who we are

There are those that say that Hipster Robots at SXSW is the greatest live music event ever organized in the history of humankind.

Those people — primarily us, and Dan’s wife — are not wrong.

While there are many amazing artists from around the world at SXSW every year, Hipster Robots asks the simple questions - which bands are the loudest, and will they play our show?

I mean, it’s great and all if you’re the buzzed-about young indie band who got your music placed on Euphoria during that one super weird drugged out deviant sex scene, or whose publicist somehow got you on the cover of Vanity Fair despite everyone knowing that music is dead as a cultural touchstone. That’s great, and we’re truly happy for you and might check you out during SXSW.

But if you have four guitarists and a singer with a handlebar mustache who pick fights with people in the crowd, we want you for our show. If anyone, anywhere, at any time, has ever compared you to Diarrhea Planet, we want you for our show. If you’ve ever played a wicked guitar solo and immediately proceeded to throw up on your lead singer, we want you for our show. If you’ve ever stolen your bassist’s boyfriend or girlfriend during your own set, we want you for our show. If a venue owner has ever set you on fire during a set because they hate your music, we want you for our show.

Listen, all of us who make up Hipster Robots are old now. We’ve got mortgages and plantar fasciitis. At least one of us has a kid that we know of. We put this show on because for one glorious day each year, we want to relive our youths, remind our livers that they were once champions, and commune with the power of rock and roll. This is our credo, this is our purpose. Get busy guitarin’ or get busy dyin’.

And to prove that point, we’ve added a SECOND show to our SXSW musical offerings — STUPORFRIENDS. This is the show we do in conjunction with our friends — and we use that word very, very lightly (have you MET them?!?) — THEMM! And while it has a different name, it’s basically the same dumb show, just with slightly more focus on international bands and first-time SXSW bands with, you know, too many guitarists. Oh and THEMM! make us book them too. Dicks.

So if you’re an artist that fits our bill and you want to play one of our shows, head over to our Booking page. If you’re just someone who wants to see the best SXSW day parties of the year, we’ll see you during SXSW at Side Bar. And if you don’t like Diarrhea Planet, then maybe this is more your speed.

If you’re curious about the shows’ origin and background, read about it here.

Your Robot Overlords

Prior Shows

Booking

Are you interested in playing Hipster Robots?

Well, the bad news is we’re pretty picky and tend
to focus on bands we think are perfect for the show.

But if you think you meet our criteria, we’re always
up to listen to new music! So click the button below
and we’ll do our best to check you out!

Sponsor

Are you interested in sponsoring Hipster Robots?

We’re always open to people giving us money,
and we think you should definitely do so. Just
click the button below for more information
about how you can transfer your wealth to us
to help put on the greatest rock shows known
to humankind.

It’s the right thing to do, and I think we both
realize that.