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Lineup, details and RSVP info on all official and unofficial SXSW week events can be found on this dedicated party page. Keep up with Austinist's ongoing coverage of all things SXSW via our twitter account, @sxswist, and all posts tagged 'sxswist'. Have a tip? Send it in to sxswist@austinist.com. more ›

SXSW has released the names of quite a few additional bands set to perform in town at the fest next month. Austin American-Statesman has compiled the list which contains a wide array of talent from all across the globe including !!! (USA), Amaral (Spain), Antia Tijoux (Chile), Balkan Beat Box (Israel), Band Of Skulls (England), Broken Social Scene (Canada), Frightened Rabbit (Scotland), Hauschka (Germany), Miike Snow (Sweden), Natalie Lafourcade (Mexico), Systema Solar (Colombia), and The Middle East (Australia), and Texan artists such as Chalie Boy, Chamillionaire & Paul Wall, Midlake, Spoon, Texas Tornadoes, Trae, and Wolfgang Gartner. more ›

The latest AMF Boot Camp, entitled SXSW Strategies for Success takes place on February 2nd at La Zona Rosa and features four worthy panelists. Brent Grulke (Creative Director, SXSW Conferences and Festivals), Randy Miller (Partner, Rainmaker Artists and Primary Wave Music Publishing), Casey Monahan (Director, Texas Music Office), and Paul Oveisi (Owner, Momo’s and Second Floor management; Member, Austin Music Commission) will discuss a whole host of topics including how to reach out to SXSW registrants before the event, mistakes to avoid making as you prepare, what to focus on during the week, key components of a successful showcase, and why following up after the fest is important. The seminar is free and begins at 7 p.m. more ›

It’s time to make a commitment and ensure that you’re doing the things you love during Spring Break. Click here for flight tickets to Cancun and here to plan your trip to South Padre. Just kidding. Your dream Spring Break experience awaits right here in town. SXSW invites you to volunteer your time and spend mid-March in the midst of one of the top festivals in the country. You can sign up to assist at the Music, Film, or Interactive portions of the fest, or a mix of all three. SX will keep you busy with relevant duties galore but also afford you enough time to enjoy the festival as an insider of sorts. Head over to the Volunteer page for full details. more ›

Spoon are hometown heroes in Austin, even if most of the band are now living in Oregon and Kansas. After headlining three nights there in July, Spoon will return to the main stage at Stubb's BBQ on Wednesday, March 17 to headline the NPR showcase at South By Southwest 2010. The concert will be streamed online on NPR's site and will also be simulcast on 90.5 KUT. more ›

The folks at Japan Nite usually put their house in order before most other entities, and this year is no different. Per their announcement on Christmas Day, Japan Nite SXSW 2010, scheduled for March 19th, will feature six of the country’s finest, including Chatmonchy, Red Bacteria Vacuum, Dolly, Omodaka, and Okamoto’s. (Sixth band TBA.) Japan Nite has invariably delivered intriguing and exciting talent at SXSW for fourteen years now and we’re anticipating another stellar night of “musical madness from Japan” come March 2010. more ›

Balmorhea are getting ready to release their latest album, Constellations, on Austin's Western Vinyl record label. This week there's more exciting new for the instrumental troupe: a spate of North American tour dates with Denmark's Efterklang. more ›

We're pleased to have been chosen to present "Freelance Isn't Free: The Twisted Economics of Writing Today" as part of the 2010 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. more ›

In honor of Mayor Will Wynn's last day in office, Austinist compiled these top five lighter moments from his eight-year-long tenure. As News 8 reports, Wynn plans to stick around Austin and will be working for a Dallas-based energy firm, so, you know, you'll totes be able to hang out with him at Key Bar. more ›

They brought all their usual tricks to Waterloo Park for Mess With Texas 3 on Saturday the 21st, disrobing and parting the crowd in half right off the bat. Singer Ami Shalev then jumped into the open space in the middle of the audience, rolling around on the grass with his fellow band mates much to everyone’s amusement (or was it bemusement). more ›

Austinist music writer Tom Thornton recently went back on Andy Langer's show on News 8 Austin to discuss how the economy affected SXSW, the secret performances that everyone seemed to know about well in advance, and the role that Twitter played during the festival. [News8Austin] more ›

Vanity Fair is calling El Paso the next Brooklyn, citing Tony Rancich's Sonic Ranch (recently used by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Conor Oberst) as ground zero for the new movement. Al Jourgensen agrees. more ›

