me a Star Now?
name: Who's Gonna Make Me a Star Now?
name_index: W
hashtag: makemeastar
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Other
original_serial: event_MP990150
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 16A

  Moderator:
  Dez Dickerson (Pavilion Entertainment)

  Participants:
  Evan Lowenstein (StageIt)
  Kami Knake (Bands Under the Radar (BUTR))
  Michael Goldstone (Mom+Pop Music)
  Ted Cohen (Tag Strategic)

  Summary
  In an ever changing music business, how does an artist get their 'big break' ? Do the major labels still have a place or even a future in the world of DIY/online driven careers? Join us as we sort out the truths, myths and urban legends of becoming a star.

search:
  Who's Gonna Make Me a Star Now? Evan Lowenstein StageItKami Knake Bands Under the Radar (BUTR)Michael Goldstone Mom+Pop MusicTed Cohen Tag StrategicDez Dickerson Pavilion Entertainment


name_last: Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour
name: Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour
name_index: W
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F21723.jpg
website_link: http://www.oscilloscope.net/
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Documentary Feature
search: Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour Kerthy Fix
original_serial: event_FS11606
original_venue_serial: Vimeo Theater
description:
  Director: Kerthy Fix
  USA | 69 minutes
  Oscilloscope Laboratories


  Starring:
  Kathleen Hanna, Johanna Fateman, JD Samson


  “WHO TOOK THE BOMP? LE TIGRE ON TOUR” is a concert film that follows the infamous feminist electronic band on their international farewell tour.  Covering 20 live performances, the film celebrates Le Tigre's infectious political dance music while examining the sexism and homophobia of the contemporary pop machine.  Through a bitchin' blend of video projections, fine art poetics, and fun music, LE TIGRE: WHO TOOK THE BOMP? exemplifies the band's ability to retain its foothold amongst devoted fans and newcomers alike.


name_last: Russian Red
name: Russian Red
name_index: R
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/43442.jpg
website_link: http://www.russianred.es
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Folk
search: Russian Red
original_serial: event_MS13078
original_venue_serial: Red Eyed Fly
description:
  Russian Red New Album 'Home tonight' Spring 2011 After a successful tour in 2008-2009 followed by a year off the stage, Russian Red is back with her eagerly anticipated second album. Russian Red has quickly become one of Spain's biggest artists. Starting in small clubs of her native Madrid, she quickly moved to theaters and clubs all around the world. Singer Lourdes Hernández owns an exceptional voice and a natural ability to transmit and connect with her audience. Her first album ' I love your glasses', sold more than 40.000 copies to become a gold record. Her music and live shows have reached places like Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, the US, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Belgium among others. From April 2008 to December 2009 Russian Red played over 200 concerts, including at some of the most important festivals in Spain and Europe (FIB, Primavera Sound, Jazzaldia, Eurosonic). She has been recognized with such awards as Pop Eye's Best Debut Album (2008) and Best Female Artist (2009), as well as received three nominations for the Spanish National Music Awards. Her music has also permeated the worlds of film, television and advertising, featuring prominently in campaigns for such companies as Häagen Dazs. Recently, her song 'Loving Strangers' from Julio Medem's film _Room in Rome_ received a Goya nomination for Best Song. Russian Red can also be found singing a duet of 'Love Me Tender' with Elvis Presley as part of the special Spanish edition of the album 'Viva Elvis'. Currently, Russian Red is holed up in Glasgow recording her second album with producer Tony Doogan (Belle & Sebastian, David Byrne, Mogwai), to be released Spring 2011.


name_last: Maggie Walters
name: Maggie Walters
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/43896.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Maggie_Walters-No_Sex.mp3
website_link: http://www.maggiewalters.com/
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyCujfgkgWc
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Maggie Walters
original_serial: event_MS14671
original_venue_serial: Creekside at Hilton Garden Inn
description:
  Maggie Walters writes songs and sings them, but isn't your average singer-songwriter. Not even close. For starters, The Butthole Surfers’ Paul Leary (Sublime, Meat Puppets) doesn't produce records for the average singer-songwriter. Leary has produced Walters' forthcoming, and as-yet-untitled album- an eclectic set of songs featuring Austin’s best-known musicians (as Texas Music Magazine suggested in a Walters' review, “genuine talent seeks its own level.”) On the album, you'll find appearances from JJ Johnson (John Mayer), David Garza, George Reiff (Court Yard Hounds) and Bukka Allen (BoDeans). The set's first single, “No Sex,” features an appearance from one of SXSW 2010's best-received international discoveries-The Faroe Island's Guðrið Hansdóttir. Their collaboration is smart and sultry, but also more than a little quirky and surprising. It's an anthemic introduction to an album flush with compelling songs that ought to send listeners to the thesaurus looking for new adjectives to describe what they've heard- and you can bet 'average' isn't going to be one of em'.
   
  Four years ago, Walters met Paul Leary at a SXSW showcase. The pair quickly agreed to work together and have made two albums together- 2008's Midwestern Hurricane and the forthcoming follow-up. Midwestern Hurricane, which featured cameos from Ray Wylie Hubbard and Ian McLagan, earned Walters some of the best reviews of her career and earned her television placements within programs on NBC, CNBC and in AMC Movie theatres nationwide. In Austin, Walters’ songs have been featured regularly on both KGSR and KUT and she has been featured nationally on The Bob Edwards Show and XM Radio’s Radar Report.
   
  Walters' new record will be in-stores later in 2011. An Austin record-release party and national tour will follow.


  For more information, interview requests, or press materials: info@maggiewalters.com


name_last: Next Stage Presents The Boxer Rebellion (acoustic)
name: Next Stage Presents The Boxer Rebellion (acoustic)
name_index: N
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/TBR.jpg
hashtag: #SXSWNextStage
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
search: Next Stage Presents The Boxer Rebellion (acoustic)
original_serial: event_OE00040
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4



  Join The Boxer Rebellion on Next Stage for a special acoustic performance you won’t see anywhere else!


  “What’s past is prologue…”

  With all that’s befallen them, London-based quartet The Boxer Rebellion have a history that reads like a grand, intricately woven design. For a band who have been together almost ten years – during which their first (and, to date, only) label went bust shortly after their debut release and a key member had a near-death experience – such fluctuating fortunes would surely see most bands imploding in frustration. So what marks The Boxer Rebellion out from the rest? How have they endured in relative obscurity, held down day jobs to self-release a follow-up, and arrived at a kind of renaissance so far down a jagged career path?

  Well, one could point to the quality of the songs or the almost wanton uniqueness of their sound, but that would be remiss – they’ve always had the talent. Perhaps it could be faith in their own abilities – a bloody-mindedness that refused to go away? Not so – every band that has ever existed (or not) tends to think they’re the reincarnation of The Beatles. The simple fact is, the reason The Boxer Rebellion have endured thus far resides in a single word, a concept that was the insignia of their second album: Union.

  “We’ve always been a band that’s had a sense of seclusion, which has helped us extract the essence of what we are as a unit,” guitarist Todd Howe reveals of their working process, a point succinctly and wryly punctuated by frontman Nathan Nicholson: “I think if we were solo artists, we’d have all quit by now.”

  It’s this sense of alliance that has allowed The Boxer Rebellion to navigate a path beset with industry indifference and financial hardship to forge a career that has set industry landmarks from the base materials of undeniable talent and a cast-iron will. One such landmark came in the band’s recent live appearance on the silver screen in Going The Distance, a Hollywood feature film starring Drew Barrymore. In the movie, the band play themselves and effectively superimpose their name into the popcorn-chomping eyes of movie-going audiences throughout the world – performing two tracks from the Union LP (‘Evacuate’ and ‘Spitting Fire’) while also providing an original song, ‘If You Run’, for the film’s finale. All this on the back of a chance encounter with film industry spotters at a showcase in LA, who were so impressed with the band’s sold-out performance at The Troubadour, they promptly nudged the film’s director, Nanette Burstein, to make them the movie’s musical focal point. Since then, the band have found themselves attending red-carpet premieres in Los Angeles and London (in a location literally around the corner from where two of the band used to work in a shoe shop), before launching into a packed-out 20-date US tour in September 2010.

  Having self-released and virtually self-financed the follow-up to debut Exits, the band’s Union LP saw them make history by becoming the first unsigned band to enter the US Billboard 100 Albums Chart (no. 82) on digital sales alone. By the end of 2009, iTunes US declared Union their Alternative Album of the Year. A fitting climax to a year of toil and tussle, after this The Boxer Rebellion were primed and ready to embark on their third studio record.

  Enter producer Ethan Johns (Kings of Leon, Ryan Adams, Ray LaMontagne), whose unorthodox approach to recording became the perfect foil to the Boxer Rebellion’s almost tunnel-vision creative perseverance.

  The result of this dynamic – and the first album The Boxer Rebellion have handed over to a single producer – is the forthcoming breathtaker that is The Cold Still, an album that might never have seen the light of day from a band of lesser conviction. They have taken the trials of their formative years and built themselves a future that glows from the resurgent embers of the determination that refused to be extinguished all those years ago, and burns ever brighter still.

  For The Boxer Rebellion, what’s past is their prologue. Here’s where their story truly begins…


name_last: Deer Tick
name: Deer Tick
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2189.jpg
website_link: http://www.deertickmusic.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Deer Tick
original_serial: event_MS10728
original_venue_serial: Lustre Pearl
description:
  DEER TICK: THE UNLIKELY SAVIOURS OF LIVE MUSIC

  by Finbarr Bermingham

  Remember the good ol' days? You remember, back when Pluto was still a planet? People used to laugh, regularly. They would shout, maybe have a little drinkie and, y'know, enjoy themselves? Oh, nostalgia! And, sometimes, people would go to concerts and shows and they would have what was known as 'a good time'. Man, those were the days. Sometimes, even the band would join in. Maybe they'd had a tipple, too. They would play their instruments out of tune and at breakneck speeds. Occasionally, there might be harsh words exchanged... fisticuffs even. But they didn't give a fuck, and that's why we loved them, why we wanted to be them and why we wanted to be with them.

  Then something very bad happened. In a heinous, puritanical move designed to destroy rock and roll abandon, a witch hunt ensued. Spearheaded by a MOR music media, the 'rock-star stereotype' gradually became a bad thing. The Evian sponsored falling star of flamboyant excess was soundtracked by a lead singer hell-bent on explaining how the agonizing autumnal hues really remind him of his missus slipping off with his best friend last September. Iggy Pop was stripped for parts and sold off to an insurance company and Johnny Rotten was bartered off to the jungle in exchange for his weight in butter. Even Ryan Adams was manhandled onto the wagon for long enough to make a couple of horrible records.

  Last week, in the unlikely setting of leafy Mancunian suburbia, I had a stick of dynamite inserted in my asshole, courtesy of Rhode Island pseudo-hillbillies Deer Tick. I was blown away. It didn't take a genius to work out that John McCauley, lead singer, band leader, guitar virtuoso and self-appointed class clown was completely slaughtered. Nor did his Old Glory, blazing guitars adorned, threadbare t-shirt leave us in any kind of doubt as to what we were to expect... he looked like he'd just crawled up the banks of the Mississippi. He announced he'd been drinking vodka all day. We all cheered. He stuck his head in an ice box full of beer. We cheered louder. He announced he was going to take his pants off. And, well, you get the picture.

  There are many reasons why Deer Tick are an excellent band. Here are mine. Firstly, they have great songs. War Elephant is a great album. The follow up, Born on Flag Day is just as strong. Alt-country is a curious genre, often misconstrued, misrepresented and misunderstood. Well, for me, this lot here's a contemporary blueprint. There's country (duh), punk, blues, folk, grunge and garage rock. Hell, even their choice of cover versions - Replacements, Michael Hurley, John Prine, The Sex Pistols and Chuck Berry - goes a long way to pinning down their sound.

  McCauley's voice is a hybrid of Kurt Cobain and Gary Louris from the Jayhawks. Sometimes he sounds like he's been gargling gravel with moonshine. He can croon, he can yelp and he can shout. He's a superb lead singer, backed by a talented, if mostly acquiescent unit. They recently recruited guitarist Ian O'Neil from New Jersey noiseniks Titus Andronicus, which allows McCauley more freedom to noodle, drink more beer, or, um, get his cock out.

  They know how to play their songs live. By that, I don't mean they can robotically churn out high fidelity renditions of their records, which I am pretty sure they can. In the flesh, these guys sound completely different than they do through your speakers. It sounds like a lazy observation to make, but when Deer Tick play live, they sound live. They sound louder, rawer and more raucous than anyone who's heard their records could've thought possible. They improvise, they play requests, they invite people onto the stage, they throw balls to the wall, and it all sticks.

  Here is a band awake to the raison d'etre of a live show - to entertain. Sometimes, they (see: McCauley) act like douchebags. They kick each other in the ass when performing an acapella encore. Hell, the drummer even takes off his boots so he can aim a better pot-shot at his singer's rear. When the audience ask something of them they respond, no matter how ridiculous the demand. One excited, most likely traumatized, reveller barks an order to play some Sex Pistols, in honour of his mother, who died yesterday. It raises a slightly confused smirk from McCauley, who launches into a solo take on Holidays in the Sun, barely an eyelid batted.

  When the support act, Megafaun, join Deer Tick on stage for a rollicking cover of Can't Hardly Wait, McCauley proudly announces he's going to do it in 'true Replacements style', which as far as I can tell, is shorthand for 'sans pants.' Watching him thrash about the stage with his jocks round his ankles is bizarrely refreshing. He looks like he might fall on his face, but it doesn't stop him from shuffling about, duelling guitars with O'Neil and generally acting the maggot. And this is what I've missed about live music. With Deer Tick, there was no self-consciousness, no posturing, no agenda and no bullshit. They didn't give a fuck, and I loved it.

  Maybe it was partly due to the unlikely venue - the overpriced beer, the tasteful artwork, the polished finish on the bar-top - but this disgustingly ramshackle performance took me by surprise, and reminded me that not all live shows turn out to be a damp squib. The histrionic resent I felt when listening to Nirvana Live at Reading on its release a few weeks back has slowly subsided. A bunch of scrawny, drunk kids from Rhode Island have rekindled my appetite for live music. And it didn't even need the chicken wire. FB


name_last: Meta Gruau
name: Meta Gruau
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/45602.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/metagruau
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Meta Gruau
original_serial: event_MS13074
original_venue_serial: Spill
description:
  Mid-paced, mid-heavy, mid-noise, mid-candy, the sound of Meta Gruau will stick in your head for a long time. Oscillating between punk, electro, new-wave and garage, the 'synth sludge' trio has been part of Montreal's music scene since 2006. Their first full length record was released in April 2010.


name_last: Our Media: Building An API For Public Media
name: Our Media: Building An API For Public Media
name_index: O
website_link: http://www.cpb.org
hashtag: #pubmedia
event_category: Future of Journalism
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP6399
original_venue_serial: Sheraton
description:
  Room: Creekside

  Participants:
  Jake Shapiro (PRX Public Radio Exchange)
  Kinsey Wilson (NPR)
  Matthew Meschery (ITVS)
  Robert Bole (Corporation for Public Broadcasting)

  Summary
  Open APIs are sweeping through public media, just like the rest of the world, but folks at NPR, PBS and others are thinking even bigger.  Public media is in an unprecedented project to build an open API called the Public Media Platform (PMP) that will help developers create applications that bring personalized public media content to new platforms.  Come learn from the leaders of the PMP on how this project is rolling out, where it is headed and how it can benefit you.  We will be discussing how public media is creating the right technology layer, as well as balancing business rules to build new opportunities for our media to be For, By and Of the People.

search:
  Our Media: Building An API For Public Media Jake Shapiro PRX Public Radio ExchangeKinsey Wilson NPRMatthew Meschery ITVSRobert Bole Corporation for Public Broadcasting


name_last: Skiggy Rapz
name: Skiggy Rapz
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/43435.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Skiggy_Rapz-Today_feat._Tienus.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/skiggyrapz
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCZ2IUPbLto
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Skiggy Rapz
original_serial: event_MS11014
original_venue_serial: Habana Bar
description:
  Skiggy Rapz (pronounced “Skid-jee Raps”) is a Dutch-born rapper and producer who’s developed a glossy, love-filled mix of hip-hop and pop. Before his first album was even realized, he won the Grote Prijs van Nederland (Grand Prize of the Netherlands), a national award for emerging artists. 

  Skiggy used this notoriety to unveil his debut, Boat Drinks, on the Japanese label P-Vine Records in 2005. In 2007, he released another full-length, Record, as a member of Keynote Speakerz with Master Surreal. He produced two albums for Dutch rapper Diggy Dex in 2006 and 2008, and in 2009 he co-produced Diggy Dex’s “Slaap Lekker,” a number one single in the Netherlands, featuring Eva de Roovere.

  In 2009 he also released the Bang To The Boogie EP on Beats Broke. Serving as a prelude to his upcoming full-length Bang To The Boogie, the EP highlights Skiggy’s blending of genres, up-beat rhythms, and sing-along hooks.

  Skiggy hit a licensing windfall in 2010 when MTV, VH1, and FUEL TV latched onto his ever-growing buzz. He has since been featured on a slew of programs like Jersey Shore, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, and The Real World. The rapper has also been featured on the other side of the camera, appearing on the Dutch television program Raymann is Late. He has produced commercial tracks for McDonalds, Martini, and Samsung, and has licensed tracks to over 15 Japanese albums since 2005.

  Skiggy has toured extensively as a solo artist and as support, backing Diggy Dex and fellow Dutch producer Arts The Beatdoctor. His collaboration with Arts was highlighted in an official showcase at the 2009 SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Skiggy Rapz has also had the honor of opening for notable hip-hop legends KRS-One, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Guru, and Kanye West.


name_last: Secrets to Monetization
name: Secrets to Monetization
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/SecretsToMonetization.jpg
website_link: http://store.playspan.com/videos-landing
hashtag: #fanspay
event_category: Future15
event_sub_category: Future15
search: Secrets to Monetization Martine Paris Electronic Arts
original_serial: event_IAP5779
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom E

  Participants:
  Martine Paris (Electronic Arts)

  Summary
  The revolution in video distribution has opened doors to those seeking fame and fortune.  Hollywood talent are going direct to fans, and the rising stars of digital have production values and audience numbers that rival big media.  With the advent of new business models and a hybrid monetization approach that includes virtual currency video micropayments, gaming mechanics, interactive merchandising, brand integration and syndication to television, cable and the ancillaries, the economics of web celebrity is moving well beyond advertising CPM to a more sustainable way to fund production.  Join us for this fascinating look at how video stars are leveraging their brands and making money in what promises to be a golden era of opportunity.


name_last: Eyes Lips Eyes, 'Pretty'
name: Eyes Lips Eyes, 'Pretty'
name_index: E
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F25657.jpg
website_link: http://www.eyeslipseyes.com
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Music Video
search: Eyes Lips Eyes, &quot;Pretty&quot; Collin Mapp
original_serial: event_FS12017
original_venue_serial: Alamo Ritz 2
description:
  Director: Collin Mapp
  USA | 4 minutes


  Starring:
  Tony Hello, Aaron Hatch, Spencer Petersen, Thomas Carroll


  When a band's performance gets the attention of an unexpected fan, they end up in the hottest venue in town!


name_last: Mobile Social Gaming: The Next Frontier
name: Mobile Social Gaming: The Next Frontier
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/MobileSocialGamingTheNext.jpg
website_link: http://www.scoreloop.com
hashtag: #mobilesocial
event_category: Emerging
event_sub_category: Solo
search: Mobile Social Gaming: The Next Frontier Volker Hirsch Scoreloop
original_serial: event_IAP5760
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon J

  Participants:
  Volker Hirsch (Scoreloop)

  Summary
  80% of the world population has access to mobile vs. only 23% with access to the Internet! Social interaction has revolutionized (online) digital media as it has opened new demographics and provides for a more compelling and relevant experience for users in addition to opening new tangents for search, recommendations, etc. 

  The transformative power of social context was especially pronounced in gaming (cf. Zynga ['Farmville'] et al. who have grown into large businesses very quickly).

  The mobile landscape is significantly more complex than the Internet (dozens of platforms, hundreds of distribution channels, hundreds of jurisdictions), and the medium has indeed very different underlying dynamics (screen size and general form factor, input methods, mobility, use cases, etc). It is therefore vital to gain deep understanding about the underlying dynamics of both the medium as well as the users' approach in using that medium. 

  It is essential to avoid a 'Galapagos effect' where certain models only work on limited platforms (e.g. iPhone) or in specific territories (e.g. Japan). Only a fraction of the world's 5bn (!) mobile subscriptions are on iPhones or are in Japan, and one needs to look to tackle the fragmentation dilemma in order to unlock the enormous potential the largest medium in the world has to offer.

  This session will show the rationales that need to be applied to understand the medium and will outline paths to successfully address it.


name_last: IAMDYNAMITE
name: IAMDYNAMITE
name_index: I
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1353.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/iamdynamite
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: IAMDYNAMITE
original_serial: event_MS15181
original_venue_serial: 512
description:
  Big things come in small packages for IAMDYNAMITE (Formerly Mahoney) as they come armed with a simple guitar and drum kit, but pack clever harmonies, dancy guitar riffs, fist-pounding drums and undeniable dance hooks to leave an explosive fallout.

  The Raleigh, NC based duo featuring Chris Martin (“C-Mart”) and Chris Phillips (“C²”) have been cutting their teeth in the indie rock scene of their native Detroit for years but wanted to separate themselves with their own unique brand of music that presents itself as the armed robbery of dance rock.

  The band caught the eye of their current producer and bass player of platinum rock act Blue October, Matt Noveskey, who produced the band's first EP in 2008 alongside Chuck Alkazian at the world famous Pearl Studios in Detroit. Noveskey fueled the duo with the power and confidence to beat down a few doors and are currently positioning themselves for their ambitious full length debut, to be recorded this fall at the legendary Pedernales studios in Austin, Texas.

  IAMDYNAMITE's brand of distinct sound is filled with sharp, calculated guitar lines coupled with explosive, driving drum rhythms. If IAMDYNAMITE'S sound held a ruckus of a dinner party, Weezer, The White Stripes and Matt and Kim would all be seated at the table.

  Even though the band is approaching the industry at blazing speed, the duo is known for their party-like live shows with a huge sound that beckons for fist-pounding, ass-shaking and sweaty high fives. Both Chris's have already filmed a couple of entertaining music videos (“Turn Off The Lights” and “Ms. Jones”) that were Directed by Marty 'LAZER' Stano. The videos have won several awards including Make a Star's Best Music Video two times in a row, and second place in the Super Shorts UK Film Festival among others.

  With a full length release slated for early 2011 full of explosive songs and heavy touring to support it, the future looks very bright for the duo who claim, quite simply...IAMDYNAMITE.


name_last: Cheap Girls
name: Cheap Girls
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/629.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/CHEAP_GIRLS-Ft._Lauderdale.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/cheapgirls
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Cheap Girls
original_serial: event_MS12466
original_venue_serial: Barbarella
description:
  Cheap Girls were formed in early 2007 in Lansing, MI. 

  They've toured the U.S., Canada, and UK since forming and average nearly 200 shows per year. 

  Their first release, 2008's 'Find Me A Drink Home' self released with help from friends before later being picked up by Vinnie Fiorello's (Less Than Jake/Fueled By Ramen Records) Paper and Plastick Records. Shortly after, they recorded and released their 2nd LP for the label, 2009's 'My Roaring 20's'

  They've also released several singles and seven inch records. 

  The band is currently working on their 3rd LP between tours.


name_last: Black Books
name: Black Books
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/46223.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Black_Books-The_Big_Idea.mp3
website_link: http://blackbooksmusic.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Black Books
original_serial: event_MS15061
original_venue_serial: Dirty Dog Bar
description:
  Black Books is a 5-piece band from Austin, TX, playing a moody mix of dream pop and southern rock.  Though they grew up and learned their instruments together, they only started making music as a band last year with the release of their first 4-song EP, 'An Introduction to...'  Critics have likened Black Books to a variety of groups from Genesis to My Morning Jacket.  Their sound is a fine-tuned blend of warm melodies, steady rhythms, and ethereal vocals.  The music has a powerful range as it ebbs and flows from one piece to another.


name_last: Joey Cape
name: Joey Cape
name_index: J
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/42447.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Joey_Cape-A_Song_For_The_Missing.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/joeycape
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: Joey Cape
original_serial: event_MS11616
original_venue_serial: Barbarella
description:
  JOEY CAPE

  On Joey Cape’s debut full-length solo album Bridge, he cuts the sonic flowers that potentially would have come to fruition as his band Lagwagon’s punk anthems and presents them in a more subtle state; as bold and vibrant as they are fragile and clinging to life.

  Written, performed, and recorded by Cape himself at his home studio (The Crank Lab), Bridge is the glorious outcome of two years of false starts, fatal hard drives, and possibly a lost mind.  Equal parts solo record and labor of love in the truest sense.  

  Cape on his solo experience, “Sitting alone in a room for hours on end brings out true expression; either that or insanity!”

  Drawing inspiration from the candle lit emotion of Kill Rock Stars era Elliott Smith and an upbringing steeped in acoustic acts such as Simon & Garfunkel and Cat Stevens; Cape’s acoustic efforts stand up on their own and finally introduce him as a promising addition to the pantheon of great American singer-songwriters.  

  Pulling up his roots from the tried and true genre he helped establish and nurture over the past 20 years as front man for influential modern punk pioneers Lagwagon; Cape’s work is apparently not even close to being finished.   As he digs into this new landscape a fresh sensibility is revealed that’s been covered in loud fast and stunted by preconceived notions for far too long. 

  Cape says, “Both (punk and acoustic music) share certain intensity and integrity.  Dynamically, they are very different…but they are similar in that they are both very honest approaches.” 

  Joey Cape has always been drawn to diversity. His compulsion to try new things is evident in the side-projects he’s done along the way: the experimental indie-rock of Bad Astronaut, all-star party/cover band Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, power-pop combo The Playing Favorites and his work as a producer for bands such as The Ataris and Nerf Herder.  

  “I am a musician, I don’t have that gang-mentality.  I make music and life is short.  I want to create as much as possible before I lose my muse”, says Cape.

  While he remains dedicated to each of his projects, Cape is that rare artist who seems to be able to move with diplomatic immunity between contrasting genres.  His sheer refusal to be held captive by regulation and expectation is, after all, punk at its most basic premise.  Bridge may simultaneously be the most AND least punk record of his career.

  Cape finishes, “You definitely get a different insight into the songwriter on an acoustic recording… I think most people who enjoy what I have done will appreciate my acoustic recordings.” 



  Bio written by: Marko DeSantis, July 2008
  *Note: quotes taken from a Joey Cape interview for Paradigm Magazine


name_last: Parts & Labor
name: Parts & Labor
name_index: P
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1253.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Parts__and__Labor-Rest.mp3
website_link: http://www.partsandlabor.net/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Parts &amp; Labor
original_serial: event_MS12684
original_venue_serial: Red 7
description:
  Constant Future is the career-defining statement from Brooklyn-based noise-pop trio Parts & Labor. The album's 12 tracks deliver the bare essentials that made them sui generis totems of modern art-punk: synthesized keyboard riffs distorted into oblivion, percussion pummeled hypnotically, crackling drones that haunt and soothe, fearless melodies hollered skyward. Their last release, 2008's acclaimed Receivers, saw Parts & Labor blasting off in all directions and creating collage art from hundreds of fan-curated samples. But fifth album Constant Future finds them crashing back to earth, focusing pointedly on what they do best: unique, electronic landscapes melded with buzzing, anthemic hooks. Parts & Labor have distilled the lessons and experiences of nearly 10 years as a band into a catchy, blown-out masterwork.

