Lock up your liquor cabinets, stock up on earplugs and hide your distortion pedals, because Clairecords will be making another rip-roarin’ appearance at South By Southwest! It’ll be our second go at the liquored-up, laquered-down, tinnitus-plagued sonic bacchanalia that is the annual South By Southwest festival and conference, and we couldn’t be more thrilled.

WHAT’S GOOD:

Secret Shine’s next outing of shoegaze shock-and-awe, ‘All of the Stars’, will be hitting a music emporium near you April 4; it’s their first full-length since 1993’s ‘Untouched.’ Labelmates Tears Run Rings (whose debut for our esteemed label, ‘Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never,’ also arrives April 4) will accompany the Shinees on a rare tour canvassing the great American Midwest. Secret Shine will be making an acoustic appearance at End of an Ear and join labelmates The Brother Kite at our official showcase

SECRET SHINE appearances below:

03/13/08 End of an Ear (2:00 pm in-store)
2209 South First Street
(512) 462-6008
endofanear
Don’t forget to stick around for Shining and the Radar Bros.!)

03/13/08 Habana Calle 6 (9:00pm; SXSW showcase)
709 E. Sixth Street
(512) 443-4752
w/ Jenny Hoyston's Paradise Island and Bellafea (both Southern Records folk), Gold Standard Laboratories noiseniks Anavan and the Portuguese foursome Bildmeister.

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE:

The Pride of Providence (that’s THE BROTHER KITE to you) are planning to head back to the studio later this month to break ground on their third studio LP and follow-up to 2006’ ‘Waiting for the Time to Be Right,’ which Pitchfork graced with an impressive 7.6 rating. Read Northeast Performer’s sordid expose on the band here: performer mag

THE BROTHER KITE (and most importantly, where to find them at SXSW):

03/13/08 Habana Calle 6 (8:00pm; SXSW showcase)
709 E. Sixth Street
(512) 443-4752
w/ Jenny Hoyston's Paradise Island and Bellafea (both Southern Records folk), Gold Standard Laboratories noiseniks Anavan and the Portuguese foursome Bildmeister.

03/15/08 The Music Gym & Lounge (3pm; Outdoor Stage)
815 East 6th Street
w/ Plumerai, Tia Carrera, The Koreans, The Unbearables + more
music gym lounge

So there it is. We can’t wait, and we know you can’t either. Enjoy your stay in the capital city of the Lone Star state, eat at Cisco’s, respect the locals, avoid the Marisco Grill unless unspeakable gastronomic toil is your idea of a good time, tip your friendly bartenders, remember where a.) your badge b.) your room key and c.) your pants are at all times, and remember: What happens in Austin stays in Austin!