Looks like Nick Foreman of Dust Congress will be hosting day shows in his intimate show space/living room at the convenient corner of Sycamore and Carroll in Denton for the duration of the NX35 festival. The shows are scheduled to take place mainly during the off-hours "in time for everyone to make it to whatever nighttime shows [you] might be playing/attending."

The lineups will include acts that are playing NX35, acts that were supposed to play NX35, and acts that would never play NX35 even if they were offered a billion dollars and a lifetime supply of cupcakes.

Apparently the free day shows are not without some controversy, as Day Bow Bow head honcho and NX35 organizer, Jaime-Paul Falcon is seen commenting on the Facebook invite (log in to see it)

"Way to show complete disrespect for the venues and volunteers that put this festival together."

Now, Falcon is certainly entitled to his opinion as we all are, but I find it an odd stance to take considering his own involvement in a couple of SXSW day shows, which, while being completely unavoidable, have long been a thorn in the side of the SXSW establishment and are generally considered a nuisance and a distraction by those volunteers and organizers.

Perhaps this can all be argued away by simply viewing SXSW as so huge that it matters not if you step on the toes of anyone involved. Personally, I've never understood why anyone considers such additional activity a "threat," when these types of gatherings often just help raise the profile and overall public opinion of the "main event," and drawing attendees that might not have participated otherwise. Non Compete Clauses be damned, especially those with unreasonable time frames-- such agreements don't usually stand up in Texas courts anyways, or at least that's what I'm told by our expert legal department. The Lineups:

DAY ONE: FRIDAY, MARCH 12TH:
3-8 PM

Delmore Pilcrow

Rare Grooves (los angeles)

.e (st. louis)

Florene

Record Hop

Drug Mountain

DAY TWO: SATURDAY, MARCH 13TH
2-7 pm

Summer Of Glaciers

Emil Rapstine

Dim Locator

Chris Welch

Hotel Hotel

Tre Orsi

Burnt Sienna

DAY THREE: SUNDAY, MARCH 14TH
3-9 PM

(Paperstain Records Event)

Seth Sherman

Dust Congress

Shiny Around The Edges

Kampfgrounds

Piccline

Kaboom