SXSW

Phil Tripp, the SXSW representative for Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, has left SXSW after 17 years.

Tagged as: Austin, Australia, music conference, music festival, Phil Tripp, SXSW, Texas, USA

Phil Tripp to Host SXSW Information Nights for Australian Delegates in Mid July

Phil Tripp, the SXSW Senior Business Develop Manager for Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, will host Meet N Greet info nights for the 2020 event mid-July in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, Phil Tripp, SXSW, USA

SXSW 2020 Launches and Meet ‘n’ Greet Dates Are Happening In July

SXSW 2020 Meet ‘n’ Greet launch events have been locked in for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in July.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, Phil Tripp, SXSW, Texas, USA

Australia’s Angie McMahon Wins A Grulke Prize at SXSW

Melbourne singer-songwriter Angie McMahon has been awarded the Grulke Prize for Developing Non-U.S. Act at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Tagged as: Angie McMahon, Austin, Brent Grulke, SXSW, Texas, USA

Sounds Australia reveal Aussie BBQ line-up

54 Australian acts will perform during SXSW 2019.

Tagged as: Aussie BBQ, Australia, Sounds Australia, SXSW, Texas

Bjorn from Abba is speaking at SXSW

SXSW slipped a quiet one into their speakers schedule. Bjorn Ulvaeus from Abba will be a guest speaker at the SXSW music conference in Austin, Texas this month.

Tagged as: Abba, Auddly, Bjorn Ulvaeus, music conference, music industry, Sweden, SXSW, USA

David Crosby, A Day On The Green, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

David Crosby To Speak At SXSW

SXSW has secured David Crosby as a speaker for 2019’s music conference in Austin.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Cameron Crowe, Crosby Stills & Nash, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, David Crosby, folk, rock, SXSW, The Byrds, USA

Kirin J Callinan, AMP Shortlist 2014, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Kirin J Callinan is Coming Back after Dick Flashing Episode via SXSW

Disgraced Sydney post-punk performer Kirin J Callinan will use the resources of SXSW to claw back some credibility after his dick flashing expose at the ARIA Awards in 2017.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, kirin j callinan, post-punk, SXSW

More Australian acts including Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are going to SXSW

More Australian acts including the one we were all watching in 2018, Perth’s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, will showcase at SXSW 2019.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, SXSW

Seven Australian and one more New Zealand act join SXSW line-up

Three Sydney acts plus one each from Melbourne, Brisbane, Newcastle, Perth and Auckland have been added to the SXSW line-up for 2019.

Tagged as: Austin, Australians at SXSW, music festival, SXSW, USA

18 Australian and Eight New Zealand Acts Announced for SXSW 2019

Australia’s Skegss and Amyl & The Sniffers and New Zealand’s The Chills will perform at SXSW 2019.

Tagged as: Amyl & The Sniffers, Australia, music festival, Skegss, SXSW, The Chills

Changes Announce Music Passport Program for 2018

by Greg Phillips

In its inaugural year, CHANGES unites talent from America to unpack the varying facets of how Australia and the US have built such a fruitful relationship over music. To deliver crucial insight into the state of the international music business, CHANGES is hosting a series of dedicated discussions as part of the Music Passport program.

Tagged as: Changes, music industry, Music Passport, SXSW

Neil Young And Daryl Hannah Cowboy Movie Paradox Has A Trailer

Daryl Hannah has released a trailer for her movie ‘Paradox’ starring Neil Young.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Daryl Hannah, movie, Neil Young, rock, SXSW, USA

Seth Myers Introduces Gang Of Youths To The USA

American late night talk show host Seth Meyers has given the USA a taste of Australia’s Gang of Youth’s when they took to the show to perform their Australian hit ‘What Can I Do If The Fire Goes Out?’.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Gang of Youths, rock, SXSW

Daryl Hannah and Neil Young Movie ‘Paradox’ To Stream On Netflix

‘Paradox’, the Daryl Hannah directed Neil Young movie premiering at SXSW 2018, has been picked up by Netflix.

