Stereogum & PASTE Present The Dell Lounge @ SXSW 2008
So, we're pretty excited.
Three days, great bands, free drinks all day, new club on 6th St. (right next door to Emo's). There go all your excuses not to be there. More info? This way...
Here's the timetable:
Thursday March 13, 2008
12-12:40: My Brightest Diamond
1-1:40: Nada Surf
2-2:40: Destroyer
3-3:40: Colour Revolt
4-4:40: Delta Spirit
5-5:40: Peter Morén (of Peter Bjorn & John)
Hosted by Tobi, XMU's "Dean of Music"
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)
Saturday March 15, 2008
12-12:40: Fuck Buttons
1-1:40: High Places
2-2:40: Blitzen Trapper
3-3:40: No Age
4-4:40: HEALTH
5-5:40: List Christee DJ Set
Hosted by ANTI- recording artist Tim Fite
Here's how this thing will go:
WHO CAN COME
- Open to the public and SXSW badgeholders
FREE STUFF
- Free beverages provided by Southern Comfort and Fuse throughout each day
- Arrive early to receive a free gift bag with a limited-edition event t-shirt, courtesy of Busted Tees, and other fun swag
- Fifty people each day will receive a free KODAK Digital Single Use camera to take pictures
THINGS THAT DON'T FIT EASILY INTO A SINGLE CATEGORY TITLE
- The shows will be recast March 21-22 beginning at Noon EST on XMU on XM Satellite Radio, with additional broadcasts on March 29-30 at the top of the hour from 2pm-7pm EST
- Friday's show will be broadcast LIVE on WXPN's World Cafe on NPR, also streaming on NPR.org
- Video content will be made available courtesy of DellLounge.com in the days following SXSW
- Busted Tees will also sell a 3-shirt series from the shows after SXSW
RSVP
- Sign up here to receive an RSVP laminate by mail before SXSW week. Wear it and you'll get entry if capacity permits.
Posted at 6:36 PM
Tags: Blitzen Trapper | Colour Revolt | Delta Spirit | Destroyer | Fuck Buttons | HEALTH | High Places | Kaki King | Liam Finn | Lightspeed Champion | My Brightest Diamond | Nada Surf | No Age | of Montreal | Peter Bjorn And John | Peter Morén | Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin | SXSW | The Weakerthans | The Whigs | Tim Fite
great lineup! thanks.
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be sure to stop by flatstock at some point during the day at the convention center...stop by my booth and i might have some goodies for ya!
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Holy shit!! Saturday is SWEEEEET!!! High Places AND No Age!!
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congrats 'gum, way to put on an awesome show. good for you
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damn, no age and HEALTH back to back.
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whigs? really?
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Awesome!
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a Kevin Barnes dj set? that sounds kinda awesome
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amy, what's your beef with the whigs?
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there are only 3 artists playing your showcase that had any sort of following 3 years ago..
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i will see you there!!!!
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@ dave
Um, isn't that the point of the festival?
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FREE DRINKS??!!! AT SXSW??!!! ARE YOU CRAZZY!!???
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how did delta spirit get on here? must of been the soco... well either way i wanna see more DS stereogum love
for those who don't know: http://www.deltaspirit.net/
also on myspace.com/deltaspirit
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No RSVP needed this year? Good to see you went with Nada Surf. I suggested they play your day party :-) See you in a few weeks :-)
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destroyer! fuck yeah!
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DELL?
Sorry. Mac Fanboy here.
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lightspeed champion is my hero.....but, who goes to rock shows at 12noon? this would be much better if it started at 12midnight!
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SNAP! I hope Nada Serf plays Popular!
But I won't be there anyway because DELL SUCKS MY HAIRY BALLS
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i heard that Destroyer requested the Dell without a trash folder when they sent 'em fags their free shit
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the only thing missing is having amrit host one of the shows...wtf?
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Nice, I'll be there.
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Thanks for the So Co and the swag, see you there...Thursday...
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yay. i'll be there.
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ok, for fucks sake, plz do a writeup on Delta Spirit. They are definitely deserving an artist to watch showcase... ok so maybe they're not as crazy and experimental as many other bands. But good god its great music. Great for road trips esp.
also:
colour revolt, YES.
ps. Flatstock: amazing. the best/worst money trap at SXSW for art geeks. its incredible.
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oh man. colour revolt is fantastic.
also, liam finn is really good too.
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way to go - *great* mix-up of talents.
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that logo is pretty awesome.
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delta spirit is pretty sweet. saw them at 9:30 Club with cold war kids and tokyo police club. i enjoyed them alot more than tokyo police.
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All the parties (100+) listed here >> http://detour-mag.com/assets/2008/02/27/detours-sxsw-party-guide/
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Broadcast Thursday's show, too! Delta Spirit is AWESOME!
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I assume this venue, being a niteclub, shuns people who haven't lived at least 21 years.
Or is there some miracle that a 19 year-old like me could be admitted????
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have you seen SXSW Band Aid on Last.fm -- totally awesome: http://www.last.fm/group/SXSW+Music/
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what are these shirts from busted tees?
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Very impressive. Working on attending - thanx for all the hard work on putting this extravangaza together.
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volume is 21+ so does that mean the party is as well?
:,(
(if only i was 3 months older!)
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Wait, 21+ ?
You have got to be shitting me. What the fuck?
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