Exitfare's Guide To SXSW: Friday

Nothing against the rest of the week, but this may be the best day of this year's festival.

1100 Antibalas @ Buffalo Billiards [201 E. 6th St.]
1200 The Young Knives @ Beauty Bar [617 E. 7th St.]
1230 Cold War Kids @ Maggie Mae’s [323 E. 6th St.]
1230 Briertone @ The Mohawk [912 Red River St.]
1235 The Panda Band @ Bush Square Park
1245 The Pipettes @ Emo’s [603 Red River]
100 Rademacher @ Party [1412 S. Congress St.]
100 Foals @ Victory Grill [1104 E. 11th St.]
100 Winterkids @ Austin Convention Center [500 E. Cesar Chavez St.]
130 Sea Wolf @ The Mohawk [912 Red River St.]
130 The Black Lips @ Club de Ville [900 Red River St.]
145 Ra Ra Riot @ Cedar St. Courtyard [208 W. 4th St.]
230 Walter Meego @ Club de Ville [900 Red River St.]
230 120 Days @ Emo’s [603 Red River St.]
300 Peter Bjorn & John @ Waterloo [600 N. Lamar]
300 Jamie T @ Fader Fort [204 E. 4th St.]
300 The Cinematics @ Austin Convention Center [500 E. Cesar Chavez St.]
315 Foreign Islands @ Victory Grill [1104 E. 11th St.]
315 The Panda Band @ Cedar St. Courtyard [208 W. 4th St.]
315 Bonde Do Role @ Buffalo Billiards [201 E. 6th St.]
315 Buffalo Tom @ The Dog & Duck [406 W. 17th St.]
315 Delorentos @ BD Riley’s [204 E. 6th St.]
Excellent Irish indie group that is much like Interpol without the egos.
[mp3] "Basis Of Everything"
330 Midnight Movies @ The Mohawk [912 Red River St.]
400 Bonde Do Role @ Victory Grill [1104 E. 11th St.]
400 Brother Ali @ Austin Convention Center [500 E. Cesar Chavez St.]
400 Annuals @ The Mohawk [912 Red River St.]
500 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly @ Waterloo [600 N. Lamar]
500 The Oohlas @ Austin Convention Center [500 E. Cesar Chavez St.]
500 MSTRKRFT @ Beauty Bar [617 E. 7th St.]
Ex-member of DFA 1979, plus their former producer get down behind the decks.
[mp3] "Work On You"
515 Office @ Fader Fort [204 E. 4th St.]
530 Peter Bjorn & John @ Emo’s [603 Red River]
530 Chromeo @ Victory Grill [1104 E. 11th St.]
615 120 Days @ Victory Grill [1104 E. 11th St.]
630 The Black Lips @ across from Longbranch Inn [1133 E. 11th St.]
640 Mew @ The Belmont [305 W. 6th St.]
645 Datarock @ Fader Fort [204 E. 4th St.]
715 Against Me! @ across from Longbranch Inn [1133 E. 11th St.]
800 Dana Falconberry @ 18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn [500 N. IH 35]
800 Annuals @ Austin Convention Center [500 E. Cesar Chavez St.]
800 Cities @ Dirty Dog Bar [505 E. 6th St.]
900 The Eames Era @ BD Riley’s [204 E. 6th St.]
This Louisiana group has drawn many comparisons to Rilo Kiley, but the difference between the two is that the Eames Era is actually good.
[mp3] "NC-17"
900 Buffalo Tom @ The Parish [214B E. 6th St.]
900-500 iheartcomix Blowout [f/ Chromeo] @ Blue Genie [916 Springfield Rd. Bldg 4]
900 Peter Bjorn & John @ Austin Convention Center [500 E. Cesar Chavez St.]
1000 Robyn Hitchcock @ Dirty Dog Bar [505 E. 6th St.]
1100 Ferraby Lionheart @ Buffalo Billiards [201 E. 6th St.]
This Los Angeles singer-songwriter succeeds where most soloist fails -- he creates a sound and a feeling that eclipses most bands.
[mp3] "The Fighter"
1115 Pela @ Eternal [418 E. 6th St.]
1200 Willy Mason @ Central Presbyterian Church [200 E. 8th St.]
1200 The Pigeon Detectives @ Club de Ville [900 Red River St.]
Classic British garage rock done right -- short and tight songs with singalong choruses.
[mp3] "I Found Out"
1200 Antibalas @ Antone’s [213 W. 5th St.]
1200 Winterkids @ Whisky Bar [303 W. 5th St.]
1240 Crime Mob @ Visions [614 E. 6th St.]
1245 The Good, The Bad & The Queen @ Stubb’s [801 Red River St.]
100 The Blood Arm @ Club de Ville [900 Red River St.]
This LA group has achieved stardom in the UK, yet their debut album has yet to see a Stateside release. Where garage rock and dance punk meet is where this band comes together.
[mp3] "Suspicious Character"
100 Sound Team @ Buffalo Billiards [201 E. 6th St.]
This is the Austin band's only show of the festival, I believe. If you remember last year, they played at least 35 times, which I didn't mind -- I was loving the album at the time, and twelve months on, the record is just as good.
[mp3] "Your Eyes Are Liars"
100 Apples in Stereo @ Dirty Dog Bar [505 E. 6th St.]
100 Electric Soft Parade @ Maggie Mae’s Rooftop [323 E. 6th St.]