  Maximalist engineer Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Mogwai, Sleater-Kinney, MGMT) co-produced and mixed the album with P&L at his Tarbox Road Studios in Casadega, NY. A band already known for their dense, futuristic sound was ultimately transformed into something massive, beaming, downright nuclear. The album is the product of two years of vigorous writing and demoing which resulted in more than 40 songs. For the actual recording, Parts & Labor settled in a former boxing ring in Milwaukee to track the record themselves, with drummer Joe Wong leading the charge.

  Over Constant Future's 39 minutes, vocalists Dan Friel and BJ Warshaw steadfastly chronicle several whirlwind years of growth, taking lyrical cues from the artful work of their musical heroes (Sonic Youth, Lungfish, Fugazi, Wire). The pair weave tales of teeth-baring city-scapes ('Fake Names', 'Echo Chamber'), the anxiety of death ('Rest', 'Never Changer') and the horrifying pitfalls of our nascent century ('Outnumbered', 'Skin And Bones'). But, as their sunny refrains would imply, there's always a glimmer of hope, acceptance and love buried just beneath Parts & Labor's paranoid surface ('Without A Seed', 'Hurricane', 'A Thousand Roads').


name_last: Elis Paprika
name: Elis Paprika
name_index: E
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3022.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/elispaprika
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Latin Rock
search: Elis Paprika
original_serial: event_MS12121
original_venue_serial: Mi Casa Cantina
description:
  ELIS PAPRIKA: 
  6 Years of career en 4 CD’s under her belt. 
  Discography: 
  -	Give Me Love (2005)
  -	EP2 (2007)
  -	Express EP (2009)
  -	Maldito (2010)
  One of the most representative bands, from the new generations, to rise from Guadalajara. 
  Named Revelation Artist by R&R Magazine, Reactor 105.7 FM during 2006. 
  MySpace Top 10 Artist in Mexico thanks to visits. 
  Has participated in famous festivals like Vive Latino, Corona Fest, SXSW. 
  Invited artist during Manu Chao’s, Julieta Venega’s and Belanova’s concerts. 
  Invited artist during the 2006 Festival of Cine of Guadalajara. 
  Participated in a Juan Gabriel’s Tribute Album with the cover track “Hasta Que Te Conocí”. 
  Thanks to their amazing 2007 debut, she is one of the most important artists with followers all over Mexico. 
  Her first single “Give Me Love” reached Top 30 National Radio airplay. 
  With four video clips, “Give Me Love”, “No Puedo”  “No me van a callar” and “Hasta que te conoci” they are part of the most important Video Channels rotation throughout the country.
  With only one album they have gained Radio and TV’s attention.
  Their four videos are placed at MTV’s TOP 20 most voted.
  Two MTV VMAs 2006 nomination for “Best New independent”
  Invited artist during Belanova 2009 Show Auditorio Nacional in Mexico
  Myspace TOP 20 most viewed artists.


name_last: Lord Huron
name: Lord Huron
name_index: L
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1653.jpg
website_link: http://lordhuron.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Folk
search: Lord Huron
original_serial: event_MS13605
original_venue_serial: The Bat Bar
description:
  In the spring of 2010 Ben S. traveled easterly from Los Angeles to Northern Michigan. He spent a week at the site of his childhood retreats: the shores of Lake Huron. It was there he set to work developing a batch of songs and a week later, the first Lord Huron EP was complete. He named the recording, Into the Sun.

  Upon his return to L.A., Ben set to work putting a band together. He called on his percussion-playing childhood friend Mark, who was in Nashville after performing for a time in the Caribbean. Mark swiftly packed up his drums and other gadgets and drove across country to California. The boys then recruited the rest of the Mighty Band, each of whom hails from Michigan. 

  Lord Huron's music is an auditory travelogue. Evocative of many places, but tied to none in particular. Lush harmonies inspired by Calypso singers, folk traditions and the American frontier fuse with modern experimentation to create the distinctive sound.


name_last: Net Neutrality Forever? The Very Long View
name: Net Neutrality Forever? The Very Long View
name_index: N
event_category: Late Break
event_sub_category: Solo
search: Net Neutrality Forever? The Very Long View Tim Wu timwu.org
original_serial: event_IAP000330
original_venue_serial: Radisson
description:
  Room: Town Lake Ballroom

  Participants:
  Tim Wu (timwu.org)

  Summary
  This session will address the Net Neutrality question over the very long term: identifying the issue's significance over the long term trends in the evolution of the Internet.    The presentation will draw on early theories of the Internet and comparisons to similar moments in the telephone and radio industry in the 20th century.  The basic question is whether Net Neutrality rules can 'lock in' an open internet, or whether they are on the path to long-term monopolization and consolidation.


name_last: Enhancing Online Music Through Audio Processing
name: Enhancing Online Music Through Audio Processing
name_index: E
website_link: http://somafm.com
hashtag: audioprocessing
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Studio
original_serial: event_MP7661
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 15

  Moderator:
  Rusty Hodge (SomaFM.com)

  Participants:
  Bruce Sharpe (Singular Software Inc)
  Frank Foti (Omnia/Telos/Axia Systems)
  Greg Ogonowski (Orban)
  Jake Perrine (RFI/CD mastering)

  Summary
  Everyone has experienced having to constantly adjust the volume on 'shuffle' due to differences between loudness levels of recordings. Most music services present music like at random, not as a professional DJ or FM broadcast station would. Songs don't flow together. This panel will talk about using audio processing to 'remaster' music for a more consistent listener experience, and why this consistency is important for the listening experience. We'll also talk about the different challenges involved with listening to music in different environments such as in the car or mobile vs in the home. By looking at audio processing tools that over-the-air broadcasters (as well as some webcasters) use, we'll show how music services can improve on these aspects of listening by effectively re-mastering the tracks.

search:
  Enhancing Online Music Through Audio Processing Bruce Sharpe Singular Software IncFrank Foti Omnia/Telos/Axia SystemsGreg Ogonowski OrbanJake Perrine RFI/CD masteringRusty Hodge SomaFM.com


name_last: Dash Rip Rock
name: Dash Rip Rock
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/604.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Dash_Rip_Rock-Paint_the_Town_Red.mp3
website_link: http://www.dashriprock.net
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Punk
search: Dash Rip Rock
original_serial: event_MS12451
original_venue_serial: Speakeasy Kabaret
description:
  In Louisiana and throughout the South, it is almost impossible to have never heard of Dash Rip Rock.  Known for tight musicianship and live wild shows, over 25 years the band has amassed a loyal and eclectic following whose wide tent somehow holds punk rockers, roots rock aficionados, Norwegians, and country and rockabilly fans alike.  

  In 1984, Bill Davis founded Dash Rip Rock, and Louisiana cowpunk was born.  The band quickly became a national college radio darling, mixing Austin's punk rockabilly with Athens' southern pop.  They started as a rockabilly trio, making a name for themselves by playing punk rock as if they were the Stray Cats, then belting out country standards as if they were the Sex Pistols.  Dash Rip Rock has been a club and festival favorite with their legendary live shows and unique brand of roots punk ever since.  

  Dash Rip Rock has toured with the dBs, the Cramps, Georgia Satellites, and Reverend Horton Heat and shared stages with the Circle Jerks, Jerry Lee Louis, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, David Allan Coe, The Ramones, The Replacements, Lou Reed, No Doubt, Los Lobos, Social Distortion, and many others.  The current lineup is Bill Davis on lead guitar and vocals, Eric Padua on drums and vocals, and Patrick Johnson on bass guitar and vocals.

  Dash Rip Rock has released 15 records that have been hailed as country punk classics.  In the eighties the band was signed to Mammoth Records.  In the nineties they scored a national modern rock radio hit with 'Let's Go Smoke Some Pot.'  In recent years, the band joined forces with Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label to release Hee Haw Hell (2004), the world's first country punk rock opera.  In 2010 Dash Rip Rock followed it up with Call of the Wild-- a soulsy, blistering concept album that both extols and critiques that most unique of institutions, the Southern party.  No Depression says Call of the Wild proves Dash Rip Rock is 'one of the greatest bands working today.'


name_last: The Dirty Guv'nahs
name: The Dirty Guv'nahs
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/39998.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/The_Dirty_Guv'nahs-We___'ll_Be_the_Light.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/thedirtyguvnahs
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: The Dirty Guv'nahs
original_serial: event_MS13468
original_venue_serial: Dirty Dog Bar
description:
  American rock and roll band from Knoxville, TN that's been likened to the Rolling Stones and the Black Crowes. Last album, 'Youth Is In Our Blood' was recorded at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY. Managed by Greg Hill with McGhee Entertainment and booking through Matthew Morgan at Creative Artists Agency.


name_last: Kicking Community Ass: Building Better Influence
name: Kicking Community Ass: Building Better Influence
name_index: K
website_link: http://coolastory.com
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Kicking Community Ass: Building Better Influence Sudha Jamthe PayPal
original_serial: event_IAP8077
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: Hill Country CD

  Participants:
  Sudha Jamthe (PayPal)

  Summary
  Speakers: Sudha Jamthe (Social Media strategist, PayPal bio here http://mashable.com/author/sudha-jamthe/) and Dave Peck (bio her http://thedavepeck.com/about-2/)

  Detail:
  Come to find out how to spread influence in 10 steps or less. You have influencers and evangelists in your community, how do you know who is who; how do you stick to the spirit of social media to listen to customers and make your community rock!

  This session will teach you what works in real corporate communities, how to make sense of your social media metrics reports to make it work to build influence in your community.

  Dave and Sudha will bring real world best practice of what works and what doesn't from Intuit, AOL, PayPal, Coco Cola, Wells Fargo, The Grammys, and NPR.


name_last: Ian Moore
name: Ian Moore
name_index: I
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/46782.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Ian_Moore-Birds_of_Prey.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/ianmoore
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB5kk08QY4A
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Ian Moore
original_serial: event_MS11207
original_venue_serial: Continental Club
description:
  'He doesn't fly with angels; he dances with devils' - Billboard

  El Sonido Nuevo, the new studio record from Austin-raised, Seattle-based singer-songwriter Ian Moore, his seventh, bridges the gap between the stylistic offshoots of his past few records and the guitar-slinging bravado that characterized his earlier, often bluesier, output.

  Backed by his new band, The Lossy Coils with Matt Harris (Oranger, Posies, Spiral Stairs) on bass and Kyle Schneider (Rocky Erikson, Johnny Goudie) on drums, forming this trio was a purposeful step into stripping away artifice and décor -- the songs are simple and direct.

  Moore's been steadily accruing fans by staying on the road doing everything from solo acoustic shows to full band gigs in the U.S. and abroad, and opening for his stylistic forefathers, including Paul Weller, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. And he’s done time as a sideman backing artists as divergent as Joe Ely,  Roky Erikson and Jason Mraz. 

  Moore has made hundreds of television appearances, from regional TV shows to the Today show and the Late Show With David Letterman to a one hour Direct TV special, while avid watchers of American Idol have seen contestants cover Moore’s songs “Blue Sky” and “Satisfied.” And the Austin Music Awards have repeatedly voted him Best Singer, Musician and Band.

  On El Sonido Nuevo, the blues and rock guitar he’s best known for is back, bolstered by confident songwriting and the absorbed echoes of those influences and stylistic adventures.


name_last: Death On Two Wheels
name: Death On Two Wheels
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/625.jpg
website_link: http://www.deathontwowheels.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Death On Two Wheels
original_serial: event_MS13504
original_venue_serial: Lamberts
description:
  Death On Two Wheels:
  Trae Vedder - Vocals, Guitar
  Paul Doss - Lead Guitar, Vocals
  J. Betts - Bass
  Greg Neel - Drums, Vocals
  Daniel Gleason - Organ, Piano, Vocals

  Death On Two Wheels makes rock ’n’ roll dangerous again, with slurry-blurry lyrics, half-cocked dreamspeak of portents and regret, and a formidable guitar attack that recalls the nasty duels Allen Collins waged with Gary Rossington before Skynyrd’s final plane ride.  Following the same bumpy trail as Kings of Leon, this Atlanta fivesome seems to be in pursuit of darker mysteries on the band’s self-released debut. And unlike the Kings, they have more range and a greater reverence for ’70s classic rock, not to mention the eccentric bite of vocalist Trae Vedder.  Could he really have been christened with such a propitious rock name?  No matter, he has the same grit and red clay in his voice that Chris Robinson had before he got famous and complacent—but there’s something even more disturbing in Vedder’s delivery that almost veers into goth. Especially on a song like “Bobby Havis,” which shudders with psychedelic anxiety.  It’s a song so haunting it could’ve been penned in Rose Hill Cemetery next to Duane Allman’s headstone.
  - Jaan Uhelszki, Paste Magazine

  Death On Two Wheels have shared the stage with Against Me!, Manchester Orchestra, Social Distortion, Butch Walker, Alkaline Trio, Janelle Monae, Good Old War, Foxy Shazam, and more at festivals like Bamboozle, Forecastle, and SXSW.  Their music has been featured on G4 Television, Spike TV, TNA Wrestling, and at the Sundance Film Festival.

  ___________________________________________________________________________________
  Press Materials including one sheet, press photo, stage plot, posters, etc. are available by visiting the Death On Two Wheels EPK (http://deathontwowheels.com/epk).


name_last: Parachute Kids
name: Parachute Kids
name_index: P
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F22775.jpg
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2F5gaPK6k4
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Narrative Short
search: Parachute Kids Allen E. Ho
original_serial: event_FS11853
original_venue_serial: Alamo Lamar C
description:
  Director: Allen E. Ho
  USA | 15 minutes


  Starring:
  Chow Mak, Vyvy Nguyen, Lucy Ho, Andrew Ly, Albert Ly, Steven Khoo


  The term 'parachute kids' refers to an upper middle class asian american phenomenon where immigrant parents leave their children in American suburbs while they spend most of their time working overseas. These kids are often left unattended without parental supervision, free to do whatever they like as long as they get decent grades. The short film, 'Parachute Kids,' follows Kelvin, a hedonistic 'parachute kid' who attempts to reach out to his mother during Christmas time in the isolating landscape of Los Angeles.


name_last: Hugh Macleod
name: Hugh Macleod
name_index: H
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/hmac.jpg
hashtag: #sxbookstore
event_category: Bookstore Appearance
event_sub_category: Various
search: Hugh Macleod
original_serial: event_OE00662
original_venue_serial: Venue TBA
description:
  Hugh Macleod will be stopping by the SX Bookstore to greet registrants and sign copies of his latest book, Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination.


name_last: John Winsor
name: John Winsor
name_index: J
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/winsor.jpg
hashtag: #sxbookstore
event_category: Bookstore Appearance
event_sub_category: Various
search: John Winsor
original_serial: event_OE00619
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom D Foyer

  John Winsor will be stopping by the SX Bookstore to greet registrants and sign copies of his book, Spark: Be More Innovative Through Co-Creation.


name_last: Be a Lead Generation Superstar with HTML5 Forms
name: Be a Lead Generation Superstar with HTML5 Forms
name_index: B
event_category: Workshop
event_sub_category: Workshop
search: Be a Lead Generation Superstar with HTML5 Forms Chris Coyier WufooKevin Hale Infinity Box Inc
original_serial: event_IAP7342
original_venue_serial: Sheraton
description:
  Room: Capitol A-D

  Participants:
  Chris Coyier (Wufoo)
  Kevin Hale (Infinity Box Inc)

  Summary
  Some of the most exciting enhancements coming in HTML5 are centered around the specifications made to improve online forms on the web. These new features have been 'coming' for a long time now and we're here to share how you can use these new capabilities to improve your conversion rates and increase your bottom line. We'll look at and share some aggregate data on our end in addition to updating you on the current research and best practices that can come from using these new technologies.
   
  Most people will know that this is new technology that isn't supported in all browsers. We'll cover how that's OK and what you need to do to design them around the ideas of progressive enhancement. We'll also cover how many of these features can use fallback technology to implement the same idea until all the browsers catch up. Particular attention will be paid to how mobile devices can benefit from these new features perhaps even more so than desktop browsers.

  The technical aspects of using the new features of HTML5 forms will be covered after it is made clear why using that feature is a good idea. New features include: 

   - Data types that didn't exist before like number, date, search, and more. 
   - Autofocus
   - Placeholder text
   - Datalists
   - Required fields
   - Validation / Regex
   - Keygen
   - Output
   - Progress


name_last: Cheyenne Marie Mize
name: Cheyenne Marie Mize
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1290.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Cheyenne_Marie_Mize-Rest.mp3
website_link: http://www.cheyennemariemize.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Folk
search: Cheyenne Marie Mize
original_serial: event_MS13443
original_venue_serial: Momo's
description:
  It’s a challenge not to fall in love with Cheyenne Marie Mize. Whimsical, haunting, dreamlike folk that’s dynamic and eschews the traditional folk formulae, her debut, Before Lately, is an amalgamation of contradictions – rugged and gentle, innocent and forlorn, spacious and intimate, desolate and uplifting. Guitar, piano, bells, occasional percussion, and honey-tinged vocals make up this simple, immaculate collection of vintage torch ballads, engrossed in twinkling bucolic imagery that showcases a soul twice her age.

  Mize’s talent certainly did not go unnoticed. While Mize is no stranger to her hometown of Louisville by way of her other bands, Arnett Hollow and the Carter Family-channeling Maiden Radio, she introduced herself internationally on the 10″ release Among the Gold with Bonnie “Prince” Billy – a collection of late 19th century American parlor music handpicked by Mize and Oldham.  Mize continued her alliance with Ben Sollee as a major player in the Dear Companion tour supporting Ben and Daniel Martin Moore’s collaborative Sub Pop release in early 2010.

  More importantly, 2010 is the year in which Mize takes the front of the stage supporting her amazing solo debut. The challenge is on, but Mize will be hard to avoid in the near future.


name_last: An-Ten-Nae
name: An-Ten-Nae
name_index: A
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3385.jpg
website_link: http://www.an-ten-nae.net/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: An-Ten-Nae
original_serial: event_MS13092
original_venue_serial: Beauty Bar
description:
  An*Ten*Nae is one of San Francisco’s most sought after DJs and live performers. He has taken the art of live remixing to new heights with his own customized setup, that bends genres in ways seldom heard. This sound is called Acid Crunk, and there are no rules, no restraints in its quest for pure sound that is not Homogenized. 2010 also sees the birth of An*Ten*Nae “The Live Experience,  featuring an audio visual barrage including live drums and synths combined with dramatic theatrical and visual stimulation. Welcome to the future, and no it wont be televised.

  An*Ten*Nae is an entity possessing the human mind of one Adam Ohana, giving him the ability to transcend above the constraints of music rigidity and transmit bass heavy, crunked out beats of the highest order. His bar raising Live mix mashup compilations, “Punk Rock Country Hop” and “Acid Crunk Vol. 1” have set the standard and has defined an era with over 300,000 downloads to date. Picking up steam in 2009 Acid Crunk Vol. 2 maintained the # 1 seller in Dubstep, Electronica and Chillout genres simultaneously while also having all 14 tracks in their respective genre top 10, as well as rocking the charts on iTunes, Juno Digital and a host of other sites. With an album in the works and the ever growing Acid Crunk series running at full steam, we see no end in site for the ever changing chameleon known as An*Ten*Nae.

  Besides DJ’ing and producing electronic music for over 10 years on a wide collection of esteemed labels, Adam Ohana has also been an instrumental part of the underground music culture in SF. From being the Music director at of San Francisco’s largest Club venue 1015 Folsom, to his production company called An*Ten*Nae Presents.  These events helped break a lot of artists in Bass oriented music on the west coast, including Bassnectar, Glitch Mob, Rusko, Modeselektor and Tipper to name a few. His events have helped catalyze what is now a thriving music scene that spans the west coast and increasingly proliferating dance music culture as a whole. He also produces and performs with DJ Laura as The Lo Riderz, a project that can only be described as a concoction of liquid sassafras that aims to take the party to a deeper level, new music from this duo will be available shortly.


name_last: The Lean Startup: King of the Apps Showdown
name: The Lean Startup: King of the Apps Showdown
name_index: L
event_category: OTHER
event_sub_category: Solo
original_serial: event_IAP000455
original_venue_serial: AT&amp;T Conference Center
description:
  Room: Room 204

  Participants:
  Bill Boebel (Rackspace)
  Eric Ries (The Lean Startup)
  Robert Scoble (Rackspace)
  Stacey Higginbotham (GigaOM)

  Summary
  Join Robert Scoble, Eric Ries, Dave McClure, Bill Boebel, and Stacey Higginbotham for a startup challenge. Play judge and vote for your favorite startup alongside Scoble and crew. The winner gets 10k in cash and prizes, provided by Rackspace. This session is sponsored by 500 Start Ups.

search:
  The Lean Startup: King of the Apps Showdown Bill Boebel RackspaceEric Ries The Lean StartupRobert Scoble RackspaceStacey Higginbotham GigaOM


name_last: Evaline
name: Evaline
name_index: E
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/40719.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Evaline-Hours.mp3
website_link: http://www.Myspace.com/Evaline
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYc96oD0DgU
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Evaline
original_serial: event_MS11448
original_venue_serial: Lustre Pearl
description:
  An iconic band can come from the unlikeliest of places and from the scorched fields of Modesto, central California, comes EVALINE –think Radiohead and add in a helping of Jane’s Addiction.  
  Fresh out of school, Evaline’s earliest recordings found their way to The Used’s Quinn Allman who produced the EP: Postpartum Modesty, A Portrait of Skin - released on Maverick in 2006. This was followed by two Warped Tours and a Taste of Chaos tour, which quickly attracted a loyal and ardent fan base in USA.  Now in their early twenties Evaline are Richard Perry, (Vocals, Cello and keys) Dominic DiCiano (Guitar), Steven Pedersen (Bass), Christian Lewis (Guitar) and the Petersen brothers Greg (drums) and Dan (guitar).  After that Evaline reevaluated their sound a returned  with a full quota of startling tracks, playing their unrivalled rock songs using layered sounds, intense guitars and swooning vocals.   
  By late 2010 the band has finished recording a stack of new songs for their forthcoming debut album with Dan Austin (Doves, Cherry Ghost, QOTSA , People in Planes), which will bring their thundering guitars and unique melodies to many more.
  The first fruits of their labour were heard in the form of the beautiful and powerful track ‘Beneath the Fire’ initially available as a free download. This was followed by the digital release of the EP PATTERNED in summer 2010 which contains Beneath the Fire along with the radio friendly track HOURS and the live favourite PATTERNED.  The album will be released in late Spring 2011.


name_last: Slapping Purses
name: Slapping Purses
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3556.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/slappingpurses
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Dance
search: Slapping Purses
original_serial: event_MS13361
original_venue_serial: Mohawk
description:
  Dance party eccrine and experimental noise abrasion may seem like distinct corners of the musical universe, but those with their nose in the Twin Cities underground know the explosive potential when the 'tween do meet. Like a methed-out Afrikaa Bambaataa scratching your itch for brain scrambling distortion, Slapping Purses is this nexus.

  Kick drum whumps, bass boom throbbing, garbled bombardments of sharp noise, and the most sinister command of breaks, breaks, breaks, since Marley Marl and Co. reinvented James Brown-Jason Power (AKA Slapping Purses) is a one-man self-sampling electronic noise-dance party to go.

  Bamboozling brains and bouncing booties with classic old school Roland electronic drums sounds, vocals pushed through a homemade jewel encrusted Microphone/kill box and a madman's grab bag of voltage controlled oscillators and amplitude modulators, Slapping Purses packs diamond tight the harshest boom shakalaka you ever slashed a rug to.


name_last: Content First, Everything Else Second
name: Content First, Everything Else Second
name_index: C
website_link: http://www.organic.com
hashtag: #SXSWOrgContent1st
event_category: Future of Journalism
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Content First, Everything Else Second Daniel Neumann Organic
original_serial: event_IAP8204
original_venue_serial: Sheraton
description:
  Room: S. Capitol View

  Participants:
  Daniel Neumann (Organic)

  Summary
  The content containers we call websites are failing their users because they put ads and page views before the needs and wants of their users.  Users are becoming increasingly fed up and are actively looking for a way around this sponsored content. We are witnessing the emergence of a clear trend, one focused exclusively on making content available to consumers on their own terms. Case in point: Ad Block Plus, far and away the most downloaded plug-in ever. Another example is Safari, which now includes a feature that strips content out of its carefully designed container. Even iPad apps are getting into the mix. Two of the iPad’s most popular apps to-date are Pulse and Flipboard, both of which emphasize readability and relevance over impression-based monetization. In this session, Organic will look at how container cruft, link-bait and social broadcast have made the Web nearly unusable. The speaker will then introduce remedies to the issue, using the examples referenced above as well as a new Organic-designed iPad application that emphasizes content relevance, usability and personalization. The speaker will unveil the application at SXSW, delving into why they built it, how applications like this will shape the industry and, of course, what this means for Web users.


name_last: Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film!
name: Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film!
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F31494.jpg
website_link: http://www.tellyourfriendsmovie.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApyYj9tuJac
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Documentary Feature
search: Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film! Victor Varnado
original_serial: event_FS12312
original_venue_serial: Vimeo Theater
description:
  Director: Victor Varnado
  United States | 83 minutes
  Vanishing Girl LLC


  Starring:
  Liam McEneaney, Reggie Watts, Kristen Schaal, Kurt Braunohler, Christian Finnegan, Leo Allen, Rob Paravonian, Nick Nace, Ann Enzminger


  Reggie Watts, Kristen Schaal & Kurt Braunohler, Liam McEneaney, and Christian Finnegan are among the performers in this comedy documentary that does for the current indie comedy scene what “The Last Waltz” or “Woodstock” did for Baby Boomer rock. It not only features performances from the some of the best rising comedians in the country, but it gives a sense of the world from which these performers have risen, through interviews with such comedy luminaries as Janeane Garofalo, Jim Gaffigan, Colin Quinn, Marc Maron, and more. For more information, visit the website: www.tellyourfriendsmovie.com


name_last: Black Cherry
name: Black Cherry
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/42327.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Black_Cherry-Modern_Lover.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/blackcherrymusic
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: Black Cherry
original_serial: event_MS12434
original_venue_serial: Prague
description:
  Black Cherry
  'Synthesizer boogie with lashings of murder, insecurity and raw promise. Somebody sign them soon'. Q Magazine
  'First and foremost the stage presence and power of vocalist Megane Quashie is staggering'. Gigwise

  Black Cherry are Megane Quashie and Gui Fraisse.  Together they make gorgeously crafted guitar and synth driven pop gems. Megane Quashie's soulful and eeringly provocative vocals have captivated audiences wherever she has performed. Last year none other than Glastonbury's Michael Eavis named Black Cherry 'the best looking band of the festival' prior to profile appearances at Rockness and the Isle of Wight festivals. Following on from their critically acclaimed EP 'Preface' the band have been putting the finishing touches to their forthcoming album 'White Gold'  of which the single 'One Another' will be released via Playground Records in May 2011. 

