When the coronavirus epidemic arrived, SXSW was the first major event to get cancelled. Now, they turning their attention to streaming for SXSW Online.

Revealed today, SXSW Online will bring the best in film and music to the online world. In a statement, SXSW CEO and co-founder Roland Swenson said:

“The challenge of building a new future is one that we’re excited to tackle. This has been such a year of change and we, like the entire world, are reshaping our perspective on how we connect. We’re pleased to be working on SXSW Online as part of our program for 2021, and regardless of platform, we will continue to bring together the brightest minds from creative industries worldwide.”

On October 6, PanelPicker proposals and film submissions will go live. PanelPicker allows the community to pick conference programming for the event. Film submissions will officially close on October 28 with an early deadline of October 14. Musical acts will be curated by the staff with a strong priority towards acts slated to perform at this year’s event. Head here for more information on PanelPicker. People looking to submit films can go here.

SXSW Online will take place from March 16 through March 20, 2021.

10 years ago today, Letlive. delivered their breakthrough album Fake History. The album, which topped our Top Albums of the 2010s list, became one of post-hardcore’s most refined releases. To celebrate its 10-year anniversary, Letlive Jason Aalon Butler unveiled a slew of demos from the recording session, which can be streamed below. On their Instagram, the frontman stated:

“This album changed basically everything. Like- EVERYTHING. My career; actually- the very idea of having a career in music. My personal life- emotionally, romantically, intellectually, and physically. It was one my first major artistic risks because for the first time in my life, there were a few more people than just my closest friends and family listening to what I had created. So much love and so much loss during this era and I wouldn’t change a single thing. I mean that. The relationships I made as well as those I destroyed all have a purpose and hold an extremely dear place in my heart because they guided me here to the happiest place I’ve ever been in my life. FAKE HISTORY was an enormous stepping stone forward in that very long and mercurial journey which showed me that there is an incalculable worth in vulnerability. Thank you to my friends, thank you to my family, thank you to those ll.ifers that we’re brave and beautiful enough to take these risks with me and those involved in this era and create something that I genuinely think was unlike anything else and now that I’m here I can say with a completely honest heart that I am grateful. You know who you are. First and foremost- my best fuckin friends and family that gave their time and energy at practice or at shows or literally risking their lives on tour with us in metal death traps we call “tour vans”. This would have NEVER happened without you. To the romance I experienced during and due to this album- I wasn’t able to say it then because I was insecure and at sea with who I was emotionally, but I want to say it now- I love you. Thank you for doing your best to accept a seemingly broken man and believing I could be better. And to the patrons; the lifers- YOU ARE letlive. Standing up and proudly representing a movement that never quite fit in with the other ones around it and then creating your own space for it to thrive was, and still is to this day, one of the most inspiring things I have ever experienced.
That shit came full circle today as I release these demos via my own label collective @333WRECKS. Life is wild sometimes (in my case, often times). Those that know me know that I most definitely WILL get verbose and employ grandiloquence if I’m feeling something and today I AM FEELING IT. That being said- I thank you from the deepest part of my heart for the most wild and wonderful times of my life. If you were involved in this era in anyway and these demos and the album it became speak to you- 𝘐 𝘭𝘭.𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶”

Following Letlive.’s breakup in 2017, Butler formed the Grammy-nominated rock group Fever 333 with former The Chariot guitarist Stephen "Stevis" Harrison and Night Verses drummer Aric Improta.