SXSW 2011: Art Disaster #12 at Beauty Bar (3/15)

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The only way to kick off SXSW properly is to attend Art Disaster on March 15th at Beauty Bar. Now in it's 12th installment, this line up boasts one of it best group of artists yet. Google Peelander-Z right now if you don't already know. Plus we are one of the sponsors of the party so you know it's going to be good!

Fanatic Records, City On Fire, and Beauty Bar present
ART DISASTER no.12

March 15th at Beauty Bar

http://www.artdisaster.com/ for info and RSVP

Outside Stage:
1am - PEELANDER-Z
12am - THE WHITE WHITE LIGHTS
11pm - THE SHONDES
10pm - CAROL BUI
9pm - ZORCH
8pm - INVISIBLE HAND
DJ KING LOUIE between bands

Inside Stage:
1am - DJ ORIÓN
12:20am - SHUNDA K
11:30pm - DEARLING PHYSIQUE
10:30pm - SOCIAL STUDIES
9:30pm - GRIMY STYLES
8:30pm - THE ECHOCENTRICS
DJ KEIRON between bands

Early powerhour with free Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka while they last!

Thanks to all our partners:
Fanatic Records, City On Fire, Beauty Bar, Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka, Do512, Bleach Online, Ultra8201 (!) and YOU!

ACL 2010 | After Parties: Art Disaster no 11 at Beauty Bar (10/7)

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LINE UP:

Outside Stage:
12:40a - Peligrosa
12a - The Eastern Sea
11p - Sip Sip
10p - Devil in the Drink (formerly The Couch)

Inside Stage:
1:10a - uLovei
12:30a - Soul Track Mind
11:30p - Freshmillions
10:30p – The Happen-Ins
9:30p - Sphynx
9p - Yo! Santos

Sponsored by:

SCION, DOS EQUIS, CITY ON FIRE, BEAUTY BAR, DO512.COM, KVRX, ULTRA8201, AUSTIN TOWN HALL, SAILORLEGS.COM, RAW WORD RECORDS and BLEACH ONLINE

SXSW 2010: Art Disaster 10 (Tonight)

Time to kick the music portion of this week off proper. I better see every last one of you people tonight. And with close to 7000 RSVP's I am pretty sure that it's going to happen. Also, I cannot stress enough how getting there early will make your life easier.

ART DISASTER no.10
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
8pm-2am at Beauty Bar
617 E. 7th, Austin, TX

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Free 42 Below Vodka and Beer 8-9

Outside Stage:
1a - Pomegranates
12a - The Shondes
11p - Sunset
10p - CAW! CAW!
9p - Bright Light Social Hour
Evol DJs between bands

Inside Stage:
1:10a - DJ Orion
12:30a - Shunda K
11:30p - The White White Lights
10:30p - Leopold and His Fiction
9:30p - Red Wanting Blue
8:30p - Lachi
DJ uLovei between bands

photobooth by Trevor Ray Thompson
poster art show by
Daniel Perlaky and Bryan Keplesky

Big thanks to all the supporters: City On Fire,
Fanatic Records, Spin Earth, Beauty Bar, Do512,
WOXY, Indierect Records, Bleach Online,
Ultra8201, Austin Is Burning, The Dark Agency,
The Austin Sound, Raw Word Records,
Trevor Ray Thompson, and YOU!

SXSW 2010: Art Disaster No. 10 (3/16) :: [RSVP Info]

ART DISASTER No. 10
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
8pm-2am at Beauty Bar
617 E. 7th, Austin, TX (map)

[RSVP HERE]

Outside Stage:
1a - Pomegranates
12a - The Shondes
11p - Sunset
10p - Bright Light Social Hour
9p - CAW! CAW!
Evol DJs between bands

Inside Stage:
1:10a - DJ Orion
12:30a - Shunda K
11:30p - The White White Lights
10:30p - Leopold and His Fiction
9:30p - Red Wanting Blue
8:30p - Lachi
DJ uLovei between bands

The ACL Breakdown | Thursday Kick Off Party | Art Disaster 9

We have our breakdown of the entire ACL Festival all ready with Friday's preview coming today at noon. We kept it clean and basically put our schedules out there with streaming audio so everyone could give each band a listen and broke it down from hour to hour. Below that you will find all the necessary links to both "official" After-shows as well as the "less than official" After-Parties. But before we get in to all that we wanted to take one last opportunity and invite everyone out to Beauty Bar to help us kick off this weekends festivities in style.

This year City on Fire, Knuckle Rumbler and Beauty Bar teamed up with some of Austin's finest bloggers (ourselves included) and put together an amazing line up of bands. This will be the 9th Art Disaster and while it has already established a reputation we think this year will take to the next level. If you haven't RSVP'd we suggest you hurry. The list is at well over 700 people now and Beauty Bar isn't that big! So we suggest everyone gets there early for two reasons. 1. To ensure that you get in without the wait and 2. FREE DRINKS. Lets get to know the bands....

Outside Stage:

1:15 - DJ Tweedy

With a foundation in Salsa, hip hop and electronica, Orion's reportoire has expanded to include the toughest dancehall riddims, Cumbia y Merengue, mash-ups, grime, baile funk, dubstep, jazz, minimal techno, bassline and most things in between.

12:30a - The Lemurs

"This five piece from Texas' BBQ-loving capitol city is ready to burst out onto the national stage...This shit has alternative "radio hit" written all over it" -TheTripwire.com

11:30p - The Steps

The Steps were bred under the influence of life and culture in Austin, the live music capital of the world. Ranging from ages 18-20, they’ve already managed to chisel out an acclaimed sound and stage presence that’s wise beyond their years.

