sxsw 2013

Weren't in Austin for SXSW this year? We've got you covered. This week's BitchTapes is an epic 20-track playlist of some of the best female-fronted bands we came across in our marathon week of coverage from Hill Country, Texas. Track list after the jump!

SXSW 2013 from BitchTapes on 8tracks Radio.

After five days, 40 bands, and a combined 20 hours of sleep over the course of the week, we made it to the end of SXSW Music in Austin. Sprained toes and sleep deprivation be damned, we saw more bands that we want you to know about on our last day of coverage than any day prior. Read below the jump for the Final Eight (it helps to think in capitals) highlights from SXSW 2013!

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. 

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.

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.

Tuesday kicked off SXSW Music, the world's biggest urban music festival. Bitch is in Austin for the festival all week, covering bands we love and think you'll love too! On our first day alone, we saw four shows from all different countries! Read below the jump for highlights from our first of many 12+ hours days on the streets of Austin.

Austin is excited to see us!

Bitch is at the SXSW music and interactive festival in Austin, Texas this week! SXSW is the largest music festival of its kind ON THE PLANET, with more than 2,500 official bands registered to play at 100+ venues around the city. Starting Wednesday, look out for daily roundups of what we're seeing while we're in town, and who we think you'll be seeing and hearing more from in 2013.

Let us know who you'd like us to cover, if you're not in town, and if you are, tell us who you're most excited to see!