SLUG Mag’s gotten to Second Base with SXSW. Our fearless team of SLUGgers saw their first full day of SXSW’s takeover of Austin, Texas. Read on to see each batter’s swings at shows, food and exclusive SX parties.

SLUG SXSW 2014 Stats – Day Two 03.12


March 13, 2014

Events

SLUGger: Joshua Joye: Lead Designer
Number of shows: 11
Number of FREE alcoholic beverages: 4
Food item of the day: Cherry Doughnut from Gordough’s Specialty Doughnuts (Food Truck)
Number of parties attended: 5
Number of jacket back patches seen: 13
Amount of swag: 7

-2:00 p.m. Dum Dum Girls with Blondie/Spotify Showcase @ Spotify House = Thumbs Up [Pictured]
-4:30 p.m. Creative Adult/Grandstand Day Party @ The Sailor Jerry House = Horizontal Thumbs 
-8:00 p.m. Babychino/DJ showcase @ Avenues on Congress = Horizontal Thumbs
-9:10 p.m. Frameworks/Brooklyn Vegan Showcase @ Red 7 = Thumbs Up
-9:20 p.m. Mothership/Nuclear Blast Records and Roadhouse Management Showcase @ Red 7 = Horizontal Thumbs
-10:00 p.m. Obliteration/Relapse Records @ The Dirty Dog = Thumbs Up
-11:00 p.m. Nothing/Relapse Records @ The Dirty Dog = Thumbs Up
-12:00 a.m. Christian Mistress/Relapse Records @ The Dirty Dog = Thumbs Up
-1:00 a.m. Orchid/Nuclear Blast Records and Roadhouse Management Showcase @ Red 7 = Horizontal Thumbs

Best show of the day:
-2:00 p.m. Dum Dum Girls with Blondie/Spotify Showcase @ Spotify House

Three fashionable ladies and one guy all wearing black and makeup made up the band known as Dum Dum Girls. Garage rock instrumentation consisting of simple chord progressions with extraordinary vocals from the indie pop voice of Jules draws you in like a siren from the Odyssey, with small tailings of soft delay in each word. The show was pushed over the top with a surprise appearance by Blondie (Debbie Harry) leading the girls in her song, “Dreaming.”