You’re Invited: AS Colour Presents The Monster Children SXSW Showcase 2026
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Lone Star State, prepare thy (ear)holes.
For the third year in a row, we are excited to trot your beautiful streets and put on The Monster Children Showcase at SXSW 2026, presented by AS Colour. At the infamous Mohawk in Austin, TX, at 7:30PM on Tuesday, March 17th, The Monster Children Showcase at SXSW will show off some of our favorite bands from Australia and the USA - Rocket, La Texana, The Mainliners, Sex Mask, Very Nice Person, Swapmeet, and Zastava - with an eclectic night of dancing, singing, and responsible alcohol consumption.
Get tickets here. SXSW Credentials receive priority entrance. General Admission will be available at the door based on capacity.
Meet Our Artists
Rocket: LA Based Rocket, comprised of childhood friends Alithea Tuttle (Bass, Vocals), Baron Rinzler (Guitar), Cooper Ladomade (Drums) and Desi Scaglione (Guitar), began writing during the lockdown of 2020. Having all grown up in Los Angeles, they were exposed to the city’s musical influences at a very young age, attending shows, frequenting record stores, and slowly becoming embedded in the sprawling DIY scene.
The Mainliners: Raised in Southern California by parents who brought them to DIY punk shows and spun classic punk records in the house, Hollywood, CA-based punk up-and-comers, The Mainliners, are the real thing. And they embrace their roots, taking inspiration from such legendary SoCal bands as TSOL, Descendants, and DI, and drawing comparisons to others in the vanguard, from The Circle Jerks to The Adolescents.
Formed in the crucible of pent-up creative energy that was a quarantine-era art/punk house in Los Angeles, the band hit the ground running - writing songs, playing shows, and switching instruments for a year and a half before the official four man lineup of Cash Mathieu on vocals, Colin Martin on guitar, Adrian Morris on bass, and Jackson Fox on drums was cemented.
Since then, the band has been hard at work developing their musical and visual language across several singles, an EP, an album, and a live album, all released since 2023. They’ve been tearing up stages across the country and getting their name out there playing with bands such as Enjoy, Gvllow, Civic, and Bad Nerves. They also played to a huge crowd as the only punk band on the 2024 edition of Tyler, The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in their hometown of Los Angeles, proving that The Mainliners’ sound, look, and message connects, not just with punks, but with fans of good music.
Swapmeet: 4 angels playing in heaven
La Texana: josue ramirez.
Zastava: A band from Detroit, MI.
Sex Mask: Vague pop instilled with the ancient genius of your own blood. Sex Mask holds the many trigger words your CIA handler doesn’t want you to know. We have several testimonials from fans attesting to semi-mystical experiences, some claim it to be Deja vu from a genetic memory long dormant and locked, Others speak of foreshadowed flashes of a past life they are yet to have lived. All of this, incited after only seconds of exposure to any of our available songs.
is Sex Mask just another egregious attempt from delusional solipsists at being heard while saying close to nothing? Yes. But we make it look good. Part Taoist riddle, part lone gun-mans manifesto. We are also a post punk/alt rock band from Melbourne.
Comprised of Vinnie Moncada (Producer) and Wry Gray (Writer/Vocalist) and Kaya Martin (Guitarist)
Very Nice Person: A band from Malibu, CA.
