This is probably old news, but it’s the first time I’m seeing it.

I’m gonna start bunching up SXSW party announcements as much as I can to save some space. But that shouldn’t imply that the bunched-up shows are any less noteworthy than non-bunched-up shows.

Anyway, here are two great new Friday day parties from AAM and I Guess I’m Floating.

AAM 2010 SXSW Extravaganza
Galaxy Room Backyard, 508 E. 6th St.
Friday, 3/19 – 12pm to 6pm

I Guess I’m Floating – Floating Fest 2K10
Lovejoy’s, 604 Neches St.
Friday, 3/19 – 12pm to 7pm

Where: French Legation museum
When: Sat., March 20th from 12pm to 8pm
How: Free and open to everyone. Email here for map and line up with set times. (I’ll try to post when I get set time info.)

Who:

Laurel Collective (London, UK)
Malachai (Bristol, UK)
Villagers (Dublin, IE)
Admiral Radley (Sherman Oaks, CA) – feat Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) & Aaron Espinoza (Earlimart)
The Kissaway Trail (Odense, Denmark)
Karen Elson (Nashville, TN)
Sweet Apple (Cleveland, OH) – feat. J Mascis and Tim Parnin
YACHT (Portland, OR)
Frightened Rabbit (Selkirk, Scotland)

A day party (Thurs) and a night showcase (Fri). RSVP via Facebook for the day party here.

Musebox, Pirate! Promotion & Bandize Present – Thursday Day Party

Musebox & Pirate! Promotion Present – Friday Showcase

Just a few pics from last night’s excellent Heligoats show at Schubas. My pictures came out pretty badly overall, due to poor positioning in the crowd, and a lack of motivation to try to find a better spot. If you look at my unedited photos in my Flickr set, you’ll see the back of the head of a guitarist in a couple of my favorite Chicago bands.

If you missed the Heligoats last night, well, shame on you… but you have another chance to see them on May 13th opening for Clem Snide at Lincoln Hall.

Missed this one when it came out a few days ago. Solid lineup on both days, though given how packed my Thursday schedule is already, odds are I’ll aim for Friday.

Shows go on from 11am to 5pm each day.

Via Worn White.

I’m still hoping that one of the unannounced special guests is Guns n’ Roses, but I’m probably the only one.

Wednesday 3/17
1:30 – Visqueen
2:15 – The Bloodline
3:00 – Chasing Kings
3:00 – Annie Mac (DJ)
3:45 – We Were Promised Jetpacks
4:30 – Free Energy
5:00 -Nguzunguzu (DJ)
5:15 – Ratas Del Vaticano
6:00 – Freelance Whales
6:45 – BRAHMS
7:30 – Special Guests TBA

Thursday 3/18
1:00 Eskimo (DJ)
1:00 CFCF (DJ)
1:30 Yawn
2:15 Everything everything
2:15 Harlem
3:00 Best Coast
3:45 Neon Indian
4:30 Local Natives
5:15 Bomba Estereo
6:00 CHEW LiPS
6:45 Morning Benders
7:30 Special Guests TBA

Friday 3/19
1:00 Cool Places Sound System (DJ)
1:30 Love of Diagrams
3:00 Japandroids
3:00 Tanlines (DJ)
3:45 The Drums
4:30 The Very Best
5:00 Jokers of the Scene (DJ)
5:15 XYX
6:00 Marina & The Diamonds
6:45 Fool’s Gold
7:30 Midnight Madness

Saturday 3/20
1:00 Lemonade (DJ)
1:30 Memory Tapes
2:15 Tamaryn
3:00 Dam-Funk
3:00 Poirier (DJ)
3:45 Salem
4:30 Dum Dum girls
5:15 Chico Mann
6:00 Washed Out
6:45 Real Estate
7:00 A Trak (DJ)
7:30 Special Guests TBA
8:30 Special Guests TBA

As I said earlier, Brooklyn Vegan has a ton (7, to be exact) of shows at SXSW this year. Here’s the first, kicking off at noon on Wednesday. Set times follow the flyer.

