{"id":2097,"date":"2012-02-22T19:22:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T00:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2018-02-24T07:27:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T12:27:07","slug":"merge-records-announces-sxsw-2012-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2097","title":{"rendered":"Merge Records announces SXSW 2012 showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16420\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sxsw-2012-wide.jpg?resize=400%2C200\" alt=\"Merge SXSW showcase 2012 banner\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sxsw-2012-wide.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sxsw-2012-wide.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Merge Records\u00a0is hosting a showcase at the annual SXSW Music Festival\u00a0in Austin, TX at\u00a0Frank.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Merge SXSW Showcase 2012<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday, March 16 @\u00a0Frank<br \/>\nDoors at 7 pm and the show starts at 7:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Line-up from first to last on stage:<br \/>\nM. Ward<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/2012\/01\/23\/hospitality-release-music-video-and-tour-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Hospitality<\/a><br \/>\nEleanor Friedberger<br \/>\nThe Love Language<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/2012\/02\/10\/crooked-fingers-release-new-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Crooked Fingers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/2011\/11\/12\/imperial-teen-return-with-new-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Imperial Teen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/2012\/02\/05\/the-magnetic-fields-release-their-latest-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Magnetic Fields<\/a> play their own show at SXSW<br \/>\nFriday, March 16 @\u00a0Austin City Limits Live<br \/>\nDoors are at 6:30pm, and the band hits the stage at 8:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VHqMvojZKSw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Merge Records\u00a0is hosting a showcase at the annual SXSW Music Festival\u00a0in Austin, TX at\u00a0Frank. Merge SXSW Showcase 2012 Friday, March 16 @\u00a0Frank Doors at 7 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2097\" title=\"Merge Records announces SXSW 2012 showcase\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,25,28],"tags":[52,118,119,293,421,491,584,610,738,764,1138,1185,1188],"class_list":["post-2097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","tag-52","tag-austin-city-limits","tag-austin-tx","tag-crooked-fingers","tag-eleanor-friedberger","tag-frank","tag-hospitality","tag-imperial-teen","tag-m-ward","tag-merge-records","tag-sxsw","tag-the-love-language","tag-the-magnetic-fields"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sxsw-2012-wide.jpg?fit=400%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-xP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2256,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2256","url_meta":{"origin":2097,"position":0},"title":"Merge Records signs Bob Mould to roster","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Merge Records has announced their signing of Bob Mould (legendary H\u00fcsker D\u00fc\/Sugar frontman) to their artist roster. 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