We’re not sitting over our mailbox waiting for people to tell us about their SXSW parties (but it is nice to get them, you can all reach us here), but two or three times a day the team here at The Baby! are checking up the SXSW PartyList page on Facebook - they’re on Twitter as well (@SXSWPartyList).
Our rule of thumb by the way is to RSVP to everything, and write down all the parties in a diary (or a Google Calendar if you’re hip and with it) and choose on the night, but your mileage may vary! Spotted any good parties or dates so far?
The trailers for the 2012 SXSW Film lineup are starting to show up on SXSW’s YouTube channel.
Along with the Film trailers on the site, you can also find Music videos, SXSW 2011 coverage, and some neat info on what SXSW is all about. I’ve spent my morning watching Film trailers (all 47 that are up so far as of this writing)… What did you do?
Wristbands for SXSW Music are going on sale this morning, starting at 10am Austin time. The full details are online at wristbands.sxsw.com, but the two most important things about the wristbands are this…
1. You can only buy two.
One of them must be for the person named on the credit card that purchases the wristbands, the other must be nominated at the time of purchase. ID will be needed when picking up the wristbands from Registration in march, and they will be placed on your wrist at that point in time.
2. They are for Austin residents.
The address on the credit card must be in a local zipcode (the official list is here). Although the ‘plus one’ can be from anywhere the first wristband must be for a local.
The wristbands should always be thought of not as a part of everyone’s SXSW Music, but as a way for SXSW to do outreach to local music fans in Austin, and as a thank you for letting the conference take over the city. A music badge is currently $700, and the wristband price is considerably less… the first 2000 advance wristbands will sell at $149 inc tax, the next 2000 will sell for $175 inc tax, with a walk-up rate of $225 for any that are left over.
It will come as a huge surprise (not) that IODA have announced their day party will be on the Wednesday of SXSW Music, starting at noon. But note the venue – it’s at the Red Eyed Fly this year, and not the traditional Emo’s Annex (something to do with the fact that Emo’s has closed and moved on).
That does have some advantages, not least that IODA have two stages to fill with great new music. This year’s roster is:
Outside Stage: Ruthie Foster, Dan Mangan, Polica, Tycho, Thee Oh Sees, and The Wedding Present Inside Stage: Daniel Ahearn and The Jones, Bam Bam, Tiago Iorc, Bright Moments, Y La Bamba, and Oddisee.
There’s some familiar names in there, and of course IODA’s musical radar will have found some great new music as well. You can find out more about the line up, event details, send in an RSVP (no SXSW badge required), follow their blog, and more, at www.iodasxsw.com.
Oh, and they’ve got the annual SXSW CD Sampler you can download to get into the Southby music mode right now!
With 65 World Premieres, 27 North American and 10 U.S. Premieres among 130 features, there are plenty of opportunities to discover emerging and developing filmmakers, as well as catch up with new work from more established names – all of which feature risk takers both in front of and behind the camera.
The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 8.
I reviewing all of this with Larry Richman, he noticed that there is no “Lone Star States” section, and that the previous “Spotlight Premieres” has been split into “Narrative Spotlights” and “Documentary Spotlights”
While you are perusing the list, we here at the Baby! will be working up our list of “must see” films and keeping an eye open for announcements from SXSW regarding the Film Venues and publishing of the Film Grid.
There is a good chance that I have already spent far too much time planning what I am packing to wear for SXSW, being a bit of an OCD style monkey. Just when I thought it was under under control, up pops an email from Ewan pointing out the trade show Style X (pronounced Style By).
Running March 16-17 from noon to 8p.m. Style X is open to the public as well as badgeholders, and features up and coming designers, trends and the crazy intersection of design and culture. Just looking at the photos from the debut of StyleX last year might get the fashion fiends out there day dreaming, and a little worried for the health of your bank accounts.
The list of designers and companies is an interesting mesh. Some of them you might have heard of, but even better than that there are probably plenty you haven’t. I wonder if I can convince Ewan that we all need SXSW Baby! watches designed by TIKKR?
This has been added to my list as a must do for a first SXSW experience. Maybe I should bring an extra suitcase?
We’ve got five new artists for you during this beautiful day in Texas. Check out Operation Every Band for the latest and greatest of SXSW music recommendations while SXSW Baby! keeps you up-to-date in the weeks leading to the conference. Today is brought to you by the letter “D”.
Daughter – “Medicine”
Daughter is the moniker of Elena Tonra, a young Londoner with an airy yet serious vocal tone that carries over a minimal post-rock underbelly. Daughter’s music in inheritably dark, crooning over minor melodies and spaced out harmonies. There are some driving drums and bass interspersed throughout, but overall the tone is mostly sparse. This creates a blank space to allow Tonra’s vocals to take over. It’s in these moments that Daughter sounds like something truly special and unique. Never does Daughter get to poppy or too tripped out. This middle ground she lives in allows for a beautiful canvas to be transformed. Daughter has released 2 EPs (both streaming on Bandcamp) over the course of the last nine months via Communion Records, though she still remains unsigned to a specific label.
More from The Drowning Men, Dry the River, David Ramirez and Dead Confederate after the jump.
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