by “Old School G” Greg Schick

The last CMJ conference in New York had several nice global hip hop shows, but this year’s SXSW (www.sxsw.com) in Austin, Texas, is teeming with international hip hop artists. The conference starts today (Wednesday, March 18th) and runs through Saturday, March 21st. Especially well represented this year are Canada (13 artists) and Netherlands (4 artists). If you are going to be in Austin, here is a rundown of who to check out.

Pete Philly & Perquisite (Netherlands)
Wednesday, March 18th, 4:30 pm Vice Party @ Music Gym
Saturday March 21st, 11:00 pm Buffalo Billiards
www.petephillyandperquisite.com
www.myspace.com/petephillyandperquisite
(OSG: An all time favorite group of mine!)

Empire Isis (Montreal)
Wednesday, March 18th, 11:00 pm Panagea
www.myspace.com/empireisis
(OSG: She also performed at the CMJ Global Hip Hop Throwdown that World Hip Hop Market sponsored)

Choc Quib Town (Columbia)
Wednesday, March 18 1:00 a.m. Speakeasy (412 Congress Ave)
chocqibtown.com

Nina Dioz (Mexico)
Wednesday, March 18 10:00 p.m. Flamingo Cantina (515 E 6th St)
www.myspace.com/ninadioz

David Dallas (New Zealand)
Wednesday, March 18 3:30 p.m. SESAC Day Stage Cafe Austin Convention Center (500 E Cesar Chavez St)
Thursday, March 19 9:40 p.m.Back Alley Social (303 W 5th St)
www.daviddallas.co.nz

Shad K (London, Ontario)
Thursday, March 19 – 7600-7699 Still Ridge Drive – Green Owl, Wichita, mixtape-music BBQ
Friday, March 20, 8:00 pm @ Wave (408 E 6th Street)
Friday, March 20, 11:55 pm @ Music Gym Patio (815 E 6th Street)
Saturday, March 21, 2:30 pm SESAC day stage café austin convention center stage show
www.shadk.com
(OSG: Great emcee! I was only recently turned on to this guy. Try to see this show!)

K’naan (Toronto)
Thursday, March 19 8:20 p.m. Austin Music Hall (208 Nueces St)
www.knaanmusic.com
(OSG: Another of my all time favorite performers, curently on a tear in North America)

Arts the Beatdoctor (Netherlands)
Thursday, March 19 11:30 p.m. Karma Lounge (119 W 8th St)
www.artsthebeatdoctor.com

In Stereo (perCeptie & Kapabel) (Netherlands)
Thursday, March 19 11:00 p.m. Karma Lounge (119 W 8th St)
www.myspace.com/informatie

Kraak & Smaak (Netherlands)
Thursday, March 19 12:00 a.m. Vice (302 E 6th St)
www.kraaksmaak.com

Tommy Tee/Son of Light (Norway)
Friday, March 20th, 8:00 pm Back Alley Social Club (303 W. 5th Street)
www.myspace.com/tommyteemusic
www.myspace.com/teepeesonoflight

Mohammed Al Farra of Palestinian Rapperz (Gaza, Palestine)
Friday March 20th, 11:00 pm Club 115 (115 San Jakinto St)
www.myspace.com/palrapperz

Lady Sovereign (London, England)
Friday, March 20 12:00 a.m. Club de Ville (900 Red River St)
www.ladysovereign.com

Mapei (Sweden)
Friday, March 20 10:30 p.m. Club de Ville (900 Red River St)
www.myspace.com/mapei

Friday March 20th
Canadian Hip-Hop All Stars (Music Gym Outside)
12:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. – Classified (Enfield, NS) www.myspace.com/hiphopclassified
11:55 p.m. - 12:25 a.m. Shad (London, ON) www.shadk.com
11:15 p.m. - 11:45 p.m. - Josh Martinez (Vancouver, BC) www.joshmartinez.ca
10:40 p.m. - 11:10 p.m. - Moka Only + Def 3 (Regina, SK) www.sonicbids.com/Def3MokaOnly
10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. - Keys & Krates (Toronto, ON)
9:30 p.m. - 9:50 p.m. - Grand Analog (Winnipeg, MB) www.sonicbids.com/GrandAnalog
9:00 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. - More or Les (Montreal, QC) www.sonicbids.com/MoreOrLesHipHop
8:30 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. - D.O. (Toronto, ON) www.sonicbids.com/DO
8:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Peer Pressure DJ’s (Montreal, QC)

Jesse Dangerously (Ottawa)
Friday, March 20 10:30 p.m. Prague (422 B Congress Ave)
www.sonicbids.com/JesseDangerously

Pato Machete (Mexico)
Saturday, March 21 12:00 a.m. Habana Bar Backyard (708 E 6th St)
www.myspace.com/patomachete

Poetic Pilgrimage (UK)
Saturday, March 21 8:00 pm Back Alley Social (303 W 5th St)
www.myspace.com/poeticpilgrimage
(OSG: Great female duo from London I just interviewed and will also be performing at the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival.)

Buck 65 (Halifax)
Saturday, March 21 11:00 p.m. Scoot Inn (1308 E 4th St)
buck65.com

Skratch Bastid (Montreal)
Saturday, March 21 12:00 a.m. Speakeasy (412 Congress Ave)
www.skratchbastid.com

Special thanks to Fiona Bloom and her “Severe 70” buzz bands and Austin Surreal blog for helping track down all the hip hop performers.