Fader Fort Announces SXSW Lineup

Omar Apollo, Charly Bliss, Megan Thee Stallion, and Lil Gotit on deck

"...artists early in their careers is our DNA,” explains Fader publisher Andy Cohn, who also oversees the magazine’s famed..."

March 6, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fader Fort RSVP Now Open for Business [updated]

Time to get serious about partying at SXSW

"...The annual Fader Fort – the four-day party/band showcase/Converse-powered bacchanalia – is..."

March 6, 2013 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Fader Fort Teases Lineup

SOB X RBE, Soccer Mommy, YBN Nahmir, and more

"...the 2018 edition of much ballyhooed live music series Fader Fort, which happens annually during South by Southwest...."

March 6, 2018 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Collateral Events During SXSW Scale Back

SXSW Music's festival sideshow contracts

"...Hype Hotel. Fader Fort. Spotify House...."

March 3, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Thursday, March 15, 2018

"...Raekwon at the Fader Fort..."

March 16, 2018 Photo Gallery

Best of SXSW: Best Stage Banter, Best Show, Best Repeats

… and other observations from Kevin Curtin’s notebook

"...that stop me. I’m here to party with you Fader Fort.” – Omar Apollo, upgrading what earlier in the..."

March 19, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music News: Father John Misty, Jenny Lewis, and Toro y Moi Give Way to Music Week

What’s what so far at SXSW Music

"...Annual hype convergence Fader Fort announced its full roster yesterday, topped by recent..."

March 13, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Does Size Matter at SXSW?

A smaller SXSW Music week still satisfies

"...commercial momentum of rap/R&B/trap brethren Rae Sremmurd, who headlined Fader Fort and the Moody Theater the same night by..."

March 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback

Late SXSW Creative Director Brent Grulke memorialized, and other Thursday SXSW tips

"...Converse, whose tread marks at SXSW include the Fader Fort and Death Match concerts, have entered year four..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Music Mo'nday: SXSW Edition

Austin, London, Paris, Munich, everybody talk about gay music.

"...out this week at the MTV Woodies and the Fader Fort Thursday, 6:35pm...."

March 12, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

SXSW 08: It's a Wrap

"...D, the panel’s most vocal speakers, engaged in a back-and-forth about whether kids in the ‘hood wanted to hear..."

March 19, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Reji Thomas Has Left the Building

Pining for Pine Street

"...QueerBomb celebration, HOPE Farmers Market (the East­side's first), the Fader Fort during SXSW, and the annual East Austin Studio..."

Nov. 7, 2014 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Sixth Sense

Neighbors, business owners, and the city are all searching for the future of East Sixth Street

"...just down the way, certainly within amp-shot. Next month, Fader magazine will set up its South by Southwest Fader..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

SXSW Music News: De La Soul, J Balvin, and T Bone Burnett Headlined Hump Day

Music happenings yesterday and today

"...Stereogum Range Life, followed by an evening appearance at Fader Fort. Philly figure Tierra Whack made her first Austin..."

March 14, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: SXSW 2015: Turnt Up & Dialed Down

SXSW Music 2015 – that's a wrap

"...star Miley Cyrus appeared alongside Mike Will Made-It at Fader Fort, lending vocals on sneaker jam "23" and enthusiastically..."

March 27, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Austin Bands for Bernie

Bands turn out for Bernie Sanders, plus a dive into the SXSW rumor mill and an expanded lineup for the Austin Music Awards

"...remains, other festival standards slim down. Not yet announced, Fader Fort returns as a one-day event at Native Hostel..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: What Sparked Joy at SXSW Music

Marie Kondo-ing my Festival experience, with scooters and shooters in the giveaway pile

"...Megan Thee Stallion (née Pete) warmed up for a Fader Fort appearance, donning a black rodeo hat and Daisy..."

March 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Panel Encore: U-God’s Journey Into the Wu-Tang

What becomes of Wu-Tang’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin?

"...Empire Control Room Wednesday and Raekwon appeared unannounced at Fader Fort on Thursday...."

March 16, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Wednesday, March 14, 2018

"...Billie Eilish at the Fader Fort..."

March 15, 2018 Photo Gallery

Playback: Next Big Buzzes at SXSW 2018

Forecasting this year’s breakout acts

"...Courtyard, hosts Dr. Octagon, Porches, Jack Harlow, and more. Fader Fort, March 14-16 at 1501 E. Seventh, unveiled SOB..."

March 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Decoding the Sound on Sound Leak

Medieval music convergence reveals lineup tease in video

"...O’bi. Watch Noname perform the track at this year’s Fader Fort...."

June 12, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Playback – SXSW Recap: Love, Hate, Garth & Trump

Final love / hate SXSW listicles

"...superstar to bona fide world music mover with his forthcoming solo album – shouted with a middle finger in..."

March 24, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Starf**king SXSW

SXSW’s bubble burst? Sure, okay – if you say so. Leave the starfucking to us, then.

"...trademark brands and talent procurement entities – Hype Hotel, Fader Fort, Spotify House – cutting back (revisit "Playback: Collateral..."

March 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Guy Clark 1941-2016

End Transmission: Adios Guy Clark, and Transmission Events as we knew it

"...going on and they were trying to make Guy comfortable and, at the same time, artists were expressing their..."

May 20, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Welcome to Terrordome: Sixth Street During SXSW

Appraising APD's solution to Sixth Street during SXSW

"...to SXSW booking more hip-hop, but ancillary events like Fader Fort, which has presented both Kanye West and, this..."

April 8, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Post Pop Depression: After SXSW

Still wearing your SXSW badge or wristband? We don't blame you.

"...copping Torchy's Tacos and ending with Drake materializing at Fader Fort to perform six songs. In betwixt, punk daredevil..."

March 25, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music News: Stormy Friday

Wind, rain, and a weapon torments SXSW on Friday night

"...in the small, indoor chapel stage. Major unofficial attraction Fader Fort was also cleared out and all of its..."

March 19, 2016 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

The Great Austin Beer Scavenger Hunt

SXSW is brewing

"...you drift your way down to the grind of Fader Fort. There are rumors of a very special beer..."

March 10, 2016 Food Post by Eric Puga

SXSW Live Shot: T-Pain No-Show

Gabi Wilson, Tiara Thomas, and NOLA MC Pell take up the slack

"...T-Pain, never showed – perhaps exhausted from a mammoth Fader Fort set that afternoon...."

March 21, 2015 SXSW Post by Nina Hernandez

SXSW News: Brawl Closes Gypsy Lounge

London MC and headliner forced to cancel festival showcase

"...disturbance during SXSW. In 2011, a fight at the Fader Fort left one stagehand in the hospital. The next..."

March 20, 2015 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

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