omonatheydid | SXSW 2012 to take place in March and feature many Korean events

South by Southwest (SXSW) is a company that hosts an annual event covering films, music, and technology. This year, the event will take place from March 9th to 18th in Austin, Texas. It hosts one of the largest music festivals in the United States, with over 2,000 artists performing in over 90 venues. Its film festival focuses on new, upcoming directing talents from all over the world.

This year, SXSW will host many Korea related events. This year's events will feature performances from Aziatix, Crying Nut, Galaxy Express, and more. Additionally, films about Korea and Korean Americans will also be shown this year. There will also be a panel discussing the secrets to the K-Pop market becoming an international market.

Check out some of the the events that are scheduled for this year's SXSW event, below!

Do Music Moguls know a secret about K-Pop?
An increasing number of American artists are being drawn to the culture and music of Asia with American artists beginning to collaborate with Korean pop groups. Will.i.am is producing tracks on 2NE1’s upcoming album, Kanye West worked with JYJ, and recently, the Wonder Girls opened for the Jonas Brothers. Could this be the year K-Pop breaks through into the American pop culture, or is K-pop exclusive only to an Asian population?

A few presenters set to discuss this topic will be Adam Ware (CEO of Mnet), Jeff Yang (Columnist of The Wall Street Journal), Flowsion Shekar (Founder and CEO of Koreaboo), Ted Kim (EVP, CJ), and David Zedeck (Booking Agent (Music), CAA).

Link: Secret about K-pop?
Time and Venue: Friday, March 16th, 2:00-3:00pm, Austin Convention Center Room 11AB

Language (Movie)
This movie is about a boy named Jason, who has a Korean foreign exchange student staying in his home. He does not speak Korean and she does not speak English. In the end, they learn to communicate with each other through drawings, despite the language barriers.

Link: Language (Movie)
Time and Venue: Saturday, March 17th, 11:30am-12:55pm, Alamo Lamar C

Eden (Movie)

In 1994, Hyun Jae, a Korean-American teenager goes into to a bar in New Mexico where a handsome young man posing as a firefighter offers her a ride home. She was then abducted and smuggled into Las Vegas where she was imprisoned as a sex slave for two years. During her captivity, Hyun Jae (dubbed Eden by her captors) ensured her own survival by steadily carving out power and influence within the very organization that imprisoned her. Inspired by the complex and harrowing true story of human trafficking survivor Chong Kim, Eden peers into the darkest corners of America and attempts to discover the humanity within.

Link: Eden (Movie)
Time and Venue: Sunday, March 11, 11:15am-12:53pm, Stateside Theatre

3rd Line Butterfly (Artist)

As a group that uses introspective post-modern rock paired along with moody guitars and smokey vocals, 3rd Line Butterfly is a Seoul-stationed quartet that sublimely soars with velvety sounds from the Korean underground.

Link: 3rd Line Butterfly
Time and Venue: Friday, March 16th, 9:00-9:40pm, Soho Lounge

Crying Nut (Artist)

Crying Nut is a fast and furious five-some who have slam danced 15 minutes into 15 years of fame. Notorious for their live shows, this five man group has kicked and screamed their way out of Seoul’s underground and onto the main stages of Asia’s top music festivals.

Link: Crying Nut
Time and Venue: Friday, March 16th, 10:00-10:40pm, Soho Lounge

Aziatix (Artist)

Aziatix fuses the elements of R&B, Pop, and Hip-Hop, and was the first Asian-American group featured on AOL. They have also been featured on MySpace, Windows Media, and MSN. Their self-titled debut EP reached #4 on the iTunes R&B charts and they have reached #1 on the Korean, Taiwan, and Japan music charts.

Link: Aziatix
Time and Venue: Friday, March 16th, 1:00-1:50am, Soho Lounge

Galaxy Express (Artist)

Award-winning South Korean rocker group Galaxy Express was formed in 2006 in Seoul and immediately began attracting attention with their infectious blend of tightly wound garage rock, punk, and psychedelic sounds and explosive performances. Widely recognized as South Korea’s best live band, Galaxy Express’ goal is to spread their raucous brand of rock ‘n’ roll across the globe.

Link: Galaxy Express
Time and Venue: Friday, March 16th, 11:00-11:40pm, Soho Lounge

Yellow Monster (Artist)

A not so quiet riot of high-powered punk, Yellow Monsters is a three-headed supergroup (fueled by members of Delispice, GumX, and My Aunt Mary) who riff and tear the roof off of Korea's AltROK scene.

Link: Yellow Monster
Time and Venue: Friday, March 16th, 8:00-8:40pm, Soho Lounge

Source: sxsw & koreaboo