10:30p - Speak

Avid students of pop through the ages, the band distills greatness from classic and modern influences. Forever questing for innovation, SPEAK invoke timeless melodies in energetic, synth-laden anthems.

9:30p - Wallpaper

Partway through recording his debut LP as Wallpaper., Eric Frederic lost his shit. The Oakland artist was neck-deep in a series of isolated studio all-nighters to put him in the mood, when the song "Doodoo Face" pushed him into the beyond. Boxed in by layers of percussive funk, dark synthesizer blurt and crushing bass, Frederic lost himself inside of Ricky Reed, the character he'd long ago conceived as Wallpaper.'s frontman.

DJ Tweedy between sets

Inside Stage:

1:00a - DJ Orion

With a foundation in Salsa, hip hop and electronica, Orion's reportoire has expanded to include the toughest dancehall riddims, Cumbia y Merengue, mash-ups, grime, baile funk, dubstep, jazz, minimal techno, bassline and most things in between.

12:15a - Bright Light Social Hour

Born out of a university art-rock collective, The Bright Light Social Hour has evolved into an unabashedly wide-screen rock act, melding classic rock energy with indie, experimental, and soul influences.

11:15p - The White White Lights

Formed by members of Lomita and Monster Girl, The White White Lights write love songs to ghosts lost in a spectral wonderland. "Little of this, little of that, little loud, little eerie, little cutesy, little sexy, little angry, little thoughtful, little vicious, little dance-y, little hardcore, and a lot awesome." - Austin Chronicle

10:15p - The Authors

With a mix of danceable beats supplied by drummer Angela Stroud and bass heavy melodies by Jon Haben, The Authors have created a sound that they can call their own. Singer/guitarist Justin Prater writes lyrics with social a conscious and a wounded heart, while guitarist/keyboardist Ben Meza weaves a sonic tapestry of reverb drenched guitars and haunting keys.

9:15p-Whitman

Whitman is an indie rock band from Austin, Texas that has worked to establish the perfect blend of catchy melodies and loud, biting rock and roll. A mix of narrative songwriting, driving guitars, ever shifting backing beats, and haunting organ whorls create this quartet’s signature sound.

DJ Orion between sets

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Monolith Weekend / Art Disaster no 9 Show Announcement

We are taking off for the Monolith Music Festival in Colorado this weekend and when we come back you can bet we are coming back with buckets of goodness for you to check out. We will be shooting the entire festival and will have videos and pictures galore. And if the mood strikes us maybe even a interview or two. It will all kick off with the pre party tomorrow night with performances by Chromeo and The Cool Kids. You can follow our adventures all weekend via Twitter [@ultra8201].

Meanwhile we will be checking this out Saturday

and of course these guys on Sunday...

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Until then we are proud to announce Art Disaster no 9 on October 1st! If you are looking for the essential way to kick off ACL weekend or something to do after that Them Crooked Vultures show at Stubb's this is the essential party for you. The line up features some of the most up and coming acts in Austin as well as some of it's finest DJ talent. We will be previewing the entire show next week but until then we highly suggest putting in that [RSVP] at Do512 and saving a spot.

Art Disaster no.9 lineup

Outside Stage
1:15 DJ Tweedy
12:30 The Lemurs
11:30 The Steps
10:30 Speak
9:30 Wallpaper
DJ Tweedy between bands outside

Inside Stage
1-2 DJ Orion
12:15 Bright Light Social Hour
11:15 The White White Lights
10:15 The Authors
9:15 Whitman
DJ Orion between bands inside

OPEN BAR 8:30pm-10pm by Three Olives Vodka

Big Thanks to our friends and supporters:
All the bands, City On Fire, Knuckle Rumbler, Beauty Bar,
Scion, Do512, Under Pressure, BleachOnline, Indierect,
AustinSound, Ultra8201, Playing In Traffic, Austin Is Burning,
The Peen Scene, Raw Word, and Three Olives. And, of course, you.

SXSW 2009: Art Disaster No. 8 Pre-SXSW Party (3/17) :: RSVP Info

If you can't make it to the FREE St. Patrick's Day show at Pangaea featuring The Decemberists and Gomez, this is definitely a great second option. Actually, I take that back, we're gonna go to both I think. A perfect way to get SXSW started, don't you think?

Art Disaster No. 8

Tuesday, March 17th (6pm - 2am)

Beauty Bar (612 E. 7th St.) | Austin, TX

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Outside Stage
Y-Love, Eprhyme, and Diwon (1am - 1:45am)
Belaire (12am - 12:40am)
Scorpion Child (11pm - 11:40pm)
The Soldier Thread (Sea Change) (10pm - 10:40pm)
Pomegranates (9pm - 9:40pm)
Gangi (8pm - 8:40pm)
Evol DJs between bands outside 

Inside Stage
DJ Mel (1am - 2am)
The Happy Hollows (12:20am - 1am)
The White White Lights (11:20pm - 12am)
Wild Yaks (10:20pm - 11pm)
Dans La Lune (9:20pm - 10pm)
Carol Bui (8:20pm - 9pm)
The Pity Party (7:20pm - 8pm)
Basic (6:30pm - 7pm)
DJ Orion between bands inside

Happy Hour from 6pm-9pm $2 Three Olives Vodka and $2 Lonestar/Pabst tallboys
OPEN BAR from 8:30pm-10pm by Three Olives Vodka and SoCo

Read more about each of the bands at artdisaster.com.

We also have a twitter if you'd like to follow us.