Donewaiting.com’s 2009 SXSW coverage brought to you by Energizer’s Energi to Go Okay, lot’s going on. Hard to keep up. Don’t forget Showlist Austin and SCHED* for all your SXSW prep work. RSVP for the Fader Fort here. No info of line-up or location yet. Rumors continue to fly...

MP3: Hell or High Water by Blue Giant I remember the first time I saw an M&M ice cream sandwich at the ice cream truck and thought, “Holy crap, I never thought of putting M&Ms, cookies and ice cream together but it makes more sense than anything else I’ve ever learned in this s...

Oh man, things are starting to get crazy. Right? Music by the Slice has a lot of great bands including Mason Proper, Jason Isbell, and Flosstradamus. And I hear their pizza is pretty dope. The Hype Machine is launching their new Radio show at SXSW with a pretty cool show featuring Thomas Function, T...

I am really happy to announce that I will be part of the Bloggers Are Now in Charge panel at SXSW. Now, I’m not exactly sure what I am in charge of other than picking out what I’m going to wear in the morning, but I think it’s gonna be a pretty sweet panel. Description: Amid the ru...

214 W. 4th St. between Colorado and Lavaca Sts., Austin Wednesday, March 18 – 12 noon til 10:30 p.m. List of Artists and Schedule of set times: Outdoor Stage: 12:00-12:20 My Jerusalem- New Orleans, LA 12:40-1:05 Gurf Morlix-Austin TX 1:25-1:50 Bukka Allen-Austin TX 2:10-2:35 Randy Weeks- Austin TX...

Daylight by Matt and Kim Matt and Kim are one of my favorite live bands. So much energy and infectious happiness it’s hard not to fall in love. They just released a new album, Grand , and it’s already one of my wife’s favorites. They’ll be playing Skully’s on February 2...

Honestly, I don’t really know who Bigelf is. The people in our message board, do, though. The band recently played Columbus and I was struck by how completely different the reviews have been. Click here to read the discussion Gonzo loved the show: If Jesus had giant balls, a shit ton of gear a...

I had complained that it was difficult to go through the 1,800+ band list on SXSW’s site and find what bands had been added and removed. A few hours later, a kind donewaiting.com reader (Jay Sutton) sent me lists of just the bands added and removed. He used computer magic. Silversun Pickups we...

Michael Carney has illustrated a lot of high profile album covers, most notably the entire discography for The Black Keys (you may note that he shares a last name with the drummer of the band, Pat Carney (his bro)). Most recently, he did the artwork for The Mountain , by The Heartless Bastards. The ...

For the first minute and a half of this Adulture remix, you may feel you are in some sort of Sci-Fi outerspace Sigourney Weaver situation. By 2:20 you realize it’s time to forget about that alien that wants to eat your skull and just dance. MP3: Rer D (Adulture Remix)...