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19 unusual facts about South by Southwest


Amplify Tablet

The tablet, available in both Wi-Fi-only and AT&T LTE configurations, was officially unveiled in March 2013 at SXSWedu.

Amplify began trialing the platform at schools in November 2012, before its general launch at SXSWedu on March 6, 2013.

Cop Car EP

The EP begins with 'Cop Car', whose music video has won recognition at the South by Southwest music and film festival in early 2010.

Flatbush Zombies

They've performed at festivals such as AfroPunk Festival, Paid Dues, North Coast Music Festival, SXSW and Roskilde.

Goodwill Industries

Goodwill Industries International and Goodwill Industries of Central Texas (Austin) hosted their first pop-up retail shop, POP!, at South by Southwest in 2013.

Internet Explorer 9

The final version of Internet Explorer 9 was publicly released on March 14, 2011 during the South by Southwest music and film festival in Austin, Texas.

Launchball

The game has won numerous awards, including at SXSW 2008, where in the Interactive awards in won in the 'Games' category and the 'Best in Show' award.

Medicine for Melancholy

The film appeared at several film festivals in 2008, including South by Southwest, Maryland Film Festival, and The Toronto International Film Festival.

Midnight Peacocks

They made their first North American appearance at the SXSW Festival 2009 in Austin, Texas in 2009.

My Effortless Brilliance

The film screened at such film festivals as South by Southwest and Maryland Film Festival, and was released on DVD by IFC Films in November 2009.

My Sucky Teen Romance

It first released on March 15, 2011 at the South by Southwest film festival and stars Elaine Hurt as a young teenager that falls in love with a teen vampire at a sci-fi convention.

Night Mayor

Night Mayor was produced by the NFB in Winnipeg and received the Best Experimental Short award at the 2010 South by Southwest festival.

Perfect Pitch Black

The songs "Down the Drain" and "Droned" were originally released on Bootleg CD by Cave In during spring 2003, and "Trepanning" was originally released in 2004 on a SXSW Hydra Head sampler (demo version), a Daymare Recordings sampler and a Deathwish Inc. sampler.

She Blinded Me with Science

The song was showcased as part of Dolby's appearance at the South by Southwest 2007 music festival.

Steven's Untitled Rock Show

The Vans Warped Tour was a yearly fixture on the program, while it also featured Taste of Chaos, South by Southwest, and the Nintendo Fusion Tour.

The Chicharones

The Chicharones formed in 2001 after a chance meeting between Seattle-based Sleep and Vancouver-based Josh Martinez at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.

The Henrys

The band has been performing for 18 years, with concerts around the world, including the Sweetwaters Music Festival in New Zealand, the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland, South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, Toronto's Harbourfront Centre and many others.

Whrrl

Pelago launched Whrrl 2.0, an 'on-the-go' storytelling application for the iPhone and web on March 16 at South by Southwest.

Within the Ruins

The band has most recently toured Europe with Carnifex and has been part of a number of 2011-12 festivals thus far including The Bonecrusher Fest, The Jamboree, New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, The Bamboozle, South by Southwest and 2011's The Summer Slaughter Tour.


Ariel Hyatt

Some of the events Hyatt has spoken at include South by Southwest, the CMJ SoundCtrl, ASCAP’s I Create Music, The Future of Music, Canadian Music Week, APRA’s Song Summit in Sydney, You Are In Control (Reykjavík), The ECMAs, NARAS, and The Taxi Road Rally.

Automatics

After the release of Britannia in the U.S. in the spring of 2007, other songs found airplay among independent DJs such as Jonathan L at KUPD-Phoenix, leading Philp to perform at the South by Southwest event in Austin, Texas.

Cameron Todd Willingham

Incendiary: The Willingham Case, a 2011 documentary film dissecting the case and its controversial aftermath, won the Louis Black Award at the South by Southwest Film Festival.

Caroline Lufkin

On March 6, 2006, Caroline released her first album, Murmurs, and soon after held her first live show at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, on March 17 at the Whisky Bar.

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival and was shown at Cinequest Film Festival, South by Southwest, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, the Sarasota Film Festival, the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, the Calgary International Film Festival, and the Edmonton International Film Festival, among others, before going into limited theatrical release in the United States, opening in one city at a time in select metropolitan areas.

Fat Mike

Fat Mike has made several appearances as Cokie the Clown, but one of his most memorable was at Emo's, a popular nightclub in Austin on March 20, 2010 at the South by Southwest festival.

Figurines

The band began a North American tour after being nominated for a Canadian Music Week Indie award and has since performed at the Indies ceremony, SXSW, KEXP, and in cities in the US, Canada, and Europe.

Homeboy Sandman

He has performed at the biggest hip hop shows around the country, including the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, TX, the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival in Brooklyn, NY, the Rock the Bells hip hop festival in Long Island, NY, the A3C Hip Hop Festival in Atlanta, GA and New York City's CMJ Music Marathon.

Jeff Koterba

The Prairie Cats have been featured at the South by Southwest music festival, the Hudson River Festival, have toured nationally, and appears in the motion picture Lucky featuring Ann-Margret, Colin Hanks, and Ari Graynor.

Landmine Marathon

Landmine Marathon spent much of 2010 on the road in support of “Sovereign Descent”, including an appearance at the second Scion Rock Fest in Columbus Ohio, Many shows at Austin TX’s South by Southwest Festival, Fun Fun Fun Fest afterparty and a North American tour with labelmates Skeletonwitch.

Lean Startup

Ries hosted the Lean Startup Track at SXSW 2012 with Dave McClure, Steve Blank, Robert Scoble, and dozens of other entrepreneurs and investors.

Midlake

The band first gained popularity in Europe, signing to Bella Union Records and later playing at festivals such as Les Inrockuptibles, Wintercase, End of the Road and South by Southwest.

Ollabelle

The past several years have seen Ollabelle on the road touring many states including Alaska, several European countries, and they have also played at the 2004 Newport Folk Festival, the 2007 South By Southwest music event held annually in Austin, Texas, and North Carolina's MerleFest, (2008).

Ray Bonneville

Bonneville has "shared the stage with blues heavyweights B.B. King, Muddy Waters, J.J. Cale, and Robert Cray, and has performed on the stages of South by Southwest and Folk Alliance" (Blum, NPR).

Six60

They have also preformed at a number of festivals around the world since the release of their debut album including Glastonbury Music Festival (UK), South by Southwest (Austin, Texas, US), Canadian Music Week (Toronto, Canada), Summerfest (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US), CMJ Festival (New York City, US), Wavefront Music Festival (Chicago, Illinois, US), The Great Escape (UK), and Homebake (Australia).

The Colourist

The following year, the band performed at South By Southwest 2010 in Austin, Texas, were recommended for the 2010 OC Music Awards as Best Song and Best New Artist, and took the title of Best Live Band in the Best of 2010 issue for Weekly.

The Dandies

During the last few years they have played various venues across Switzerland & Europe supporting bands such as, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Band of Skulls, The Horrors Sixteen Deluxe, & Children Collide as well as playing many international festivals such as Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, Exit (festival), South by Southwest & Reeperbahn festival.

The Low Frequency in Stereo

The band is known both in Norway and internationally and have played renowned festivals like Quart, Dour and South By Southwest

Yvynyl

Since 2011, Yvynyl has co-presented #MEGABLAAG with Ears of the Beholder blog: a music blogger party and meetup during South By Southwest Music Festival and CMJ Music Marathon.