  Eagerly anticipated interest around the band is already taking root as one their tracks 'Modern Lover' has been chosen for a Primark viral campaign,  an invitation has been accepted to perform at this year's SXSW in Texas and plans for a UK/European Tour are set to be announced shortly.


name_last: Technical vs. Creative? Ridiculous! Quality Requires Both
name: Technical vs. Creative? Ridiculous! Quality Requires Both
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/TechnicalVsCreativeRidiculous.jpg
website_link: http://www.LazarusGrp,net
hashtag: #techVScreativity
event_category: Work & Happiness
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Technical vs. Creative? Ridiculous! Quality Requires Both John Davis The Lazarus Group
original_serial: event_IAP8311
original_venue_serial: Marriott Courtyard
description:
  Room: Rio Grande B

  Participants:
  John Davis (The Lazarus Group)

  Summary
  All the left v right brain talk is going nowhere. Everything you see that is of high quality contains elements of both technical and creative mastery. We do what's easy and avoid what's hard...and even geeks get data wrong. Artistic measurement is as rare as scientific creativity, but we cannot change the world until we stop avoiding what's hard. 

  Data-centric evaluation - today centering on ad evaluation - requires a collaboration among psychologists, economists, artists, and craftspeople from many disciplines if we want to rise above the everyday crap we hear in ads. This interdisciplinary approach to evidence-based decisions has been used successfully over 25+ years by Mr. Davis to position messages for Camel Joe, L'eggs hosiery, Coca Cola, politicians, cities and others who need to think critically, using research to learn the trutth, and not just support an idea that is already in motion.

  Evidence based decisions, your mind does it, why can't you?


name_last: Wikileaks: The Website That Changed the World?
name: Wikileaks: The Website That Changed the World?
name_index: W
website_link: http://www.guardian.co.uk
event_category: Late Break
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP8406
original_venue_serial: Radisson
description:
  Room: Town Lake Ballroom

  Participants:
  Carne Ross (Independent Diplomat)
  Ian Katz (The Guardian)
  Issandr El Amrani (The Arabist)
  Sarah Ellison (Vanity Fair)
  Stephen Engelberg (ProPublica)

  Summary
  Wikileaks began as an audacious idea, a statement about the potential of the internet to speak truth to power and to open governments. Barely four years later, the whistleblower's website finds itself at the centre of an unprecedented global storm over the leaking of hundreds of thousands of confidential cables from US embassies around the world. To many WikiLeaks's founder Julian Assange is a hero who has shone the bright glare of public scrutiny into places governments would rather keep hidden; to others he is a vandal, taking a sledgehammer to the secrecy all states need to maintain to function. Is Wikileaks just one expression valve for the web, one that would be replaced by others if it was closed? Has it changed the public's understanding of and relationship to government in any real and lasting way, or is it a media preoccupation?

search:
  Wikileaks: The Website That Changed the World? Carne Ross Independent DiplomatIan Katz The GuardianIssandr El Amrani The ArabistSarah Ellison Vanity FairStephen Engelberg ProPublica


name_last: Innovating & Developing with Libraries, Archives & Museums
name: Innovating & Developing with Libraries, Archives & Museums
name_index: I
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/InnovatingAndDevelopingWithLibraries.jpg
website_link: http://www.lookbackmaps.net
hashtag: #sxswLAM
event_category: Greater Good
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP6396
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 10AB

  Participants:
  Danielle Plumer (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
  Deborah Boyer (Azavea)
  Jon Voss (LookBackMaps)
  Michael Edson (Smithsonian Institution)

  Summary
  For centuries, libraries, archives, and museums have been creating structured data, organizing information, and managing metadata in order to organize and share cultural artifacts and knowledge with the public.  Unfortunately, the bulk of these systems have evolved in isolation, long before the advent of the World Wide Web.  However, the convergence of developments in culture and technology are resulting in exciting new ways for individuals and developers alike to interact directly with unprecedented amounts of structured data, historical photos and archives, and more. 

  Expert developers and project managers in this field will lead a discussion focused on the question: How can developers leverage open data from libraries, archives and museums being made available to the public?  Panelists will review new developments and highlight examples, considering use cases with Linked Data, Flickr Commons, Smithsonian Commons, mobile apps, and scalability.

search:
  Innovating &amp; Developing with Libraries, Archives &amp; Museums Danielle Plumer Texas State Library and Archives CommissionDeborah Boyer AzaveaJon Voss LookBackMapsMichael Edson Smithsonian Institution


name_last: Pujol
name: Pujol
name_index: P
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1426.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Pujol-BUTTERFLYKNIFE.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/danielluccapujol
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Pujol
original_serial: event_MS12741
original_venue_serial: Mohawk Patio
description:
  PUJOL was born in Tullahoma, TN. He moved to Nashville in 2006, then he did MEEMAW, Saigon Baby, and in 2008 he started booking himself as himself as PUJOL. Now he tours and plays live mostly with Joseph Scala on bass, Sean To The Wall Thompson on lead guitar, and Adam Tanaka on drums. Recently PUJOL has released a Blue Series Single on Third Man Records of Black Rabbit/Too Safe, a Live LP 12' on Third Man Records, an EP called Alive At The Same Time on Turbo Time Records, a single for MAYDAY/NO FEELING on Turbo Time Records all featuring to the live band, and is awaiting the release of a LP on Infinity Cat Recordings called X File On Main St. featuring recordings with The Wez, Forever Young, and D. Watusi from Nashville. He is also working on a full-length called United States of Being featuring a everybody slated for release between March and May 2011. PUJOL sounds like Southern Gothic Rock.


name_last: The Beaufort Diaries
name: The Beaufort Diaries
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F22643.jpg
website_link: http://www.thebeaufortdiaries.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPAkT3z18K8
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Animated Short
search: The Beaufort Diaries Alex Petrowsky
original_serial: event_FS11967
original_venue_serial: Alamo Lamar A
description:
  Director: Alex Petrowsky
  USA | 3:41 minutes


  Starring:
  David Duchovny


  Beaufort is just a small town bear, living in a lonely world... What happens when an arctic refugee finds himself adrift in LA-LA Land? Behold Beaufort's rocket rise to stardom, his inevitable crash and burn, his enduring, inspiring friendship with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, and his painful journey to redemption and bear-awareness. David Duchovny stars as the eponymous polar bear hero in this animated short based on author T Cooper's graphic novel 'The Beaufort Diaries.'


name_last: Promiscuity or Private Groups: Mobile Photo Sharing
name: Promiscuity or Private Groups: Mobile Photo Sharing
name_index: P
hashtag: #MobileSharing
event_category: Emerging
event_sub_category: Dual
original_serial: event_IAP000507
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon K

  Participants:
  Danny Trinh (Path)
  Louis Gray (my6sense)
  Mayank Mehta (Cooliris)

  Summary
  We all know photo sharing is nothing new - it's been around as long as photos have been around and that's a long long time!  So what's all the buzz around mobile photo sharing now?  Are people all jumping on the bandwagon to share their mobile photos? Instagram just passed 1M users within 3 months of their launch.  Path introduced somewhat controversial private group sharing with 50 friends limit.  And LiveShare by Cooliris just launched the first flexible private group sharing service for photos.  Which brings us to question, are users more likely to resort to private streams?  Is that where we are headed - small, intimate groups?  What does it mean for the overall social graph(s) we have been building for the past years?  

  Come and join in on the discussion around mobile photo sharing, the hottest topic in Silicon Valley.

search:
  Promiscuity or Private Groups: Mobile Photo Sharing Danny Trinh PathLouis Gray my6senseMayank Mehta Cooliris


name_last: Understanding the Economy Using Twitter
name: Understanding the Economy Using Twitter
name_index: U
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/UnderstandingTheEconomyUsingTwitter.jpg
website_link: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/economics/
hashtag: #twiconomics
event_category: Social Broadcasting Track
event_sub_category: Dual
search: Understanding the Economy Using Twitter Zhan Shi The University of Texas at Austin
original_serial: event_IAP8396
original_venue_serial: AT&amp;T Conference Center
description:
  Room: Room 204

  Participants:
    ()
  Zhan Shi (The University of Texas at Austin)

  Summary
  Our goal is to present how we use the “huge data” collected by using open APIs of Twitter and other online services to empirically test and improve existing models in social sciences such as economics and sociology. Bringing together natural language processing and macroeconomics, on top of the troves of machine-generated data, we also propose building innovative applications to track consumer sentiment and industry dynamics. Session co-organized by the McCombs School of Business and the Center for Research in Electronic Commerce (CREC).


name_last: Jesse Dangerously
name: Jesse Dangerously
name_index: J
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2202.jpg
website_link: http://www.dangerously.ca
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Jesse Dangerously
original_serial: event_MS12906
original_venue_serial: Flamingo Cantina
description:
  Jesse D grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada, loving rap more than anything.  Having been turned on to the lighter side of it in 1989, delving into the hardcore in the early 90s, and assiduously studying the independent rap revolution of the late 90s, he developed his own style, ethics and swagger with a distinctly Haligonian hip-hop identity.

  He put out his first solo tape, BREAK, in 1997 and has since released four CDs of material, frequently collaborating with other members of the Backburner crew. He's toured across Canada and into the USA, sold music across the world and won the occasional award here and there for being awesome.

  He will be the first, and perhaps the last, to tell you that he is a Genuine Independent Rap Legend (G.I.R.L.)! You don't have to believe it, but what's the worst that could happen if you do?

  He'll be showing up to SXSW with the first copies of his sixth album, 'Humble & Brilliant.'  The first run will be available only as vinyl or as handmade chapbook, both accompanied by complementary MP3 download.  The album's entirely self-produced from painstakingly layered samples of old vinyl, except for one ukulele driven spiritual number about killing God once and for all, and not being sorry, either.

  Personal and political themes pop out like beads of sweat on a brow of charming and clever raps about being charming and clever for the duration of the album's first side/movement, and then the polarity reverses, and the witty, unpredictable pop culture whirlwind becomes punctuation for heavier material.

  It's a really fun, devastating, thought-provoking, feminist and approachable rap record and all of those adjectives also apply to Jesse himself, whom you will love a million times a million times.


name_last: My Jerusalem
name: My Jerusalem
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3988.jpg
website_link: http://thisismyjerusalem.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: My Jerusalem
original_serial: event_MS15032
original_venue_serial: Esther's Follies
description:
  The collective now known as My Jerusalem met through critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Jeff Klein, who played with each of them in his travels as a solo artist. Jeff met guitarist Dave Rosser, a touring member of the Twilight Singers through producer, Mike Napolitano. Bassist Ashley Dzerigian was in Great Northern and toured with Ed Harcourt. Drummer Cully Symington was in bands like Cursive and Bishop Allen and tracked the Gutter Twins album. Both Rick Nelson and Michael St Clair, who rotate playing violin, viola, cello, trombone and keyboards in the band, were longtime members of the Polyphonic Spree and played with St. Vincent. Matt Bricker, also a member of the Polyphonic Spree, had been playing with The Low Lows. Guitarist and keyboardist Evan Jacobs was a founding member of Midlake and fronts his own remarkable band Tacks, The Boy Disaster.

  The band's debut album, Gone For Good, will be released on 02:59 Records thru Sony/RED on October 26th. Set for release in the UK next week, the album has already had major airplay on BBC2 and BBC6 Radio.

  My Jerusalem pins Klein's razor sharp wit against a lush backdrop of strings and horns, which is driven home by a beat that is sometimes even reminiscent of Bauhaus. There is a lot of genre mixing when it comes to the bands offerings. One song can be delivered through a pulsing wounded whisper, while the next can be a schizophrenic, headphone dance-party such as 'Sleepwalking' to which the band likens to 'Abba on ecstasy'.

  'A sense of community and camaraderie can go a long way,' Jeff explains. 'I don't think anybody in this project was the coolest kid in school. All of these people are highly revered musicians who have been involved with a bunch of other projects  everyone is somebody from somewhere. This time around, we've all gotten together with people on the same level, to have fun. And that's the key in all this: Just to have fun and play music that is fun for us to play, with songs that are meaningful.'

  Fueled by their DIY ethic, My Jerusalem recorded the album in two adjacent apartments in the French Quarter of New Orleans, LA.. The experience proved to be both challenging and liberating. 'Almost every piece of gear we used was broken or duct-taped together,' muses Klein. That ram shackled environment and the creativity it birthed to overcome its limitations only added to the music's charm. From the Bacharach meets Orbison album opener 'Valley of Casualties,' to the cathartically driving 'Sweet Chariot,' Gone For Good is a set of 12 songs that illustrate, as the group puts it 'ones journey to find hope and satisfaction through even the hardest of times, and come out victorious.'

  For the live shows the band will continue to grow and change. 'It definitely keeps me on my toes. Wait, who's playing drums tonight? And there are how many people onstage?' jokes Klein. US and UK dates for My Jerusalem are planned for later this year.


name_last: How Social Applications SCORE in the Cloud
name: How Social Applications SCORE in the Cloud
name_index: H
event_category: ScreenBurn
event_sub_category: Sponsored Panel
search: How Social Applications SCORE in the Cloud Josh Fraser RightScale Inc
original_serial: event_IAP8456
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 12AB

  Participants:
  Josh Fraser (RightScale Inc)

  Summary
  To effectively bring a social app to the market, companies must focus not only on design and marketing, but also on the underlying – and often unglamorous – job of managing their IT infrastructure. The hope, if not the expectation – is to achieve rapid and massive popularity across the world. But many compute infrastructures are not capable of handling unpredictable growth and scaling, much less support fast, day-to-day development cycles.

  In the fast paced social app industry, development teams must have the technology agility to stay ahead of the curve. The audience will learn best practices for launching apps in the cloud and discover how industry leaders including Zynga, Playfish, and Crowdstar are using cloud computing to manage and grow their infrastructure. This session will also discuss the use of cloud computing throughout the entire application lifecycle -- from concept and development to end-of-life.

  This session is sponsored by RightScale.


name_last: Top of the Charts in 2015
name: Top of the Charts in 2015
name_index: T
website_link: http://www.nextbigsound.com
hashtag: 2015charts
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: A&R
original_serial: event_MP5594
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 10A

  Moderator:
  Alex White (Next Big Sound)

  Participants:
  George White (Billboard)
  John Ingrassia (Vector Management)
  Ted Cohen (Tag Strategic)
  William Mann (BMG)

  Summary
  How will artists become famous five years from now? Is the mass marketing machine that broke artists like Michael Jackson, U2 and Radiohead becoming less effective? Artists are still 'broken' by traditional radio and mainstream press. Five years from now will this still be the case? What will the top charts look like? Where will those artists come from?

search:
  Top of the Charts in 2015 George White BillboardJohn Ingrassia Vector ManagementTed Cohen Tag StrategicWilliam Mann BMGAlex White Next Big Sound


name_last: Kyle Rapps
name: Kyle Rapps
name_index: K
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/40987.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Kyle_Rapps-Hard_Knock_Children_Featuring_Joell_Ortiz.mp3
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Kyle Rapps
original_serial: event_MS13539
original_venue_serial: Scoot Inn
description:
  For Princeton, New Jersey Native Kyle Rapps recording a song with one his top influences and heroes in Hip Hop, the Teacher himself Blast Master KRS ONE was easily a full circle move for him. “I used to study his song structures, rhyme patterns and live shows,” remembers Kyle. After featuring KRS ONE on the Buzz worthy “RENT” single and video, under the name Black Skeptik, Kyle began to gain the attention of press, TV and radio nationwide. Kyle describes his own music as witty and youthful yet insightful and catchy. “Hip Hop is about stories and connecting the dots, some of the stories can be meaningful and still be fun and appealing. I rarely ever write a song that I can’t relate to in some way, shape, or form. My music will always reflect who I am.”

  By age 20 Kyle started winning poetry slams in NYC with a concept-strong, socially-sharp raw hip hop delivery. Kyle attended Rutgers University in NJ and formed the acclaimed underground hip hop group, Thought Breakers under the Psuedonym Skeptik. By the time he graduated Rutgers with a B.A. in Spanish, Thought Breakers were local legends, having opened up for Wyclef Jean, Fat Joe, Talib Kweli, and Dead Prez, Independently selling 10,000 copies of their Album, Episode One.

  After his poetry career has taken off with The Mayhem Poets playing children’s theatres and schools all around the country, Kyle has returned to his roots with concept driven hip hop music. Under the name Black Skeptik, he followed the “Rent” single (featuring rap legend KRS ONE), with “Frankenstein Saves Hip Hop” (featuring production by Blockhead and a video with Crazy Legs of Rocksteady crew). Solidifying a more positive out look on things, he changed his name to Kyle Rapps and release a 3rd single, “Love, Love” (Featuring KRS-One and Homeboy Sandman), which reached #1 on the college radio charts for Hip-hop.

  Eager to show people the benefits of combining Hip- hop with education, Kyle is gearing up to release his debut EP, RE-Edutainment. This “revisit” of Boogie Down Productions classic album is produced by Kev Brown, and features songs with KRS-One, Joell Ortiz and U-N-I. Kyle is also finishing up his debut album, which was recorded in LA, NY, and on a Liberian refugee camp in Ghana, Africa. So stay tuned Kyle Rapps is definitely taking the steps to gradually become a household name amongst Hip Hop fans worldwide.


name_last: Dixie Witch
name: Dixie Witch
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1599.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Dixie_Witch-What_You_Want.mp3
website_link: http://www.smallstone.com/artistinfo.php?artist=4&amp;s=dixiewitch
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU0hfYCptfo
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Dixie Witch
original_serial: event_MS11875
original_venue_serial: Barbarella
description:
  Ten years in the running, Austin Texas's own Dixie Witch has established themselves as one of the seminal Texas Power Trios.  Led by the thunderous rhythm and vocal section of Trinidad Leal and Curt Christenson aka 'CC', Dixie Witch has experienced both success and hardship on the road.  The road can either break a band or make a band and in the case of Dixie Witch it has defined them and made them who they are today.  Dixie Witch brings a solid foundation and a united front that only a decade of touring can create.  In true, 'Family Style', these band mates have formed a brotherhood that has given way to songwriting with nods from greats such as Lynyrd Skynrd, Mountain, Black Sabbath, and Waylon Jennings.
   
  In the spring of 2009, Dixie Witch introduced new guitarist Joshua 'JT' Todd Smith to the fold.  This addition has brought a new energy to the band, creating a springboard into the next chapter of Dixie Witch history.
   
  2011 brings new energy, new songs and new life for Dixie Witch.  DW will be recording their long awaited 4th album at Mad Oak Studios in Allston, MA.  With a powerful modern heavy rock sound, ten years of a brotherhood gives way to a new horizon. And the band plays on...


name_last: AMD’s Swingin’ Social with White Ghost Shivers
name: AMD’s Swingin’ Social with White Ghost Shivers
name_index: A
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: AMD’s Swingin’ Social with White Ghost Shivers
original_serial: event_OE00754
original_venue_serial: Parish
description:
  Come enjoy free drinks, live music, technology demonstrations, and a chance to win a laptop every hour! RSVP at: http://amdsxsw2011.eventbrite.com/.


name_last: Is Crowd-sourcing the Enemy of Innovation?
name: Is Crowd-sourcing the Enemy of Innovation?
name_index: I
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/IsCrowdSourcingTheEnemy.jpg
hashtag: #csuitecsourcing
event_category: Emerging
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP000295
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon F/G

  Participants:
  Jeff Howe (crowdsourcing.com)
  Michelle Gass (Seattle's Best Coffee)
  Polly LaBarre (MIX (Management Innovation Exchange))
  Robson Grieve (Creature)

  Summary
  The great democratization called crowd-sourcing is quickly becoming a debilitating hurdle for innovation. Without an understanding of how to use public opinion, C-suite officers are ditching vision and conviction and risk turning critical business decisions into popularity contests. Do “we, the people” have too much power? How should you use the crowd? This session is sponsored by Creature.

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  Is Crowd-sourcing the Enemy of Innovation? Jeff Howe crowdsourcing.comMichelle Gass Seattle's Best CoffeePolly LaBarre MIX (Management Innovation Exchange)Robson Grieve Creature


name_last: Big Heed and Alien
name: Big Heed and Alien
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/4507.jpg
website_link: http://www.bigheedandalien.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Big Heed and Alien
original_serial: event_MS14967
original_venue_serial: Emo's Annex
description:
  Big Heed & Alien met while playing instruments together in the church choir. Their childhood dream of making it big became a reality when an appearance on BET's 106 and Park landed them a recording contract. Born Shaheed 'Heed' Smith & Ali 'Alien' Warren in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, Big Heed & Alien both began nurturing their musical interests early on. Alien started out on the back of his parent's pots and pans and Heed with the first keyboard his mother bought for him at 10 years old. They both honed their skills during countless hours of isolation while on punishment. Alien remembers fondly, 'My mother realized I was having more fun [in my bedroom] than going to school, so she bought me my first drum set & piano and let me practice as a reward.' Separately they developed their talents exploiting the local music scene. Alien started out with local bands eventually playing drums for acts such as Air of Stereograph, B.O.B and Travis Porter. Already a talented MC, Heed was invited to a studio session with the Dungeon Family after meeting Andre 3000 at a performance at the Tabernacle. From that experience, he was able to log one on one time with Cee-Lo Green where he learned valuable skills that shaped him as a producer. In 2008, Merovingian Music executive Robert Watson convinced the two artists to join forces (Heed is the MC and Alien is the drummer; together they make up Big Heed & Alien). First performing at local Atlanta venues and prominent events such as the Annual Luda Day Block Party & the bi-annual Sweet Auburn Festival leading to an appearance on BET's 106 & Park as part of Wild Out Wednesday. Eventually they were asked to return as the show's first ever house band, playing for subsequent Wild Out Wednesday contestants. The grooming from Watson and Merovingian Music head Jack Ponti, (known for successes with Bon Jovi, India Arie, etc.) lead the duo to a deal with Battery Records/Jive Label Group. 'From the moment we saw that unbridled passion and creativity in Big Heed and Alien on BET, we knew there was something special here,' says Ponti regarding the recent signing. With their music best described by Heed as, 'totally out of this world,' they hope to spread a message of fun. Their debut album The Big Heed and Alien Show features their first single, 'Tipsy,' which broke on Sirius Hits 1 radio, is a high energy record about how to use liquor to have a good time. 'They have a really refreshing sound consisting of an MC and live drummer which completely cuts thru sonically. Their first single is a crossover smash with a very wide appeal' says Neil Levine, SVP & GM of Battery Records.


name_last: Oh Susanna
name: Oh Susanna
name_index: O
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/45282.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Oh_Susanna-Drunk_As_A_Sailor.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/ohsusannamusic
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Folk
search: Oh Susanna
original_serial: event_MS12875
original_venue_serial: Paradise
description:
  Every artist rides the switchbacks of direct comparison before they earn the right to step into their own musical shoes and leave a customized footprint.  At first, Canadian singer-songwriter Oh Susanna might have been Dylanesque with her stark intense narratives.  As she developed, she was sometimes called (Gillian) Welchesque for her mountain-air monologues.  The time for the lazy likening of Suzie Ungerleider to anyone else has passed — the only description now can be Oh Susanna-esque.  Her voice is a marvel, a haunting, expressive instrument that she uses to stunning effect on her just completed her fifth album, Soon the Birds, to be released in the spring of 2011.


name_last: CLE 2: What You Get and Give Up in Today's Recording Agreement
name: CLE 2: What You Get and Give Up in Today's Recording Agreement
name_index: C
hashtag: cle2
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Various
original_serial: event_MP990187
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 9ABC

  Moderator:
  Paul Bezilla (Lommen Abdo Cole King & Stageberg)

  Participants:
  David Lessoff (Rhino Entertainment Company)
  Dina LaPolt (LaPolt Law PC)

  Summary
  The exclusive recording agreement remains the centerpiece contract of most music artists' careers. However, by getting signed, not only are the probabilities of a sustained career with a record company less than at the beginning of this century, but the terms of the recording agreement also have evolved since then to become less artist-friendly. Declining music sales, coupled with the reduction of the purchase price of music altogether, justifies scrutinizing record deals more than ever.  

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  CLE 2: What You Get and Give Up in Today's Recording Agreement David Lessoff Rhino Entertainment CompanyDina LaPolt LaPolt Law PCPaul Bezilla Lommen Abdo Cole King &amp; Stageberg


name_last: Sight, Sound, Soul. Dewey Winburne and AIR-Interactive Awards
name: Sight, Sound, Soul. Dewey Winburne and AIR-Interactive Awards
name_index: S
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: Sight, Sound, Soul. Dewey Winburne and AIR-Interactive Awards
original_serial: event_OE00397
original_venue_serial: Driskill Hotel
description:
  Accessible art-music performance. Honors to ten 2011 Dewey Winburne Interactive Media community activists. Awards for annual AIR Interactive web competition.


name_last: Little Comets
name: Little Comets
name_index: L
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1568.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Little_Comets-Joanna.mp3
website_link: http://www.littlecomets.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Little Comets
original_serial: event_MS10776
original_venue_serial: Latitude 30
description:
  Robert, Michael, Mark and Matt first met in a little greengrocers beneath the hue drenched hills of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Sharing a mutual abandon for David Bowie, dalliance and limes they became a bonded musical quadrilateral in 2008, playing a series of gigs in barns, houses, university lecture theatres, prisms and trains. 
  After this things fluctuated wildly between recording an album in a school/farmhouse (produced by Michael, mixed by Rich Costey), playing gigs with people like Hockey, Delphic and Noisettes.

  Influenced by books as much as music as much as their natural surroundings, Little Comets try to capture bits and pieces from places like Jonathan Safran Foer, Kate Rusby, Joan Miró and attach them to songs. Using bright rhythmic melodies to assuage often dark didactic lyrics, the result is something hopefully as authentic as the intention was originally meant to be. 

  The debut album 'In search of the elusive Little Comets' is released in the UK January 2011 and the rest of the world shortly after.


name_last: DJ Technologies: Going Beyond Two Turntables & A Microphone
name: DJ Technologies: Going Beyond Two Turntables & A Microphone
name_index: D
website_link: http://www.drobo.com
hashtag: djtech
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Studio
original_serial: event_MP6971
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 16B

  Moderator:
  Heather Williams (G-Technology)

  Participants:
  Adam King (Native Instruments GmbH)
  Brett Belcastro (2nd Nature Productions)
  Mike Relm (N/A)
  Sam Zornow (Native Instruments/Traktor)

  Summary
  DJs will always remain tied to their turntables and technology providers are delivering a wide range of professional hardware and software products for spinning in the club. Innovation has gone far beyond classic DJ mixing, pushing technological boundaries and opening up new creative horizons for professionals and amateurs alike. The cost of equipment and records have been a barrier to entry for those passionate about becoming a DJ. During this panel, leading industry players will discuss what it takes to make it in this field, the best purchases for your experience level and news ways to consolidate your technology arsenal to be the most effective and efficient on the job. The audience is invited to participate in an open Q&A with the leaders who are spearheading the digital DJ revolution and extending the very definition of DJing. Whether you're an amateur trying to earn street cred or on your way to #1 Stunna status there’s always room for technology that can take your beats to the next level.

search:
  DJ Technologies: Going Beyond Two Turntables &amp; A Microphone Adam King Native Instruments GmbHBrett Belcastro 2nd Nature ProductionsMike Relm N/ASam Zornow Native Instruments/TraktorHeather Williams G-Technology


name_last: Free Your Content! Who Really Owns UGC?
name: Free Your Content! Who Really Owns UGC?
name_index: F
event_category: Future of Journalism
event_sub_category: Panel
search: Free Your Content! Who Really Owns UGC? J.R. Johnson Lunch.com
original_serial: event_IAP7117
original_venue_serial: Sheraton
description:
  Room: Capitol View Terrace

  Participants:
  J.R. Johnson (Lunch.com)

  Summary
  This panel will champion the idea of “Power to the Content Contributor!”  We’ll discuss who really owns the content shared by millions of contributors across the hundreds of different user generated content sites.  It's among the best-kept secrets in UGC, and the implications here are huge. The seemingly logical means of UGC sites covering their legal bases has actually left open a very meaningful loophole for contributors.  Turns out, they’re sitting on the goldmine of UGC… and it’s at their discretion where it lives, and consequently which sites it will benefit.  When a site like Yelp is valued at $500 million dollars, it’s only reasonable for people to start considering how they could be benefiting from the content that others are profiting from.  Contributors are starting to ask questions… thinking, hey! I just made that site worth millions, but what do I get out of it?
   
  It’s only a matter of time until a new system emerges in the UGC space, allowing contributors to share some of the revenue being made off of their content.  The question is… what will that future model look like?  We’ll discuss how it could set up, and which players are poised to take the lead.  In addition, we will cover how contributors can determine where their content gets the most benefit.


name_last: Gay For Johnny Depp
name: Gay For Johnny Depp
name_index: G
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1825.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Gay_For_Johnny_Depp-Pink_Flag.mp3
website_link: http://gayforjohnnydepp.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Alt Country
search: Gay For Johnny Depp
original_serial: event_MS12831
original_venue_serial: The Ale House
description:
  Birthed in Brooklyn, 'with no regard for potential audiences' and the intent of 'doing everything on its own terms,' GAY FOR JOHNNY DEPP (or GFJD) has met to every response but indifference since the release of its debut EP Erotically Charged Dance Songs for the Desperate (2004).  The debut showcased the band's machine gun rat-a-tat fire of short, sharp songs delivered in a frantic, relentless style featuring 'a very well hidden yet deeply intellectual core' and lead singer Marty Leopard's vocals that 'straddled the line between Johnny Rotten and a hyena.'  In 2005, GFJD released Blood: The Natural Lubricant (An Apocalyptic Adventure Beyond Sodom and Gomorrah) and supported the EP with a tour of Britain, which initiated such a rousing response that the band headlined a stage at the 2006 Download Festival.  GAY FOR JOHNNY DEPP's debut album The Politics of Cruelty (2007) became the rare example of a hardcore band receiving positive reviews in publications such as New Music Express, Q, The Guardian and Uncut and hard rock / metal mags (such as Rock Sound, Terrorizer and Kerrang!) while also receiving airplay on every major UK rock radio station (!!).  Advances of the debut sent to the media contained a highly explicit fan letter to actor Johnny Depp, written by someone simply known as 'Brad'.  The album appeared in the NME Chart's Top 10 for a full month and GFJD front man Marty Leopard was invited to take part in the NME's annual Christmas Pub Golf. However, the singer subsequently referred to NME and other British music journals as 'the enemy,' and when asked to comment for a press blurb, he screamed, 'We don't want to be in fucking NME!'  GAY FOR JOHNNY DEPP's sophomore album What Doesn't Kill You, Eventually Kills You will be released on February 15 (or just in time for Valentine's Day).


name_last: Los Macuanos
name: Los Macuanos
name_index: L
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/42947.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Los_Macuanos-Ritmo_de_Amor.mp3
website_link: http://www.losmacuanos.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: Los Macuanos
original_serial: event_MS13649
original_venue_serial: Speakeasy Kabaret
description:
  Armed initially with only a laptop, a sequencer and a shoddy wooden güiro, Los Macuanos have surfaced as one of the most promising acts in modern electronic music, in what Camilo Lara (Mexican Institute of Sound) has proclaimed “the great hope for Mexico in the coming years.”

  Though emerging in the wake of the burgeoning global bass scene, and strongly situated in the continuum of Tijuana electronic music, Los Macuanos nonetheless go beyond this spectrum, in a sound that is wholly their own.

  To describe their music is to inhabit a unique vision of Mexico’s sonic legacy, rooted in centuries of akin sounds and sensibilities which are digitally permutated almost beyond recognition.  Through spectral evocations, and ominously low-frequencies, Los Macuanos invoke the spirits of their country’s past, resulting in a macabre rendition of traditional Mexican sounds. A hauntological feast, equally suited for the ears and the hips.

  Employing the format of a live band, Los Macuanos navigate the mid-ground between the energy and dynamism of live performance and the textural intricacies that only a DJ set can afford, presenting a unique kind of hybrid for the modern dancefloor.


name_last: Killa Kyleon
name: Killa Kyleon
name_index: K
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/4351.jpg
website_link: http://www.twitter.com/killakyleon
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Killa Kyleon
original_serial: event_MS14711
original_venue_serial: Venue 222
description:
  Born and raised in Houston, Texas (Southside) and killing with some of the illest bars in the rap game. He's better known as Killa Kyleon. Receiving his name Kyleon from Houston underground legend Big Pokey and being a product of the legendary Houston collective Screwed Up Click, headed by DJ Screw. He began his career at a young age, building his name in the Houston underground rap scene. While making noise in the area, Killa caught the attention of Slim Thug and his Boss Hogg Outlawz imprint. Impressed by his talent on the mic, Killa began his long path and friendship alongside Slim Thug, steering the ship of the Boss Hogg Outlawz movement as the follow-up artist to the labels flagship artist. Though well known in the H-Town quarters, regionally, and being featured on the nationally released Boss Hogg Outlawz Compilations, Killa began to breakaway from Boss Hogg and decided to take control of his future and leave his label after many years and move forward as a independent artist. With his master plan in place, Killa wasted no time in and showing the Hip-Hop world that Houston still has talent and lyricism down in the Lone Star State. Beginning his movement, he featured on one of the summers hottest MC's mixtape Wiz Khalifa's Kush & OJ with the infectious record Spotlight. As well as he released his DJ Drama hosted Gangsta Grillz Extra Natural Born Killa with rave reviews from top sites XXL.com and OnSmash.com. Killa Kyleon easily stands out as one of the best and most diverse artists in the Texas area and as veteran in this rap game, first as a supporting player and now as the featured act. Killa Kyleon is finally ready to make a personal statement of his own. 'RUN IT' is a testament to his hard work and creative personal vision.


name_last: Monday Yoga
name: Monday Yoga
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/SXSWYoga.jpg
hashtag: #sxswyoga
event_category: Greater Good
event_sub_category: Solo
search: Monday Yoga Christa Avampato Compass Yoga
original_serial: event_IAP000408
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 8A

  Participants:
  Christa Avampato (Compass Yoga)

  Summary
  If too much stress at SXSW has you a little uptight, then the solution is simple -- relax and let it go. Start your day mindfully with an hour of light, meditative stretching. Yoga was developed thousands of years ago as a way to prepare the body and mind to be more receptive to enlightenment. What better way to prepare for all the new people and ideas you will encounter every day at SXSW Interactive?


name_last: Jamie Woon
name: Jamie Woon
name_index: J
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2715.jpg
website_link: http://www.jamiewoon.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: Jamie Woon
original_serial: event_MS14741
original_venue_serial: The Windish Agency House @ ND
description:
  Jamie Woon is a special talent who will carve his blues 'n' garage infused future pop songs into your brain and leave them there forever. It's music that will get people talking, made by the guitar wielding singer/songwriter and producer. 

  You might not have heard of him yet – unless you've been tapped into the eerie, soulful end of dubstep or perhaps if you were a regular at One Taste, an acoustic night that took over festival stages at Secret Garden and Glastonbury in the late 2000s. If you'd been looking carefully, though, you might have noticed that Woon was one of the participants at the acclaimed Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona 2008. The academy invites 60 up and coming DJs, musicians and producers from around the world to the month-long event where they are tutored by musical legends like Sly and Robbie and make tunes with the studio team - who that year included drum 'n' bass don DJ Zinc, Sa-Ra's Om'Mas Keith, D'Angelo producer Russ Elevado and Mark 'Global Communications' Pritchard. 

  The academy has thrown up a tonne of talent over the ten years it's been going: Flying Lotus, Mr Hudson, Hudson Mohawke, J-Wow from Buraka Som Sistema and a whole host of others. This experience helped build on the fragile, atmospheric music he was making with a LoopStation, opening his eyes to the heavy new sound of Woon 2010. Two releases emerged from the musical collaborations that were born at the academy:  he released 'Solidify' with electronics girl Subeena on Planet Mu, quickly followed by the twisted G-Funk of 'I'm Going Wit You' by Debruit featuring Om'Mas Keith. 

  But you have to go back a few years to find the seeds of his new sound. In 2007 he released his version of traditional standard 'Wayfaring Stranger' with a remix from ultra-selective dubstep producer Burial on the flip. It turned people like Gilles Peterson and Mary-Anne Hobbs into full-blown Woon fans, but the release also recalibrated his musical mind. It sent him on a journey which forced him to learn and unlearn everything he knew, and took him to this place where he's primed to be one of the most exciting artists you're likely to hear all year; a man who is populist but always inventive, a modest and understated 27 year old who's making hugely ambitious music that you'll be filing, typically idiosyncratically, between your favourite Four Tet, Richard Hawley and D'Angelo records. 

  The new sound, fuses his future pop songs with '80s reverb, ultra-tight beats and acres of bass. 'I love atmosphere,' he says. 'I'm a fan of really deep sub bass that isn't swamped by other sounds. There's always enough room for some twinkly stuff on top and this big cavern, for the voice.' The new songs, like 'Night Air' or the future bossa-nova of 'Tomorrow' or the Radiohead-go-soulful undertones of 'Street' carry the intimate emotions of his early sound into a whole different room; bigger, badder… heavier. 

  Singer, songwriter and self-taught producer Woon made his name by playing live. He's got hundreds and hundreds of gigs under his belt, from endless spots in front of the microphone with just his guitar, an effects box and that unmistakable voice, to supporting Amy Winehouse. He's played in a full band with dubstep DJ and producer Reso on drums and he's taken stage at Sonar. You might say it's in his blood: his mother is Scottish folk legend Mae McKenna, a lady who did session vocals for a massive list of stars including Bjork, Michael Jackson and the aforementioned Kylie. 

  Woon's influences are similarly colourful. He namechecks nu-disco king Todd Terje and 2010 future garage hotshots James Blake ('he's a beast') and Mount Kimbie . He's a fan of '90s R'n'B as well as the folk and soul stuff you'd expect, and Cajun blues master JJ Cale, a man he describes as 'the original bedroom musician'. Woon likes to take the soul lineage back to its roots: 'I like people who find different ways of doing the blues. It's at the root of all popular music. Blues and bass - that's the real hybrid.'

  He has now made the music that will let him switch between intimate gigs to stages with a bigger reach. 'I want to play to more people and I want to play in bigger places. I want to be able to do absolutely anything I want - no constraints.'  Basically, and bassically, he's doing things his way. Always.


name_last: Anna Nalick
name: Anna Nalick
name_index: A
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3974.jpg
website_link: http://www.annanalick.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: Anna Nalick
original_serial: event_MS14641
original_venue_serial: The Tap Room at Six
description:
  Her beautifully mysterious and uplifting hit 'Breathe (2 a.m.)' continues to grace radio, TV and movie soundtracks. Nearly 1 million copies of her debut album 'Wreck of the Day' are cherished by fans to whom she remains indebted and appreciative. Her songs and recordings are a reminder that she is one of the most intriguing and promising singer/songwriters of the new millennium. As a sole writer and principal performer, Anna was awarded a prestigious ASCAP Pop Award. 

  Anna is currently working on a new album to be released this year.


name_last: Amber Asylum
name: Amber Asylum
name_index: A
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3284.jpg
website_link: http://www.amberasylum.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Metal
search: Amber Asylum
original_serial: event_MS13138
original_venue_serial: Barbarella Patio
description:
  Amber Asylum is a highly-variable San Francisco-based music group that serves as a platform for composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Kris Force. The music is generally within the avant garde metal, neoclassical and dark ambient genres, and it tends towards the romantic, introspective, and brooding. Classical strings and female voices are the dominant instruments.

  Players for The Nanotear showcase at SXSW 2011 include; Leila Abdul Rauf - guitar, keys, trumpet, Sarah Rosalena Brady - Viola, RD Davies - Percussion, Kris T Force - violin, voice, Sigrid Sheie - Bass, flute, keys. When not playing with AmberAsylum Leila Abdul Rauf is a guitarist in Hammers of Misfortune, Vastum and formerly of Saros, RD Davies joins Leila in Vastum and Sigrid Sheie is the premiere organist for Hammers of Misfortune. Kris Force has contributed string arrangements, voice work to Swans, Jarboe, Neurosis among others.

  Discography:
      * Frozen in Amber (1996, Elfenblut/Misanthropy) (reissued 2003, Neurot Recordings)[5]
      * The Natural Philosophy of Love (1997, Relapse Records)
      * Songs of Sex and Death (1998, Relapse Records)
      * The Supernatural Parlour Collection (2000, Relapse Records)
      * GardenOfLoveAutonomySuiteStillPoint 10' vinyl EP, (2005, Self Released)
      * Garden of Love EP, (2006, Paradigms Recordings)
      * Still Point (2007, Profound Lore Records)
      * Bitter River (2009, Profound Lore Records)


name_last: The R.G.Morrison
name: The R.G.Morrison
name_index: R
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/41155.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/The_R.G.Morrison-..._Introducing_Diamond_Valley.mp3
website_link: http://www.soundcloud.com/pias-uk-sales/sets/r-g-morrison-farewell-my-lovely
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Alt Country
search: The R.G.Morrison
original_serial: event_MS12317
original_venue_serial: The Velveeta Room
description:
  'this tangibly focused, warming and reclusive record seems like Blighty's answer to Bon Iver'  * * * * MOJO

  After a year of dates in Europe (supporting John Hiatt, Alela Diane, Midlake) The R.G.Morrison are excited to head to Austin Texas to showcase there bastardized hybrid of Folk, Roots, Americana and Country. Signed to Loose Music (The Felice Brothers, Blanche, Handsome Family, M.Ward) The R.G.Morrison released 'Farewell, My Lovely' to blanket critical... not too bad when the rest of the time they are keeping the doors open at their own record shop.

  Joined by Alex Neilson (Trembling Bells, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) on drums, it's a raw and emotional live show.

  We live in a serene and sublime English farming town; we're going to pack up our kit and come on over and play our damnedest. Look forward to meeting you!


name_last: Unintended Consequences: Marketing in a Social World
name: Unintended Consequences: Marketing in a Social World
name_index: U
event_category: Podcast
event_sub_category: Podcast
original_serial: event_IAP000645
original_venue_serial: Driskill
description:
  Room: Driskill Ballroom

  Participants:
  Grant Hunter (Iris Singapore)
  Matt Magee (PJA Advertising + Marketing)
  Mike O'Toole (PJA Advertising + Marketing)

  Summary
  If social media has taught marketers anything, it’s that we now live in an environment where we just can’t predict or control everything about our campaigns. But this isn’t just about viral videos that don’t go viral, or user backlash that does. It’s about marketing as a whole and how it is changed by a broader culture of unpredictability – driven by the voracious appetites of a relentless 24-hour news cycle, the inability to fit consumer contributions to our expectations, and an attention-starved world’s unquenchable desire for fresh content and technology. How do these trends change marketers’ job descriptions? How can we generate ideas that anticipate and leverage the unexpected? How should we operate differently – in our relationships with clients, in our ability to sense and respond to consumers, even in the way agencies get paid? 

  Join PJA Radio, one of the Internet’s most popular marketing radio shows, and some (ahem) unexpected guests as we tackle these issues, provide actionable recommendations and look at real-world cases of marketing that has generated unexpected consequences – both good and bad.

search:
  Unintended Consequences: Marketing in a Social World Grant Hunter Iris SingaporeMatt Magee PJA Advertising + MarketingMike O'Toole PJA Advertising + Marketing


name_last: Speak
name: Speak
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/238.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/hearspeakhere
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Speak
original_serial: event_MS14633
original_venue_serial: Red 7
description:
  Forever questing for innovation, SPEAK invoke timeless melodies in energetic, synth-laden anthems.


  Frontman Troupe Gammage has been recording music since age 11. Mesmerized by the compositions in his favorite video games, he started creating his own using rudimentary computer software. Developing his sound through his study of electronic music and observation of his musician parents (Ernie Gammage and Christine Albert) and the Motown collection at home, Troupe released his first EP at age 16. He went on to release two more albums online garnering over 25,000 downloads to date. Gammage spent a year in University of Southern California's music composition program before moving to Austin to pursue video game composition and voice acting.

  After co-founding his own production company and gaining solid footing in the business through work on games for Playstation, XBox, Wii, and PC, Troupe has shifted his focus to pop powerhouse SPEAK. The band met through mutual friends in 2008, rising from the remnants of electro-pop band Jupiter-4. With Gammage join University of Texas students Nick Hurt (guitar) Joey Delahoussaye (bass) and Jake Stewart (drums). Hurt and Delahoussaye are guitar performance majors.

  SPEAK recorded their debut EP with producer Chris Frenchie Smith (JET, Dandy Warhols). Through Smith, Troupe landed a gig recording keys for JET's new album Shaka Rock.

  The band's debut album EP, Hear Here has garnered serious attention, receiving highest 4-star honors from the Austin Chronicle, and great reviews across the board. Recently SPEAK was presented with an Austin Music Award for Best New Band from none other than the Talking Heads.

  What people are saying about Hear Here
  Austin Chronicle (4/4 stars) [Hear Here is] poised to change the musical landscape¦crank up the volume: The future just got a lot brighter
  AV Club (B+) Smooth electronic seduction, spiked with a little venom
  Austinist swimming in synth and innovative pop melodies


name_last: MOJOE
name: MOJOE
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2318.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/MoJoe-Carried_Away.mp3
website_link: http://www.mojoefamily.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: R&B
search: MOJOE
original_serial: event_MS11082
original_venue_serial: Red 7 Patio
description:
  MoJoe is a hip hop soul band that has melded soulful singing, expressive rhymes, and spoken word into a cohesive whole, which explains why they would describe themselves as 'the Roots meet OutKast over dinner with Marvin Gaye at D'Angelo's house.' Their first album, classic.ghetto.soul. was released on the Music World label in 2006. 3rd Coast Anthem from that album was featured on the Bring it On: All or Nothing soundtrack. The theme of their new album DIRTY GENES revolves around the fight that we all have with our past and with our flesh.
   
  MOJOE successfully paints a stunning portrait of imperfection, reflection, confession, and resolve. The title also refers to the influence that Texas blues, New Orleans jazz, and dirty south hip-hop has had on their musical genetics. With classic.ghetto.soul, MOJOE introduced their musical vision. With their new album, DIRTY GENES, they assume their roles as the most soulful rap group of their time. The first line of a review from LA Weekly stated “MoJoe can' decide whether they're a hip-hop band, a funk band, or an R&B ensemble, but it doesn't matter, they're great at all three.'
   
  Their fans are affectionately referred to as family members, so every performance is like a family reunion. Be on the lookout for their new Live Album and Live Performance Movie that will be released in the spring of 2011.


name_last: Dylan McDonald
name: Dylan McDonald
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3479.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Dylan_McDonald-The_Trip.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/dylanmcdonaldsmusicpage
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weU67cGRFFQ
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Dylan McDonald
original_serial: event_MS13249
original_venue_serial: The Velveeta Room
description:
  Dylan McDonald is a Rock artist out of Nashville. His sound falls in the vein of 70's rock, but with a modern twist. His influences include Neil Young, Harry Nillson, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Electric Light Orchestra, etc.
  Dylan recently released  a rock opera entitled 'Out From The Door', accompanied by his band The Avians, in November of 2010


name_last: Two Fresh
name: Two Fresh
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2365.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Two_Fresh-Legal_Tender.mp3
website_link: http://www.twofreshbeats.com/
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu2lDfnrtX4
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Two Fresh
original_serial: event_MS14814
original_venue_serial: Beauty Bar Backyard
description:
  Two fresh consists of an inseparable pair of twin producers, Sherwyn and Kendrick Nichols, who have been making beats and playing music together since they were fifteen years old. Now only twenty-one, the twins have released their first album entitled “The Baker’s Dozen”. This release contains a unique style of music combining elements of hip hop, jazz, soul, standout synth lines, creative sample chops, and heavy bass sections. The thirteen track album will be available for free download. It only takes one listen to tell that these two have something special.

  Following their first release, Two Fresh will be hitting the road with dozens of dates already scheduled in the forthcoming months. For more information check out

  www.twofreshbeats.com


name_last: Descartes a Kant
name: Descartes a Kant
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1007.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/descartesakant
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Punk
search: Descartes a Kant
original_serial: event_MS14956
original_venue_serial: Mi Casa Cantina
description:
  Created in 2001, this band from Guadalajara (México) has developed a unique voice.  Based on the idea of the contrast between emotions in a brief period of time, their songs are a clear consequence of years of zapping and fragmented information from the media. The result is funny, disturbing and moving. With influences such as Mike Patton, The Locust, Regina Spektor, Danny Elfman, and with a wide variety of genres running through their music, (punk, noise core, lullaby, country, rock n roll, cabaret, etc.) they manage to be sinister and amusing at the same time.
  Since 2005 they´ve been continuously working, and they´ve recorded their first album(Paper Dolls, Intolerancia 2007) witch has had an amazing reception from the press in México, and has been considered one of the best starting points for a band in the  history of  rock music in this country. They´ve opened concerts for Sonic Youth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yo La Tengo, Explosions in the Sky, Stereo Total, beside important bands from the Mexican scene. They´ve also released their first video on the song “My Sweetest Headache Waltz” and are working nowadays on the material for their next album, to be released by early 2011. Their act is energetic and theatrical, using disguises to create bizarre scenes, as a canvas being deconstructed during the show.


name_last: Web Anywhere: Mobile Optimisation With HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
name: Web Anywhere: Mobile Optimisation With HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
name_index: W
website_link: http://www.opera.com/developer/
hashtag: #html5mobille
event_category: Design / Development
event_sub_category: Solo
search: Web Anywhere: Mobile Optimisation With HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript Bruce Lawson Opera Software
original_serial: event_IAP7486
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom C

  Participants:
  Bruce Lawson (Opera Software)

  Summary
  Web apps, mobile phone apps, websites that work anywhere, SVG, HTML5, Widgets, location-aware sites, Media Queries. Beyond the buzzword assault is a revolution in the way sites are made, what they can do, and how they are accessed.
   
  We're going to talk about what the buzzwords actually mean and how they all fit together. We'll explore different methodologies for making websites that users can access on mobile phones and other devices, and how to optimize your existing website for mobile. Then we'll put all the buzzwords together into a coherent vision that works now, with real code snippets that you can use right away.
   
  Finally, we get out our crystal balls out and look at what's coming around the corner in HTML5 and the W3C APIs that allow websites to access native capabilities on devices.


name_last: An Horse
name: An Horse
name_index: A
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3976.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/An_Horse-Trains_and_Tracks.mp3
website_link: http://anhorse.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: An Horse
original_serial: event_MS14079
original_venue_serial: Maggie Mae's Rooftop
description:
  Anyone who’s ever punched a clock has a work buddy. If you’re lucky, they might be a true friend; someone you spend more time talking with than you do with your family, maybe even your partner. Imagine if the two of you had the chance to leave your jobs behind and go on a crazy, incredibly fun, sometimes stressful but ultimately mind-blowing two-and-a- half-year musical adventure across continents and time zones, racking up accolades from the likes of Rolling Stone, Spin, People and Pitchfork.
  To the Australian indie-rock duo of Kate Cooper (singer/guitarist) and Damon Cox (drummer/singer), An Horse — who went from rehearsing after hours in a Brisbane record store to playing “Camp Out,” the single from their 2009 debut, Rearrange Beds, on Late Show With David Letterman — making their second album, Walls, isn’t just a chance to set the agenda for their next phase. It’s also an opportunity to reflect on the fantastical journey that has carried them here, a pipe dream made thrillingly real.
  “We'd worked in the record store together for a couple of years and talked every day — even on days off — mostly about music and film, which we continue to do every day now.” says Damon. “After listening to music all day together at work for two years, we had a really clear idea of what we liked and disliked musically.” That bond was the backbone of Rearrange Beds; after two years of relentless touring, though, including stints out on the road with Tegan & Sara, Death Cab For Cutie, Cage the Elephant, Silversun Pickups and The Big Pink, An Horse had become a different animal altogether.
  Cooper, like Cox, is frank in her assessment of their earlier album. “With Rearrange Beds, we made a record of two people learning how to play together. I don't think you can hear that on the album per se, but that's what it was.” This time, the pair decided to make a record that reflected their bond not just as music aficionados, but as musical collaborators. “Walls was really deliberate,” Kate explains. “We had hundreds of shows under our belt and we had figured out how to play off each other.”
  Regrouping in Vancouver after recharging their batteries in their respective homes — Cooper in Montreal, Cox in Melbourne — An Horse brought in Howard Redekopp (who has lent his sonic wizardry to The New Pornographers and Tegan and Sara as well as An Horse — Redekopp mixed Rearrange Beds) to produce the album. Now the duo would figure out how to play off the studio, too.
  “We had many lengthy discussions with Howard before we arrived in Vancouver to record,” says Damon, “and did five days of pre-production — pulling the songs apart, putting them back together, throwing some songs away and even creating new ones — which is something we'd never had the luxury of doing.”
  The atmosphere was comfortable and creative, which was just what they needed. “During the recording, Howard brought his old dog Fanny into the studio,” Kate explains with a wry chuckle. “One day I was getting up in Fanny's face while Damon was recording with a video camera. I was talking to her, telling her she was such a lovely dog, but Howard quickly intervened when he found us. He told us that Fanny had personal space issues and, had I gotten any closer, Fanny would have had my nose! A few weeks earlier, Fanny had bitten our assistant engineer Jaret's face and he had to be rushed to the hospital with Fanny sitting beside him in the car.”
  Walls has plenty of the whip-smart, energetic rock that propelled An Horse half-way across the world. The album’s opening track, “Dressed Sharply,” is as fizzy and explosive as a shook-up bottle of champagne, spraying the listener with showers of melody and noise. It’s no surprise that the tune is a fan favorite already, thanks to having been previewed in their recent shows. But on the song that follows it, “Not Mine,” the craft and care that went into Walls’ making becomes even clearer. Kate and Damon’s passionate vocals, weave into a pattern with Kate’s chiming guitar, building the intensity slowly and deliberately as Damon’s drums nudge the momentum along.
  It’s a powerful tension, one that marks the separation between Rearrange Beds and Walls, where the duo frequently return to that place where anything can shrink into a whisper or explode into a howl. “They’re my favorite songs on the record; songs like ‘100 Whales,’ where the mood fits in the middle. We wanted to make a record that sounded way bigger and more powerful, but not so big and crazy that it didn't sound like two people,” Damon says.
  The result is a towering sound that doesn’t buckle when it gets quiet, or for that matter, serious. Walls’ songs span a wide spectrum of emotions, which came to the surface after Kate had moved to Montreal. “I was really stoked because I had met a girl and was having a good time, but there were also a lot of really terrible things that had happened.”
  More specifically, the lyrics deal with the wrenching angst of being stuck on tour while a family member falls ill. Plenty of songwriters have observed the monotony of endless hours logged on the interstate, but when your mom phones you to tell you that she has to have major surgery and you can’t run to her side all the way in Australia, suddenly you’ve got bigger problems than the lack of roadside scenery between Buffalo and Pittsburgh.
  “No one in my family told me about my mom’s condition because they didn’t want me to come home,” Kate explains. “They said, ‘we didn’t want to worry you.’ So eventually I had this conversation with my mum where she said, ‘Alright, well, I’m gonna go in now and get this done,’ and I was, like, ‘Alright, bye...’ it was crazy. I was struck with this sense that I would have to spend as much time with everyone I care about now because they could die, but I’m going to be on tour, so I can’t.”
  There’s a disarming intimacy in Kate’s lyrics, whether she’s relating the experience of waiting for her mom’s results in “Brain on a Table,” or the less dramatic but vividly observed “Windows in the City,” where she describes games people make up on the phone when things like geography or work come between them. Both a sense of playfulness and feelings of longing are never far from the surface.
  Kate: “I think most of the songs for Walls were written in December 2009 to January 2010, when I was in Montreal. I was discovering a new city but I was missing everyone back home. And I was definitely getting frustrated with feeling lost.
  “When it’s minus 30 degrees out and my girlfriend’s working and my friends are away, and it’s like, what do I do in this apartment? I just wrote songs. Which was cool, I was really productive.
  ”In the apartment, there was a bird that wouldn’t shut up. His name was Uncle Pete and his painful ‘cheep cheep’ is all over the demos. I had to send them to Damon with notes like ‘at 2:23, TURN DOWN’ because Uncle Pete's chirps were so loud,” Kate recalls.
  When all was said and done, the album had become every bit as rich and varied as the time in their lives that it capped the end of.
  “It was a really rewarding and emotional process making Walls,” Damon says. “We could kind of reflect on what a crazy two and a half years we'd had. When we finished up I felt like I could breathe again, like a massive weight had been lifted. The warm Vancouver summer felt like an old friend guiding us though it all. It was a really exciting time.”


name_last: Jon Connor
name: Jon Connor
name_index: J
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/4572.jpg
website_link: http://www.jonconnoronline.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Jon Connor
original_serial: event_MS15156
original_venue_serial: Venue 222
description:
  Labeled as 'The Peoples Rapper', Jon Connor is third generation musical talent with the triple threat abilities of writing, producing, and performing.  Jon Connor's innovative style of music using unique beats, merged with raw emotions, and clever lyrics is a talent that cannot be silenced. His music conveys genuine purpose and individuality.

  Born in Flint, MI, Jon came from a musical family, the son of Mahley and Jon Freeman Sr. His father was an accomplished musician turned Christian minister and served as one of his earliest musical influences. Music was the fourth member of the Freeman household, in addition to his mother and sister. Connor began producing and song crafting at the very young age of 10. With an entrepreneurial spirit, in middle school he began selling his own mix tapes out of his backpack and from the trunk of his mother's car.  With the support of his mother, at the age of 14 he founded his own independent record label Avie Records/ All Varsity Entertainment and began developing his skills.  By 16, he had financed and created an in-house studio with the money earned through odd jobs in the neighborhood. 

  By 18, Connor had made a name for himself on the Michigan music scene performing on stage with  pioneering artists such as KRS1,  2 Live Crew, Bone Crusher, and Jeremiah to name a few.  Proving he wasn't just another artist, Connor composed the music for the independent Basketball Documentary Film 'Flint Star', funded his first independent music video, and begin forming an elaborate ensemble of independent artists to create the Avie Squad. In 2005 he teamed up with the southern-based beat making team of E. Rude and Kevin 'K.Wills' Williams to create the underground classic 'The Calling Pt. 1 'The Prequel'.. The Calling pt.1 served as Connor's official introduction to the world, as it gained him national notoriety (HYPERLINK 'http://vh1.com/'VH1.com, Raptalk., XXL, King Magazine, HYPERLINK 'http://rapcapital.com/'rapcapital.com, planeturban, Urbanology magazine etc.) and a loyal fan base. Producing over half of the material on his critically acclaimed debut album, Connor not only showed his ability as a gifted lyricist and songwriter, but also as a skilled producer. 

  Connor's describes his style of production as 'a mirror of human emotions'. A blend of pure hip hop flow, unique beats, solid production, and realistic content.  'His sound is well rounded and influenced by the sounds of the great artists before him such as Prince, Carol King, Michael Jackson, and Kanye West.

  Never one to limit himself, Connor not only strives to be a great talent but a great person.  He also takes time to give back to his community through participating in community outreach, foundations, and charity concerts.  

  Now with the release of his latest mixtape 'Jon Connor as Vinnie Chase', a collection of 25 tracks that keep you guessing from start to finish, Connor is ready to take the world by storm.


name_last: Mashable MashBash Monday
name: Mashable MashBash Monday
name_index: M
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: Mashable MashBash Monday
original_serial: event_OE00346
original_venue_serial: Buffalo Billiards
description:
  More fun at the Mashable house with drinks and entertainment sponsored by Pepsi Max, Sony Electronics, .TV and Skifta.


name_last: Takashi Kamide
name: Takashi Kamide
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/39695.jpg
website_link: http://www.kamide.net
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npeobjo3jh8
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Jazz
search: Takashi Kamide
original_serial: event_MS15096
original_venue_serial: Mellow Johnny's
description:
  When he was seven-years-old, takashi Kamide lost his left foot shorty after having been diagnosed with cancer.  By seventeen he had conquered the disease.

  Not long after, another illness befell him for which there is no known medical treatment and by all appearances was terminal; he couldnft eat anything, and lost weight from half of his body. It was another arduous journey to recovery, but as the artist states, what saved him was simply saying gLOVEh.

  At that stage in his life, he was angry at everything and everyone, but his mother, father and many friends rallied for him, and never stopped believing he would fully recover, praying for him all the while he was fighting these illnesses. When at last it seemed he had beaten the disease forever, his doctor proclaimed it miraculous.

  Now, takashi KAMIDE believes there are many miracles all over the world, and they can be realized readily, when you realize the potency of love.

  But there is a parallel story that took place for KAMIDE: that of music. At six years of age, he was diligently practicing classical piano until discovering Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett which eventually led him to switch to jazz piano and subsequently an interest in the accordion. Working from a humble studio in his native Japan, he creates minimalist original masterpieces that evoke everything from Yann Tiersen or Penguin Cafe Orchestra to lost takes from Vangelisf score from Blade Runner.


  What is different takashi KAMIDE's accordion? 
  Most of people expect accordion is sounds like world music or traditional music. But takashi KAMIDE plays his original compositions, even if he plays covers, sounds very crative and impressive. He is playing new style of solo accordion you've ever listened!!

  When he makes music tracks, takashi KAMIDE also plays many instruments himself, piano, guitar, and more. You can see it when you listen his music. takashi KAMIDE try to make sounds deeply, you can find something inside your beautiful part if you listen takashi KAMIDE's music.


name_last: Adobe’s Tooling for jQuery and the Mobile Web
name: Adobe’s Tooling for jQuery and the Mobile Web
name_index: A
event_category: Design / Development
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP000299
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom A

  Participants:
  Ryan Stewart (Adobe)
  Scott Fegette (Adobe Systems Incorporated)

  Summary
  This session is sponsored by Adobe.

search:
  Adobe’s Tooling for jQuery and the Mobile Web Ryan Stewart AdobeScott Fegette Adobe Systems Incorporated


name_last: SXSW Trade Show Social Hour by Explore.org
name: SXSW Trade Show Social Hour by Explore.org
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/explore.org.jpg
hashtag: #SXsaloon
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
search: SXSW Trade Show Social Hour by Explore.org
original_serial: event_OE00078
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4

  The SXSW Trade Show Happy Hour offers Austin hospitality, serving complimentary beverages and a break from your busy schedule. Come to the SXsaloon to relax, meet friends, and refresh before a big night.


name_last: Unwritten Rules: Brands, Social Psychology and Social Media
name: Unwritten Rules: Brands, Social Psychology and Social Media
name_index: U
website_link: http://www.frogdesign.com
event_category: Branding / Marketing
event_sub_category: Dual
original_serial: event_IAP7781
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom F

  Participants:
  Ben McAllister (frog design)
  Kate Canales (frog design)

  Summary
  When a friend invites you to dinner, you bring wine or flowers – not $100 cash – as a gesture of thanks.  That goes without saying. But if a brand comes to dinner, what should they bring? When it comes to social media, there are unwritten rules for how to behave that many brands simply aren't getting.

  Brands are grappling with social media as they try to find a place at our virtual dinner table.  Some brands get it, some gaffe it.  The rules, it turns out, are hidden in basic social psychology. The established behaviors of friendship are the prevailing rules of the road in social media: sharing valuable information, entertaining one another, support in a crisis, celebration of a personal achievement.  But the established behaviors of transactions (the way we historically interact with brands) can feel awkward and forced in social media.  So how can brands build trust with their networks while being social like a friend? This session will look at social media behavior and what brands can do to become a delightful guest and valuable contributor at our virtual dinner party.

search:
  Unwritten Rules: Brands, Social Psychology and Social Media Ben McAllister frog designKate Canales frog design


name_last: 1001 Nights Orchestra
name: 1001 Nights Orchestra
name_index: 0-9
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/39801.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/1001_Nights_Orchestra-Miserlu.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/1001nightsorchestra
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: World
search: 1001 Nights Orchestra
original_serial: event_MS11227
original_venue_serial: Copa
description:
  Like a short course in ethnomusicology of the Middle East? 1001 Nights Orchestra is Austin’s longest running Middle Eastern music group. Founded by Kamran Hooshmand on oud, guitar, and vocals, it includes clarinet, accordion, percussion and bass. It received a Best of Austin Award for their score to the 1924 silent, “Thief of Bagdad”. Their CD, “Music from the Middle East & Beyond” topped the Austin Chronicle’s Top 10 list. Their performances often features belly dancing as a visual accent to their party sounds.


name_last: Real-Time Marketing Strategy: Surviving Daily Change
name: Real-Time Marketing Strategy: Surviving Daily Change
name_index: R
website_link: http://www.icrossing.com
event_category: Future15
event_sub_category: Future15
search: Real-Time Marketing Strategy: Surviving Daily Change Adam Lavelle iCrossing
original_serial: event_IAP7986
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom E

  Participants:
  Adam Lavelle (iCrossing)

  Summary
  Many marketers have still been stuck with the contradiction of taking the time to set a strategy in place, while knowing that everything might be changing around them. We’re left with a simple question, but a huge challenge: can you develop a marketing strategy that prepares you for the chaos and unpredictability of the real-time net? Specifically, we will answer five questions: 1. Does traditional strategic planning work in a ‘now’ marketing world? 2. If you take time to plan, but act in the moment, does it actually work? 3. Can you do agile marketing planning? 4. What are the specific things you need to not screw up your ‘live marketing’? 5. How do you comfort execs who fear that you’ll wing it and mess up? We will describe the problem that strategists and design thinkers face in trying to rapidly develop marketing plans and strategies, in hopes that they are not instantly outdated upon completion. We’ll look at the problem of having strategies that don’t provide the needed direction to those people who are doing ‘live’ marketing. We’ll review a number of possible new methods for developing ‘real-time ready’ marketing plans. We’ll look at modern methods for gathering insights, and we’ll learn the required elements of a marketing playbook, and how to get them. Finally, we’ll look at specific examples from around the net – of how brands and start-ups are applying these methods to make their brand come to life, and thrive in real-time environments.


name_last: 140 Conference: Microfunding Hope for $1/Frame
name: 140 Conference: Microfunding Hope for $1/Frame
name_index: 0-9
website_link: http://buyaframe.lemonadedetroit.com
hashtag: #microfundinglemonade
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: 140
search: 140 Conference: Microfunding Hope for $1/Frame Erik Proulx Fighting Monk
original_serial: event_IAP000360
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: TX Ballroom 2-4

  Participants:
  Erik Proulx (Fighting Monk)

  Summary
  Thanks to Kickstarter, projects that would never have seen the green light of day are getting funded. Everything from tiny indy films to original pieces of art to giant statues of Robocop are being underwritten because of this revolutionary funding portal. But (you knew there was going to be a 'but') there are many reasons you might consider creating your own microfunding portal instead of going through Kickstarter. The first is obvious....if you don't raise 100% of your goal, you get nothing. (It's like 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.' Aim too high, and you might not get there. Set the bar low, and you'll always wonder how much more you could have raised.) The second -- and bigger -- reason is that unless you meet your Kickstarter fundraising goal, you lose out on the opportunity to build a community and meaningful dialogue with your contributors. Join this discussion and hear about how I'm funding my next film, 'Lemonade: Detroit' frame by frame, and find out why and how to become an independent microfinancer yourself.


name_last: Caspian
name: Caspian
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/46888.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/caspiantheband
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Caspian
original_serial: event_MS15087
original_venue_serial: Emo's Main Room
description:
  Caspian is a rock band from Beverly, Massachusetts, a seaside town 20 minutes north of Boston. 
  Nobody sings. 
  Most of the time we play heavy, other times quite soft. We always try to play with heart. 
  So far we have recorded three albums. The process is always evolving - Thanks for exploring it with us.


name_last: How Digital Media Drives International Collaboration in Music
name: How Digital Media Drives International Collaboration in Music
name_index: H
website_link: http://www.thehouseofsongs.com
event_category: Convergence
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP7610
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 18ABCD

  Participants:
  Gregg Perry (St Edward's University)
  Gunnar Madsen (ROSA-The Danish Rock Council/SPOT Festival)
  Russell Rains (St Edward's University)
  Stephen Averill (Amp Visual)
  Troy Campbell (The House of Songs LLC)

  Summary
  The House of Songs is an Austin, TX based project focusing on musical creativity through international collaboration. The House has been operating since September 2009 and has provided the foundation for creative collaboration between some of the strongest Austin and Scandinavian songwriters. Through these experiences, the participating songwriters have created numerous potential relationships and have attained unique experiences benefiting their musical careers. This panel will discuss how digital media influences these collaboration efforts in the present and in the future. The conversation will also cover current trends in this area, challenges artists face in developing and expanding their audience, how artists today can succeed in procuring worldwide digital revenue, and ultimately emphasize the need of having this conversation.

search:
  How Digital Media Drives International Collaboration in Music Gregg Perry St Edward's UniversityGunnar Madsen ROSA-The Danish Rock Council/SPOT FestivalRussell Rains St Edward's UniversityStephen Averill Amp VisualTroy Campbell The House of Songs LLC


name_last: Beast Make Bomb
name: Beast Make Bomb
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/46981.jpg
website_link: http://myspace.com/beastmakebombmusic
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Beast Make Bomb
original_serial: event_MS13771
original_venue_serial: La Zona Rosa
description:
  Beast Make Bomb is a female-fronted four piece band that is a marriage
  between punk-attitude with a pop sensibility. They have been compared to
  the likes of Be Your Own Pet, X, The Pretenders, & Superchunk. While
  they write loud and catchy post-punk songs about college life in the city
  and staying up late, their songs possess a clarity that allows a sweetness
  to come through. They have been playing constantly in the NYC area since early 2010, playing over forty shows, and released their first EP, Skinny Legs, in September 2010 for free download:
  http://beastmakebomb.bandcamp.com

  'Skinny Legs' is a spiky infectious affair that hurls you through each song's kept-together-but-shaky sound and throws you out on the other side, covered in blood, Keith Sweat, and tears.'-Listen Before You Buy

  Their second EP, Sourpuss, was recorded at Headgear Studios (Yeah
  Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio) and was released on Jan. 29th for free with
  an EP Release Show at The Webster Hall Studio.


name_last: 27 (Fun!) Ways to Kill Your Online Community
name: 27 (Fun!) Ways to Kill Your Online Community
name_index: 0-9
website_link: http://www.ifroggy.com
event_category: Emerging
event_sub_category: Solo
search: 27 (Fun!) Ways to Kill Your Online Community Patrick O'Keefe iFroggy Network
original_serial: event_IAP5592
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon K

  Participants:
  Patrick O'Keefe (iFroggy Network)

  Summary
  In this fun and extremely fast-paced session, you'll learn how to manage an online community backwards. 

  You'll become an expert in the quickest ways to kill your online community, using tips you can take and use today to kill yours as soon as possible!

  You can even take these skills and work with clients who want to hire you to kill their community, too.

  Of course, if you want to attend the session to learn from those bad methods and do the opposite, in order to build a successful and well-run online community, you can.

  But, I'm not sure why you'd want to do that.


name_last: 3 Screens, 1 Cloud: Creating Optimal Connected Experiences
name: 3 Screens, 1 Cloud: Creating Optimal Connected Experiences
name_index: 0-9
website_link: http://www.devarispbrown.com
hashtag: #31connect
event_category: Future15
event_sub_category: Future15
original_serial: event_IAP6006
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom E

  Participants:
  DeVaris Brown (Microsoft)
  Harry Mower (Microsoft)

  Summary
  No one can deny the impact technology has made in our lives over the past decade. We now have devices that can aid us in multiple activities within all avenues of our lives. With the advent of cloud technologies, these devices have become more pervasive and ubiquitous than ever before. This perfect storm provides an opportunity for developers and designers to create multi-screen solutions that take full advantage of the capabilities of their mediums to provide end users with a seamless and, more importantly, useful experience. Over the course of this workshop, we will explore best practices for developers and designers to create compelling experiences that span across multiple platforms. Discover how the cloud can not only change HOW you work, but the valuable services  you can extend through products to your customers.

search:
  3 Screens, 1 Cloud: Creating Optimal Connected Experiences DeVaris Brown MicrosoftHarry Mower Microsoft


name_last: Dutch Impact Party
name: Dutch Impact Party
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/dutch.jpg
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: Dutch Impact Party
original_serial: event_HB1724
original_venue_serial: West Tent, Brush Square Park
description:
  MusicXport.nl invites you to the Dutch Impact party! Come enjoy free food, drinks, and live performances from five of the top artists from the lowlands. (Laura Jansen, The Black Atlantic, Death Letters, Go Back To The Zoo and De Staat). SXSW badgeholders only.


name_last: Thin is In. The Future of Digital Wallets
name: Thin is In. The Future of Digital Wallets
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/ThinIsInTheFutureOfDigitalWallets.jpg
website_link: http://www.sapientnitro.com
hashtag: #ThinIsIn
event_category: Emerging
event_sub_category: Solo
search: Thin is In. The Future of Digital Wallets Christina Nguyen White SapientNitro
original_serial: event_IAP7267
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon J

  Participants:
  Christina Nguyen White (SapientNitro)

  Summary
  The growing hole in your back jeans pocket is getting a bit too personal. 

  No need to swipe anymore.  Just scan.  

  When can we get rid of our wallets without losing the cash?  We know mobile is here.  Now learn how far we can take it.  Digital wallets are within very close reach.  With RFIDs, QR codes, and Big-Brother-like tracking, the technology is already in place.  

  Checkout with your phone.  Instantly grab coupons when you checkout.  Scan your digital ticket at Friday’s ballgame.  Digitally split the bill with your friends.  

  The possibilities that we’ve always wished for are now within reach.  Get a glimpse into how retailers are edging towards digital, understand the impact of how this will change the way we buy, and ultimately, as designers, understand how this will change the way we interact with our mobile phones.


name_last: Toubab Krewe
name: Toubab Krewe
name_index: T
website_link: http://www.toubabkrewe.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: World
search: Toubab Krewe
original_serial: event_MS13952
original_venue_serial: Habana Bar Backyard
description:
  Some music cannot be found on a map or within iTunes categories.  Some music is so original it seems snatched from the great, invisible substrata that runs below all human activity, a sound aching to be born without a flag or fixed allegiance – free, questing, overflowing with immediate, tangible life.  This is the music of Toubab Krewe, the vibrant Asheville, NC-based instrumental powerhouse that creates a sonic Pangaea that lustily swirls together rock, African traditions, jam sensibilities, international folk strains and more.  While nearly impossible to put into any box, it takes only a few moments to realize in a very palpable way that one is face-to-face with a true original who recognizes no borders in a march towards a muscular, original, globally switched-on sound.

  Formed in 2005, Toubab Krewe has tenaciously honed their craft through relentless touring and a fierce dedication to carving out something they can truly call their own.  The fruits of this hard work can be heard on their scintillating new long-player, TK2, being released September 7, 2010 on Nat Geo Music.  What Justin Perkins (Kora, Kamelngoni, guitar, percussion), Teal Brown (drums, congas), Drew Heller (guitar, piano, fiddle), David Pransky (bass, guitar), and Luke Quaranta (Djembe, percussion) have wrought on TK2 reflects the many miles and musical journeys that have transpired since their studio debut.

  'It's five years later since our last studio album, and we've been doing almost nothing but playing together,' says Drew Heller.  'We've had a lot of time to further our musical relationships.  I feel like this album was recorded at a really perfect time.  The last track on the new album is an improvisation that was the very first sounds captured, and other things came out of that initial rush.'

  This process of recording in the spirit and sifting for gold afterwards mirrors the Beastie Boys approach during the creative peak that produced Check Your Head and The In Sound From Way Out!  Toubab Krewe exhibits a similar take-no-prisoners singularity in their work. 

  This is a band that actively draws inspiration from whatever source floats into their purview, something they've exhibited in their half decade of heavy gigging, including regular appearances at major U.S. festivals like Bonnaroo, High Sierra, Rothbury and Wakarusa, and abroad at such legendary gatherings as Festival In The Desert in Mali.  Their globe-hopping propensity has made them an emerging headliner at their hometown's famous Orange Peel and a familiar face as similar venues throughout the country. Whether on their own or collaborating with luminaries like the Last Poets' Umar Bin Hassan or Uncle Earl's Rayna Gellert, Toubab Krewe has already earned the attention and respect of a broad musical community.

  Toubab carries echoes of African greats like Ali Farka Toure, Orchestra Baobab and Salif Keita, no doubt picked up during the group's many visits to the Mother Continent to study and live in Guinea, Ivory Coast and Mali.  What differentiates Toubab Krewe from other Statesiders inspired by African music is how they innovate on what they've learned, not simply recreating tradition but carving out a new trail that honors the African originators they admire by making something alive and contemporary that moves the line forward, something that's easy to pick up on with TK2.

  'We had a month and a half in the studio, and we were able to relax and play, almost a smudging process getting the energy in the right place,' says Heller.  'The time we had to record this album was conducive to not worrying about anything and just having fun, playing and getting into the creative process.'

  From the ragtime piano tinged opener 'Mariama' to the percussion fueled, slide guitar glide of 'Gine Fare' to the subtle, inviting African echoes of 'Konkoba' to the hypnotic, psychedelic slow burn of 'Holy Grail,' TK2 reveals Toubab Krewe to be rare innovators in a modern age often too ready to settle for more of what's been.  Toubab Krewe is happily an exception to this rule, and those willing to take the journey with them are in for one hell of a cool, exciting ride.


name_last: Say 'No!' To Architecture
name: Say 'No!' To Architecture
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/40765.jpg
website_link: http://www.ghosthuntersclubcoop.com/snta.html
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Say &quot;No!&quot; To Architecture
original_serial: event_MS11780
original_venue_serial: The Hideout
description:
  SN!TA was born in 2006 in a basement in Long Island and has been recording tape-based psych / electronica, and playing live shows with the likes of Talk Normal, Liturgy, Human Resources, Tickley Feather, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, since.


name_last: Disrupted, Again: The Next Chapter in News
name: Disrupted, Again: The Next Chapter in News
name_index: D
event_category: Future of Journalism
event_sub_category: Solo
search: Disrupted, Again: The Next Chapter in News Matt Williams Digg
original_serial: event_IAP000472
original_venue_serial: Sheraton
description:
  Room: Capitol View Terrace

  Participants:
  Matt Williams (Digg)

  Summary
  The way we find and read the news continues to change. Just as the web disrupted print media in the last decade, now social networks, news aggregators (like Digg), and innovations from startups are once again disrupting how online news is consumed. An order of magnitude more content is produced today than in years past and rapid innovation continues to change the way that news is found and read. What are some of the driving forces behind how news is created, discovered and consumed? How is the social graph and the interest graph changing the way we find and read the news? How will a culture of citizen journalism affect what we read and who we trust? In this session, we explore these issues through the lens of content creators, aggregators, advertisers and venture capitalists, and offer a perspective on how the news landscape will dramatically change in the next five years.


name_last: Holger
name: Holger
name_index: H
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/44965.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Holger-Beaver.mp3
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/myholger
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Holger
original_serial: event_MS10956
original_venue_serial: Mi Casa Cantina
description:
  Few independent Brazilian bands are getting everyone's attention as
  São Paulo's Holger. The band first appeared with The Green Valley EP,
  that brought a collection of songs that could be described as
  influenced by the 'classical' indie rock from Pavement, Flaming Lips,
  Wilco and Dinossaur Jr. Soon their energetic and unpredictable
  performances gained the attention of the ones more in tune with the
  country's emerging new music. Playing concerts all over the country,
  they had the opportunity to share the stage with bands like Dirty
  Projectors, No Age, Matt & Kim, Super Furry Animals, among others, and
  also traveled abroad for festivals like South by Southwest and Pop
  Montreal. In the latter, they gained the recognition of Paste
  Magazine, that appointed them the 'best discovery of the festival.'

  At the beggining of 2010, the five piece act locked itself on the
  studio with american producer Roger Paul Mason and came up with their
  first full lenght Sunga, released by Trama - same label that brought
  CSS to the world and had artists like Tom Zé, Gal Costa and Nação
  Zumbi on its roster. The record incorporates a series of new elements
  to the band's sound, such as sinthesizers, percussion and plenty of
  african-brazilian rhythms. Sunga is out now in Brazil and in March in
  Japan.

  :: soundcloud
  http://soundcloud.com/myholger

  :: myspace
  http://www.myspace.com/myholger

  :: twitter
  http://www.twitter.com/myholger

  'But the thing about Holger is: Cake Shop could have been overrun by
  rabid wolves. New York City could have crumbled into the ocean. And
  they’d still be one of the most enjoyable live bands out there.- MTV
  Iggy (http://blog.mtviggy.com/2010/09/27/concert-review-brazils-holger-at-cake-shop-nyc-short-and-very-very-sweet/)

  'Best discovery of Pop Montreal' - Paste Magazine
  (http://www.pastemagazine.com/high_gravity/2009/10/best-discovery-of-pop-montreal-so-far-holger.html)


name_last: Pill
name: Pill
name_index: P
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/4259.jpg
website_link: http://www.Pill4180.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: Pill
original_serial: event_MS14644
original_venue_serial: Fuze
description:
  Career- 
  In early 2009 Pill's first mixtape 4180: The Prescription and his first single 'Trap Goin' Ham' was released.  While his lead single rapidly spread outside of his hometown of Atlanta, his mixtape drew in millions of fans.  It garnered such a national frenzy in the underground hip-hop circuit that music industry executives were soon 
  knocking on his door.  Receiving offers from every major record label including industry heavyweights such as Universal Motown, Def Jam, Atlantic, and Interscope, he chose to sign on the dotted line at Warner Music Group through their Asylum imprint.  With his deal finalized by the end of the year, his career continued to take off running. 

  He went into 2010 fresh with his second mixtape 4075: The Refill and landed on the cover of XXL Magazine's April Issue featuring the top 10 hottest new MC's of 2010.  Being consistent in releasing quality hip-hop music he has continued to cultivate his fanbase and receive high acclaim from the press.  He has earned a multitude of esteemed reviews from veteran critics and has gained features in various publications including The New York Times, Vibe Magazine, The Fader, Spin Mag, The Source, Complex, The Atlanta Examiner, Ozone Magazine, and more. 

  In June of 2010 he released his third mixtape, 1140: The Overdose, a Gangsta Grillz Edition hosted by DJ DRAMA.  The enormous response from music fans and critics alike has confirmed that this young rising star has staying power in a business that can sometimes be very much undecided.  With a number of downloads that has 
  surpassed the million mark and continues to rise daily Pill continues to prove that he is a definite force to be reckoned with.  His fans will only continue to show support watching every move that this young star makes with a bright future on the horizon.  His most recent credits/appearances include: performing live Late Night on the Jimmy Kimmel show, a role in a major motion picture '96 Minutes' (directed by Aimee Lagos, distr. by Warner Bros., due out later this year), and a documentary project highlighting the issue of public housing in his 
  hometown of Atlanta, GA (directed by the UN for discussion in Switzerland).


name_last: Next Stage Presents The Slate Culture Gabfest SXSW Edition
name: Next Stage Presents The Slate Culture Gabfest SXSW Edition
name_index: N
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/Shosts.jpg
hashtag: #SXSWNextStage
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
search: Next Stage Presents The Slate Culture Gabfest SXSW Edition
original_serial: event_OE00062
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4

  Every week, Slate’s lively and opinionated “Culture Gabfest” critics discuss the best and worst of the current culture world, from Gwyneth Paltrow’s stab at country music to the IFC show Portlandia to Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” campaign. They’ve never done it from SXSW—until now, when “Culture Gabfest” records a live podcast at the festival featuring vivacious disagreement and debate from Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and Stephen Metcalf.


name_last: Sub Focus
name: Sub Focus
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/4621.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/subfocus
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: DJ
search: Sub Focus
original_serial: event_MS15183
original_venue_serial: Mohawk Patio
description:
  From hearing one of his tracks for the first time inside a club in 2003 ('Strobe', rewound twice by Andy C at The End) to headlining Glastonbury in 2010 (Saturday night on the fabled Glade stage to a rapturous reception), Nick Douwma's rise through the ranks of underground jungle to become a major player in electronic music has been nothing short of spectacular. Initially known for air-punching, dancefloor dismantling drum & bass, Sub Focus has now become synonymous with music that draws from all corners of the electronic landscape, and has come to epitomise the 'anything goes' mantra of todays flourishing dance scene.  
  London born and bred, Douwma's rise into the furthest reaches of the dance music stratosphere began when he first encountered jungle, at high school in the mid-Nineties. A friend played him a cassette featuring General Levy's hit 'Incredible' and Douwma, at that point playing bass in a rock band, was completely taken under it's spell.  Shortly after this first introduction, The Prodigy - who were beginning to meld rock and dance music in new and exciting ways - also became a massive influence and the young Sub Focus began to lose interest in his studies and started spending more and more time in his bedroom in Holloway, creating music.  His ascent turned onto a steep axis, when in 2003, he signed his first tunes to d&b's biggest label Ram Records, off the back of a CD:R handed to label boss Andy C by one of his friends whilst drunk. Despite this inauspicious introduction, so impressed was the legendary DJ by the music on it, he duly signed every track and invited Douwma to join the Ram family. Sub Focus' tunes - expansive, fiercely creative, but made with the scientific precision of a military warhead - immediately stood out from the crowd and were soon being rotated by every major DJ in the scene, garnering airplay on mainstream radio, and drawing fans from throughout the globe. Singles like 'Airplane', 'X-Ray' (which reached number 60 in the national charts) and an all-conquering remix of The Prodigy's 'Smack My Bitch Up' meant that by 2007, Douwma was one of the biggest names in drum & bass.  The next logical step was an album. But as he's shown throughout his short career already, Douwma wanted to push himself further and create something that was more encompassing than the often insular confines of drum & bass. Drawing on his love of all strains of dance music, from 80s synth pioneers Vangelis and Jean Michel Jarre, through dance leviathans The Chemical Brothers, to futuristic house and techno acts like Lindstrom and Matthew Dear, his eponymous debut album released in 2009 featured not only drum & bass but dubstep, old school breakbeat, bumping house and lashings of electro and rock, all brought together in a taut collection that could only have been made in the 21st century. It was an instant hit. The monstrous, Daft Punk-influenced album opener and first single 'Rock It' broke into the Top 40, with second single 'Could This Be Real' doing similar damage. The stunning 'Splash', featuring the vocals of Coco Sumner soon followed, and due to insatiable demand Douwma was called in to remix the likes of Deadmau5, Empire of the Sun and Dizzee Rascal by the end of 2009.  The walls and boundaries that once separated the different areas of dance music for so long have seemingly disappeared in the Noughties, destroyed by a new generation of clubbers and producers who are creating and consuming music in a completely different way. Sub Focus' sound is the perfect reflection of this, with all categories of electronic beats brought together into a luminous, cosmic melting pot. He  recently co-wrote and produced the track 'Kickstarts' for UK solo artist Example, which peaked at number 3 in the national charts, and he has also transferred his debut album into a stunning live show, playing festivals throughout the world, joining Pendulum on tour, and in 2010 wowing the revellers at Glastonbury.   The unforgettable show on the Glade stage was in many ways a conclusion to the first chapter in Sub Focus' story. He has conquered drum & bass, created a ground-breaking, era-defining album, and has brought new school dance music further into the mainstream spotlight thanks to his unmissable live show. Douwma is already hard at work creating his sophomore long player, and given his track record thus far, it may well revolutionize dance music all over again. But then, would you expect anything less?


name_last: Middle Brother
name: Middle Brother
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2200.jpg
website_link: http://www.partisanrecords.com/artists/middle-brother
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Middle Brother
original_serial: event_MS11309
original_venue_serial: Auditorium Shores Stage (Lady Bird Lake)
description:
  Middle Brother played their first show at 2010’s SXSW – a tiny, late-night, unannounced event under the moniker “MG&V.” Other than recording the album and rehearsing once, they had never played the songs live. The audience (and the mob of onlookers crammed in the doorways and windows) was treated to an impossible-to-forget set by a band of musical comrades who seemed genuinely surprised by the fire that was ignited on stage. It was a rollicking and boisterous show that could have fallen apart at any moment and instead centrifuged into melodic and harmonic brilliance. What held it together was each member’s sense of song and performance – a perfect, intuitive balance of craft and feel, equal parts playful and earnest.

  In a time when synthesizers and laptops are taking over stages, Goldsmith, McCauley and Vasquez are leading the pack of young rock songwriters who strive to carry on the tradition of figures such as Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom Petty. Middle Brother came together in mid-2009 when the three songsmiths realized, after several on-stage collaborations, that they shared a unique vision and wanted to take it one step further, into the studio. Their songs are anthemic, soulful, passionate and confessional.

  The 12 tracks on Middle Brother are the result of their off-the-cuff yet diligent workshop experience. The songs are world-class, the performances raw and immediate as each member pushed the other to bring the best of what they do to the proceedings. The record captures a potent moment in time for these three burgeoning song-writing stars who are just beginning to feel the real power in their respective talents. The members of Middle Brother are confident, but not resolute and stuck. They are willing to explore and are open to each other’s ideas as they work towards the common ideal of the redemptive power of the song.


name_last: Comedy Showcase: Early Saturday
name: Comedy Showcase: Early Saturday
name_index: C
event_category: Comedy
event_sub_category: Various
original_serial: event_OE00379
original_venue_serial: Esther's Follies
description:
  Participants:
  Ben Kronberg (Comedy Results)
  Bryson Turner (N/A)
  Chelsea Peretti (Parallel Entertainment)
  Chris Fairbanks (Fuel TV)
  Hampton Yount (N/A)
  Joe Derosa (N/A)
  Tig Notaro (Integral Entertainment)

  Summary
  Some of the most exciting emerging talent in comedy, mixed with seasoned favorites, and special guests.

search:
  Comedy Showcase: Early Saturday Ben Kronberg Comedy ResultsBryson Turner N/AChelsea Peretti Parallel EntertainmentChris Fairbanks Fuel TVHampton Yount N/AJoe Derosa N/ATig Notaro Integral Entertainment


name_last: Michael Lowenstern
name: Michael Lowenstern
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/430.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Michael_Lowenstern-Trip.mp3
website_link: http://www.earspasm.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Jazz
search: Michael Lowenstern
original_serial: event_MS12383
original_venue_serial: St David's Bethell Hall
description:
  A cross between Eric Dolphy, Meat Beat Manifesto, NPR's This American Life, The Gap Band and Igor Stravinsky, Michael Lowenstern's sound is hard to define; it's ClassicoFunkTronica.

  On stage, Michael brings not only his formidable skill and finesse on the bass clarinet, but also his sense of humor, a deep appreciation for pop culture, an enthusiasm which can only be called infections and, well, cool toys. His shows employ computers, props and electronic gizmos, and Michael brings everything from consumer electronics (a Kaoss toy synth & an iPad), to a WiCoder (combination EWI and vocoder - way too coo!!), to a few harmonicas and the occasional piece of home-made electric gear, assuming it wasn't confiscated by the TSA.

  Michael has written music for concert, film, dance and various other new media over the span of his 20-year career. Actively involved with technology in sound and music, Michael has been a pioneer in the field of interactive computer music, having created or performed over a hundred works for bass clarinet and electronics. His collaborations have included remixes for the landmark recording In C Remixed (featured on NPR's RadioLab), Michael Gordon's video opera Chaos and various dance works with David Lang. To date he can be heard on over fifty CDs, including five solo recordings of his own. Random factoid: the solo bass clarinet clip you hear as the theme to NPR's 'Science out of the Box' segment - that's Michael too.

  Michael travels regularly as a guest lecturer at universities around the country. A former faculty member of the Juilliard School and New York University, he is currently on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.


name_last: The Next Generation of Music Executives
name: The Next Generation of Music Executives
name_index: N
website_link: http://awaremusic.com
hashtag: nextgen
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Management
original_serial: event_MP5780
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 15

  Moderator:
  Gregg Latterman (A-Squared Management)

  Participants:
  Ian Rogers (Topspin Media)
  Isaac Green (StarTime International)
  Sam Riback (Atlantic Records)

  Summary
  Who will be leading the Music industry for the next 10-15 years?  With the new  business models of 360 deals and ad supported digital platforms, are these future leaders going to be found in the Major Label system or is the industry better off looking to individuals from the independent label and management world, or Silicon Valley?

search:
  The Next Generation of Music Executives Ian Rogers Topspin MediaIsaac Green StarTime InternationalSam Riback Atlantic RecordsGregg Latterman A-Squared Management


name_last: Brass Bed
name: Brass Bed
name_index: B
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/969.jpg
website_link: http://www.brassbedisbrassbed.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Brass Bed
original_serial: event_MS13219
original_venue_serial: Mi Casa Cantina
description:
  Sunshine, sarcastic, and sullen, Brass Bed are a quartet of wide-eyed pop dreamers born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana. Their music elevates the unrestrained power pop of Big Star and the guitar heroics of Television with the 60's pop revivalism of bands like Dukes of the Stratosphear and the Elephant 6 collective. 

  In 2010, Brass Bed released their second LP 'Melt White' on Park The Van Records (Dr. Dog, Generationals) Recorded in Austin, TX with Danny Reisch at Cacophony Recorders and Good Danny's studios, the album presents the potent live Brass Bed sound on tracks like 'Pop Mission' and 'Bums On The Radio' and studio playfulness of their home recordings on 'Aria' and 'God Save The Thieves'.


name_last: Daniel Lioneye
name: Daniel Lioneye
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2069.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Daniel_Lioneye-I_Have_Never_Wanted_To_Be_Number_One.mp3
website_link: http://www.facebook.com/daniellioneye
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Metal
search: Daniel Lioneye
original_serial: event_MS11880
original_venue_serial: The Ale House
description:
  Daniel Lioneye is a side project band from the popular Finnish group HIM. Musically, the band produces Hard rock/Sleaze rock with blues based guitar solos throughout.

  The band was formed in 2001 and the members consist of Daniel Lioneye, also known as HIM's Mikko 'Linde' Lindstrom, on vocals and guitar, Mikko 'Mige' Paananen on bass, Ville Valo on drums. The band released one album in September 2001, The King of Rock'n Roll. The title track to their album later became the theme music for MTV's Viva La Bam.

  On April 27th, 2010, Daniel Lioneye released their second studio album Vol. II an extreme metal album with a revised line-up of Linde on guitars, vocals and bass, Burton on keyboards and Bolton of Enochian Crescent on drums. Vol. II takes a drastically different turn that The King of Rock'n Roll, incorporating various other genres in, most notably black metal. 

  In 2011, Daniel Lioneye introduced Manu as their lead singer/screamer and Seppo on drums, not only resulting in an edgier line-up, but also becoming the embodiment of the Scandinavian sound. 


  Discography

  ALBUMS

  'Vol:II', April 2010 on The End Records
  1. Euroshaman (3:14) 
  2. Flatlined (3:43)
  3. Saturnalia (1:01)
  4. Neolithic Way (4:46)
  5. I Saw Myself (4:45)
  6. The Mentat (4:22)
  7. I Have Never Wanted To Be Number One	 (3:50)
  8. Who Turned The Lights Out (3:30)
  9. Kiss Of the Cannibal (5:00)

  'King of Rock'n Roll', September 2001 on RCA
  1. king of rock'n roll (2:57)
  2. Roller (3:55)
  3. Dope Danny (4:57)
  4. Never Been in Love Till the Day I Die (2:38)
  5. Eldorado Baby (3:09)
  6. Lonely Road (3:38)
  7. International P-Lover (3:21)
  8. We Gonna Rockin Tonight (8:27)
  9. Knockin on Heaven's Door (4:32)

  Viva La Bands (Compilation), June 2005, on Universal Music 
  1. Daniel Lioneye 'The King of Rock'n Roll 

  RADIO
  CMJ Loud Rock Chart, June-July 2010
  June 2 - CMJ #42
  June 22 - CMJ #36
  July 20 - CMJ #28
  July 27 - CMJ #24


name_last: Two Star Symphony
name: Two Star Symphony
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1984.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Two_Star_Symphony-Goblin_Attack.mp3
website_link: http://www.twostarsymphony.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Classical
search: Two Star Symphony
original_serial: event_MS13612
original_venue_serial: Central Presbyterian Church
description:
  Two Star Symphony is Houston's most unusual music ensemble. Performing in quartet and octet configurations, Two Star compose and perform original music across a wide variety of genres. Known for their collaborative approach to composing, each member of Two Star Symphony brings a unique background and set of musical influences to their works, creating an original and distinctive style.

  Two Star is also known for their collaborations with artists in all mediums, and for bringing their music to venues and audiences that may not normally listen to 'classical' music. In that spirit, they have written dance, film, and theater scores, partnering for performances with groups like the Dominic Walsh Dance Theatre, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, BobbinDoctrin Puppet Theatre, University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance, American Ballet Theatre, and more. Most recently, Two Star performed at SXSW 2010 and were featured speakers/performers at TEDxHouston.

  Two Star Symphony performs on a set of custom matched instruments by master luthier Anton Krutz.


name_last: Zlam Dunk
name: Zlam Dunk
name_index: Z
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/701.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Zlam_Dunk-Vice.mp3
website_link: http://myspace.com/zlamband
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Punk
search: Zlam Dunk
original_serial: event_MS11931
original_venue_serial: BD Riley's
description:
  Hailing from Austin, Texas, ZLAM DUNK is not your run of the mill band from the indie rock mecca. They combine punchy guitar jabs, garage rock crudeness and punk energy that seems like it's ingested about 5 packs of Pixie Sticks. Channeling the rhythmic thrust of At the Drive In with the broodiness of Fugazi and a little bit of menacing pep ala Husker Du, ZLAM DUNK is a bubbling stew of rock fury which sheds and slays simultaneously.

  Drawing lyrical inspiration from a multitude of areas be it 80's movies and all things 'gnarly and shred tastic', ZLAM DUNK has shared the stage with the likes of Fang Island, Foxy Shazam, Touche Amore, Har Mar Superstar, Good Old War, Holy Fuck and even opened up for Paul Wall on their third show ever! ZLAM DUNK is not meant to be heard but to be felt as well. A surefire band capturing all that is rowdy, energetic and uncontrollable in music, brace yourself for what is the punk rock/audible equivalent of garage rock and post hardcore's child having just downed a case of Four Loko.   - Solid PR

  'At The Drive-In meets Daft Punk' - Austin American Statesman

  'The Rapture meets This Moment in Black History' - PartyEnds

  'Dripping with energy' - QuirkyNYC

  'Epic' - Alternative Press

  'Small-town kids looking to start a big-city fire' - Spinner.com

  'The best display of dance-infusing, punk-edged math rock I’ve ever encountered' - The Record Rebellion

  'They melted faces... very intense' - KnuckleRumbler


name_last: Coonpipes
name: Coonpipes
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F30366.jpg
website_link: http://www.madeleinemathis.weebly.com
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Texas High School
search: Coonpipes Madeleine Mathis
original_serial: event_FS11621
original_venue_serial: Alamo Lamar C
description:
  Director: Madeleine Mathis
  USA | 2 minutes


  Starring:
  Madeleine Mathis


  A raccoon steals a pipe from the junkyard, knocking over an enormous pile of trash, which wakes the junkyard dog.  The dog chases the raccoon through the forest and corners him in a clearing.  There the dog finds something he did not expect, and a new perspective opens up between dog and vermin.


name_last: K.Flay
name: K.Flay
name_index: K
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/769.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/K.Flay-So_Fast_So_Maybe.mp3
website_link: http://www.kflay.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Hip-Hop/Rap
search: K.Flay
original_serial: event_MS14529
original_venue_serial: Billboard Bungalow @ Buffalo Billiards
description:
  You may not expect one of the most compelling new voices in hip hop to wield dual psychology and sociology degrees from Stanford University or find inspiration in the buttoned-up world of indie rock, but for K.Flay, defying expectations is simply part of the game.
  Kristine Flaherty grew up outside of Chicago, devouring her father's classic rock records and staying up late to dance to Parliament-Funkadelic in the living room. It was this same musical open-mindedness that would later spark her artistic development. She found her musical voice in college, fusing the eclectic power of the Bay Area hip hop scene with her own unique presence, inspired by strong, independent female artists ranging from Missy Elliott and Lauryn Hill to Fiona Apple and Liz Phair.
  On stage, K.Flay is a one-woman whirlwind: whether she’s creating beats, singing, rapping or playing guitar, her wit and acerbic charm shine through. Her talents have led her to share the stage with artists including Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, and 3OH!3, where she quickly won over audiences who hadn’t seen anything quite like her before. Further setting her apart from the pack, she serves as her own producer in the studio, methodically infusing her hip hop swagger with a dose of sonic exploration.
  With one mixtape (the genre-hopping MASHed Potatoes) already available online, K.Flay is spending the rest of 2010 recording in San Francisco and touring with Passion Pit in October and 3oh!3 in November.


name_last: Warren Hood and The Goods
name: Warren Hood and The Goods
name_index: W
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2903.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Warren_Hood_and_The_Goods-Song_Bird.mp3
website_link: http://www.warrenhood.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Alt Country
search: Warren Hood and The Goods
original_serial: event_MS11574
original_venue_serial: Victorian Room at The Driskill
description:
  Warren Hood is an accomplished musician who plays violin, fiddle, mandolin, and composes and sings as well. He lives in Austin, Texas and performs with his local band, Warren Hood and the Hoodlums, in a blend of jazz/blues/newgrass acoustic fusion of music, on Sundays @ Momo's. In the 2005 Austin Chronicle Best Musician Awards, Warren was voted #1-Best String Player and his band was voted 2nd in the bluegrass category, by the Austin readers of this entertainment weekly.

  Warren is the fiddler for the Waybacks, a San Francisco based acoustic/Americana 'all-terrain' band that tours regularly around the country and is fast gaining notoriety. Click here for their touring schedule to see if they are playing a gig soon near you. Click here to visit their MySpace website - where you can download and listen to songs from live shows and their latest album.

  Warren began playing fiddle at age 11 and studied classical violin for a number of years.  At age 17 he won the Austin Youth Award and performed as soloist with the Austin Symphony.  Later he honed his playing and singer/composition abilities with his former bands such as: Warren Hood & his Allstar Band, Blue Light Special and the South Austin Jug Band. Warren graduated from Berklee School of Music, excelling @ his craft, where he prior to graduation won the 'String Achievement Award' - Berklee's highest honor, as selected by the faculty. The award is for those students 'who as leaders in their field, will make a mark on the future of music.'

  Warren's musical influences range from Ray Charles, Stephane Grapelli, Walter Hyatt and Uncle Walt's Band to his dad, Champ Hood.  If you listen to Warren's compositions, the soulful then gypsyesque 'Black Cat' instrumental on his 2008 self released CD - 'Warren Hood' (Good Dinner Music), you will truly experience the talent of this instrumentalist. Also, if you enjoy the style of Uncle Walt's Band ballads, Warren's composition and vocal on his songs 'Savannah' or 'World Revolves' are quite, simply-remarkable.


name_last: Grayceon
name: Grayceon
name_index: G
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1979.jpg
website_link: http://www.grayceon.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Metal
search: Grayceon
original_serial: event_MS12855
original_venue_serial: Valhalla
description:
  Grayceon is an atypical three-piece from San Francisco comprised of electric cello, guitar, drums, and vocals. Pulling together an extremely diverse range of musical influences and writing styles, Grayceon's sound defies the boundaries of the metal/rock/progressive genres. Screaming melodic lines over distinct guitar 'chunk,' doom riffs, jazz chord progressions, intricate folk-like delicacies, and just about everything in between can be found in a single Grayceon track. The cello proficiency and the guitar finger picking style alone are unprecedented in heavy music. And although the vocals are sparse and the drumming unconventional, all elements are intertwined effortlessly to give the arrangements a fluid feel that may not be present in less able hands. Alternate low tuning both on cello and guitar also contribute to their unique sound.


  Since 2006, Grayceon have been recording and performing nationally, and have received critics' praise for their self-titled debut CD (Vendlus), their 7' split (The End) with friends, Giant Squid, and their sophomore release, 'This Grand Show' which was released November 2008 (Vendlus). In 2010 Grayceon completed their first European tour with friends, Jucifer, and will have just released their third full-length album 'All We Destroy' on March 1, 2011 by Profound Lore Records.


  Grayceon lineup:
  Jackie Perez Gratz ' Electric Cello/Vocals
  Max Doyle ' Guitars/Vocals
  Zack Farwell - Drums


name_last: Sims, 'Burn It Down'
name: Sims, 'Burn It Down'
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F30721.jpg
website_link: http://doomtree.net
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Music Video
search: Sims, &quot;Burn It Down&quot; Isaac Gale
original_serial: event_FS12034
original_venue_serial: Alamo Ritz 2
description:
  Director: Isaac Gale
  USA | 3 minutes


  Gazelles, sheep and zebras are terrorized by graffiti-wolves in this music video for the song 'Burn It Down' by Doomtree artist Sims.


name_last: Eclectic Method (Between Sets)
name: Eclectic Method (Between Sets)
name_index: E
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/4527.jpg
website_link: http://eclecticmethod.net
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: Eclectic Method (Between Sets)
original_serial: event_MS15086
original_venue_serial: Austin Music Hall
description:
  What is it about Eclectic Method that inspired U2, Phish, Fatboy Slim and Public Enemy to employ their
  talents? That inspired Cannes and Sundance to have them headline their closing night parties? That
  impressed Motown and XL Records to hire them for official remixes; Sony PlayStation to have them
  develop video games levels, and MTV Europe to have them kick-start the MTV Mash series? Simply put,
  it's because Eclectic Method is reshaping the platforms to bring us tomorrow's entertainment today.

  Eclectic Method  featuring London natives Jonny Wilson, Ian Edgar and Geoff Gamlen  helped
  pioneer the emerging art of audio-visual mixing since first cutting U2's Mysterious Ways music video with
  the Beastie Boys' Intergalactic as an experiment back in 2002. The trio's audio-visual mash-ups feature
  television, film, music and video game footage sliced and diced into blistering, post-modern dance floor
  events. It's a cyclone of music and images mashed together in a world where Kill Bill fight scenes and
  Dave Chappelle's Rick James rants are ingeniously cut and looped over bootleg samples, DVD scratches
  and pumped-up dance anthems. It's a real-time subversion of technology and media performed live on
  video turntables for what LA Weekly called a 'mesmerizing' sensory overload.

  'Eclectic Method are the remix kings
   a head-rush that unites disparate pop culture elements into an insanely infectious, beat-wise roller coaster,' raved DJ Magazine, while music-producing legend Brian Eno says, 'Earwax problem? Eclectic Method will shake it loose.'

  Eclectic Method have released two 'video mix-tape' DVDs, 2005's We're Not VJs and 2008's Lock
  Up Your Videos, but millions have seen their work in other contexts. There's the U2-commissioned Zoo TV
  video remix the rockers used as a concert opener, and a mega-mix for Fatboy Slim's 2006 DVD Why Make
  Videos. XL Recordings celebrated their 10th anniversary by commissioning an Eclectic Method mega-mix
  and live performance combining everyone from M.I.A. to the White Stripes, while the Bob Marley Family
  and Motown have both used Method remixes to showcase their rich video catalogs. From the Jammy
  Awards and Getty Images World Tour to film studios like Palm Pictures, New Line and Lion's Gate, content
  creators are lining up to invigorate their catalogue with the Eclectic Method stamp.

  Eclectic Method also claims one of the freshest live shows in music. The group's performed at
  such popular events as Glastonbury, The Festival, Winter Music Conference, BBC's One Big Weekend and
  at several major film festivals. Top companies like Blackberry, Motorola, MTV, Spike TV, Oakley, Adidas,
  Apple, AOL and Red Bull have all tapped Eclectic Method for content-launch parties.

