SXSW 2008

Clash heads Westwards to the annual South By South West festival in Austin, Texas with a wagon train of the UK's best talent in tow.

While the Clash showcase in 2007 brought the world’s attention to Jack Penate, Plan B, The Rumble Strips, The Holloways, The Sunshine Underground and Fujiya & Miyagi, this year we have excelled ourselves with quite possibly the world’s most famous breaking band as the headliners, and a host of refined Clash staples joining them for the trans-Atlantic occasion.

This year our showcase boasts Carbon/Silicon, The Pigeon Detectives, Make Model, Noah and the Whale, Peggy Sue and the Pirates at Friends, 208 E. 6th Street, Austin, Texas from 7.30pm – 2am.

While we're out in the States we'll be blogging our experiences and have roped in some famous friends to drop by and let us know how their SXSW 2008 is going.

Clash's Blog -
Part 1 -Touchdown
Part 2 - Clash Showcase
Part 3 - The morning after...
Video - Carbon/Silicon performing 'The News' @ the Clash showcase.
Video - The Pigeon Detectives @ the Clash showcase
Video - Peggy Sue & the Pirates @ the Clash showcase
Video - Duffy performing 'Mercy' and 'Warwick Avenue'
Video - Kate Nash performing live
Video - Vampire Weekend performing live
Video - Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong performing live

Our Friend's Blogs

Noah and the Whale
Read Noah and the Whale's tour diary as they travel to Texas and perform at SXSW

Hafdis Huld
Part 1 - Howdee y'all
Part 2 - No bats to be found