Though it’s been years and years and years since their debut (back in the days when Live was one of the world’s most relevant bands), they’ve recently brought their practically-mythologized live show back on the road, and the early bird crowd at Mohawk on Friday was damn lucky for it. more ›

Another one of those “stick around here all day because every band is awesome” shows, the Radio Room was home to this event on the 19th. The crowd enjoyed sets by Cursive and The Avett Brothers, but the top highlights had to be an intimate set by Daniel Johnston and a blistering set by The Wrens, both clearly proving that the magic is still there. more ›

Austinist Presents Gonna Gonna Get Down 4: We were definitely pleased with the plethora of talent we had tapped for our day show on the 18th -- Telekinesis, Here We Go Magic, J. Tillman, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Vetiver, and The Mae Shi all made an impression on our guests. Highlights had to be the ferocious hardcore-metal assault of Young Widows, channeling the Jesus Lizard just hours before David Yow took the stage at the Austin Music Hall, and the amazing live show from Akron/Family, who are currently touring to support their upcoming release, Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free. more ›

Every weekday morning we'll be featuring a photo (or two) from our readers. Please feel free to submit your photos (min 600px width) by adding them to the Austinist Flickr Group. more ›

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• Sex research is well and good, but when is someone going to study our drunken hook-ups?
• SXSW made money. Duh.
• People came to SXSW to find work.

At the Dim Mak Party at the Radio Room on Saturday night with MSTRKRFT/Steve Aoki/LA Riots,etc, a riot broke out in the alley by the people who couldn't get into the show during the middle of MSTRKRFT. I guess this means Austin really is going more Blog-House. There were cops on horses and all, but from inside the party, it didn't seem nearly this intense, but I love that it led into "All I do Is Party". more ›

• Geithner: The man with (yet another) plan for those toxic assets
• Rolling Stones' Matt Taibbi on the global economic crisis: "We're officially, royally f$^%ed."
• More Signs of the Economic Times: Women needing cash go from jobless to topless

Well, we survived. As the dust (both literal and figurative) settles, we're taking a moment to take stock of all the week's most interesting moments, magical photo opportunities and occasional blunders from 2009's SXSW music festival in Austin. Have a story for us? Email Email us. more ›

Reprinted, for your convenience, from our master list. more ›

Flatstock, the ultimate showcase and market for the world's best gigposter artists, starts today at Austin Convention Center. Presented by American Poster Institute (API) and SXSW, the show runs through Sunday and is open to the public. more ›

Find out who won here. more ›

li>Overall, the daytime crowds seemed smaller on Red River and East 6th on Wednesday. Few long lines were reported, even for hyped shows like the Paste party at Radio Room, where people were reportedly able to walk right in for M. Ward. more ›

Thanks to everyone who made it out to our fourth annual day party at the Mohawk! If you would like to share your photos from the party with our readers, tag 'em 'austinistdayparty' on flickr. We'll have more photos of the bands, plus video, shortly. more ›

Oh America, sometimes the Western democracy living in your attic just wants to be invited downstairs for breakfast—instead of scrounging for the crumbs you left on the chesterfield after going to work. more ›

Juliette Lewis, best known for her performances in films like Natural Born Killers and From Dusk Till Dawn, took a few minutes off during layover en route to Austin to chat with us about her new band, Juliette and the New Romantiques. The group is the second musical project for Lewis, who toured and released the 2007 album Four on the Floor with Juliette and the Licks. Lewis was fresh off of shooting for Betty Anne Waters, directed by Tony Goldwyn and starring Hilary Swank. more ›

On Saturday, Vinyl Entertainment (along with MTVu, PaperTank Productions, Lucky Rabbit Films, and Study Breaks Magazine) presents Party To The End, a six hour extravaganza at The Compound. Entertainment comes in the form of live music by PHANTOGRAM, Solid Gold, Buddy, The Story Of, CLIPD BEAKS, as well as a DJ set by Play-N-Skillz. more ›

There's good news if you're looking to turn your blog into a book like Stephanie Klein, Guy Kawasaki, or Hugh MacLeod have done. Heck, they're even happy to help you. All you have to do is make something great. more ›

Langhorne Slim is an enchanting folk singer/songwriter from Brooklyn. He leads the band - also consisting of Malachi DeLorenzo on drums/vocals and Jeff Ratner on bass/vocals - with steady acoustic strums and a soulful, organic, sometimes quaking voice. more ›