SXSW–Interactive Film, Music, Media Festival Austin 2009

admin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:30:40 +0000

Austin, Tx.–Home of the most incredible blending of cutting edge technology, indie films, music, and (mayhem this past week anyway!) The week of March 18-22 brought over 1800 music performances to eighty stages all around Austin! Yep, 1800! If you didn’t get to see any of the SXSW music, don’t despair…Direct TV is broadcasting the highlights of most performances beginning at March 28th and March 29th on Music Channel 101. And one of our very favorites, Alejandro Escovedo, was honored as Musician of the Year at the Austin Music Awards on March 18th and then closed SXSW with an incredible midnight show at the Continental Club on March 22nd….As always, he was superb! To hear more of Escovedo, visit his site www.alejandroescovedo.com And to see trailers to some of the very cool, cutting edge indie films, go to www.sxsw.com/film

And to hear the music on Direct TV–Channel 101 March 28th 7pmET

SXSW Day 1 (8 hour block) replays on Saturday, 3/28 starting at 7pm ET/4pm PT
(Times shown are Eastern)

7pm – Lenka
8pm – Ben Harper and Relentless7
9pm – Third Eye Blind
10pm – The Oak Ridge Boys
11pm – Shiny Toy Guns
12am – Carlene Carter
1am – Sol-Angel & the Hadley Street Dreams (Solange Knowles)
2am – The Airborne Toxic Event

SXSW Day 2 (8 hour block) replays on Sunday, 3/29 starting at 7pm ET/4pm PT
(Times shown are Eastern)

7pm – Forever the Sickest Kids
8pm – Echo and The Bunnymen
9pm – Ed Harcourt
10pm – Juliette Lewis and The New Romantiques
11pm – Late to the Pier
12am – Shwayze
1am – Tinted Windows
2am – The Proclaimers

Catch it if you can!

Keep Austin Weird Festival Part 2- The Music

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:57:40 +0000

escovedo_always –(Click to hear his new song!)This is part 2 of the Keep Austin Weird Festival…So what do 3000 very tired runners, walkers, and volunteers do after the 5k? How about inhaling some of the delicious healthy food at the locally owned Zen restaurant booth? Or if the heat is too much, you could always chill out with also locally owned Amy’s ice cream or one of those decadent cupcakes at Austin’s own “Toot Sweet” stand? Or how about grabbing a beer and sliding gratefully into one’s sling chair and listening to the incomparable Alejandro Escovedo and his enormously talented band? Well that is what this very tired volunteer did…Just as the sun finally set, and the skyline of Austin was in the background, Alejandro and his band came on and played tirelessly for the next two hours! Even the wind seemed to be affected as it played and danced off the gloriously cold waters of Town Lake and the Colorado River. How quickly we all became reenergized as Alejandro and his band kicked off the night with his new single, “Always A Friend”. It was simply a magical evening, even for Austin! Alejandro was back in his hometown after a whirlwind tour with stops in New York City for the Today show and Conan O’Brian….and oh yes, opening for Dave Mathews for some shows, too. So he came home to rest for three days,which for Alejandro means to play for us for two nights at the Continental Club, have a CD release party at Waterloo records, and then just in case, some of his fans missed those shows, he played for his miraculously revived and now wildly dancing fans at the end of the evening for the 5k Austin Weird Festival…wow, what a delight! If you haven’t heard his new cd, entitled, Real Animal, with its hit song, “Always a Friend”, then you have been missing a real treat, even tastier than one of those Toot Sweet cupcakes! And it comes as no surprise once you listen to a selection from the CD on his website that on June 23,2008, the New York Times selected Real Animal as its Critics Choice! So log onto his site and enjoy this incredibly talented Austin treasure! Oh yes, and only in Austin, could you have another legend, guitarist Charlie Sexton, come up onto the stage and jam with Alejandro and his band! Have you moved here yet?? www.alejandroescovedo.com

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SXSW–Interactive Film, Music, Media Festival Austin 2009

Keep Austin Weird Festival Part 2- The Music