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

We kicked off our local residency series at Stubb’s back in November with Neon Indian, and now we’re back at the same venue for another installment of the WOXY Local Residency series.

This time, we’re excited to welcome one of our favorite local bands, the Golden Boys, Crooks and A Giant Dog. The latest and fourth Golden Boys record, Thee Electric Wolfman is a “shambolic collection of party rockers and soulful wailers.” They’re a lot of fun — especially live — and we can’t wait to ramble through some punk rock with them on March 11. Crooks will be on the road in early March before returning home to rock with us at Stubb’s.

WOXY Local Residency Series
Golden Boys, Crooks & A Giant Dog
Stubb’s Inside
March 11, 2010
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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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From our friends at Austinist: “Though you can listen to the upcoming Midlake record The Courage of Others at NPR, we think it’s a lot more fun to get together with friends, have a couple beers, and give away some vinyl when we do a listening party. That’s why we’re teaming up with WOXY again for another listening party at the Scoot Inn on February 2 at the Scoot Inn. Join us!

In addition to the CD and digital album release, the band will release a deluxe edition, featuring a copy of the band’s short film directed by Jason Lee, a double LP, 45 rpm version of the record, a 32-page book and a live CD. We’ll have a few goodies (some vinyl included) for contest winners and much more at the event, so come on out and say hello.”

Visit Austinist to enter to win our vinyl contest.

If you’ve been to Marfa, you’ve got a story to tell. You’re probably always looking for a reason to go back to the vast landscapes and friendly people, back to a place where the sheer beauty of our fair state shines through without hesitation. Everyone loves Marfa, and WOXY is so excited to be a part of the city’s legendary film festival, happening May 5-9. Marfa is a small town alone on a high plateau, a place defined by a history of separation, where life proceeds at its own distinct pace as a harmony of antithesis: cowboy culture and high-art. Designed as a gasp of fresh air, Marfa Film Festival is a retreat far away from the chaotic and competitive environments found on the festival circuit. It’s a get-a-way that is truly WAY out there.

Because Marfa’s wide-open plain, distant mountains and incomparably starry nights are part of the draw, Marfa Film Festival will have outdoor screenings during the festival. Indoor screenings – 30 hours of features, shorts and experimental works – will be anchored at the state-of-the-art Crowley theater. Festival headquarters will be at the famous Paisano Hotel (where James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor lived during the filming of “Giant”).

WOXY will be giving away some day passes to the festival between now and May – email us at woxycontests @ gmail.com with the subject line ‘Marfa’ to be entered to win.

Marfa Film Festival [Official] [Facebook]
May 5th to May 9th, 2010
P.O. Box 999, Marfa, TX 79843
Tickets ($20-$450)
info@marfafilmfestival.org

Fiery Furnaces are hitting the road and heading to Austin to play the Parish on January 28.

In 2009, the brother-sister duo Matt and Eleanor Friedberger released “The End Is Near”, a full length called I’m Going Away and its reworked covers companion Take Me Round Again. They also premiered the video for “Even in the Rain”, featuring the Friedbergers as well as Ted Travelstead (a friend and co-writer of the director Scott Jacobson), Jon Wurster (drummer for Superchunk and the Mountain Goats and part of the brilliant radio comedy team Scharpling and Wurster), Jason Loewenstein (bassist for The Fiery Furnaces and also a member of Sebadoh) and of course John Oliver (Daily Show).

The band didn’t make it to Austin on their last round of shows, so we’re happy to be presenting their show here in Austin together with Austinist and The Onion. Send an email to us at woxycontests @ gmail.com with the subject line ‘Fiery Furnaces’ to be entered to win a pair of free tickets to the show.