SXSW Blog

Day by Day SXSW guide to the Chicken Ranch Cavalcade of Stars, feel free to forward and repost 

Monday March 10-7:00 PM- Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5, SXSW Film Party @ Tequila Mockingbird Studios (private event)

Wednesday, March 12-

2:00 PM- The Clutters, Beast House (above Emos Lounge) 

SXSW SHOWCASE @ LIGHT BAR

9:00- We Were The States

10:00- Tiger! Tiger!

11:00- The Clutters

12 midnight- The Yuppie Pricks

1:00- Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5 

Thursday, March 13-

12 noon – 2PM   LUNCH WITH CHICKEN RANCH @ Cheapo Discs(with the Clutters,  Tiger! Tiger!, We Were The States) 

3:00 PM- We Were The States @ The Beast House (above Emos Lounge) 

Friday, March 14-

2:00 PM- Tiger! Tiger! @ NAIL/Fanatic Party at The Side Bar

3:30 PM- The Clutters @ NBN Day Party at The Tap Room (invite only)

8:00 PM- Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5, Tiniest Bar in Texas 

Saturday, March 15-CHICKEN RANCH DAY PARTY @ Bull McCabes 1-6 PM

1:00- Slim Cessna’s Auto Club

2:00- Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5

3:00- We Were The States

4:00- The Clutters

5:00- Willie Heath Neal

FREE W/ RSVP @: www.austinblowout.com

Dell Lounge next to Emos 612 E 6th

Friday March 14, 2008

• 12-12:40: Lightspeed Champion
• 1-1:40: The Weakerthans
• 2-2:40: Kaki King
• 3-3:40: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
• 4-4:40: Liam Finn
• 5-5:40: The Whigs

Hosted by David Dye of WXPN’s World Cafe on NPR (broadcast live on WXPN)

FREE DRINKS ALL DAY!!!

Cedar Street

Friday, March 14th

• special guest - 5:00 PM
• Lightspeed Champion - 4:00 PM
• The Wombats - 3:00 PM
• The Pigeon Detectives - 2:15 PM
• Los Campesinos - 1:30 PM
• Shout Out Louds - 12:45 PM
• Born Ruffians - Noon

here’s the info for the hot freaks party:

http://www.chromewa ves.net/index. php?itemid= 2929

Friday, March 14, 2008
(between-set DJ-ing by The Hood Internet)

The Mohawk (outside)

• 12:00PM - Nicole Atkins & The Sea / MySpace / MP3: “Maybe Tonight”
• 1:00PM - The Dodos / MySpace / MP3: “Fools”
• 2:00PM - Cadence Weapon / MySpace / MP3: “Sharks”
• 3:00PM - White Denim / MySpace / MP3: “Shake Shake Shake”
• 4:00PM - Blitzen Trapper / MySpace
• 5:00PM - British Sea Power / MySpace / MP3: “Waving Flags”

The Mohawk (inside)

• 12:30PM - Blair / MySpace
• 1:30PM - Ola Podrida / MySpace / MP3: “Cindy”
• 2:30PM - Cameron McGill / MySpace
• 3:30PM - Bowerbirds / MySpace / MP3: “In Our Talons”
• 4:30PM - Jason Collett / MySpace / MP3: “Out Of Time”

Club DeVille (Insound stage)

• 12:30PM - Evangelicals / MySpace / MP3: “Skeleton Man”
• 1:30PM - Crystal Castles / MySpace
• 2:30PM - Fleet Foxes / MySpace
• 3:30PM - Peter Morén / MySpace
• 4:30PM - Jens Lekman (MySpace / MP3: “The Opposite Of Hallelujah”

Emos
Friday 14th, 2008

• No Age (5 p.m.)
• A Place to Bury Strangers (4:30 p.m.)
• Yeasayer (4 p.m.)
• Times New Viking (3:30 p.m.)
• Bon Iver (3 p.m.)
• Atlas Sound (2:30 p.m.)
• Jay Reatard (2 p.m.)
• Fuck Buttons (1:30 p.m.)
• White Williams (1 p.m.)
• Lykke Li (12:30 p.m.)
• High Places (12 p.m.)

Partygoers can also look forward to MTV sketch comedy group Human Giant, whose previously reported Season One DVD comes out March 4.

This celebration of live music, comedy, and general merriment is being held in conjunction with our friends at TicketWeb and 2K Sports, as well as our Pitchfork Music Festival partners Goose Island, Boost Mobile, and Sparks.