March 18, 2013 - Silver Lake outfit The Lonely Wild brought their unique blend of indie rock to SXSW 2013, where they performed an official showcase Saturday (3/15) at Bungalow.
March 18, 2013 - Oklahoma songstress Samantha Crain and her band made the best of their noisy venue assignment Saturday (3/17) for their official SXSW showcase.
March 18, 2013 - The Mavericks formed the first whack of a one-two punch of country music topping off the Friday lineup in the Waterloo Records parking lot, coming through in all-acoustic mode, lending a picnic vibe to the festivities.
March 16, 2013 - Iconic punk-rockers Green Day made their SXSW debut Friday (3/15), proving frontman Billie Joe Armstrong can still command a crowd after his very public fall from grace last September.
March 16, 2013 - Carrie Rodriguez' latest album, "Give Me All You Got," feels in some ways like that point in a visit where friends take off their jackets, order a second round and dig into catching up on the good stuff.
March 15, 2013 - Iron & Wine, the stage name of singer/songwriter Sam Beam, performed a handful of career-spanning tracks to a midday crowd Friday (3/15) at the 27th annual SXSW Music Conference in Austin, TX.
March 15, 2013 - Ray Wylie Hubbard performed a SXSW miracle -- he started his Thursday night (3/14) set at The Stage on Sixth Street 10 minutes early, allowing him time to perform 10 songs and have an impressive amount of comfortable banter with the full audience.
March 15, 2013 - Fresh off an East Coast run with Indians, as well as a handful of West Coast shows, Nashville's Night Beds made several more fans at their Thursday evening (3/14) SXSW showcase at Red 7.
March 14, 2013 - Kentucky shared a little bit of its native electro-indie rock with SXSW Wednesday night (3/13), as Louisville quartet The Pass took the stage for an official showcase at Friends.
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