Some of the best things we saw this year at SXSW.
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Austin-based Los Coast at ILA’s SXSW Opening showcase on Tuesday, March 15. -
Golden Dawn Arkestra offers a theatrical, transcendental show. Listen to them here. -
Four Aussie sisters make up the hard rocking Stonefield. Check them out. -
Peaches headlined the opening showcase with costume changes, raunchy feminist lyrics and a couple blow up dolls. Her latest album came out in Sept. 2015. -
First lady Michelle Obama was joined by Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, Sophia Bush and Diane Warren to discuss women’s education and the Let Girls Learn initiative on Wednesday, March 16. -
Rumors around SXSW said that Israeli psych guitarist Yonatan Gat played 17 different times this year. Here he is at Dreamland on Wednesday, March 16. And here are his jams. -
Open Mike Eagle added hip hop to a stacked rock line-up at the Barracuda on Wednesday, March 16. Listen to his funny, yet thoughtful rhymes now. -
Oakland’s Shannon & the Clams had the crowd twisting and shaking ’til about 2 a.m. at the Barracuda. Check out why. -
Tucson-based lathe cutting master Michael Dixon (right) and his partner Kris Dorr brought their Mobile Vinyl recording operation to town. -
Tucsonans know about People in a Position to Know and folks in Austin found out too at a showcase on Thursday, March 17. -
Yonatan Gat’s drummer practices at an Austin bus stop. The band was spotted around town at least four more times. -
Jad Fair joked with the outdoor crowd at Obsolete Industries as a part of the PIAPTK showcase. -
Dawn Richard wowed with her brand of upbeat R&B. -
Dawn Richard’s explosive live show kept the energy high at Hype Hotel on Thursday, March 17. -
Branding is everything. -
A costumed haiku writer wrote personalized poems for the crowd at The Grackle. -
XIXA’s psych cumbia rock blend fit right in at Hotel Vegas on Thursday, March 17. -
Promoting their new albumBloodline, XIXA offered a taste of Tucson in an official SXSW showcase. -
Rapper Cash Lansky also performed officially at SXSW on Thursday, March 17. -
Lansky gets into the crowd at Austin’s Sledge Hammer. -
Band names these days… -
The blur of psych-influenced bands and fans at Hotel Vegas. -
Santigold played to a massive crowd after Charli XCX at Stubb’s on Friday, March 18. Check out a new song from the national artist. -
Tucson’s b4skin kept the crowd guessing what they would do next at Spider House on Saturday, March 19. -
b4skin adds a fun, but imposing presence with four female vocalists. -
Listen to locals b4skin before you see them next in town. -
Katterwaul also represented Tucson at Spider House. -
Frontwoman Brittany Katter refers to SXSW as a “pilgrimage” for musicians. -
What half a second of Katterwaul’s Jeff Lownsbury shredding looks like. -
Pick up a copy of Katterwaul’s 15 Foreverhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDaAUMzfPMg now. -
Vocalist Steph O’Halloran commands the audience’s attention at the Bloat Records organized showcase. -
Lemon Drop Gang’s O’Halloran wasn’t afraid to get up in the crowd’s face on Saturday, March 19. -
Lemon Drop Gang puts on one hell of a danceable show. -
What showing of Tucson music would be complete without the incomparably silly Whoops? -
Ending SXSW with Whoops was the way to go, but you should catch a show here in Tucson if you can.