SXSW

Adelaide’s Electric Fields, Melbourne’s Evelyn Ida Morris and Sydney’s The Lazy Eyes are the three latest Australia acts to be added to SXSW in March 2020.

Tagged as: Australia, Electric Fields, Evelyn Ida Morris, SXSW, The Lazy Eyes, USA

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SXSW Adds Over 350 More Artists

by Paul Cashmere

Another 350 artists have been announced for SXSW 2020 in Austin, Texas in April.

Tagged as: Australia, Didirri, music industry, New Zealand, SXSW, Texas, USA

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Pearl Jam To Release 11th Album Gigaton In March

by Paul Cashmere

Pearl Jam have announced the release of their 11th album ‘Gigaton’ is coming in March. (Ummm, a March release? How every SXSW of them).

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 90s, Gigaton, grunge, Pearl Jam, rock, SXSW, USA

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Nine Out of 14 Australian Acts Added To SXSW Are From Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

14 more Australian acts have been added to the SXSW showcase roster for 2020 with nine out of 14 coming from Melbourne and once again demonstrating up a complete fuck up the New South Wales music industry has become under Premier Gladys.

Tagged as: Alex The Astronaut, Austin, Australia, Baker Boy, music conference, SXSW, Texas

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Baker Boy and Alex The Astronaut Are Heading To SXSW 2020

by Paul Cashmere

17 Australian acts and three New Zealand have been announced in the first round of SXSW acts for 2020.

Tagged as: Alex The Astronaut, Austin, Australia, Baker Boy, music conference, SXSW, Texas

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Phil Tripp Departs SXSW, Upcoming Meet ‘N’ Greets Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

Phil Tripp, the SXSW representative for Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, has left SXSW after 17 years.

Tagged as: Austin, Australia, music conference, music festival, Phil Tripp, SXSW, Texas, USA

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Phil Tripp to Host SXSW Information Nights for Australian Delegates in Mid July

by Paul Cashmere

Phil Tripp, the SXSW Senior Business Develop Manager for Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, will host Meet N Greet info nights for the 2020 event mid-July in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, Phil Tripp, SXSW, USA

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SXSW 2020 Launches and Meet ‘n’ Greet Dates Are Happening In July

by Paul Cashmere

SXSW 2020 Meet ‘n’ Greet launch events have been locked in for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in July.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, Phil Tripp, SXSW, Texas, USA

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Australia’s Angie McMahon Wins A Grulke Prize at SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer-songwriter Angie McMahon has been awarded the Grulke Prize for Developing Non-U.S. Act at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Tagged as: Angie McMahon, Austin, Brent Grulke, SXSW, Texas, USA

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Sounds Australia reveal Aussie BBQ line-up

by Noise11.com

54 Australian acts will perform during SXSW 2019.

Tagged as: Aussie BBQ, Australia, Sounds Australia, SXSW, Texas

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Bjorn from Abba is speaking at SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

SXSW slipped a quiet one into their speakers schedule. Bjorn Ulvaeus from Abba will be a guest speaker at the SXSW music conference in Austin, Texas this month.

Tagged as: Abba, Auddly, Bjorn Ulvaeus, music conference, music industry, Sweden, SXSW, USA

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David Crosby To Speak At SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

SXSW has secured David Crosby as a speaker for 2019’s music conference in Austin.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Cameron Crowe, Crosby Stills & Nash, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, David Crosby, folk, rock, SXSW, The Byrds, USA

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Kirin J Callinan, AMP Shortlist 2014, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Kirin J Callinan is Coming Back after Dick Flashing Episode via SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

Disgraced Sydney post-punk performer Kirin J Callinan will use the resources of SXSW to claw back some credibility after his dick flashing expose at the ARIA Awards in 2017.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, kirin j callinan, post-punk, SXSW

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More Australian acts including Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are going to SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

More Australian acts including the one we were all watching in 2018, Perth’s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, will showcase at SXSW 2019.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, SXSW

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Seven Australian and one more New Zealand act join SXSW line-up

by Noise11.com

Three Sydney acts plus one each from Melbourne, Brisbane, Newcastle, Perth and Auckland have been added to the SXSW line-up for 2019.

Tagged as: Austin, Australians at SXSW, music festival, SXSW, USA

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18 Australian and Eight New Zealand Acts Announced for SXSW 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s Skegss and Amyl & The Sniffers and New Zealand’s The Chills will perform at SXSW 2019.

Tagged as: Amyl & The Sniffers, Australia, music festival, Skegss, SXSW, The Chills

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Changes Announce Music Passport Program for 2018

by Greg Phillips

In its inaugural year, CHANGES unites talent from America to unpack the varying facets of how Australia and the US have built such a fruitful relationship over music. To deliver crucial insight into the state of the international music business, CHANGES is hosting a series of dedicated discussions as part of the Music Passport program.

Tagged as: Changes, music industry, Music Passport, SXSW

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Neil Young And Daryl Hannah Cowboy Movie Paradox Has A Trailer

by Paul Cashmere

Daryl Hannah has released a trailer for her movie ‘Paradox’ starring Neil Young.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Daryl Hannah, movie, Neil Young, rock, SXSW, USA

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Seth Myers Introduces Gang Of Youths To The USA

by Paul Cashmere

American late night talk show host Seth Meyers has given the USA a taste of Australia’s Gang of Youth’s when they took to the show to perform their Australian hit ‘What Can I Do If The Fire Goes Out?’.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Gang of Youths, rock, SXSW

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Daryl Hannah and Neil Young Movie ‘Paradox’ To Stream On Netflix

by Paul Cashmere

‘Paradox’, the Daryl Hannah directed Neil Young movie premiering at SXSW 2018, has been picked up by Netflix.

Tagged as: Canada, country, Daryl Hannah, Neil Young, Promise of the Real, rock, SXSW, USA

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Hugh Jackman To Assist At Australia Sounds SXSW Aussie BBQ For 2018

by Paul Cashmere

Sounds Australia will pull in Hugh Jackman and Curtis Stone to assist in singing the praises of Australian music at SXSW in Austin, Texas for 2018.

Tagged as: Aussie BBQ, Austin, Curtis Stone, Hugh Jackman, music industry, Sounds Australia, SXSW, Texas

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Adele Played SXSW In 2007 And No-One Turned Up To Watch Her

by Paul Cashmere

With another year of SXSW about to pick off, lets look back 10 years to one of the showcase disasters. Her name was Adele.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Adele, contemporary, pop, SXSW, UK

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SXSW Acts, APRA Finalists and a Chat With Grouplove At Noise11 iHeartRadio

by Noise11.com

With both SXSW and the APRA AMCOS Awards less than a month away this week at iHeartRadio music news powered by Noise11.com you’ll hear a stack of new Australian music from Pretty City, Bad Pony, RVG, Gang of Youths, Alex Lahey, Paul Kelly, Jen Cloher and Dan Sultan.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, Grouplove, iHeartRadio, noise11., SXSW

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