Share a Smile at South by SouthWest!
By Danny on Mar 7 Filed In Austin, Texas, SXSW Add a Comment
SXSW is almost upon us! AND, as always, we here at Sweet Leaf Tea have been putting together a good time filled with smiles, music, iced-teas, and high-fives in a week-long package sealed with Granny’s love!
During March 8th thru March 17th be on the look out throughout the city for the Tea’m and some peculiarly familiar smiles……. (more to come on this front to come during SXSW) [Hint: See Below]
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Partnering up, Partner!
- Cesar Chavez and Red River from March 8th – 13th from 11am – 6pm
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Tito’s Trolley! — Tito’s Vodka is running a trolley throughout SXSW to get you from one place to the other, saving your leg muscles for DANCING! AND, you guessed it, we’ll be providing GALLONS of tea for your drinking pleasure on the route. Check out their schedule and follow #TitosTrolley on Twitter for locations and stops!
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Events? More Like TEA-vents!
SLT will be available across the city at the events below, and believe-you-me it will be a tea party. We have painstakingly curated the best events in town to partner with and MAN-OH-MAN will they be GRAND! Click on the event name for the line-up and RSVP, click on the location to get a google map!
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Epic Interactive 3/9/2012 — 7pm – 1am — The Belmont
HIGHLIGHTS: Grab a free tea and dance to the sounds of Delta Spirt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
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Make Fuzzy Tracks 3/13 — 7pm – 11pm — Key Bar
HIGHLIGHTS: Awesome Photobooth. Sweet Leaf Tea. Great People. Intimate venue. He’s My Brother She’s My Sister performing.
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Austinist Presents SXSW – 3/14 — 11:30am – 6pm — The Mohawk
HIGHLIGHTS: Top Buzz bands highlighted! Great venue!
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Gram Parsons Foundation Launch Party! 3/14 — 11am – 7pm — Hotel San Jose Parking Lot
HIGHLIGHTS: 100% your Sweet Leaf Tea Purchase goes to the Gram Parson Foundation for musicians! Away from downtown craziness.
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**DANNY'S TOP PICK**
**Music by the Slice! (MXTS) 3/16 — 11am – 9pm — Homeslice Pizza ** DANNY’s Top Pick!
HIGHLIGHTS: 100% OF Profits from concessions go to URBAN ROOTS! GREAT PIZZA! Away from downtown craziness.
BANDS TO NOT MISS: Imperial Teen (11:35am) — Yukon Blonde (12:10pm) — Family of the Year (5:25)
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**DANNY'S TOP PICK**
**South by San Jose (SXSJ) 3/16 – 3/18 — 11am – 7pm — Hotel San Jose Parking Lot ** DANNY’s Top Pick
HIGHLIGHTS: 3 days of great bands for FREE! Best Michelada in town! Away from downtown craziness.
BANDS TO NOT MISS: Yukon Blonde (2ish on 3/16) — Alabama Shakes (6ish on 3/17) — TENNIS (2ish on 3/18)
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The BIG One 3/16 — 11am – 1am — The Belmont
HIGHLIGHTS: Day long event that you won’t want to leave! Local products for consumption. DEAD CONFEDERATE Headlining!
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Morning After Party! -- 3/16 — 12pm – 6pm — Frontgate Tickets Parking Lot
HIGHLIGHTS: JONNY CORNDAWG is playing! Awesome breakfast tacos!
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**Our Friends at Knuckle Rumbler have several showcases, RVSP and Get there early for great opening acts and cold TEA!**
Perveyors of ROCK 3/14 — 12pm – 8pm — Peckerheads
Vaya con TACOS 2 3/16 — 12pm – 8pm — Peckerheads [SO GOOD, they did it again! Round 2!]
LaunchPad 3/17 — 12pm – 8pm – Peckerheads
Look for me out there and follow @SweetLeafDanny - @SweetLeafCharla - and of course @SweetLeafTea for action packed information on SXSW!
-SweetLeafDanny!
SweetLeafDanny’s Top Pick for ACL!
By Danny on Sep 9 Filed In ACL, Live Music Add a Comment
ACL is ONE WEEK AWAY! OMG! Then, I realized I’ve been so busy prepping that I haven’t written my top pick for the festival. Frantically, I scanned the line-up and LOW-AND-BEHOLD I found them!
I discovered this band at SXSW 3 years ago to the Austinist SXSW party. They were one of the opening bands that played before Kevin Devine (Personal Favorite). So I got there early and starting listening, and they caught my eye right off the bat. One thing that I was super impressed with, was the lead singer (Telekinesis! founder and brainchild, Michael Lerner) plays the drums while singing. It’s AH-mazing. I’ve seen them play SXSW a couple of time now and they have 2 albums and one EP out. They are all top notch records! BONUS they play at the Google + stage on Saturday at 11:45am! See them. It’s a great band to start your day!
This first video is just a live performance of to show you how awesome he is a drumming and singing my (current) favorite song.
