Last week, we ran an awesome contest giving listeners a chance to come visit us during SXSW and catch a Lounge Act session live in our studio. We gave away spots to folks (and a friend) to come down for Frightened Rabbit, Mynabirds, Ruby Suns, Miles Kurosky and Bear in Heaven. The winners will come down to WOXY, eat some food from Home Slice Pizza and drinks from Sweet Leaf Tea.

This week, we’re happy to announce the winners. Details will be sent to them via email later today. Thanks so much to everyone who entered to win and we look forward to seeing you at SX!

* Eric Alper of Toronto
* Ellen Davis of Chicago, IL
* Julia Elizondo of Austin, TX
* Reagan Flume of Austin, TX
* Sonya Gonzales of Austin, TX
* Eric Kotara of Austin, TX
* Jessica Lindley of Austin, TX
* Meg Mazour of Austin, TX
* Luis Mendoza of Los Angeles, CA
* Sarah Petmecky of Austin, TX

It’s back! The unofficial festival during the festival, MESS WITH TEXAS is returning for the fourth year, bringing two days of awesomeness to an open space near you for the affordable price of free. MWTX has always been a dependable place to see some great bands, but this year is especially nuts.

Friday Headliners include:

* Eclectic Psych/funk/rock band of minstrels Man Man, who released their Rabbit Habits LP last year.
* Acclaimed activist-songwriter Billy Bragg.
* Surf-punk pioneers Man, Or Astroman?, who soundtracked Space Ghost Coast to Coast in the 90‘s and have only gotten weirder since.
* Scottish shoegazers Frightened Rabbit, who just released their third album The Winter of Mixed Drinks this month.

Saturday’s lineup is just intense. Headliners:

* Death Metal freak show and all-around mindscrew GWAR. (Gallagher-style ponchos and/ or chastity belts NOT included, but recommended.)
* Perennial hard partier Andrew W.K., who amidst bizarre rumors regarding his true identity, just released his new double album Close Calls with Brick Walls, and has continued his daily routine of partying hard.
* Long Beach, California Psychedelic roots rock darlings Crystal Antlers.
* Austin/Denton/Brooklyn/Pluto glo-fi phenom Neon Indian, still riding high off a funky-fresh turn on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

The lineup also includes can’t miss sets from bands such as WOXY favorites Japandroids, Yacht, Oh No Ono, Holy F*ck, and Smith Westerns.

Unlike years past, the party has moved to the MWTX Lot at 1001 East 6th street. Join WOXY at MWTX on Friday, March 19th and Saturday, March 20th from 12-5pm!

Be sure to check out the flyer above for the full lineup, and head to www.MXTWPARTY.com for more info, directions, and RSVP info! -Bobby Strobeck

MWTX
1001 E. 6th street
Friday, March 19th – Sat, March 20th
noon-5pm
RSVP

We told you we had a lot of surprises up our sleeves for SXSW this year, and we didn’t lie. In addition to our official showcase at Emo’s Annex on March 19 and our solid week of live SXSW Lounge Acts, we’re co-presenting Home Slice Pizza’s Music by the Slice 2010 party, taking place March 18-20 at Home Slice on S. Congress.

Every year, Home Slice turns their joint into a kick-ass venue, hosting dozens of bands in three days totally for free. This year is not different, and trust us: the line-up is their best yet. In their words:

We are already working hard at wooing our favorite bands and listening to all the new stuff coming in. This year for the first time, we have partnered with the online radio station WOXY to record performances and broadcast live tracks from them in the coming year.

That’s right – we’ll be recording all their SXSW sets and you’ll soon hear them spinning as part of our regular WOXY rotation. We couldn’t be more excited. This year’s day party will run Thursday, March 18th through Saturday March, 20th. We will host 30+ bands on two stages on our patio. This is a party for music fans by music fans.

Follow the jump for a list of all the bands on the bill. See you there! Get more info here.

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We’re proud to announce the details of our SXSW day party, happening Wednesday, March 17 at the Mohawk. Together with Austinist and BMI, we’re pulling out all the stops for this year’s event.

The Mohawk (located at 912 Red River) is one of the premiere Austin venues, and we’ll be using both the indoor and outdoor stage for our event. The terrace will treat fans to a bird’s eye view of the outdoors, and the upstairs VIP deck will be the hot spot in downtown Austin that afternoon.

With special surprises from our friends at Home Slice Pizza, Public School and others, we’re promising you a good time. We’ll be posting more details and information about what you can expect at our party soon.

Oh, and we’ve got a pretty good lineup for you, too.

INSIDE
11:45-12:30 Julianna Barwick
12:30-1:05 Anni Rossi
1:15-1:50 Toro y Moi
2:00-2:35 Warpaint
2:45-3:30 Body Language
3:45-4:30 Royal bangs
4:45-5:45 Phantogram

OUTSIDE
12:00-12:30 All Get Out
12:40-1:15 Yukon Blonde
1:25-2:00 MyNameIsJohnMichael
2:10-2:45 Dan Black
2:55-3:30 Small Black
3:40-4:15 Washed Out
4:20-5:00 Besnard Lakes
5:10-6:00 White Denim

Every year, WOXY hunkers down for SXSW in the studio and records live sessions with a slew of our favorite bands. This year is special, though. It’s our first year as Austin residents, and our first year with a fantastic space that is all ours — and you can bet we’ve thrown our hearts and minds completely into planning this year’s SXSW Lounge Acts.