Outside/Main Stage
12:00 YellowFever
12:45 The Rural Alberta Advantage
01:30 The Morning Benders
02:15 Japandroids
03:00 Titus Andronicus
03:45 The Black Angels
04:30 GZA
05:15 Fucked Up
DJs: Finger on the Pulse

Inside/Metal Stage (Emo’s Jr)
12:00 – Kill The Client
12:35 – The Atlas Moth
01:20 – Javelina
02:05 – Dark Castle
02:50 – Salome
03:35 – Landmine Marathon
04:20 – Withered
05:05 – Torche

FREE DRINKS COURTESY OF: Magic Hat & Firefly Vodka (while supplies last)
FREE VEGAN BREAKFAST TACOS COURTESY OF: Mr. Natural (starting @ noon. while supplies last)
MORE FREE FOOD COURTESY OF: Daily Juice (from 2-5)
MORE FREE FOOD COURTESY OF: Raw Revolution Bars
MORE FREE FOOD COURTESY OF: Hail Merry

EDITED TO ADD: Please note that the lineup order changed a bit. The flyer you see below is the updated one as of Tues. 3/9.

Pretty sure I already posted info on this show, but there’s an updated flyer with set times now.

Meh.

(via Bloodshot Records)

A few MP3s that I’ve been listening to today. I’ve been hearing about Dawes for a while now, but this is the first time I’ve listened to them – wish I’d done it a lot earlier, as this might be the best new song I hear this week. The 1986 reminds me a lot of Silkworm (which is a very good thing). And I had no idea that David Bazan had released a live album (recorded here in Chicago at Electrical Audio). Gonna have to pick that up.

Dawes, “Love Is All I Am”

1986, “Black Spring”

David Bazan “Magazine” (from Live at Electrical Audio)

RSVP here.

We’re throwing a free backyard bbq in Austin on Friday, March 19th from 12pm – 7pm with some of our favorite bands during SXSW. The event will be held at a private residence, with limited admittance. Please RSVP for the address. Food and beverage will be provided. Bring your friends and let’s hang out.

Muzzle of Bees Backyard BBQ Line Up:

12:30-12:50 | Juniper Tar
1:00-1:30 | Roadside Graves
1:45-2:15 | The Lovely Feathers
2:30-3:00 | The Love Language
3:15-3:45 | Still Life Still
4:00-4:30 | The Loom
4:45-5:15 | Odawas
5:30-6:00 | The Rural Alberta Advantage
6:15-6:45 | These United States

Wow. This is, hands down, the best week of live music in Chicago since I moved here in October. There are multiple solid shows every night of the week (well, maybe not Sunday), and great music pretty much all day long on Saturday. If you don’t get out and see live music this week – and lots of it – then you’ve got problems.

Shows in bold are recommended shows, while shows in larger bold red are shows that I plan on going to and/or shows that I really, really think you should be going to.

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Monday, March 8
Beat Kitchen: Pat McCurdy
Empty Bottle: JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, The Dirty Diamonds, East of Edens (DJ) [FREE SHOW]
Harris Theatre: The Magnetic Fields, Laura Barrett
Hideout: Iraq Veterans Against The War (An Evening of Performances)
Lincoln Hall: Efterklang, volcano!
Martyrs: Matthew Jason, Robert Hynes, Dan Patrevito & Friends
Schubas: Laugh It Up Kid (comedy night)

Efterklang & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra: “Cutting Ice to Snow” (live video)

