This is another stellar year for South by Southwest. Even though the world’s most famous music conference doesn’t officially kick off until tomorrow, there is so much going on that even a team of 15 reporters (like some media outlets have) cannot possible cover it all.
The following playlist is just a sample of the many artists and bands performing at SXSW 09; out of necessity, I parred down the full list of artists to those which I like the most. Enjoy.
“Stay Son” – A Classic Education from Bologna, Italy
“Dimmer” – Bishop Allen from Brooklyn NY
“Around Your Neck” – Annuals from Raleigh NC
“Oh Katrina” – Black Lips from Atlanta GA
“Old Home Movies” – The Botticellis from San Francisco CA
“24 Hour Heartbreak” – The Cloud Room Brooklyn NY
“Crystal Stilts” – