If you wanna get your party on before the official SXSW insanity starts, there are plenty of pre-shows to get your festivities started off right. Here are a few to think about attending.
Saturday the 14th is all about a kickass local lineup at the Mohawk: ATX Emerge is back! They threw last Fall’s ATX Converge (with Belaire, White Denim, Black Joe Lewis, and more), and their first Emerge party before SXSW last year. This year, the list of stellar local bands pretty much has us drooling: Belaire, Brazos, Freshmillions, Foot Patrol, Harlem, Sunset, Ume (pictured above), the White White Lights, and Zeale. Haven’t seen Freshmillions or Zeale before, but all the others have proven themselves completely awesome live. (RSVP here)
One of the biggest (and likely, most difficult to get into) shows is Tuesday night at Pangaea with the Decemberists and Gomez. It’s the IFC Crossroads party, and wristbands for it are only available the day before (that’s Monday the 16th) at Waterloo Records at 10am. You might wanna take a quick detour from work to grab them then, because they are not going to be around for long.
Check back for more later; you know we’ll keep you posted!
