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SXSW Day 4: Bouffants and Grammy Predictions

Music post by Katie Presley on March 17, 2013 - 3:27pm; tagged Austin, erin mckeown, hannah georgas, lianne la havas, phox, SXSW, sxsw 2013.

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Running on breakfast taco fumes and contraband waterbottles (seriously, it's water, let me bring it into your bar), Bitch caught several more excellent female-fronted bands as SXSW Music in Austin wound down. Our second-to-last day of coverage found us unintentionally chasing bands with lead singers rocking bouffants, and we also have a big ol' Grammy prediction about one of the day's acts. 

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SXSW Day 3: Women With Guitars

Music post by Katie Presley on March 15, 2013 - 2:35pm; tagged Austin, erin mckeown, hannah georgas, jesca hoop, lianne la havas, phox, shook twins, SXSW, sxsw 2013, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down.

Four female musicians playing their guitars and fiddles.

Thursday was the hottest, busiest, and most rewarding day of SXSW Music festival yet for Bitch. We saw some great female-fronted bands, and had several more recommended to us. No amount of sore feet, sunburn, and waiting in line to only maybe get into venues could keep us down! Read below the jump for our highlights from day three, jam-packed with female guitarists.

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SXSW Day 2: Six Awesome, Genre-Bending, Women-led Bands

Music post by Katie Presley on March 14, 2013 - 3:48pm; tagged Austin, erin mckeown, feathers, Jenny Owen Youngs, lianne la havas, SXSW, sxsw 2013, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, The Coathangers, Waxahatchee.

Feathers onstage with crazy lights

Day one of Austin's SXSW Music fest was about seeing bands from around the world, day two was about seeing bands from wildly disparate genres. We saw garage rock, alternative folk, dark dreampop, singer-songwriters, and 60s-girl-group-throwbacks in a span of four hours.

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