As promised, Saucony Originals has two exclusive tracks for download from SXSW performers Japandroids and Best Coast.  We’ve partnered with Death + Taxes Magazine to bring you these rare, previously unreleased tracks.

Click HERE to get your hands on these tracks as well as a special offer from Saucony Originals, not to be missed!

We’re back from Austin, and more than a little sleep deprived from trying to see a thousand live bands all over town!  Of course the highlight of the week was our dual parties on Thursday with online indie music store Insound and Death+Taxes Magazine.  SXSW veterans were excited to see Saucony O’s back at the festival, many of whom were sporting their favorite concert-going Jazz sneakers.

We played washers in the courtyard at Club De Ville, signed people up for a free shoe raffle and outfitted everyone with the popular Winner! and Loser! headbands.  Under the packed tent, new buzz bands Surfer Blood, Delorean and Small Black played along with established indie rockers Liars and Vivian Girls.

Across town our Perfect Pairs party with Death+Taxes Magazine was jammed all day while awesome indie rock duos No Age, Japandroids, Best Coast and Eternal Summers entertained the crowd.

Whether you were in Texas for the fun or not, you’ll soon be able to download exclusive tracks from Japandroids and Best Coast recorded at our Perfect Pairs party.  Stay tuned!

Get ready to see No Age at the Death+Taxes Magazine “Perfect Pairs” party in Austin, brought to you by Saucony O’s. Prepare yourself by watching this stop motion video for “Losing Feeling” starring mice in your shoes.

The best part of SXSW — besides the free beer and BBQ, the warm sun, the cute hipsters, the rock n roll celeb sightings, the secret Beastie Boys concerts, and oh so much that makes SXSW rule — is checking out emerging talent.  One of the up and coming bands we’re looking forward to seeing in Austin is LA’s Best Coast.

Best Coast is one of the duos playing our “Perfect Pairs” party with Death+Taxes Magazine.  Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Bethany Consentino and bass player Bobb Bruno have been feverishly recording and touring throughout 2009 and are prepping for a full-length album release later this year.

So far, Best Coast’s releases have been a string of 7″ vinyl singles which have that innate, fuzzy, ’60s pop quality that is a natural fit to Best Coast’s low-fi pop tunes.  Listen to songs like the sweet “When I’m With You” or the appropriately sunny “Sun Was High (So Was I)” on Best Coast’s MySpace page, or just come see for yourself with Saucony O’s at SXSW!

We’re super psyched to see Liars headline the Insound SXSW party, especially after seeing this intense and way spooky new video for their song “Scissor.”  Do not watch if you are already afraid of boating or don’t wish to be.