NI at SXSW Film, 'Good Vibrations' with Terri Hooley

NI at SXSW is the collective brand for Northern Ireland’s Film, Music and Interactive presence at South By Southwest. Across those three sectors 25 companies have made the trip across, including a delegation around the film, Good Vibrations, celebrating Terri Hooley and the birth of punk in Northern Ireland with its North American premiere today.

NI at SXSW Artist, Tim Wheeler Also making the journey over, interactive companies such as Inflyte, a mobile music promotion platform, plus emerging and established bands across genres from techno to folk to shoegaze post-punk.

The party will celebrate all three strands of Northern Ireland’s creative industries and will feature live performances from Tim Wheeler (Ash), Psycatron, The Lost Brothers and Girls Names.

NI at SXSW Monday, March 11th
8pm-late
Latitude 30

Email info@nisxsw.com to RSVP

SXSW Eco Light Garden at Republic Square Park. photo by Scott Wilcox

Welcome, welcome to Day Four of the SXSW. Music registration opens today and it's always fascinating how as soon as that reset button gets pushed, the jeans get tighter, the facial hair increases, and we turn the beat around.

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• SXSW Convergence continues today. Music registrants can head to the Long Center after they pick up their badges and see some killer programming. Shaq! They Might Be Giants! Wut?! Film and IA peeps, you've been converging for days, right?

Every day the SXSW Staff have been taking loads of fun and interesting shots around the festival. We've been posting them to our super groovy Flickr Group (which you should join -- and post to -- as well, because photographical evidence = huzzah!).

Here's a brief rundown of the first few days at SXSW (from top to bottom, left to right):

I think Angel Haze is one of my new heroes. She's a raw, unbridled, furious, ferocious, truth teller whose music is f'ing catchy as hell.

Raised in Detroit in a Pentecostal family, she's a rape and sexual abuse survivor and feminist who could probably kick your ass. It's like every ten years or so I get introduced to these female vocalists who make me wish they'd been around when I was coming of age musically (Otep was the last).

Angel Haze, born Raykeea Wilson, is performing four times at the festival: Thursday, March 14 at Easy Tiger at 1.15 am, Friday, March 15 at The Pandora Porch at 10pm, Saturday, March 16 at Austin Music Hall at 6.30pm and again on Saturday at Cedar Street Courtyard at 1am. Plenty of opportunities to hear the stories behind the scars.

Photo Courtesy of Merrick Ales

The SXSW Trade Show is now open!

With hundreds of cutting-edge exhibitors from across the globe, the SXSW trade show allows you to connect with the best of the best in the creative industries.

In addition, there are a number of great networking venues and recruiting opportunities, such as Meet Ups at the Meet Up Pavillion and the Startup Networking Lounge. Highlights include:

As the first weekend of SXSW 2013 comes to an end, ask yourself what would "Year Round SX Guy" do? He would remember that this is actually only the beginning and that there is still a seemingly endless number of events to attend over the next seven days. One of which will be a music showcase hosted by freecreditscore.com at the IFC Crossroads House, featuring Divine Fits, Pickwick, Ambassadors and more!

As the days inch closer to SXSW Music our anticipation grows for Sonicbids Official SXSW Party. The annual day party features hours of non-stop music from the hottest bands from across the world.

Here’s who you can expect to see this year on Friday, March 15 at Maggie Mae’s.

HGTV bring the noise in 2013! This year’s Paste party at SXSW will be bigger than ever. Four days. 44 bands. Two stages. Free drinks.

HGTV has teamed up with Paste for their ninth annual party at SXSW March 13-16. With 11 bands per day, the lineup includes both some of the festival’s most exciting veteran performers including Billy Bragg, Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale, Josh Ritter and The Zombies, as well as newcomers like Foxygen, The Lone Bellow and GUARDS. The SXSW Official four-day party will be held at one of 6th Street’s biggest music venues, The Stage on Sixth (508 E. 6th Street), from noon to 6pm.

Click here for more info!

Family of the year?  Cutest band of the year more like!

These charming Los Angeles transplants have made fans of peeps as diverse as Keith Lockhart, Ben Folds, and, you know, Steven Tyler.