We’re also offering something completely new and special to our listeners. Together with Home Slice Pizza and Sweet Leaf Tea, we’re giving some listeners the unique opportunity to join us for some of our Lounge Acts. Take a look at the acts we’ve got scheduled (a couple more TBA but don’t let that stop you from submitting your request) and let us know who you’d like to see. If you’re chosen as a winner, you’ll get to come down to our studios on S. Congress Ave, watch your favorite band from our special viewing deck, eat pizza from Home Slice and drink tea from Sweet Leaf and do a meet and greet with the band after their set. Winners will also receive goodie bags from some of our partners filled with loads of awesome swag. You and a guest will have a very special SXSW experience with us and we’re so excited to get things underway! Just fill out the form and hang tight – winners will be notified the week before SXSW, plenty of time for you to think of an excuse to duck out of work and catch some live music with WOXY, Home Slice and Sweet Leaf Tea.

On the schedule are: You You’re Awesome, Via Audio, Twin Tigers, The Mynabirds, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, The Ruby Suns, Frightened Rabbit, Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore, Miles Kurosky (of Beulah), The Besnard Lakes, Bear in Heaven, Avi Buffalo, Surfer Blood, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. Follow the jump to get more details on all the bands, find out the set times, and more!

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We’re proud to announce our official SXSW showcase, happening Friday March 19 at Emo’s Annex (600 Red River St). This is just the beginning of our SXSW plans, so stay tuned for more updates!

WOXY is proud to present Four Tet live at the Mohawk on Feb. 20.

He’ll be on the road, performing in only 9 U.S. cities supporting his latest full length, There Is Love In You It is Kieran Hebden’s first full length album in over four years and is his fifth LP to date. The first single, “Love Cry”, is a mesmerizing piece of music that has us very excited about the rest of the record – due out Jan. 25.

In a recent interview with the Guardian, Hebden said of his routine, “I get up relatively late, and I don’t like to have any set work plan,” he says. “Instead I have making music going on in the background to my otherwise mundane life. I don’t have an agent, I organise my own tours, and apart from the odd deadline when I have to do a remix, I work on tracks as and when it fits in.” Sounds pretty good to us.

For a chance to win tickets to this show, email us: woxycontests @ gmail.com and use the subject line ‘Four Tet’. You can also RSVP to our Facebook event to be entered to win. You may also buy tickets here. ($12)

Poster art by Shaun Lind, a member of Austin-based creative collective PUBLIC SCHOOL.

Once again, this year’s SXSW festival will be augmented by three days of kick-ass music at Home Slice Pizza on South Congress Ave. The pizzeria — staffed by music lovers just like us — are preparing to blow our minds with a selection of about 30 bands in the three day event. Every year we’ve admired their lineups, and we’re so glad to be in Austin and to have the chance to party with them. We’ll be out in force, and recording the Home Slice sessions for playback on WOXY.com. It promises to be one of the best events all festival, so please join us!

From Home Slice:

“So what is a pizza shop doing hosting day parties? To start, we are obsessive music fans and a lot of us are musicians too. Our number one goal in our business the rest of the year is to treat people well, not just because we are in the “business” of service, but because it’s truly important to us. We wanted to extend that hospitality to our MXTS parties. Food is love. Music is love. It all makes sense, you know?”

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. Stay tuned for more details (and the lineup) coming very soon!

WOXY is proud to be partnering with Future Sounds, Waterloo Records, Beerland and Austinist to bring the Rumble to Austin!

The Rumble is the brainchild of Future Sounds who promote free live shows in Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Portland and now Austin. Future cities to be added include Chicago and Boston.

On Feb. 11 we launch with our first night at Beerland, and we couldn’t be happier to have a handful of our favorite local bands on the bill to help us celebrate. TV Torso, Dirty Dancing and the Happen Ins will all be on hand to rock, all for free. See you there!

The Rumble in Austin
Feb. 11
Beerland, TX
TV Torso, Dirty Dancing and the Happen Ins
Free

Austin labels, booking agents and artists – to be considered for the upcoming monthly shows please submit a link and/or send a MP3 and JPG to paige@woxy.com.

On January 26, Matador Records will release Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010, a compilation of Austin (and a bit of Denton) music. In February, WOXY and Austinist will join Matador in presenting a three-night showcase at Beerland celebrating the release.

The celebration is slated for February 4-6 at Beerland and includes Follow That Bird!, Dikes Of Holland, Kingdom Of Suicide Lovers, Distant Seconds, The Persimmons, Woven Bones, The Young, Wild America, Flesh Lights, Elvis, The No No No Hopes, Harlem, Golden Boys, Bad Sports, Love Collector, Stuffies and Lost Controls. That’s every band on the comp except Tre Orsi (who will be out of town) and The Teeners (broken up).

With a modest $5 cover for each night, we’re sure you’ll be able to squeeze in some tremendous local talent on all three evenings. Still unsure about whether or not you should show up? WOXY is giving away three-night passes between now and February 4: send us an email to woxycontests @ gmail.com and use the subject line Casual Victim Pile. We’ll let you know if you’ve won by Feb. 4.

Casual Victim Pile is still available for preorders from The Matador Store, double vinyl for the discount price of $15.30, single CD for $8.50.

Tune in to the Tuesday, January 5 episode of Local Lixx Austin, which will feature information about the shows as well as some teasers for the record.

Tentative lineup is after the jump.

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