photos by Greg Cristman

Skeletonwitch / Trash Talk / Vattnet Viskar

The Pitchfork Show No Mercy showcase on March 13th was one of several Vans shows at Mohawk that week, encompassing two stages of heavy music that ran the gamut from crusty hardcore to thrash to 70s-style hard rock to Pinkish Black's unclassifiable oddness (a compliment, if there ever was one). Featuring a headlining set from Skeletonwitch on the large large outdoor stage and local heroes Power Trip on the indoor, the show also had appearances from Trash Talk, Royal Thunder, Wetlungs, Pallbearer, Encrust, Mutilation Rites, Vattnet Viskar, Inter Arma, Batillus and more. A full set of pictures and full sets of video from both stages are below.

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photos by Chad Wadsworth

Trash Talk/Disclosure/METZ

House of Vans took over The Mohawk for the entirety of SXSW's Music portion, becoming ground zero for shows with Show No Mercy (Pitchfork), True Panther, The Paradigm Agency, Windish, The Onion AV Club, IAMSOUND, Ground Control, and of course the Vans Official showcase. We previously posted a full set of Iggy Pop at Mohawk, but here are photos from across the week, including shots of Ghostface, The Specials, Alt-J, Cold War Kids, Skeletonwitch, Dawes, Austra, METZ and much more. Check out more photos from the House of Vans below.

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Pitchfork will be returning to Austin for a number of SXSW events, including two at Mohawk and two at 1100 Warehouse (1100 E 5th St.).

They've got a SXSW Interactive Official Showcase on Tuesday (3/12) at Mohawk at 8 PM with John Talabot, Cloud Nothings, Marnie Stern, Hundred Waters, Torres, and more; and a Show No Mercy metal show on Wednesday (3/13) at Mohawk at noon with Skeletonwitch, Trash Talk, Pallbearer, Royal Thunder, Pinkish Black, and more.

Then, they'll throw a free day party at 1100 Warehouse on Thursday (3/14) at noon with Youth Lagoon, Toro y Moi, Foxygen, Delorean, Andy Stott, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Mac DeMarco, White Lung, Parquet Courts, Merchandise, Waxahatchee, Autre Ne Veut, Rhye, and more; and an official showcase that night at the same venue at 8 PM with Rustie, Disclosure, Ryan Hemsworth, Savages, Pissed Jeans, and more.

That's the flyer for the Interactive showcase above. The rest of the flyers, full lineups, and set times for all four shows below...

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photos by Ryan Muir

Mobb Deep @ Lustre Pearl - SXSW 2012

While the BrooklynVegan showcase was happening at Bar 96 on the Wednesday of SXSW Music, this was happening right next door at Lustre Pearl...

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photos by Tanner Douglass

The BrooklynVegan/Power of The Riff day of the Deathmatch at Scoot Inn on March 16th was such a mammoth event, that we have a third set of pictures here to help document it. Check out our previous two sets HERE and HERE, and the recap video HERE. The new pictures, Code Orange Kids, Heartless, Dead in The Dirt, Full of Hell, Trash Talk, and Off! included, below...

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Ceremony @ Scoot Inn

Ceremony has just completed a round of dates in Austin during SXSW in celebration of Zoo, the band's latest LP out now on Matador. Check out the brand new official video for "Adult" from the record below.

The four-piece California band played the BrooklynVegan/Power of The Riff day show at Scoot Inn on Friday, 3/16, one of a select few dates for Ceremony during the festival. The Scoot Inn show was part of the "Converse/Thrasher Deathmatch", a series of day parties at the venue. Friday's day party in turn lead into our official showcase later that evening at the same venue. A full set of pictures from the day are on the way (including High on Fire) (UPDATE: More pictures posted HERE), but for now check out some shots of Code Orange Kids, Heartless, Balaclava, Trash Talk, Ceremony and Full of Hell. More of them with the new Ceremony video, below...

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Andrew WK at WSC (more by BBG)

In addition to holding it down four days in a row at the near-by Hotel Vegas, we are proud to be a part of the 2012 edition of the Thrasher/Converse Deathmatch, a five-day event at Scoot Inn that kicks off on Wednesday (3/14) and terminates on Sunday (3/18). As discussed, BrooklynVegan & Power of the Riff will be in charge of the Friday-day show (on 3/16), which will end at 6PM and be followed with the BrooklynVegan/Power of The Riff/Thrasher official SXSW showcase at the same venue an hour later.

Our Friday night show at Scoot Inn is one of two night shows that are part of the mostly-daytime "Deathmatch. The other night show is a Santos Party House event on Saturday that will feature a headlining appearance from "surprise guest" Willie D of The Geto Boys (!). The rest of the lineup for the Deathmatch, including set times, below....

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