Tagged as: Canada, country, Daryl Hannah, Neil Young, Promise of the Real, rock, SXSW, USA

Hugh Jackman To Assist At Australia Sounds SXSW Aussie BBQ For 2018

Sounds Australia will pull in Hugh Jackman and Curtis Stone to assist in singing the praises of Australian music at SXSW in Austin, Texas for 2018.

Tagged as: Aussie BBQ, Austin, Curtis Stone, Hugh Jackman, music industry, Sounds Australia, SXSW, Texas

Adele Played SXSW In 2007 And No-One Turned Up To Watch Her

With another year of SXSW about to pick off, lets look back 10 years to one of the showcase disasters. Her name was Adele.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Adele, contemporary, pop, SXSW, UK

SXSW Acts, APRA Finalists and a Chat With Grouplove At Noise11 iHeartRadio

With both SXSW and the APRA AMCOS Awards less than a month away this week at iHeartRadio music news powered by Noise11.com you’ll hear a stack of new Australian music from Pretty City, Bad Pony, RVG, Gang of Youths, Alex Lahey, Paul Kelly, Jen Cloher and Dan Sultan.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, Grouplove, iHeartRadio, noise11., SXSW

Pretty City, Bad Pony and RVG Are Three Aussie Acts To Catch At SXSW

The SXSW Music Festival and Conference kicks off in two weeks with a stack of Aussie acts heading over once again for 2018.

Tagged as: Austin, Australia, Bad Pony, music festival, Pretty City, RGV, rock, SXSW, Texas

Bernie Sanders Is The Latest “Rock Star” Added To SXSW

Bernie Sanders has been announced as a speaker at the SXSW conference in Texas in March and Hillary Clinton will be touring Australia. Have politicians become the new Rock Stars?

Tagged as: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, music conference, music festival, music industry, politics, SXSW, USA

Rita Coolidge To Release New Album After SXSW

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Rita Coolidge will release her new album, Safe in the Arms of Time, on May 4 via Blue Elan Records.

Tagged as: 70s, Americana, contemporary, Rita Coolidge, SXSW, USA

Neil Young at SXSW. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Neil Young Has Made A Western And He Is Launching It At SXSW

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Neil Young has made a western and he will be launching it at SXSW.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Canada, Darryl Hannah, film, movie, Neil Young, Paradox, SXSW, USA

Chris Frantz The Talking Head Reveals His Influences In Radio Show

Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club co-founder Chris Frantz have curated a very tasty playlist for his Chris Frantz the Talking Head program in WPKN in Connecticut.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Chris Frantz, SXSW, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth, Tom Tom Club, USA

Shannon Noll, Red Hot Summer. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Hear New Australian Music And Aussies At SXSW This Week At Noise11 iHeartRadio

Sarah Blasko, Shannon Noll, Keith Urban and Stonefield are just some Australian artists with new music and you can hear the songs at iHeartRadio music news powered by Noise11.com this week.

Tagged as: Australia, iHeartRadio, Keith Urban, music industry, noise11.com, radio, Sarah Blasko, Shannon Noll, SXSW

SXSW Adds 14 More Australian Acts

Amy Shark, Big League, Big White, Calan Mai, Childsaint, Daggy Man, Death Bells, Divide and Dissolve, Juanita Stein, Lime Cordiale, ORB, Pretty City, Slum Sociable are the latest Australian acts added to the 2018 SXSW line-up.

Tagged as: Amy Shark, Austin, Australia, music conference, music festival, SXSW, Texas, USA

SXSW Adds 15 Australian Acts and One More New Zealand

Another 15 Australian acts will head to the SXSW music conference in Austin, Texas in March.

Tagged as: Australia, Gordi, music industry, SXSW, Texas, The Black Sorrows, USA

Australia’s Gang Of Youths and Stonefield Lead Australia’s First SXSW Announcement for 2018

Sydney’s Gang of Youth’s and Mt Macedon’s Stonefield lead the list of first Aussie acts named for SXSW 2018 while New Zealand will be represented by Marlon Williams.

Tagged as: Australia, Gang of Youths, Marlon Williams, music festival, Stonefield, SXSW, USA