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Scenes from South by Southwest Music Festival The six-day conference and festival attracts a swarm of artists and concert-goers to downtown Austin.
March 17, 2012
After an hour delay, A$AP Rocky headlines the Mess With Texas Party at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin.
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March 17, 2012
Concert-goers listen to A$AP Rocky at the Mess With Texas Party at South By Southwest.
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March 17, 2012
G-Side performs at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin.
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March 17, 2012
G-Side performs at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin.
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March 17, 2012
Tanlines performs at the Mess With Texas Party at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin.
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March 17, 2012
London music producer SBTRKT performs at the Fader Fort at SXSW.
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March 15, 2012
Lil Wayne performs during the SXSW Music Conference in Austin.
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March 15, 2012
Zac Carper, front man for Fidlar, plays a set at the Luster Pearl during the SXSW Music Conference in downtown Austin.
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March 15, 2012
John Michael Leija plays on a street corner with Jacob Guerrero, left, during the SXSW Music Conference in downtown Austin.
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March 15, 2012
Jimmy Way of Austin plays the drums on Sixth Street during the SXSW Music Conference.
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March 15, 2012
Colombian singer Juanes performs a Woody Guthrie song during the SXSW Music Conference in Austin.
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March 14, 2012
Bruce Springsteen, center, performs with Alejandro Escovedo, left, and Joe Ely at the Austin Music Awards at the Austin Music Hall during SXSW.
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March 14, 2012
Lionel Richie, right, performs some of his and the Commodores' greatest hits to 45,000 fans inside the Billboard showcase at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater in Austin.
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March 14, 2012
Peelander Red, bassist for the Brooklyn band Peelander-Z, jumps into the audience during his performance at the Chicken Ranch Records day party at Elysium during SXSW in Austin.
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March 14, 2012
Santigold performs at the Fader Fort presented by Converse day party during the SXSW Music Conference in Austin.
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March 14, 2012
ME performs at the Angers & Loire-Valley Party at Brush Square in Austin during SXSW.
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March 13, 2012
The Interstellar Transmissions perform on a moving school bus through downtown Austin during SXSW.
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March 14, 2012
Ruthie Foster performs at the Austin Music Awards at the Austin Music Hall during SXSW.
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British soul singer Michael Kiwanuka performs at the SXSW Music Conference in Austin.
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Fiona Apple performs at the NPR showcase during the SXSW Music Conference.
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Theophilus London performs at the Belmont during South by Southwest.
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Grammy nominee Will Sheff performs at the Belmont during South by Southwest.
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The Strange Boys perform at the Jansport/The Bonfire Sessions side party at the Mohawk during South by Southwest.
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Texas singer-songwriter James McMurtry performs at the Guitartown/Conqueroo Kickoff Party at the Dogwood during South by Southwest.
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Members of New Jersey's the Ugly Club occupy a spot along Sixth Street in downtown Austin as they play a quick gig during the South by Southwest Music Festival.
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DJ Willie Shakes shows rapper Dee-1, left, of New Orleans, a magazine cover while Dee-1 checks in at South by Southwest Music. It was the first time Dee-1 saw the cover.
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Members of Nemes, a folk rock band from Boston, perform on Sixth Street during the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival.
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British soul singer Michael Kiwanuka performs at the SXSW Music Conference in Austin.
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DJ BabyChino, from Las Vegas, spins a set on Sixth Street on the opening day of the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin.
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Ellerie Ballard, left, and Matt Tucker perform on Congress Avenue during the South by Southwest Music Conference. The couple traveled from Asheville, N.C., for the festival, where they hope to make connections in the music industry.
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Actor Jonah Hill arrives at the world premiere of "21 Jump Street" during the 2012 SXSW Festival at the Paramount Theater in Austin.
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Robbie Gaydos of Austin tosses a beanbag on a makeshift lawn during the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin.
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Festival-goes attend the "A Conversation With Joss Whedon" panel during the 2012 SXSW Music Festival at the Austin Convention Center in Austin.
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Jay-Z performs at the AMEX Sync Show at during SXSW in Austin.
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George Clinton, right, performs with Paul Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky, left, during a stop at the CNN Grill, where Clinton and IndieGogo.com founder Slava Rubin interviewed with CNN's Brooke Baldwin about Clinton's fundraising campaign to save his studio using IndieGogo.com during SXSW in Austin.
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Portland band the Mean Jeans performs at Burger Records Fest, an Unofficial SXSW show, at Trailer Space Records in Austin.
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Members of the audience crowd-surf and dance as the Mean Jeans play at Burger Records Fest, an Unofficial SXSW show, at Trailer Space Records, a record store in Austin.
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Seattle band the Night Beats performs at Burger Records Fest.
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The crowd watches the Mean Jeans at Burger Records Fest.
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The crowd watches the Mean Jeans at Burger Records Fest.
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Alex White, of the Chicago band White Mystery, performs at Burger Records Fest.
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A view of the boisterous crowd at Burger Records Fest.
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Seattle band the Night Beats performs at Burger Records Fest.
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Members of the audience crowd-surf and dance as the Mean Jeans play at Burger Records Fest, an Unofficial SXSW show, at Trailer Space Records, a record store in Austin.
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