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SOUTHBITES SouthBites is an oasis for the food truck enthusiast. Attendees stop in for some quality eats between daytime panels and nighttime showcases. PARTIES Official SXSW Parties are an integral part of the festival and provide great networking opportunities. 2013 MUSIC PART Y PRESENTERS INCLUDED: Pandora | Dr. Martens | Converse | HGTV & Paste | StubHub | American Rag | Brooklyn Vegan MUSIC GEAR EXPO The SXSW Music Gear Expo, App Annex, Store and Lounge is the gear epicenter, showcasing the newest, coolest music equipment. "The festival's critical mass draws in musicians who are well-established abroad and willing to play tiny clubs for a chance to get noticed in the United States: musicians like Gepe from Chile, who played jovial pop songs with undercurrents of Andean styles, and Emicida, a quick-tongued, forthright Brazilian rapper who mingled funk with Brazilian beats." —The New York Times JEN BERTRAND MACKLEMORE AT PANDORA DISCOVERY DEN GARY NUMAN PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST SXSW 2013 bands hailed from countries as far away as Australia, Iran, Argentina, Singapore, South Africa, Germany and Japan. Check out sxsw.com/music to see hundreds of bands that have already been announced for 2014. Spotlighting the international creative stage, SXSW announces SXAméricas, a series of events geared to connect U.S. Latino and Latin American technology, music, and film industry thought leaders. SXAméricas will ser ve as a launch pad to network, share innovative ideas, and create new partnerships across all creative industries from North America, South America, Spain, and Central America. Learn more at sxsw.com/sxamericas JOJO MARION AARON ROGOSIN