Dart Music International House at Mi Casa
11 days ... 38 bands ... 15 free shows
From Thursday, March 11 through Sunday, March 21 we hosted or co-hosted FREE daily events at the Dart Music International House at Mi Casa Cantina (503 E. 6th Street Map). The DMI House was THE destination for top shelf indie bands from Austin and around the world, spanning the entire duration of the SXSW Conferences and Festivals - and all shows were FREE.
On Thursday, March 11, the first event at the DMI House was the Dart Music International Welcome Party. Doors opened at 9:00PM, and we featured music from P.K.14 (China), L.Stadt (Poland), The Ganjas (Chile), and AV Okubo (China).
The Beijing Invasion was a historic Chinese film and music event. On Sunday, March 14 we co-hosted the film premiere party for the full-length documentary film Beijing Taxi and introduction to the Beijing music label Maybe Mars. Film maker Miao Wan introduced the film trailer and discussed her important, groundbreaking film, which was featured at the SXSW Film Festival. Maybe Mars label representatives Nevin Domer and Charles Saliba were be on hand to talk about the challenges inherent in running a cutting-edge Chinese indie music label and we had performances by P.K.14, Carsick Cars, AV Okubo, White, and Xiao He. Doors were open to SXSW badge-holders and Dart Music International VIPs at 8:00PM and opened to the public at 10:00PM.
As everyone attempted to recover and/or get ready to leave town, we enjoyed our last day at the DMI House with Sunday Bloody Sunday. Starting at noon we had Bloody Mary specials, tamales, and music until 8:00 from Xiao He, Miho Wada, Polly Mackey & the Pleasure Principle, The Butterfly Explosion, The Last Tycoons, The Minutes, L.Stadt, and The Mighty Stef.
Thursday, March 11
DART MUSIC INTERNATIONAL WELCOME PARTY
9:00PM - 2:00AM
P.K.14 (China), L.Stadt (Poland), The Ganjas (Chile), AV Okubo (China)
Friday, March 12
VOODOO COWBOY PARTY
8:00PM - 2:00AM
Porifera (Austin), AV Okubo (China), L.Stadt (Poland), The Lemurs (Austin), Casino (Chile)
Saturday, March 13
FRINGECORE LATINO NIGHT
8:00PM - 2:00AM
Casino (Chile), Superlasciva (Argentina), Intimate Stranger (Chile), The Ganjas (Chile)
Sunday, March 14
BEIJING INVASION
Beijing Taxi Film Premiere Party and Maybe Mars Label Introduction
8:00PM - 10:00PM (SXSW Badge holders and
Dart Music International VIPs)
10:00PM - 2:00AM (Everyone)
"Beijing Taxi" Filmmaker Miao Wang, P.K.14, Carsick Cars, AV Okubo, White, Xiao He
Monday, March 15
PRIVATE SONGWRITER MENTOR SESSION
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Polly Mackey & the Pleasure Principle (UK), Grounded In Music, Latinitas
INDIE INTERACTIVE NIGHT
8:00PM - 2:00AM
Tone (Denmark), Superlasciva (Argentina), Polly Mackey & the Pleasure Principle (UK),
Flip Tamez (Mexico)
Tuesday, March 16
EXPERIMENTAL / ELECTRONICA NIGHT
8:00PM - 2:00AM
White (China), Miho Wada (New Zealand), Tone (Denmark),
The Noise Revival (Austin), Telephunken (Spain), Xiao He (China)
Wednesday, March 17
INTERNATIONAL LUNCH
12:00PM - 1:00PM
P.K.14 (China)
KISS ME I'M FOREIGN (St. Paddy's Day Party)
1:30PM - 5:30PM
Maika Makovski (Spain), Bang Bang Eche (New Zealand), Telephunken (Spain),
The Bewitched Hands On The Top Of Our Heads (France)
Thursday, March 18
INTERNATIONAL LUNCH
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Darren Hanlon (Australia)
GOOD DANNY'S DAY PARTY
1:00PM - 6:00PM
Low Line Caller (Austin), Suzanna Choffel (Austin), Brass Bed (Austin),
The Laughing (Austin), The Frontier Brothers (Austin)
Friday, March 19
INTERNATIONAL LUNCH
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Longital (Slovakia)
SUPER LISA DAY PARTY
1:00PM - 6:00PM
St Deluxe (UK), Grand Atlantic (Australia), DaPuntoBeat (Mexico),
(Special Guest), Tone (Denmark)
Saturday, March 20
INTERNATIONAL LUNCH
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Miho Wada (New Zealand)
DART MUSIC INTERNATIONAL DAY PARTY
1:00PM - 6:00PM
Ten Bears (UK), Telephunken (Spain), Maika Makovski (Spain),
Longital (Slovakia), Gustavo Galindo (CA)
Sunday, March 21
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
12:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Dart Music International House @ Mi Casa (503 E. 6th St.)
Xiao He (China), Miho Wada (New Zealand), Polly Mackey & the Pleasure Principle (UK),
The Butterfly Explosion (Ireland), The Minutes (Ireland), The Last Tycoons (Ireland),
L.Stadt (Poland), The Mighty Stef (Ireland)
