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SXSW 2015 is taking place March 17–22, 2015. We love this time of the year, as many bands heading down to Austin will likely stop in Minneapolis before or after the event. Keep up with more SXSW coverage at sxsw.weheartmusic.com. ….

Lio from Kanine Records, Michael & Orly from Music for Listeners, and Vu & Brody from W♥M discuss SXSW 2018.

Topics:

Not many “big acts” at SXSW 2018

More focused on smaller local and international bands

Mumford & Sons booked at the very first Music for Listeners show

Downtown Sixth Street has moved to East Sixth Street

Lyft & Uber were kicked out of Austin in 2016, but they are now back

Music for Listeners’ SXSW shows moved to Lazarus Brewing

Brody’s top five: Durand Jones & The Indications, Girl Ray, Shopping, Lucy Dacus, and Kraus

Lio: Pearl Charles, Hatchie, Girl Ray, Our Girl, and Starcrawler

Orly: The Melenas, Girl Ray, Pearl Charles

Colossus, a Pre-SXSW Showcase at Pianos in New York

Differences between SXSW and CMJ (College Music Journal)

Bands who moved on from Kanine Records to bigger labels

Band on everyone’s list: Girl Ray

Song of the show: Pearl Charles’ “Night Tides”. The song is taken from her debut Sleepless Dreamer (Kanine Records). Her songs are often compared to Lana Del Rey.

Bonus:

How Hockey Dad was discovered in Australia

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Archive of this show at archive.org. More information on podomatic.com. Recording of this podcast was made possible by Skype, MP3 Skype Recorder, and Audacity.