Scottish Bands at SXSW 2011 – Official Showcases Announced
by The Dear
Four weeks to go and SXSW have released the details of the official showcases for the Scottish bands. As the festival nears, we’ll keep you informed of all the unofficial gigs that the Scottish contingent will play too. Last year 14 bands played over 80 gigs in 4 days. This year there should be well over a hundred Scottish gigs in Austin.
In alphabetical order:
Admiral Fallow - Scottish Showcase, Wednesday March 16 at Maggie Mae’s, Midnight (Gig details)
Bronto Skylift - Friday March 18 at The Parish Underground, 11pm, (Gig details)
Dam Mantle - Saturday March 19 at Latitude 30, 9pm, (Gig details)
Django Django Gig details to be confirmed
Edwyn Collins - Thursday March 17 at Nuvola, 9pm (Gig details)
Erland and the Carnival - Thursday March 17 at Maggie Mae’s, 1am (Gig details)
Errors - Scottish Showcase, Wednesday March 16 at Maggie Mae’s, 10pm (Gig details)
Jon Fratelli (ex Fratellis) - Friday March 18 at Stephen F’s Bar, 1.15am (Gig details)
Kid Canaveral - Scottish Showcase, Wednesday March 16 at Maggie Mae’s, 8pm (Gig details)
King Creosote Thursday March 17 at Emo’s Main Room, 8pm (Gig details)
Popup - Friday March 18 at 512, 10pm (Gig details)
Rachel Sermanni - Wednesday March 16 at Klub Krucial, 10pm (Gig details)
Twilight Sad - Scottish Showcase, Wednesday March 16 at Maggie Mae’s, 1am (Gig details)
Twin Atlantic - Scottish Showcase, Wednesday March 16 at Maggie Mae’s, 11pm (Gig details)
Unicorn Kid - Thursday March 17 at The Phoenix, (time tbc) (Gig details)
Veronica Falls - Saturday March 19 at Latitude 30, 10pm (Gig details)
Withered Hand - Scottish Showcase, Wednesday March 16 at Maggie Mae’s, 8pm (Gig details)
For a full list of all the Scottish artists who had planned to attend, including those that are no longer mentioned above, see last week’s article.
The official SXSW list is here if you want to trawl through it.
Also if anyone has any questions about attending, either as a fan or a performer, then just let me know.
More next week.
Peej
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on 15 Feb, 2011 4:06pm
a little bird tells me that King Creosote will have a very special backing band for the evening
by Peenko
on 15 Feb, 2011 5:28pm
KC was amazing
by Anonymous
on 18 Mar, 2011 11:23am