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GALLERY: SXSW 2015

See performance shots of AWOLNATION, Courtney Barnett, Elder, Future Islands, Portugal. The Man, Nikki Lane, and more!

6th Street in downtown Austin wasn’t reserved to participating SXSW artists and badgeholders as Spiderman and the Incredible Hulk strolled through crowds for photo opportunities. Austin is the Live Music Capital of the World, so it’s only fitting the streets were littered with performers and musicians all week. Keep Austin Weird!

2015 marks South by Southwest’s 28th year as a destination festival in Austin’s beautiful neighborhoods like South Congress, East Austin, and downtown along 5th and 6th Streets. Since its inception, SXSW has tried to serve all music fans with a healthy dose of underground and unsigned acts representing nearly every musical genre imaginable. This year was no different with over 2,200 acts that descended upon the Lone Star State’s capital for five days and nights. Premier Guitar had boots on the ground and here is a fraction of the guitar-centric highlights from the event.

Guitarist William Tyler, a restless sonic explorer: “I would get bored staying in the same place.”

Photo by Angelina Castillo

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