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sxsw2011 Sun Feb 27 2011
SXSW 2011: Chicago Edition
After one of the snowiest winters in the cities history, Chicago bands and members of the music community are surely looking forward to escaping the city and thawing out in Austin, TX during SXSW 2011. If you're not heading south, we'll keep you up to date, since I'll be roadtripping down to provide you with daily coverage of the best showcases, panels, and bands coming out of Austin that week. Know of something you'd like covered? Leave a comment and I'll try to check it out. Because SXSW is really about finding new and interesting music. And drinking a considerable amount of gratuitous booze and consuming your weight in free tacos. After the jump you'll get some highlights of Chicago bands and venues who will be participating in SXSW 2011.
Chicago artists on the official SXSW band list:
(these were chosen by the festival as official SXSW Festival acts)
- Maps & Atlases
- Light Pollution
- Joan of Arc
- Gypsyblood
- Paul Cary
- November Doom
- The Bears of Blue River
- Gemini Club
Chicago bands playing at SXSW (partial list, let us know of more to add):
- The Smith Westerns
- White Mystery
- My Gold Mask
- Flosstradamus
- The Hood Internet
- Loyal Divide
- I Fight Dragons
- Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
- Gold Motel
- The Right Now
- Everyone playing The Hideout SXSW sendoff party (see below)
- The Kickback
- Netherfriends
- Very Truly Yours
Chicago folks having SXSW parties/showcases:
Schubas/Lincoln Hall
The Windish Agency
Bloodshot Records
Hozac Records
Alligator Records
And of course here in Chicago to kick things off, The Hideout, Threadless, & Miller Lite present The Hideout SXSW Sendoff Party on March 12th. For $10 bucks you get a whole day of music including:
- Outer Minds
- Chaperone!
- Joan of Arc
- Soft Speaker
- Mickey
- Radar Eyes
- Tiger Bones
- Skull Orchard
- Paul Cary
- Rabble Rabble
- Waco Brothers
- Kids These Days
Keep checking back during SXSW for coverage here on Gapers Block, and don't forget to let us know of any great bands heading down!
UPDATE: See our Chicago & the Region at SXSW 2011 post for a full listing of every local and regional act we could find.
very truly yours / February 28, 2011 11:21 AM
Chicago Indiepop band Very Truly Yours will be playing Sat. March 19 with Neverever, Veronica Falls, Kid Canaveral and many more at Waterloo Cycles