SXSW :: South By SouthWest Announcements! News!!

A guy from boston, who runs a blog, said that SXSW 2009 may be dominated by Boston Band.. of course. :)

Here's what we read:

Or... sorta the opposite of that. There is only one Boston group on the current list of SXSW Showcasing Bands, compared to 10 bands from New York (including Brooklyn) and 10 from Austin. This probably reflects more on the general trend of Bands Must Be From Brooklyn Or Austin Or No One Will Like Them than on the Boston music scene, and hundreds of bands will be added to the festival before March. Still, it might've been nice to see a few more area folks on the bill by now.

At least the band representing us is pretty damn good. The Everyday Visuals (video above) have a cool name, a sweet sound, and a strong pedigree, having received accolades from the Noise, the Dig, and the Metro. If we end up at SXSW this year (we might need 95 degree weather by then), we'll definitely make sure to see them play—perhaps multiple times. Providence artist Sage Francis is also on the SXSW list.

Other announced artists we might check out include St. Vincent, Buck 65, David Garza, Asobi Seksu, and—if only for the name—My Crew Be Unruly. Kid Sister will be in attendance; if Usher shows up, apparently she'll fart on him. Classy.

Area bands at SXSW last year included White Hinterland, Eli "Paperboy" Reed and The True Loves, Sarah Borges, The Bleedin Bleedins (now Midatlantic), Deer Tick, The Motion Sick, and Ezra Furman & the Harpoons.