Bayonne, aka Roger Sellers, plays for free at Waterloo Records at 5 p.m. 2015 photo by Erika Rich for American-Statesman
SXSW official showcases: Check out our austin360.com daily list of critics’ picks for Tuesday through Saturday.
Swollen Circus at Continental Club. Most of the city’s best venues are occupied at night with official SXSW that mostly require badges or wristbands, but here’s an exception, and a good one. Walter Salas-Humara of the Silos has been presenting his “Swollen Circus” SXSW welcome for more about two decades, moving from Hole in the Wall (where Ryan Adams played one year) to the late ND at 501 to C-Boy’s and now the venerable Continental Club. In addition to out-of-towners Salas-Humara, Freedy Johnston and Jonathan Rundman, the lineup includes local favorites including Why Not Satellite, Rite Flyers and Jon Dee Graham & the LoJinks Orchestra. $5. 10 p.m. (Upstairs at the Gallery, catch James McMurty at 8:30 p.m. for $10 or the Ephram Owens Experience at 10:30 p.m. for no cover.) 1315 S. Congress Ave. continentalclub.com.
Daytime action: Some are SXSW-related, some just on the fringes, but here’s a sampling of what’s available while the sun’s up (as always, check venue websites and presenters’ event pages for details on how to get in): Bayonne, aka Austin electronica artist Roger Sellers, at Waterloo Records; Vince Staples, AlunaGeorge and more at Spotify House; a Barracuda show with Riverboat Gamblers, Flesh Lights and more; Sun Radio/Alaskan Brewing party at El Mercado Backstage with Robbie Fulks, James and Curtis McMurtry, Big Cat and more; Music Tech Mashup with Riders Against the Storm, Ruby Jane & the Reckless and more at Empire; Spring Break Boogie at Hotel Vegas with Thee Oh Sees, American Sharks and more; Jaimee Harris, Anthony da Costa and more at Strange Brew; Casual Strangers, Residual Kid and more at Guero’s Oak Garden; Galaxy Life Party with more than a dozen acts at Flamingo Cantina; and the Make Fuzzy Tracks party at Key Bar with Eastern Sea, Megafauna and more.