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Tuesday, March 9
Beat Kitchen: Chicago Underground Comedy
Double Door: Conductive Alliance, Please the Trees, Brother George, All Tiny Creatures
Empty Bottle: Ghetto Caviar, Patrick Thunder, VALIS, People Sometimes
Hideout: Sanctified Grumblers
House of Blues: Howie Day, Matt Lowell
Lincoln Hall: Califone (performing live soundtrack to “All My Friends Are Funeral Singers”)
Martyrs: Grand Atlantic, Gidgets Ga Ga, Autumn Owls
Reggie’s Music Joint: Mr. Blotto, Dank
Ronny’s: Battleship, Alniente, Daryl Shawn, Sunglasses
Schubas: Via Audio, Pattern Is Movement, Blane Fonda

Grand Atlantic: “She’s a Dreamer” (video)
Via Audio: “Modern Day Saint” (video)

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Wednesday, March 10
Beat Kitchen: One for the Team, A Night in the Box, We All Have Hooks for Hands, The Blissters
Bottom Lounge: Arbogast, Novaroma, Samantha
Double Door: Loyal Divide, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, City at Large, more
Empty Bottle: Vetiver, Robbie Hamilton & Soft Drugs, Please the Trees
Hideout: Immediate Sound Series ft. Ericson/Lonberg-Holm/Mueller
House of Blues: Chrisette Michele, Laura Izibor, Lem Payne
Lakeshore Theater: Vinicio Capossela
Lincoln Hall: Califone (rock show), Roommate
Martyrs: Dastardly, Lorelei & the Troublemakers, The Tree, Jeff Lescher & Eddie Ulm
Reggie’s Music Joint: Saint Bernadette, Joe Roberto and Poverty Hash, more
Reggie’s Rock Club: Fresh Produce Producer Battle, NoTryDo Sincere, more
Ronny’s: Dirtybird, Hot Giraffe, Baby Giraffe and His Prom Dates
Schubas: Surfer Blood, Turbo Fruits, MillionYoung [SOLD OUT]
Subterranean: The Gunshy, Jared Grabb, The Sky We Scrape, The Spend

One for the Team: “Garden” (video)
Surfer Blood: “Swim” (video)
Vetiver: “More of This” (live video)

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Thursday, March 11
Abbey Pub: Raoul Duke, Herbert Wiser Band, Thinner Teed, Chester Borwn, Big Sky String Band
Beat Kitchen: A Modern Love Story, Blank Image, Haywood Yards, Jacobi Wichita, Hold Everything
Bottom Lounge: Liquid Soul, Balkano, 7th Kind, Black Bear Combo
Double Door: Greensky Bluegrass
Empty Bottle: Young Widows, My Disco, Phantom Family Halo
Hideout: Shapers, Old Fake, Driftless Pony Club
House of Blues (Back Porch): Chris Duarte & Bluestone Company
Lincoln Hall: We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Lonely Forest, Bear Hands
Martyrs: The Webelos, Push, The Outbreaks
Reggie’s Music Joint: One & Only, Boats!!, Halfwaynorth
Reggie’s Rock Club: Koku Gonza, DJ Shannon, Blah Blah Blah
Ronny’s: Imperial China, Hunting Abroad, Mountain for Clouds
Schubas: Tigercity, Gemini Club, The Silent Years, Wave Machines
Subterranean: Very Truly Yours, Summer Cats, City Center

We Were Promised Jetpacks: “It’s Thunder and It’s Lightning” (live acoustic video)
Imperial China: Live at Fort Reno (video)

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Friday, March 12
Beat Kitchen: Pelican, Pinebender, Follows
Bottom Lounge: Kreator, Voivod, Nachmystium, Evile, Lazarus A.D.
Congress Theater: House of Pain, La Coka Nostra w/ GZA
Double Door: My Dear Disco, Shoeless Revolution, Alter Ego
Empty Bottle: Lasers and Fast and Shit, Pool of Frogs, Carjack
Hideout: Chandeliers, Night Gallery, Axis:sovA, DJs Chris Kalis + Jesse Sandvik
House of Blues: Gaelic Storm
Lincoln Hall (7pm): Tally Hall, Jukebox the Ghost, Skybox
Lincoln Hall (11pm): Hockey, The Constellations [SOLD OUT]
Martyrs: Micah Walk, Shelley Miller, Steve Dawson
Metro: The Aquabats, Mustard Plug, Plunket
Reggie’s Music Joint: Paperbeat, Matt Kelly, The Young Republic
Reggie’s Rock Club: Curren$y, L.E. For The Uncool, Fly Union, more
Ronny’s: The Part V, I Love You, The Idle Kings
Schubas (7pm): David Ford, Brent Puls
Schubas (10pm): Pretty Good Dance Moves, Harper Blynn, California Wives
Subterranean: Vivian Girls, Male Bonding, The Alright Alreadies
United Center: Muse, Silversun Pickups
The Vic: Jeff Tweedy

