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.

Here's another SXSW Line up of "band list to play" at the SOuth by SOuthwest festival in Austin texas.. This time it's from another credible source - from the people at the limewire blog..

Here's what they said:

Please: Don't ask me if I'm going to South by Southwest this year. The answer is no. And in case you're wondering, it's not time I lack—no sir, I've got plenty of that! The sad truth is, I don't have the money for a roundtrip ticket to Austin, and no one, so far, has offered to fly me out. (Oh wait, did I see you offering, big spender? Well... you know where to reach me.)

So, though I hoped the SXSW 2009 line-up would thoroughly suck, looks like I'll be disappointed. SXSW Music, which takes place March 18-22, is part of a larger festivals that begins on the 13th and includes both film and "interactive" events. But I'm not here to talk about either of those, so here are some highlights of SXSW's initial music line-up:

Akron/Family, Asobi Seksu, Buck 65, The Crystal Method (Yes, they still exist. I was surprised, too.), Crystal Stilts, dead prez, Explosions in the Sky, Ida Maria, Kid Sister, Mika Miko, Peter Bjorn & John, Primal Scream (!!!), Ra Ra Riot, Sage Francis, St. Vincent, The Sonics, Thee Oh See's, This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb (Hey, these guys are still around, too!)

Of course, these are, to varying degrees, the "established" bands on the schedule. And, as we know (some of us secondhand, dammit), SXSW is all about stumbling drunkenly into some dive at 3 A.M. and discovering the next big thing. With that in mind, be sure to check out the full preliminary list here, and stay tuned for more updates.