Ahoy there! We are a broke, skint and demoralised, so we won’t make it to SXSW 2013 in Austin, home to the second best chili con carne I’ve had in my life (1st was in Arkansas, thanks for asking).

It matters not, here’s a list of bands we heartily recommend you do check at the festival. Why 42? Because I miss Douglas Adams, that’s why. Don’t forget to take a towel. All bands organised by date. Venues were correct at time of printing (I nicked the info from the official SXSW page).

March 12th

Halaska at The Hideout, 8:00 – 8:40 PM

Io Echo at Mohawk Outdoor, 9:15 – 10:00 PM

Tall Ships at Latitude 30 , 10:00 – 10:40 PM

Haim at VEVOtv Control Room, 10:00 – 10:40 PM

Conveyor at BD Riley’s, 12:00 – 12:40 PM

Paper Lions at Swan Dive, 1:00 – 1:50 PM

March 13th

Wampire at  Scoot Inn, 8:00 – 8:35 PM

Wet Nuns at  Headhunters Patio, 8:00 – 8:40 PM

Tan Frío el verano at  The North Door, 8:00 – 8:40 PM

Murder By Death at  Continental Club, 9:00 – 9:40 PM

Ben Sollee at  The Parish, 9:30 – 10:10 PM

The Black Angels at  Buffalo Billiards, 10:00 – 10:40 PM

The Eastern Sea at  Esther’s Follies , 10:00 – 10:40 PM

Junius at  Six Lounge, 10:30 – 11:00 PM

Turbina at  Javelina, 11:00 – 11:40 PM

Psychic Twin at  Valhalla, 11:00 – 11:40 PM

Eagulls at  Friends, 11:00 – 11:40 PM

Shugo Tokumaru at  International Day Stage Austin Convention Center, 12:00 – 12:40 AM

Ume at  Maggie Mae’s, 12:00 – 12:40 AM

Yokozuna at  The North Door, 12:00 – 12:40 AM

Guards at  The Stage On Sixth, 12:00 – 12:40 AM

Jim James at  Hype Hotel, 12:30 – 1:30 AM

March 14th

Valleys at Valhalla, 8:00 PM

Guards at The Belmont, 8:00 – 8:20 PM

Said the whale at Brasshouse, 8:00 – 8:40 PM

Junius at Hickory Street , 8:00 – 8:40 PM

Fear of Men at Valhalla, 9:00 – 9:40 PM

Cars & Trains at 512 Rooftop, 9:20 – 9:55 PM

Ola Podrida at Victorian Room at The Driskill, 10:00 – 10:40 PM

Cheatahs at Mohawk Indoor, 10:00 – 10:40 PM

Rey Pila at The Parish Underground, 11:00 – 11:40 PM

Shugo Tokumaru at Red Eyed Fly, 11:00 – 11:40 PM

Sea Wolf at Central Presbyterian Church, 12:00 – 12:40 AM

Wampire at Red Eyed Fly, 12:00 – 12:40 AM

Cloudland Canyon at Hotel Vegas/Volstead, 12:30 – 1:00 AM

March 15th

The Eastern Sea at Uncorked, 12:00 PM

Letting up despite great faults at Maggie Mae’s Gibson Room, 1:00 – 1:50 PM

Rey Pila at The Whiskey Room, 1:10 – 1:50 PM

Valleys at Cheer Up Charlie’s, 1:30  PM

Conveyor at Uncorked, 2:05 PM

Haim at Cedar Street, 2:30 PM

Tan Frío el verano at International Day Stage Austin Convention Center, 4:00 – 4:40 PM

Eli Mardock at Uncorked, 5:05 PM

Jim James at Auditorium Shores Stage (Lady Bird Lake), 7:00 – 7:40 PM

Eli Mardock at Agave, 7:30 PM

Io Echo at Scoot Inn, 8:00 – 8:30 PM

Paper Lions at Friends, 8:00 – 8:40 PM

Cheatahs at Club de Ville, 8:00 – 8:40 PM

Pree at Uncorked, 8:15 PM

Lisa Germano at TenOak, 8:15 – 8:45 PM

Andrew W.K. at The Belmont, 8:15 – 9:15 PM

Little Tybee at Uncorked, 8:15 PM

Eli Mardock at Uncorked, 9:00 PM

Wet Nuns at BD Riley’s, 9:00 – 9:40 PM

Said the whale at Townhouse, 10:00 – 10:40 PM

Andrew W.K. at Clive Bar, 11:00 – 11:40 PM

Murder By Death at 1100 Warehouse, 11:15 – 11:55 PM

March 16th

Syd Arthur at VEVOtv Control Room, 8:45 – 9:25

Dead Leaf Echo at Buffalo Billiards, 9:00 – 9:40

Valleys at Mohawk, 2:15 PM

Eagulls at Latitude 30 , 9:00 – 9:40 PM

Valleys at Swan Dive, 10:00 – 10:40 PM

The Evaporators at Headhunters Patio, 11:00 – 11:40 PM

Swim Deep at Latitude 30 , 12:00 – 12:40 AM

Deaf Club at Avenue on Congress Rooftop, 12:00 – 12:40 AM

Rey Pila at Clive Bar, 1:00 – 1:40 AM

Pompeii at Blackheart , 1:00 – 1:50 AM

And that’s it! We’ll post a couple of special sessions tomorrow that you might want to check out. Oh, and it probably was more than 42…

Words: Sam J. “YOU’RE A TOWEL” Valdés López