  With such visionary ideas, it should be no surprise the trio boasts a wealth of experiences. When
  the group formed in 2002, Ian was already a popular scratch DJ and journalist. Geoff, a regular at The
  Haçienda and a veteran of Manchester's Factory Records scene, had a front row seat to the Soviet Union's
  collapse working at the British Embassy in Moscow. Jonny, who spent several trying years in post-war
  Bosnia, worked as a sound engineer and beat-maker for legendary producer Brian Eno (U2, Coldplay) and
  played in bands with future members of the Libertines and Razorlight. With these types of resumes,
  Eclectic Method were bound to do something revolutionary
   and so they have.

  With Europe and Asia already jumping, Eclectic Method is readying the New World for the 2.0 AV
  revolution. To expand their U.S. efforts, Jonny relocated to NYC and Ian to the City of Angels to give
  American fans a jolt of the Method live show. With upcoming shows in Mexico, Canada and Brazil and
  Geoff holding down the fort back home, Eclectic Method have truly become a global brand.
  Back before MySpace or Facebook even existed, Eclectic Method came together to push the limits
  of technology and create a window into the future. More than a half-dozen years later, they now sit at the
  forefront of audiovisual entertainment with a style and technique that's redefining the way people enjoy
  music. Needless to say, it's no longer just a Method-it's a movement.


name_last: Austin School of Film's M.A.F.I.A Screening
name: Austin School of Film's M.A.F.I.A Screening
name_index: A
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/films/F31424.jpg
website_link: http://www.austinfilmschool.org/index.html
event_category: Screening
event_sub_category: Shorts Program
search: Austin School of Film's M.A.F.I.A Screening Various
original_serial: event_FS11293
original_venue_serial: Vimeo Theater
description:
  Director: Various
  USA | 90 minutes


  ASoF congratulates our adult and youth short filmmakers. These films were created in 2010-2011 school year and are a compilation of animation and live action shorts.


name_last: California Wives
name: California Wives
name_index: C
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/44328.jpg
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/californiawives
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: California Wives
original_serial: event_MS14530
original_venue_serial: Billboard Bungalow @ Buffalo Billiards
description:
  It may get a little confusing, but California Wives, Chicago's newest conglomerate of new wave pop servants to hit the colorful streets of the city's music scene, is making waves in their short existence, under a moniker that would have you expecting something much different. But given that their music has been compared to the recent revival of the new wave genre - think of New Order's synth-pop mixed with guitar riffs reminiscent of The Police - Jayson Kramer (vocals, keys, guitar), Dan Zima (vocals, bass, guitar), Joe O'Connor (drums) and Hans Michel (guitar, keys) don't mind the confusion, as long as they can help breathe new life into music genres that have been around longer than they have.

  Formed in 2009, after original band members, Zima, O'Connor, and Michel, realized they needed to cover new ground; Kramer brought his love of electronic music into an already talented core of musicianship that completed the foursome, and blended all of their influences into one cohesive idea.

  As the last addition to California Wives, Jayson Kramer proves that coming in last isn't necessarily a bad thing. A classically trained pianist from a young age, Kramer later taught himself guitar in his early teens, and it wasn't long before he began writing his own music. Crediting his high-school friends with introducing him to computer-generated music, Kramer dove head first into electronic music while attending Boston University, and though he continued to study biology, his hunger for learning more about computer music than chromosomes generated a self-made library of electronic tracks that helped shape his creative style and self-expression. As California Wives' triple-threat (vocals, guitar, keys), Kramer finds himself right where he should be.

  Though Dan Zima is responsible for California Wives' streaming pulse, bass wasn't his first instrument of choice. Zima began playing guitar in grade school after his mother purchased him a guitar with lessons - but he didn't take it seriously until high school - playing in cover bands, one of which included current band mate, Hans Michel. The union worked out so well, Zima stopped showing up to his other band practices and spent the weekends playing bass for the new band instead. He hasn't put it down since. As co-founder of California Wives, Zima also splits songwriting with Kramer, and continues to sing vocals on tracks like the bittersweet 'Guilt.'

  As a child of musician parents, music has always been an imprinted and natural part of Hans Michel's life. Having been influenced by everything from classical and metal to, more recently, new wave and house music, Michel likes to think of his role in the band as not just a guitarist, but as an arranger. He focuses on challenging the band's tendencies to bring forth ideas from more eclectic styles of music, helping to make each song better than the last. At the same time, he always tries to make sure the songs maintain the band's focus and identity.

  As the hardest hitting drummer in the Midwest, Joe O'Connor has never been able to pick up anything else - and he's just fine with that. In high school, O'Connor spent most of his time obsessed with bands like AC/DC, The Clash, and newer artists like Andrew WK and the Hives. These bands would later go on to personify his loud and fast approach to rock and roll. In his teenage and college years, he branched out into indie mainstays like Wilco, Ted Leo, The Flaming Lips and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. In the past few years, he - like the rest of the band - has spent more time listening to musicians who utilize electronics, especially New Order. O'Connor tries to split the difference between the various types of music he's loved his whole life, by playing beats appropriate for new wave songs, with enough volume to stick with the loud and energetic crowd.

  Beginning as a 'side project,' the natural chemistry between this unit propelled California Wives to the top of their priorities. Committed to exploring their combined musical backgrounds, the childhood pals continue to mix and match their musical influences as they create a catalog of original tracks that has thus far reawakened a genre with their exciting take on new wave pop.

  Not to be forgotten in the band's history, the recording process has always been an integral part of California Wives. The band's early basement recordings followed quickly after each writing session; this experience with recording would allow the band to release two early EPs completed entirely on their own. The group also self-recorded the synth-tastic 'Twenty Three,' which is one of band's hottest single to date.

  As the band moved forward, the decision was finally made to work with the finest studios and producers that Chicago had to offer. After four hard months of recording, mixing, and mastering, California Wives released their much anticipated EP, Affair, in September 2010, which was recorded at Gravity Studios, and mixed at Chicago's famed Engine Music Studios (whose artists include Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Iron and Wine). Affair displays California Wives' all-around musical dexterity that boasts flanking guitar and glimmering keys, with ever-so-clever lyricism, in tracks 'Blood Red Youth,' 'Guilt,' 'Photolights,' 'Purple,' and a brand new version of 'Twenty Three.'

  And with the Affair EP finally in the hands of the public, it seems that the newest blend of new wave pop has been striking the right chords. With recent write ups in My Old Kentucky Blog, The Chicago Reader, AOL Spinner, radio exposure on Chicago mainstay WXRT, a recording session at the illustrious Daytrotter Sessions, and the addition to Tomorrow Never Knows music festival 2011, California Wives are seeing the hard work pay off. But even with some new found success, California Wives continues to push the creative process even further. In the upcoming months, California Wives will be recording a new single to debut in the spring months and will continue to hit the road to establish solid followings in Midwestern cities, such as St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis. California Wives are also planning a trip south to play at one of the largest music festivals in the US, South by Southwest, where they've been invited to play in Billboard's Official showcase. With such a hard work ethic, California Wives are proving to themselves and their audience that this newest formula of indie pop is here to stay.

  California Wives tour dates:
  3/17- Billboard.com Official SXSW Showcase @ Buffalo Billiards, Austin TX


name_last: Amen Dunes
name: Amen Dunes
name_index: A
website_link: http://www.myspace.com/amendunes
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Tejano
search: Amen Dunes
original_serial: event_MS13167
original_venue_serial: Barbarella
description:
  Amen Dunes is Damon McMahon at times joined by friends.  He used to live in China now he is living in New York.  He sleeps a lot and has nothing else to say about his biography.


name_last: Hanni El Khatib
name: Hanni El Khatib
name_index: H
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/3499.jpg
website_link: http://innovativeleisure.net/?page_id=45
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: Hanni El Khatib
original_serial: event_MS14217
original_venue_serial: Habana Bar
description:
  Hanni grew up in San Franscisco, California. The son of Palestinian and Filipino immigrants and the first American in his family, he became obsessed with classic Americana and pop culture of the 1950s and 60s. Influenced by pioneers of early rock and r&b (Johnny Burnette, Sam Cooke, Johnny Cash), El Khatib created a musical aesthetic to match his vision. The multi-instrumentalist serves as singer, songwriter & producer for his one-man band (live he is joined by a drummer) that is part blues, part garage rock, part soul, part folk & part doo whop.

  As the creative director for HUF and lifelong skater, El Khatib professes to a love for well-crafted objects: classsic cars, cans pomade and stiletto switchblades. This craftsmanship carries over into his music, where El Khatib is inspired and informed by the specificity of a guitar tone or the fuzziness of an amp sound . His background in DIY and skate culture manifests as a desire to “keep mistakes in” and make things “as raw as possible.” Merging primitive rock sounds with punk aesthetics, El Khatib toes lines between all genres and ends up firmly in his own.

  His diverse interests in music, zines, art, photography, and film, converge around his singular personal aesthetic, which reveals itself in all of El Khatib’s work. Combining the old weird America with the brave new frontier of home recording, El Khatib bridges the past and the present to create music that already sounds timeless and were written for anyone who’s ever been shot or hit by a train.


name_last: Steve Poltz
name: Steve Poltz
name_index: S
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1638.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Steve_Poltz-Dreamhouse.mp3
website_link: http://poltz.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Singer-Songwriter
search: Steve Poltz
original_serial: event_MS12795
original_venue_serial: Continental Club
description:
  Steve Poltz is not normal.

  He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) but has lived most of his life in Southern California and those geographic poles are quite likely responsible for his unhinged genius.

  Over the course of his life he's met Elvis Presley (who hugged his sister for far too long), trick or treated at Liberace's house (each finger had a diamond ring), was Bob Hope's favorite altar boy (according to him), bravely traveled the world busking before he knew how to do it, famously co-wrote 'You Were Meant For Me' with Jewel, pissed off David Cassidy and can count some of the world's coolest people as fans. 

  As a recording artist, he's fronted the semi-legendary Rugburns and is responsible for a critically acclaimed body of work on his own (One Left Shoe, Chinese Vacation, Traveling, Unraveling, Tales From The Tavern), along with some stuff that positively defies categorization (Answering Machine, The Barn). Unlike many artists, Steve simply gets better and better the longer he lives; his shows are the stuff of legend  no two are the same  and can take an unsuspecting audience from laughter to tears and back again in the space of the same song. He is quite possibly the most talented, and engaging, solo performer on the planet.

  He's also one of the most prolific. Any live show aficionado can attest to the fact Steve has a ridiculous amount of fantastic, not-yet-recorded material that deserves to be heard.

  Brilliant writer + wealth of killer material = what? This is what


  Steve Poltz's latest recording project brought him back to Halifax where he collaborated with Joel Plaskett, an award-winning Canadian song-writer, performer, producer and eminently kindred spirit. To the point, Joel is Tim Burton to Steve's Johnny Depp. 

  The two holed up in Joel's Scotland Yard studio with a 2 inch, 16 track analog tape machine, a 24 hour work ethic, their comfy clothes, some serious mojo and emerged a few weeks later with 'Dreamhouse,' Steve's most accomplished and focused effort to date.

  If Dreamhouse becomes a huge hit, it will no doubt make him happy. If it doesn't, he'll be happy anyway and the folks who come to see him at any of the 200+ shows he'll do to bring the album to the world will be happy too. Guaranteed. If the Padres win the World Series and the Chargers win the Super Bowl this year, ironically, Steve will be happy even if the world ends as a result.

  Of course, none of that is 'normal'  on THIS planet


name_last: Music Is The Weapon: Empowering Communities Through Music
name: Music Is The Weapon: Empowering Communities Through Music
name_index: M
website_link: http://www.societyhae.com
hashtag: empowering
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Marketing
original_serial: event_MP7601
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 16A

  Moderator:
  Ngozi Odita (Society HAE)

  Participants:
  Benjamin Herson (Nomadic Wax LLC)
  Christopher  (Gidon) Ockletree (The Cipher-Austin's Hip Hop Project)
  Delphine Fawundu Buford (Adama Images)
  Immortal Technique (Immortal Technique)

  Summary
  Musician/artist-led movements and grass-roots initiatives are sprouting up around the world and are working on making the dialogue between producer and consumer more organic. These artists not only connect with their audiences by addressing social injustice, racism, and the effects of globalization in their music, they actually go to the under-served and divided neighborhoods. They organize, support public programs and provide creative outlets for disenfranchised youth. This panel will focus on the work of such artist-led movements, the effect they have within the various communities, and what we as musicians, industry executives, and the media can learn from such movements about community engagement.

search:
  Music Is The Weapon: Empowering Communities Through Music Benjamin Herson Nomadic Wax LLCChristopher  (Gidon) Ockletree The Cipher-Austin's Hip Hop ProjectDelphine Fawundu Buford Adama ImagesImmortal Technique Immortal TechniqueNgozi Odita Society HAE


name_last: Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan One Year Later
name: Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan One Year Later
name_index: C
event_category: Special Programming
event_sub_category: Solo
search: Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan One Year Later Colin Crowell N/A
original_serial: event_IAP000518
original_venue_serial: AT&amp;T Conference Center
description:
  Room: Grand Ballroom

  Participants:
  Colin Crowell (N/A)

  Summary
  Activity on Capitol Hill and at the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) this year will directly affect the prospects for ongoing innovation, entrepreneurial investment, universal broadband access, mobile policy, and Internet openness.  Early in the Obama Administration, Congress tasked the FCC with the responsibility of developing a National Broadband Plan (“NBP”) to establish the nation’s goals with respect to broadband service and provide a roadmap for achieving them.  The NBP, delivered to Congress one year ago, contained a series of recommendations to advance universal broadband access and affordability, promote innovation, and create new wireless opportunities.  A principal staff architect of the NBP and a 20 year Capitol Hill veteran, Colin Crowell will discuss the status of the NBP’s implementation, including prospects for obtaining more wireless frequencies for broadband use, reform of the multi-billion dollar universal service program for the Internet era, and current legislative threats to Internet openness and entrepreneurial investment.


name_last: Veronica Falls
name: Veronica Falls
name_index: V
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/989.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Veronica_Falls-Found_Love_In_A_Graveyard.mp3
website_link: http://veronicafalls.com/
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUw-1YdhFrI
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Veronica Falls
original_serial: event_MS12606
original_venue_serial: Latitude 30
description:
  Veronica Falls formed in 2009 from the ashes of The Royal We and Sexy Kids. Bizarrely the band had their myspace site up for only an hour before they were contacted by Blank Dogs kingpin Mike Sniper, who snapped up their debut release for his influential Captured Tracks label. The band released their debut UK single, 'Found Love In A Graveyard', on Trouble Records (Kasms, Crystal Castles, HEALTH, Male Bonding etc), followed by Beachy Head on tastemaker label No Pain In Pop (Telepathe, Forest Swords, Trailer Trash Tracys). They write serene pop nuggets: think C-86 reverentially smothered in dark 60s psyche-pop.


name_last: John Grant with Midlake
name: John Grant with Midlake
name_index: J
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1434.jpg
website_link: http://www.johngrantmusic.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: John Grant with Midlake
original_serial: event_MS11872
original_venue_serial: Central Presbyterian Church
description:
  JOHN GRANT

  Queen Of Denmark



  JOHN GRANT, former singer / songwriter with The Czars, finally returns with extraordinary debut solo album made with MIDLAKE… 

  Everyone has a favorite band or singer they reckon is subject to criminal neglect. That John Grant’s effortlessly rich, expansive baritone, couched in typically heartbreaking, lush melody, hasn’t found a wider audience indeed drives his fans to consider a crime. But no longer. Because Grant’s first solo album, following three undervalued studio albums (and one similar covers compilation) fronting The Czars, is so undeniably great that the world will surely listen.

  It’s a record of gravitas and grace, of FM melody magic laced with raw emotional bleeding. It asks why relationships are roulette and love is hell in a last-ditch attempt at self-improvement and atonement after a decade of alcohol and cocaine dependency. It’s not overstating the case to say – as John has himself in a recent issue of MOJO - that he’s contemplated suicide. And yet there is redemption in its exquisite grooves. 

  And on top, to further the album’s brilliance, Grant’s backing band on the album are Denton, Texas’ mightiest – MIDLAKE - contributing their most empathic ‘70s-style soft-rock know-how. Put simply, Queen Of Denmark is the record Grant’s been waiting his whole life to make.

  Not that the Czars didn’t hit their own heights. After emerging from mile-high Denver, Colorado, rave reviews were the norm, especially from the UK. “Long distinguished by John Grant’s superlative baritone… ‘Goodbye’ reeks of wistful, melancholic class… as meticulous and complete-sounding as the best works by Mercury Rev or The Flaming Lips” said Uncut about The Czars’ final album.

  After The Czars, he says, “I basically gave up.” On music that is. Instead, Grant moved to New York, studied for his certificate in Russian medical interpreting (he’s a gifted linguist, speaking German and Spanish as well as Russian) while waiting tables - and rarely performing live, though supports to Midlake were among them. And that was how he began to contemplate another record.

  “We first heard The Czars on our first trip to London,” recalls Midlake bassist Paul Alexander. “His voice was the first thing I noticed - John has such this incredible baritone. But we didn’t go crazy over him until we saw him live, and we then got him to support us on the Van Occupanther tour in the US. At the end, we said he had to come to Denton and make an album.”

  These were songs that tapped the residue of growing up gay in a religious household in a suffocating small town near Kalamazoo in Michigan. Of meeting men and losing men, of coping with intimacy by numbing the senses. This non-coping mechanism was in place even by his teens. Already alienated by his circumstances, the Grant family’s shift to Denver, Colorado - all fresh air, mountains and social superiority – when he was 11 doubled the load. But help was at hand. Grant had imbibed his elder brothers and parents’ classic ‘70s records (“Kiss, Nazareth, Led Zep, Floyd, Judas Priest”) and learning classical piano, but Abba’s Greatest Hits (check The Czars’ ultra-forlorn version of ‘Angel Eyes’ on the covers album) was his eureka! moment. “When I first heard ‘SOS’,' he grins, “I just about came unglued for joy.” Supertramp's Breakfast in America and The Carpenters' Horizon were also joys, and later came New Wave, from Visage to Skinny Puppy, which kickstarted his massive love for electronica. 

  Yet it was Patsy Cline’s influence, and John’s own effortlessly controlled delivery, that shaped The Czars. “I was unafraid to love country, even at high school. For years, I did nothing but sing along to her songs.”

  But for a new album signaling a new start, Grant needed change, namely a more ‘70s-centric sound – the double-tracked vocals, the chorus effects, the shifting arrangements and instrumentation. “People haven’t been able to stop going on about the ‘70s so I thought I should dabble deeper myself and see why. But really what I’ve done is return to my roots.”

  Queen Of Denmark was recorded in Denton in two four-month stints – July-October 2008 and May-July 2009 - in the studio downtime while Midlake were painstakingly recording their own album (The Courage Of Others). Every Midlake member chipped in but Paul Alexander and guitarist Eric Pulido, who co-produced the album with John, are on every track alongside drummer McKenzie Smith. John reserves special mention for Paul’s basslines. “They were outrageous, off the fuckin’ hook. Some evenings, we couldn’t stop smiling and laughing because I was so excited about his work.” The whole Denton experience, he adds, “was really uplifting. It was emotional and painful too but Midlake believed in me and told me, ‘people need to hear you, and we’re going to make it happen.” 

  With such support, Grant wasn’t going for any half-measures. “For me, there isn’t a word of filler on the album. I’ve made a very clear statement about where I’m at and who I am as a person, and that’s one reason I’m so proud of it, that I was able to articulate it. At least I’m being given a chance to embrace the pain instead of being afraid to move through it.” 

  Queen Of Denmark moves through simple piano settings (the lovestruck ballad ‘Caramel’ and the intriguing Scott Joplin-meets-Beatles ragtime of ‘Silver Platter’), via an infusion of period-perfect synths (the rockier ‘Sigourney’, a sultry ‘It’s Easier’) that epitomise the lonely mood. There’s flute from Midlake frontman Tim Smith on the dreamiest cut (and there is stiff competition) ‘Marz’, and velvet strings (‘Dreams’, which imagines Scott Walker influenced by Patsy Cline, and the darker drama ‘Leopard’). There are allusions to higher beings (‘Outer Space’) and to human weaknesses (‘JC’). There is pure longing regret in the opening ‘TC And Honeybear’ and bitterly sarcastic, amped-up anger in the magnificent title track finale. Pain, hope, fear, regret, anger, self-flagellation and self-discovery - Queen of Denmark has it all. 

  But what, you might well wonder, has the Queen of Denmark got to do with all this? Check the man’s track-by-track comments for the full breakdown… 
   
  ‘TC And Honeybear’ 
  “I wrote this for a very special man by the name of Charlie who changed my life. It’s about how the relationship wasn’t possible because of what is going on in both of our lives. It's my favourite song. It’s beyond sad, but there is nothing sad about what has transpired between us. I met someone beyond special and he changed my life and that's all there is to it and that cannot be taken away from me.”
   
  ‘Marz’
  “Marz was a sweet shop from my childhood. It’s now empty and for sale. But I got to visit before hand, and the woman who served me as a child was still there. They still made all their own candies and ice cream. After it changed owners, I went back again and was given of the original menus. In the song, I list all the names of the sundaes, and drinks like Green River. The song is about the gateway back to childhood and innocence, when things haven’t become complicated.” 

  ‘Dreams’
  “The object of my affection, like Charlie, is “where dreams go to die” because I’m not actually seeing that person; I’m seeing the fantasy of who I think he is - the hero who’ll save me rather than the flawed human. The song was written on tour years ago with The Czars, which is painful because I see that this feeling is nothing new to me; it’s been happening since my late teens.”

  ‘Sigourney’
  “The kids at school in Colorado got Porsches for their 16th birthday, and I was from this little town in Michigan. I was totally out of my element. They’d call me a faggot - they had no idea they were right, of course, but I was still terrified by it. I felt like Sigourney Weaver battling those aliens, like I was on a different planet. It struck me as a funny way to talk about something horrible, to turn the experience into something else. I love sci-fi, especially movies like The Fly and Aliens where people metamorphosise. I think I gravitate toward them because of the possibility of becoming something completely different.”

  ‘Chicken Bones’
  “In New York, I lived in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, a neighbourhood I grew to love but at first, the junkies and prostitutes horrified me. The day I moved in, a woman across the street shouted, ‘you better lock your doors, white boy!’ There were these chicken bones all over the sidewalk, and trash everywhere. One day, a little girl on the stoop saw my bicycle and said to me, ‘you need a Mongoose, baby!’ meaning this other brand of bike. Another time, one of the elderly prostitutes shouted out, ‘Calgon, take me away!’ which was the slogan for this ‘70s bubble bath. The comment wasn’t lost on me.”

  ‘Silver Platter’
  “Ryan was this friend I used to work with in Denver. He belonged to that club of young men that had everything on a silver platter - the looks, athleticism and natural effortless masculinity, everything I desperately wanted when I was growing up so I could fit in. I’d always respond to him with, ‘I’m sorry, I haven’t had everything handed to me on a silver platter’. I always meant it to be absurd, but it was exactly the way I felt. Yet I know it’s not something to strive for and to be jealous of.” 

  ‘It’s Easier’
  “This is about Charlie too. I couldn't believe he loved me and was in love with me because of the boundaries he was setting. Because he wouldn't just rush into it like I wanted to. I found it easier to simply believe that he was lying to me when he told me he loved me, to deal with whatever I couldn't understand.”

  ‘Outer Space’
  “This is for my best friend Kristin. We met in 1987, on New Wave night in Denver. She looked like Debbie Harry in her heyday but she’s never ever picked a boyfriend on her ability to get what she wanted based on looks. She’s always interested in people in the realest sense of the word, which is completely foreign to me. It’s like she’s from another planet when it comes to the stuff I deal with in my world.” 

  ‘JC Hates Faggots’
  This comes from growing up in a strictly religious family. I’ve found people use religion to hate whatever it is they hate personally. The song progresses from benign stuff like the things you hate on a personal level, like food, to postal clerks who waste your time. The “mastermind of lies” is the devil.”

  ‘Caramel’
  “That song is about Charlie, and still holds true, which is why it will be hard for me to sing live. Nothing there is hidden.”

  ‘Leopard’
  “This is an old lyric that I match to the right music for years. It’s about my old boyfriend Chris, who had severe acne scarring on his back that looked like leopard spots, which was an aspect of him I liked. I mention The Simpsons because we watched it together constantly, so when things fell apart, it was hard for me to watch the show afterwards.”

  ‘Queen Of Denmark’
  “It’s about addiction - I guess the whole album is too. I don’t know why I didn’t write “King” - maybe ‘Queen’ is a gay reference. But I wanted to incorporate Denmark into a song because I’d met a bunch of Danish people and fallen in love with the language. It was me saying the most random thing I could think of: “who knows, maybe you’ll get to be the next Queen of Denmark” because at this point, I have absolutely no idea who I’m going to become when I’ve worked through everything.”


name_last: Hacking Kids: How to Raise a Digital Native
name: Hacking Kids: How to Raise a Digital Native
name_index: H
website_link: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/
event_category: Greater Good
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
search: Hacking Kids: How to Raise a Digital Native John Bracken Knight Foundation
original_serial: event_IAP7887
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 8A

  Participants:
  John Bracken (Knight Foundation)

  Summary
  The Internet and mobile phones have created a new realm of possibilities, and distractions, for parents. Dads, and other non-birthing child care providers, face new challenges in negotiating the digital age. The panel will build on the lessons and tales emerging from NuevoDads, a private listserv of 50-60 techie fathers, and a few mothers.
  The panel will:
  - create a safe space for peers to discuss a multitude of parenting issues
  - create a network for both parenting and non-parenting needs
  - explore the changes from the past, when being a dad was a fan isolated task.


name_last: A Place to Bury Strangers
name: A Place to Bury Strangers
name_index: P
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/323.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/A_Place_to_Bury_Strangers-Ego_Death.mp3
website_link: http://www.aplacetoburystrangers.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: A Place to Bury Strangers
original_serial: event_MS14537
original_venue_serial: Billboard Bungalow @ Buffalo Billiards
description:
  A Place to Bury Strangers had a simple goal for their first proper studio album, the exquisitely-damaged Exploding Head: 'The original idea,' says vocalist / guitarist Oliver Ackermann, 'was to create the craziest, most fucked-up recording ever.'   How crazy, you ask? Enough to justify that Cronenberg-channeling title, for one, as dollops of distortion and flecks of feedback deliver enough controlled chaos to derail a turntable. And if vinyl isn't your thing, well, let's just say you'll be checking the levels on your living room stereo from the second 'It Is Nothing' sucks everyone in earshot through a vortex of groove-locked rhythms (hammered out by drummer Jay Space and bassist Jono MOFO) and back-spun power chords.   Pain as pleasure, if you will, a beautiful feeling that's maintained for 43 mesmerizing minutes, from the paranoid android pop of 'In Your Heart' and gorgeous gate-crashing melodies of 'Keep Slipping Away' to the Chinese water torture chords of 'Lost Feeling' and sputtering percussion of 'Everything Always Goes Wrong' Not to mention the apocalypse now effects of 'Ego Death' the sinewy, slightly sinister overtones of the title track, and the firework finale flare-ups of 'I Lived My Life To Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart'. 
  A Place to Bury Strangers has an illustrious touring history including supporting Nine Inch Nails at arenas, large venue tour with MGMT in Europe a full US tour with Holy Fuck and shows with some of their heroes and influences including The Jesus and Mary Chain, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dandy Warhols and Chapterhouse.