Jeff Tweedy: “The Ruling Class” (live video)
Vivian Girls: “When I’m Gone” (video)

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Saturday, March 13
Aragon Ballroom: Flogging Molly
Beat Kitchen (7pm): Family of the Year, The Help Desk, The Queen Killing Kings
Beat Kitchen (10:30pm): Zola Jesus, Beau Wanzer, Fielded
Bottom Lounge: Ted Leo/RX, Title Tracks, Chicago Stone Lightning Band
Congress Theater: El Costeno y Concierto
Double Door: SUBliminal – a Night of Dubstep, Drum & Bass and Hip Hop
Empty Bottle: Bloodiest, A/V Murder, Electric Hawk
Hideout (3pm): SXSW Benefit w/ Waco Brothers, Via Tania, Hood Internet, more
House of Blues: Gaelic Storm
House of Blues (Back Porch): Kevin Flynn & Avondale Ramblers
Lincoln Hall (12pm): Claychella 2010 ft. Flosstradamus, The Hood Internet, many more
Martyrs: Trainwreck (ft. Kyle Gass), Ghost Shirt
Metro: RJD2, Break Science, Happy Chichester
Reggie’s Music Joint: Curio, Echo Son, Township
Reggie’s Rock Club: Poladot Cadaver, Ideamen, Vampire Mooose, Karen Page
Rivera Theatre: Ray Davies
Ronny’s: The Brokedowns, Days Off, Bird Sounds, Love and Squalor, Barn Burner
Schubas (1pm): Pretty Good Dance Moves, The Bon Mots
Schubas: Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore
Subterranean: Harvey Milk, Coalesce, The Atlas Moth
The Vic: Jeff Tweedy

Ted Leo: “One Polaroid a Day” (live video)
Title Tracks: “Black Bubblegum” (live video)

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Sunday, March 14
Beat Kitchen (12pm): Super Stolie and the Rockstars
Beat Kitchen (7:30pm): Katie & Pat, Steven Gilpin
Bottom Lounge: Orphaned Land, Indian, Suidakra, A Storm of Light, Via Vengence
Double Door (7pm): Amaral, The Right Ons, Maika Makosvski
Double Door (10:30pm): Dan Patevito & MT Smiles
Empty Bottle: Battlefields, Junius, Why Intercept?
Lincoln Hall: Dervish
Metro: Copeland, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody’s Business, Person L, Deas Vail
Reggie’s Rock Club: Raashan Adhmad, Coolzey, Moodswangz, Tony Bombz, more
Ronny’s: Truman & His Trophy, Eagle Scout
Schubas: Think About Life, Diamond Rings, guest
Subterranean: Howlin Tumbleweeds, The Canoes, The Earth is a Man, Slowhawks

Think About Life: “Sweet Sixteen” (video)

Some pics from Friday night’s show that I forgot to post yesterday.

Foreign Born

Free Energy

Clovers

No flyer that I can find. You can RSVP on Facebook, but I’m not sure if it’s necessary or not.

Friday, March 19, 2010
12pm-6pm
The Independent at 501 Studio
Venue Entrance on Brushy St. btwn 5th and 6th

12pm Candi & the Strangers
1pm Ringo Deathstarr
2pm Ume
3pm Migas
4pm …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
5pm Sixteen Deluxe