These following are just awesome, listen and enjoy.
See you there!!!
SXSW Photog blog!
By Danny on Mar 23 Filed In SXSW Add a Comment
SXSW is OVER! SweetLeafDanny’s Top #Winners
By Danny on Mar 21 Filed In Austin, Texas, SXSW Add a Comment
Photo Cred: Annie Ray .net
Whoa, SXSW 2011 has been a whirlwind of a week + couple days. When I wasn’t slinging homemade goodness, stocking up our parties, getting a sweet new do [photo above], jumping out of a van filled with 3 foot balloons, eating, or sleeping…..I made it out to see some new and old bands, as well as some of my favorite events!
As mentioned in my SXSW prep blog, the Austinist presents: Gonna Get Down VI, was a fantastic event to be at! They had some tasty treats from Haddington’s and Mulberry (two fine Austin restaurants), fantastic music, and ice cold Sweet Leaf Tea. I caught Twin Shadow‘s set and was transformed into an instant fan. They jammed so solid, I left the party, purchased their vinyl, listened to it, and then saw them again a Emo’s the following day. Awesome band! Check out this song, “At My Heels” performed at the fader fort during SX!
Music by the Slice at Home Slice Pizza was AMAZING this year. While there I had Eggplant Romano Pizza [EPIC photo below], a tan, met some really amazing people, and got to see several bands in an extremely intimate setting. My top two band highlights include, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yelton and Thao with the Get Down Stay Down. Amazing bands. Thao seriously brought down the house and the crowd was clapping and singing along with her the whole time! Plus, I met her backstage and she was one of the nicest people I have ever met.
Yummmm......
Check out this video of them performing “Beat (Health, Life, and Fire)” at Music by the Slice. It’s my favorite + I was there! 
As a part of our SXSW plan, we teamed up with Gowalla to create a specialized trip for fans to win awesome prizes! [South by Sweet Spot] We also got to go to their party and saw Matt and Kim and Flosstradamus perform! They were super awesome and brought some electric energy to the crowd, transforming the entire venue into a HUGE dance party! Check out my photo of Flosstradamas mixing up the beats!
Flosstradamus Spinning da Beats!
I also managed to go to a couple other shows to see Toro y Moi, Clock Opera, Black Joe Lewis, White Denim, and a couple others. It was a busy, yet fruitful SXSW. I’m happy it’s over so I can finally take a nap, but it will definitely be a week to remember!
Ashley’s SXSW Picks
By Smashley on Mar 15 Filed In Austin, Texas, Celebrities, Events, Live Music, SXSW, arts & crafts Add a Comment
This week, the social frenzy that is SXSW really gains momentum, as the music portion of the fest kicks off on the heels of film and interactive. Don’t get me wrong- it’s been fun up until now, but SX-music takes it to another level. Put on your party pants (skinny jeans if you want to fit in), call in sick (j/k), and get ready for a great week in Austin. Here are some of my picks:
Paste Party in Austin: 508 E 6th (Thurs, Fri)
For the eighth year in a row, Paste will host day parties during SXSW, bringing some of their favorite new artists (and a few veterans) to the stage. They’re showcasing some great bands, some familiar- Eisley, TV Torso, Sarah Jaffe, and Sondre Lerche, as well as some new bands that I’m definitely going to check out: The Kopecky Family Band and David Wax Museum. More info here.
Music By The Slice: Home Slice Pizza (Thurs, Fri, Sat)
Another event I hit up every year is “Music By The Slice” at Home Slice Pizza. I love this venue- not only because it’s my favorite pie in town, but also because it has a beautiful back patio/ beer garden, complete with a great outdoor stage.
One of my favorite SXSW encounters of all time was at Home Slice. I decided to scoot down there for lunch, and as I sat down outside to enjoy my slice and Mexican Coke, noticed that some guys were wheat pasting a mural on the wall across from where I was sitting.
I studied this stuff in art school, so was immediately interested. Upon closer inspection, I realized that the rogue artists were none other than Shepard Fairey and the Obey posse, major forces in visual culture. I’m pretty sure you’ve seen their work. I was psyched to stumble upon the actual people whose blogs and careers I had been following for years. And I got to offer them some Sweet Leaf Tea (Diet Peach was their fave)! Definitely a great SX memory. Maybe a repeat performance this year?
Dickies @ SXSW: Lustre Pearl (Thurs, Fri, Sat)
Lustre Pearl is one of my favorite local haunts, so I was thrilled to see that Fader and Dickies are putting on some great shows there. I’m psyched about The Givers, DeVotchKa, Cold War Kids, and Gayngs, to name a few, and love the idea of sitting outside under the trees, sipping on a (Sweet Leaf Tea) and hearing some great new music from those bands.
There’s certainly no lack of great music this week, just wish I could be in two places at once!
Get out there and have yourself a great time.
And a Sweet Leaf Tea, of course!
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