  They have been touring non stop since the release of Exploding Head, doing three full scale US tours of the US and UK/Europe including shows with the Big Pink, Japandroids, Darker My Love and Dead Combo.  They are now hard at work on the follow up to Exploding Head with an eye toward a Spring 20011 Release.

  A Place To Bury Strangers have often been called 'the loudest band in New York'. This may very well be the case, but unlike much so-called 'loud' rock and roll that's out there, APTBS is not loud simply for the sake of it. The sonically overdriven sound they've accomplished is no clumsy accident, but a carefully cultivated and well-maintained entity all its own, fostered by an unbridled passion that's clearly evident in every live show they play and each recording they make. A Place To Bury Strangers does not so much play songs as allow them to pour out. They are songs about longing, heartbreak and confusion played extremely well and at a passionately loud volume...


name_last: Kingdom
name: Kingdom
name_index: K
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2296.jpg
website_link: http://kkingdomm.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: Kingdom
original_serial: event_MS15196
original_venue_serial: Beauty Bar/Palm Door
description:
  Kingdom is a Brooklyn-based producer and DJ whose signature sets and productions have been gathering a rabid following since he released his first mixtape in 2006. Since then, DJs from Diplo to BBC’s Annie Mac have given his tracks spins, and with his recent signing to Fools Gold Records and the video for his debut single “Mind Reader” airing on MTV2, there’s no doubt that Kingdom is the young American producer to watch. Kingdom may play everything from kuduro to juke, but R&B is his first love, and it shows in his bass-heavy remixes and original tracks, often featuring R&B vocal samples on top of his trademark production style—what some have called “a Brooklyn take on the UK garage sound.” This vanguard of tropical blends, Latin stylings and bass-heavy, dance-savvy sounds from around the world is catching the ear of more than a few tastemakers. Kingdom has received positive press and praise from magazines such as The Fader and XLR8R, to trendsetting sites such as Pitchfork and Discobelle, but his eclectic, forward-thinking style blows right past the buzz. Bok Bok of the London-based Night Slugs collective attested: “The genres Kingdom dips into range across the board, but his mixes create within themselves a new logic, a gutter house aesthetic that just makes sense.”


name_last: Tim Ferriss
name: Tim Ferriss
name_index: T
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/ferriss.jpg
event_category: Bookstore Appearance
event_sub_category: Various
search: Tim Ferriss
original_serial: event_OE00746
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Ballroom D Foyer

  Tim Ferriss will be stopping by the SX Bookstore to greet registrants and sign copies of his latest book, The 4-Hour Body.


name_last: Oh Land
name: Oh Land
name_index: O
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/2277.jpg
website_link: http://www.ohlandmusic.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Pop
search: Oh Land
original_serial: event_MS15265
original_venue_serial: ACL Live at The Moody Theater
description:
  'What does it sound like? What does it smell like? What does it look like?  How does it feel?  I always ask myself these questions when I'm writing,' says singer and producer Nanna Øland Fabricius.  'I think that Oh Land has a unique landscape all on its own.  I strive to make the possibilities endless and to have all the senses collide in to a language on their own.'

  Her multi-sensory approach to songwriting has been present from the beginning. Before Oh Land had a name, or even songs, she was a restless child on the outskirts of Copenhagen, where she wove together imaginary languages, characters, and magazines. Though she didn’t know it then, this sense of play would develop naturally into the skewed and rich aesthetic of Oh Land’s music and performance style. 
   
  She is the product of extremes.   A disciplined ballet dancer who was educated with the Royal Danish and Royal Swedish Ballet schools coupled with a “circus-like” upbringing courtesy of a family of creative souls.  Their unique and individual talents have left deep imprints on how Oh Land experiences and interprets the world around her. 

  Performance has always been a part of her personal expression as nurtured by the performances of those closest to her. Whether she was learning to see from a sister who designs clothing, to hear from her opera singer mother, or to touch from her church organist father; the mixture of this unique upbringing has contributed to the multi-faceted layers of an ever evolving Oh Land.
   
  Oh Land’s music bears the fruit of this incredibly stimulating childhood.  She has created a soundscape that dreams as hard as it dances.  Her performance style confronts the audience with elements as sonically and visually diverse as drum pads, an omnichord, and a front projector system that broadcasts homemade visuals across balloons.
   
  'I want my music to feel like 2050 meets something really classic, like meeting a stranger that feels as familiar as an old friend.' says Oh Land.

  Her approach to songwriting reaches beyond melody to touch on shared experience; her music simultaneously incorporates the whirrs, tics, and thumps of machinery and the soft, human tug of strings and delicately layered vocals.  It was this dual quality of her music – human, yet otherworldly -- that landed this peculiar, talented, and determined artist on the radar of Epic Records during a 2009 showcase at SXSW at the end of a brief US tour that Oh Land booked herself.

  Used to pushing the boundaries of her talent, Oh Land relocated to Brooklyn at the beginning of 2010 to write the latest chapters of her whirlwind story: an ever-evolving album that features speaker-panning samples, honeyed hooks, and the knob-twiddling skills of Dan Carey (The Kills, Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip) and Dave McCracken (Depeche Mode, Beyoncé, AFI).

  The jungle drumming and layered vocals of “White Nights” evokes a quest to find peace and a sense of home in the chaos of a city that never sleeps.  She sings, “There’s a restlessness in me/Keeps me up ’till the dawn/There is no silence/I will keep following the sirens,” alluding to both the noise and throb of the city and the mythological seducers that call to lonely sailors.
   
  “I wanted my new album to strike a balance between the big city and nature,” she explains, “because they’re both pulling me in different directions all the time.  I live and grow in the eye of the storm.”

  That duality is also at play in the steady pulse and lavish loops of “Sun of a Gun,” which layers literal references to the sun (“a symbol of the divine that we’re now afraid of”) over unflinching comparisons to the twilight of an ill-fated relationship. 
  Oh Land’s lyrics evoke storybook imagery that is both rich and moving, inviting the listener to step to the edge of the rabbit hole and plummet.  For instance, “Wolf & I” works as both a trippy, heart-stirring ballad as well as a “modern fable about doubt and fear” that tells the tale of a love triangle between a wolf, the sun, and the moon. 
   If her music contains an allegorical element, her connection to performance is almost spiritual.   “Even when I was really little and feeling angry about something,” she says, “I knew to shut up the second I went backstage. There’s this magic about performing that’s very holy to me.”
   That spell was broken ever so briefly when a major back injury caused her ballet career to come to an abrupt halt after being told by a doctor that she would never dance again.
   “I was like a black hole during that period,” admits Oh Land. “The only thing that got me through it was music, because I felt like I could still dance through it; like I could lie down, close my eyes, and figure out melodies without moving.” This dark period led her to discover that the entire reason she danced in the first place was because of music and that was the creative medium she wanted to mold as her own.  

  This discovery manifested itself in Oh Land’s self-produced debut album, Fauna.  Released in 2008 by Scandinavian tastemaker/producer/DJ, Kasper Bjorke, the album featured Oh Land’s first 10 tracks as an artist - lush otherworldly soundscapes that wouldn’t sound out of place alongside the Bjork LPs and trip-hop tracks that she obsessed over while growing up. 

  Her recovery and seamless transition to songwriting is revisited in the new track “Break the Chain,” a heady but hopeful reflection on Oh Land’s journey to reclaim her self-expression and bring to light the ideas that have flooded her subconscious from the start.
   To try to wrap your head around her disparate influences and patchwork influences might sound complicated, but if you ask Oh Land, what she’s doing now isn’t all that different than the years she spent “styling” clothes her mother made, or teaching younger dance students new routines behind the backs of their teacher.  She has always taken the raw materials of expression and used them her way.   
  “When I was younger,” says Oh Land, “We didn’t think, ‘Let’s play with our Barbie dolls or a board game today.’ We were building our own universes. And nothing’s changed, except now I have an audience beyond my parents.”


name_last: Mobilizing Performance from Search
name: Mobilizing Performance from Search
name_index: M
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/MobilizingPerformanceFromSearch.jpg
website_link: http://zaaz.com
hashtag: #mobilesearch
event_category: Emerging
event_sub_category: Solo
search: Mobilizing Performance from Search Rich Devine ZAAZ
original_serial: event_IAP7156
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Salon K

  Participants:
  Rich Devine (ZAAZ)

  Summary
  By 2012, 20 percent of all search queries will come from a mobile device. While there is growing focus on creating mobile site experiences and applications, not enough businesses focus on their mobile search experience. Just because you’ve optimized search for the desktop doesn’t mean it works on a mobile device. Mobile search is different than desktop search—and for many businesses, it’s a critical step toward customer success. Our discussion focuses on three core actions: how to identify unique business opportunities for mobile search, how to optimize for mobile search, and how to measure the performance and value of mobile search.


name_last: Slaying the Four Horsemen of the Social-Media Apocalypse
name: Slaying the Four Horsemen of the Social-Media Apocalypse
name_index: S
website_link: http://www.thomsonreuters.com
hashtag: #Apocalypse
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: Core Conversation
original_serial: event_IAP7160
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: Hill Country CD

  Participants:
  Greg Matthews (WCG)
  Jaime Punishill (Thomson Reuters)

  Summary
  Convinced social business should be a bigger part of your company’s plans but frustrated that you can’t get the horse out of the barn? No idea how to keep your organization in compliance with local & federal statutes governing advertising, consumer advice, & customer comms? In a highly regulated industry & exhausted trying to convince management there are business & technical solutions that can enable social business for your enterprise? Feeling like you’ve been rode hard and put out wet everytime you deal with your lawyers, compliance officers, risk managers, technologists, or information security teams? 

  In this session you'll hear from those who've ridden in the saddle of some of the most highly regulated companies out there and successfully BROKEN the wild horses of the SEC, FTC, FINRA, FDA, and other internal & external regulatory orgs. We’ll share best practices on organizational design, governance structures, business processes, HR policies, technology providers, and other dimensions of social media controls you’ll need to keep the law men at bay. Learn how to convert social business’s most common inhibitors into your biggest advocates. 
  And discover how doctors, lawyers, financial advisors, pharmaceutical & consumer product companies, & others are harnessing social media despite regulatory concerns. Come for the carrots, stay for the comedy, & at the end of it all-ride on!

search:
  Slaying the Four Horsemen of the Social-Media Apocalypse Greg Matthews WCGJaime Punishill Thomson Reuters


name_last: Employment Space Meet Up
name: Employment Space Meet Up
name_index: E
event_category: Meet Up
event_sub_category: Meet Up
search: Employment Space Meet Up
original_serial: event_IAP000631
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: Room 615AB

  As the SXSW Interactive Festival continues to grow, it often becomes harder to discover /network with the specific type of people you want to network with. Hence a full slate of daytime Meet Ups are scheduled for the 2011 event. These Meet Ups are definitely not a panel session -- nor do they offer any kind of formal presentation or AV setup. On the contrary, these sessions are a room where many different conversations and (and will) go on at once. Cash bar onsite.


name_last: Goodbye Oil: Accelerating the Electric Car Movement
name: Goodbye Oil: Accelerating the Electric Car Movement
name_index: G
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/GoodbyeOilAcceleratingTheElectricCarMovement.jpg
website_link: http://purpose.com
hashtag: #goodbyeoil
event_category: Greater Good
event_sub_category: Dual
original_serial: event_IAP7112
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 6AB

  Participants:
  Jeremy Heimans (Purpose.com)
  Laura Schewel (Virtual Vehicle Company)
  Nathan Pinsley (Hello Electric)

  Summary
  Join leaders of the electric car movement to debate how online organizing, culture jamming, and social influence can turn electric cars into cultural icons. The only way to break our addiction to oil is to stop driving cars that use it. In 2011, mass-market electric cars will, for the first time, become a real option for everyday drivers. But common misperceptions, old habits, and powerful interests could prevent electric cars from breaking through to the mainstream.

search:
  Goodbye Oil: Accelerating the Electric Car Movement Jeremy Heimans Purpose.comLaura Schewel Virtual Vehicle CompanyNathan Pinsley Hello Electric


name_last: The Search Party hosted by Blekko, Chomp & Hipmunk
name: The Search Party hosted by Blekko, Chomp & Hipmunk
name_index: S
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: The Search Party hosted by Blekko, Chomp &amp; Hipmunk
original_serial: event_OE00328
original_venue_serial: Hangar Lounge
description:
  Search lights will lead you to the all-star event at the Hangar Lounge, where VIPs will be welcomed with hosted libations at 8pm and all others at 9. Beats will be provided by legendary San Francisco based DJ, KidHack.


name_last: Can Crowdsourcing Save Classical Music?
name: Can Crowdsourcing Save Classical Music?
name_index: C
website_link: http://wnyc.org; wqxr.org
event_category: Social Graph
event_sub_category: Panel
original_serial: event_IAP6642
original_venue_serial: Hyatt
description:
  Room: TX Ballroom 5-7

  Participants:
  Drew Denbo (MOG)
  Graham Parker (WNYCRadio/WQXR)
  Indira Etwaroo (NY Public Radio)
  Joshua Gindele (Miro Quartet)

  Summary
  Classical musicians have always enjoyed a close relationship with their audience, one that is well understood in the traditional context of performance. However, with the growth of social media and an ever-increasing number of people listening to music online, that relationship is changing. How will this transformation affect classical music artists and their audience?

  In a blog post earlier this year, New Yorker music critic Alex Ross wrote of the continuing downward trend in the consumption of classical music by Generation X. While classical music listening in other generations has tended to increase as people approach middle age, Gen Xers are showing a precipitous decline in interest. He writes, “Every classical organization in America should print out this graph, pin it on the bulletin board, and ponder what is to be done.”

  Could attracting wider participation in classical music from a broader and younger audience online be the key to preserving the genre? The panel discusses this question in the context of several projects, including The YouTube Symphony, The Royal Opera House’s “Twitterdammerung,” The Greene Space’s Battle of the Boroughs and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s Project 440, with an eye not only to what works and what doesn’t, but to how these projects can be adapted to support music and the creative process.

search:
  Can Crowdsourcing Save Classical Music? Drew Denbo MOGGraham Parker WNYCRadio/WQXRIndira Etwaroo NY Public RadioJoshua Gindele Miro Quartet


name_last: Conversational Journalism: Do's and Don'ts of Audience Participation
name: Conversational Journalism: Do's and Don'ts of Audience Participation
name_index: C
event_category: Future of Journalism
event_sub_category: Solo
original_serial: event_IAP5582
original_venue_serial: Sheraton
description:
  Room: Creekside

  Participants:
  Doreen Marchionni (Pacific Lutheran University)

  Summary
  Journalists and scholars have talked on and off about the idea of journalism as a conversation for nearly 20 years. It stands in contrast to decades of traditional journalism as a lecture, in which the all-knowing journalist alone decides what is news and conducts a monologue with the public on such matters, or maybe a dialogue with public officials and other elites. Citizens here are at best passive bystanders. But no more. 

  Now pretty much anyone with Internet access and a few Web tools can create and distribute news, collaborate with professional journalists in real time and select what news to follow, if any, from a dizzying array of choices. The media business and academia were slow to pick up on the change but are now taking heed. Curiously, little empirical research developed to help us understand what exactly we mean by conversation and then how to apply it to journalism's most treasured values, credibility and expertise.

  Until now. This presentation explores key practical tips from doctoral research on how best to incorporate citizen audiences into online media processes. Doing it haphazardly can mean loss of perceived credibility, authority and just plain likeability. Doing it well, however, can create the kind of sustained interest we all crave for our sites.

search:
  Conversational Journalism: Do's and Don'ts of Audience Participation Doreen Marchionni Pacific Lutheran University


name_last: Freelancers Meet Up
name: Freelancers Meet Up
name_index: F
event_category: Meet Up
event_sub_category: Meet Up
search: Freelancers Meet Up
original_serial: event_IAP000629
original_venue_serial: Driskill
description:
  Room: Maximilian Room

  As the SXSW Interactive Festival continues to grow, it often becomes harder to discover /network with the specific type of people you want to network with. Hence a full slate of daytime Meet Ups are scheduled for the 2011 event. These Meet Ups are definitely not a panel session -- nor do they offer any kind of formal presentation or AV setup. On the contrary, these sessions are a room where many different conversations and (and will) go on at once. This timeslot is for registrants to network with other SXSW Interactive, Gold and Platinum registrants who are interested in freelancing. Cash bar onsite.


name_last: Big Bang Bordello
name: Big Bang Bordello
name_index: B
event_category: Party
event_sub_category: Various
search: Big Bang Bordello
original_serial: event_OE00310
original_venue_serial: Emo’s
description:
  Come experience a sultry Texas Steampunk escapade at Emo's! Stunning Burlesque and outstanding interactive artwork. Flametrick Subs headline. Costumes encouraged.


name_last: Zechs Marquise
name: Zechs Marquise
name_index: Z
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/125.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/Zechs_Marquise-Chase_Scene.mp3
website_link: http://www.zechsmarquise.com/
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: Zechs Marquise
original_serial: event_MS12218
original_venue_serial: Emo's Annex
description:
  Zechs Marquise formed in El Paso, Texas during the spring of 2003 when brothers Marfred and Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez came together with childhood friends Matthew Wilkson and Marcos Smith. The group soon named itself after a popular Japanese anime character and hit the studio to record its first album during the late summer months of 2004. That studio effort was later scrapped and in June 2006 the band instead released 34:26, a live improv set that showed its great range of talents and influences. By fall of 2006, Zechs was touring the west coast consistently, sharing the stage with such eclectic acts as Daedelus, Busdriver, The Album Leaf, (DJ) Nobody, Daddy Kev, The Gaslamp Killer, and Totimoshi.

  July 2007 saw the band return to the recording studio. Having learned from the difficulties of their first attempt, the quintet decided to keep all of the recording in house, purchasing a mixing board, microphones, and Pro Tools in order to track all of the recordings themselves. After a few days in their studios, dubbed Castle Greyskull and El Morro, the members realized they had enough material for a full length album. The record, Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare, was completed in February 2008. Zechs Marquise then spent time on the road auspiciously, touring with Free Moral Agents & Blank Blue. In March 2009, the band made its first adventure overseas to Europe, with Marcel performing double duty playing in both Zechs Marquise who were opening for the Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group of which he is also a player. During their Overseas tour, Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare was released by RLP/ Willie Anderson on CD as well as the first pressing of the album on vinyl. In May 2009 Zechs Marquise signed with Cathy Pellow at Sargent House for management. Keeping it in the family as Pellow also manages and runs the Rodriguez Lopez Productions Label.


name_last: The Diamond Center
name: The Diamond Center
name_index: D
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/40916.jpg
itunes_link: http://audio.sxsw.com/2011/mp3/The_Diamond_Center-Caraway.mp3
website_link: http://www.diamondcentermusic.com
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Rock
search: The Diamond Center
original_serial: event_MS14607
original_venue_serial: Black &amp; Tan
description:
  Upon forming in 2007, The Diamond Center at its core has always been Kyle Harris and Brandi Price. After travels and homesteads in Athens, Georgia and Lubbock, Texas, their creative migratory patterns led them to Richmond, Virginia. The release of My Only Companion as well as multiple cross-country tours has only solidified the group's psychedelic aesthetic and the adoring legions of fans spread across state lines.

  Imagine a time when Neko Case may have fronted an outfit like the Velvet Underground. In her downtime, she ventures into a local record store. As she departs, she carries with her records by Spacemen 3, Deerhunter, Beach House, Black Angels and Brian Jonestown Massacre. In all of their intrinsic beauty and inspiration, these records contribute to the direction the group would take from that very instant. In a nutshell, this is the charm of a group like the Diamond Center. By realizing their influences and challenging the expectations of what's come before, the group flourishes with flairs of instrumental freak-outs and recordings that breathe the same air as those produced by pioneers of the past like Phil Spector and Joe Meek. Their live shows enable The Diamond Center to develop a sonic atmosphere where their songs can live on forever. With visual components at play, the fervent drive of the group is fully realized.

  2011 promises to be an exciting year for the group. Along with the release of several seven-inches, the Diamond Center plans on recording and releasing a proper follow-up to their debut My Only Companion later this year. With appearances slated for the Austin Psych Fest, Harrisonburg, Virginia's annual Macrock and SXSW, there are no signs of them slowing down any time soon. As the lush shoegaze of The Diamond Center tampers with your senses, you will know it's time to pay attention to the continued success of one of Richmond, Virginia's finest groups.
  -Shannon Cleary
  shannoncleary.org


name_last: Smoked-Meat Poutine - The Montreal Special Sauce
name: Smoked-Meat Poutine - The Montreal Special Sauce
name_index: S
website_link: http://www.gamiq.org
hashtag: poutine
event_category: Panel
event_sub_category: Policy/Politics
original_serial: event_MP6620
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Room 13AB

  Moderator:
  Patrice Caron (M for Montreal)

  Participants:
  Daniel Seligman (POP Montreal)
  Laurent Saulnier (Festival Int'l De Jazz De Montreal)
  Sebastien Nasra (M for Montreal)
  Yuani Fragata (Bande a Part/Radio-Canada)

  Summary
  Montreal has been known as a very fertile breeding ground for significant new talent. Why is that so and is it possible to recreate the recipe in other cities? Major players in the industry in Montreal explains and give hints on how to recreate the conditions that made Montreal music scene what it is today.

search:
  Smoked-Meat Poutine - The Montreal Special Sauce Daniel Seligman POP MontrealLaurent Saulnier Festival Int'l De Jazz De MontrealSebastien Nasra M for MontrealYuani Fragata Bande a Part/Radio-CanadaPatrice Caron M for Montreal


name_last: Next Stage: indieWIRE Interviews
name: Next Stage: indieWIRE Interviews
name_index: N
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/events/indieWIRELogo_small.jpg
hashtag: #SXSWNextStage
event_category: Trade Show
event_sub_category: Various
search: Next Stage: indieWIRE Interviews
original_serial: event_OE00067
original_venue_serial: Austin Convention Center
description:
  Room: Exhibit Hall 3/4



  Check out indieWIRE's afternoon chat series with SXSW Film Festival talent on the Next Stage from 2pm to 3pm Monday through Thursday.

  Thursday’s schedule is 2:00- Janet Pierson, Producer of South By Southwest Film Festival

  www.indiewire.com


name_last: Singapore Technology Summit
name: Singapore Technology Summit
name_index: S
hashtag: #singaporetech
event_category: Tech Summit
event_sub_category: Various
original_serial: event_OE00639
original_venue_serial: Hilton
description:
  Room: J

  Participants:
  Audrey Tan (PlayMoolah)
  Danny Tan (Foound)
  Joachim Ng (IDA Singapore)
  Saumil Nanavati (Chalkboard)
  Steven Tong (IDA Singapore)

  Summary
  The Singapore Technology Summit will provide an hour-long exploration of the new media scene in Singapore. Speakers will cover the hottest new technologies in this country, as well as identifying key players and key companies, current investment opportunities and the kinds of programs available for technology entrepreneurs. If you need a crash course regarding the newest tech-related developments in Singapore, then be sure to attend this session!

search:
  Singapore Technology Summit Audrey Tan PlayMoolahDanny Tan FooundJoachim Ng IDA SingaporeSaumil Nanavati ChalkboardSteven Tong IDA Singapore


name_last: FM Belfast
name: FM Belfast
name_index: F
picture_big_url: http://img.sxsw.com/2011/bands/1328.jpg
website_link: http://www.fmbelfast.com
youtube_link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC0gP7Ggs88
event_category: Showcase
event_sub_category: Electronic
search: FM Belfast
original_serial: event_MS14053
original_venue_serial: Emo's Jr
description:
  FM Belfast started out as a duo on Christmas 2005 when Arni R Hlodversson and Loa H Hjalmtysdottir made a song as a present for their friends. What was initially thought of as a studio concept became a live band in the summer of 2006 when Arni and Loa performed at an art opening in a cave in the Faeroe Islands. Later that year Arni Vilhjalmsson and Orvar Th. Smarason joined the band. In October 2006 they played their first full concert at the Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavik.

  2007 saw the band establish themselves as a solid live act, playing the closing set at that year's Iceland Airwaves festival. Onstage, FM Belfast's membership varies from 3 to 45 players (including multible cowbells) depending on who can make it.

  In 2008, the group hit the road playing festivals in Norway (By:Larm), Portugal (Casa Da Musika), and the U.S. (SxSW). The Austin Chronicle listed them as one of the bands to watch at SxSW and the Denver Post named them one of the top 10 new finds at SxSW. Spin Magazine caught on and made them Artist Of The Day on the first day of Spring.

  2009 has been very eventfull for the band, they finally played in their namesake city Belfast to a very pleased crowd. They've played a few festivals around the world and are booked for this years Iceland Airwaves festival. FM Belfast have been active remixing tracks for other artists including mum, Retro Stefson, Skatar, Nix Noltes, Gus Gus, and Kasper Bjorke.

  In summer 2011 the band will release their 2nd Album.


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description:
  j roddy walston is not soft like someone born into privilege, but he does bear the hesitant scars of a man who fought his way out of a pedigree.
  yoked from day one to a musical lineage that included “both kinds of music – country and gospel.”

  he was told with regularity that it was close to sin to play either for any reason but God and Family.
  and that when the city comes courting with contracts and such he was expected to follow tradition…and walk away.

  “a weight is kindly put upon you with a heritage, and a choice comes to you in time, at that point you can just become an extension or you can get born and grow legs of you own.”

  it is a stranger south that j roddy walston lived in, a place where radio gave equal ear to classic rock, hell-fire evangelists, and the elephant six.
  powered and inspired by this mixture of art, spirit, and temptation he left home, in as much an attempt to bring his kin due credit as to rebel against the very things they had stood for.

  he followed a girl north enough, and landed in baltimore with a low budget sense of manifest destiny and a handful of high dollar songs.

  an undecided magnet started to draw to him a group of players. first came the challenge and compliment of billy gordon a musical mirror-image of j roddy and then steve colmus a sportly southpaw with a heavy snare hand. in them raw power met story and neither would compromise.

  they felt a city squeeze. they formed an intangible thumb, and they them turned into a fist.
  knowing good and well that you can predict a purebred, j roddy walston and the business opted to create a monster of the unknown, they threw what seed and egg they had into an american grab bag and hit the road. bending highways and rearranging maps to their fancy, making a different america for itself.
  vision casting a strange view of the states to all who would listen, their agenda seems to be some sort of anti-secession, a growing over, rather than a breaking away.

  a ceaseless expansion of the world where the rust belt and bible belt have been grown together to form a rock and roll quilt that knows no end.

  i have seen their world. they perform in a place where the hedonists and believers are cut from the same cloth.

  well-educated blue collars from busted boom towns forced to school when the factory option was taken away.

  blue bloods working for a dime instead of taking the family money. renters and owners, evangelicals and recovering Catholics, nine to fivers and the service industry.
  they all touch there.
  i stumbled through a one way door. i now have a knowledge of these beatnik/honkey tonks and i can’t seem to unknow it.

  in these places j roddy walston and the business is the hometown band.


