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WIDESPREAD PANIC LIVE @ SXSW
We here at Fujirock.com are big supporters of Smashing Mag. The bilingual music website is Japan’s premier concert coverage publication. Smashing Mag’s dedicated staff post live reports of a lot of really cool shows in Japan. They travel abroad for gigs and high profile international festivals, too.
For the last several years, a team of Smashing Mag writers and photographers has flown to Austin, Texas to cover the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference. This year marked the 25th anniversary of the massive event. Around 2,000 acts from 61 countries played from March 16 – 20. With that many performers, it comes as no surprise that a number of Fuji Rock bands appeared.
Smashing Mag’s got great photo reports of the following FRF ‘11 artists from SXSW:
Widespread Panic — playing 7/29 @ Field of Heaven — SXSW photos here
Ron Sexsmith — playing 7/29 @ Field of Heaven — SXSW photos here
Oh Sunshine — playing 7/31 @ Red Marquee — SXSW photos here
Apollo 18 — playing 7/31 @ Red Marqueee — SXSW photos here
The Smashing Mag team also got snapshots of some of last year’s FRF bands, too:
Fishbone – played @ Red Marquee – SXSW photos here
Go Chic – played @ Rookie A Go-Go – SXSW photos here
Ozomatli – played @ Field of Heaven and @ Crystal Palace Tent – SXSW photos here and here
As a bonus, here are SXSW photos of Off! Sadly, Off! aren’t a part of the Fuji Rock lineup, but frontman Keith Morris (of Circle Jerks and Black Flag fame) is rocking a No Age T-shirt in the photos. No Age will play on 7/31 on the White Stage.
* Photo of Widespread Panic by Koichi “hanasan” Hanafusa and used with permission from Smashing Mag.
