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11th Hour SXSW Recommendations

March 11, 2026 brian.gray Leave a comment

Let’s do this in a quick and dirty way. Songs selected courtesy the ATH IT Dept.

Nightbus – I have vinyl, shameless plug for Welcome to the Jangle (Sunday at Tweedy’s). “Ascension” and “Angles Mortz” (below) capture the vibe from the Manchester Duo. Are ya mad for it?
<a href="https://nightbusuk.bandcamp.com/album/passenger">Passenger by Nightbus</a>

Chalk – Belfast’s Chalk has been featured here at ATH a couple times, I am bracing myself for menacing melody and heavy beats. LFG.
<a href="https://chalkbelfast.bandcamp.com/album/crystalpunk">Crystalpunk by Chalk</a>

Modeselektor – Speakeasy will play host on Saturday night to early 2000s synth vibes straight out of the East Berlin scene.
<a href="https://modeselektor.bandcamp.com/album/classics-vol-1-we-tried-hard-and-failed-again-enjoy-2">Classics Vol. 1 (We tried hard and failed again… enjoy!) by Modeselektor</a>

Night Drive – To know them is to love them, annual tradition of a SXSW dance party a Valhalla is becoming a thing, see ya tomorrow night (3/12).
<a href="https://nightdrivemusic.bandcamp.com/album/position-ii-2">Position II by Night Drive</a>

Jet Cemetery – March 14th day party at 13th Floor, it is a record release in the chaos of SXSW. I have the vinyl already (I pre-pre-ordered) and it is one of my favorite things so far this year.
<a href="https://jetcemetery.bandcamp.com/track/lights-out-2">Lights Out by Jet Cemetery</a>

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Announcing Welcome to the Jangle – March 15th @ Tweedys/29th St Ballroom

March 4, 2026 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Not going to lie…it’s been a minute since we’ve put on a proper show during SXSW season. Sure, we have the annual SOTO vs ATH Party, and that’s a blast, but that’s a team effort with our friend John Laird. So, this year, the opportunity arose to bring back our Welcome to the Jangle, as there were quite a few jangling and adjacent acts coming into town. So, here we are, announcing its return at 29th Street Block Party Day 3; it’ll be 18 of the rippingest, raddest bands in town. We’ve got bands from Japan, Australia, the UK, Canada and the US all gracing the three stages we’ve got. There’s a rad playlist attached below so you can sample the super rad tunes we’ve got coming! More info about the event on the Facebook Event Page.

A special shout out to our sponsor for the event, Cain’s Hot Sauce, who will be on hand with some snacks and hot sauce to sample on the day of the event!

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