Austin Sound

If you survived the pre-partying (and you better have as we’re just getting started!), then you’ll be out there flooding the streets and back alleys today as we officially kick off this little catastrophe we call SXSW. Wednesday Dayshows are generally the best to catch the bands you really want to see if they are playing, as not all the yahoos have yet arrived in town. Below, we’ve thrown down our top choices of shows that are going on, though we recommend also cherrypicking a few of your must sees and knocking them out today if you can. Among our top picks for Wednesday are (of course) the Midgetmen’s annual SXSW Jump Start party, The Austinist’s teaming with the Windish Agency, Forcefield and Terrorbird’s show at Red 7, and Fat Possum, who are taking over Club DeVille. In fact, the venues look pretty much like our typical Red River weekend rounds, with the exception of the local off-the-grid, but sure to please showcase by those kids over at Skanky Possum. C’mon and jump, you know you wanna.

Wednesday Picks

Midgetmen’s Texas Jumpstart 4

Hole in the Wall, 12-6pm

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Front Stage:
1200 - 1230 - The Globes
100 - 130 - Ham Sandwich
200 - 230 - Golden Dogs
300 - 330 - Sleeptalkers
400 - 430 - Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
500 - 530 - Country Mice

Back Stage:
1230 - 100 - Hounds Below
130 - 200 - Goes Cube
230 - 300 - The Midgetmen
330 - 400 - Gay Blades
430 - 500 - Hollerado
530 - 600 - Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers

Country Mice

Hollerado

Forcefield and Terrorbird

Red 7, 12-6pm

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12:15 - 12:45 - Screaming Females
1:00 - 1:30 - Cloud Nothings
1:45 - 2:15 - Pictureplane
2:30 - 3:00 - Rainbow Arabia
3:15 - 3:45 - Nite Jewel
4:00 - 4:30 - Lower Dens
4:45 - 5:15 - The Death Set
5:30-6 - The Soft Moon

Outside stage
12:00 - 12:30 - Lord Huron
12:45 - 1:15 - Violens
1:30 - 2:00 - Exray’s
2:15 - 2:45 - Braids
3:00 - 3:30 - Generationals
3:45 - 4:15 - Weekend
4:30 - 5:00 - Toro Y Moi
5:15 - 6:00 - tUnE-yArDs

tUnE-yArDs

Lower Dens

Austinist/Windish Agency

Mohawk, 12-6pm

Outside Stage:
Mount Kimbie 12:15
Twin Shadow 1:15
Givers 2:15
Cloud Nothings 3:15
Royal Bangs 4:15
Foster the People 5:15

Inside Stage
Jamie Woon 1:00
Washington 2:00
The Holidays 3:00
Hanni El Khatib 4:00
The Jezabels 5:00

Givers

Royal Bangs

Skank Family Guerrilla Showcase

2925 Higgins, 2pm-Midnight

Mother Falcon 2:00pm
Major Major 3:00pm
Sun Hotel 4:00pm
Milezo 5:00pm
VoltRevolt 6:00pm
Grundel in the Bronx 7:00pm
Sphynx 7:30pm
Caddywhompus 8:30pm
SOMA 9:30pm
Dog Gone Dead 10:00pm
Hello Wheels 10:30pm
Little Lo 11:00pm
Marmalakes 11:30pm

Mother Falcon

Marmalakes

Other Picks

Brooklyn Vegan
Emo’s, 12-6pm

Emo’s Outside
Surfer Blood (5:15pm), Mister Heavenly (4:30pm), The Vaccines (3:45pm), Chiddy Bang (3pm), Darwin Deez (2:15pm), A Place to Bury Strangers (1:30pm), Turbo Fruits (12:45pm), Anamanaguchi (noon)

Emo’s Inside
Kylesa (5:10pm), Trash Talk (4:20pm), Dax Riggs (3:30pm), KEN Mode (2:40pm), The Secret (1:55pm), Deafhaven (1:10pm), The Roller (12:20pm)

Fat Possum
Club DeVille, 12:30-6pm

Smith Westerns (5:30pm), Yuck (4:45pm), Unknown Mortal Orchestra (4:05pm), Tennis (3:25pm), Porcelain Raft (2:50pm), Bass Drum of Death (2:15pm), MellowHype (1:40pm), Dirty Beaches (1:05pm), Therapies Son (12:30pm)