Berkman House

07/18/2024

Pure joy from Skinny Lister with our favorite George.

Taken from the 'Pub Shed Bootleg' EP. OUT NOW! 🇬🇧 2024 UK Tour tickets ON SALE NOW!🎟 skinnylister.com/live 🎟Sat 23 Nov - BRISTOL - TheklaWed 27 Nov - OXF...

03/17/2024

Our downtown homebase for SXSW (especially since Mugshots burned down) The 13th Floor, best bar in Austin. Stiff drinks for reasonable prices from lovely people and Exoticfruitica! :D (Dan Lyons, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Angels)

03/17/2024

Amazing SXSW again, thanks to Skinny Lister. Also love Lottery Winners!

03/15/2024

The age range of artists in the house for SXSW this year spans 67 years. From 4 to 71.

03/11/2024

Skinny Lister back again for SXSW.

Made it to Austin, Texas for SXSW 🤠🪗🍻

First up - TONIGHT we join the excellent British Music Embassy lineup presented by Xtra Mile Recordings & Fierce Panda at THE BACKYARD @ DOWNRIGHT AUSTIN. On stage: 9:30pm.

Then - WEDNESDAY 13th we hit THE PARISH for the Marshall Funhouse show hosted by Marshall Amplification - RSVP, come down & have some afternoon flagon fun. On at 1:30pm 👉 sxsw.marshall.com

02/12/2021

We've been given this amazing antique instrument and hope to restore it back to working order. We'll share updates.

03/26/2020

Happy to share some lovely news. Dan and Lorna have had a little girl and named her Bonny. Lots of love to you all.

Our compact home entertainment system has arrived! Welcome to planet earth our new little girl - Bonny💥

03/20/2018

The last of our guests are home in the UK, after our 10th year filling the house with music for SXSW week. Thanks to everyone who traveled so far to bring so much fun and magic again this year. Skinny Lister, always amazing and thanks for the loan of the amps. Dan Lyons for bringing us such lovely new housemates and playing amazing new music on Skinny Lister's amps for us. We're excited to share. Thanks for the new truck battery! :D

The project wouldn't have existed, continued or grown into what it is today without so many people over 10 years. Thank you all!

Liz Green, John Fairhurst, Alabaster dePlume, The Miserable Rich, Gloria Cycles, John Smith, Rose Elinor Dougall, The Travelling Band Skinny Lister, COMA, Onward, etc., F.O.X, The Deer Tracks, Aroma Pitch, VIMES, Fat White Family, Arrows of Love, Rex Domino, SWEAT, Laucan, Will Varley, Dan Lyons...and all the rest of you...

03/13/2018

The first of our guests from the UK arrive today for Berkman House #10. In 10 years we think we've hosted at least 100 people. Excited to have the house full again. First arriving: Daniel Lyons with his new band. Dan was last here with the Fat White Family in 2014 (see video), very happy he's making it back. Next up Skinny Lister retuning again in all their glory to end their US tour. We've seen a lot of them since they first came to us in 2012 and always love having them. Plus they're bringing Will Varley! :D
Come find us at a show.

The Fat White Family play 'Touch The Leather' live @ Berkman House, SXSW 2014, Austin Texas. https://www.facebook.com/FatWhiteFamily http://www.berkmanhouse.com

03/21/2017

:D Very happy to be able to share our latest Berkman House video courtesy of our new friends SWEAT. They came to us for SXSW through mutual friends the Fat White Family. Their live shows are amazing. If you're in Europe, go see them. We hope they'll be back in Austin soon. Thanks to Rex Domino for being the house sound-man this year and doing an amazing job recording the audio with the limited resources we had available.
Instruments include:
Bechstein Model V piano, Berlin Germany, 1896. (Tuned to A415)
Savana banjo mandolin, Great Britain, 1920s
Daishin C.K. "Musical Jolly Chimp" classic cymbal monkey, Japan 1950s-70s.
Samsonite leather suitcase, Denver Colorado USA, 1950s
Recorded using a Focusrite Saffire.
Original song version: https://youtu.be/x6qM6zpOoc4

SWEAT (from London, UK) play 'Pink Love World VIP' live @ Berkman House, Austin TX, SXSW 2017. Instruments include: Bechstein Model V piano, Berlin Germany, ...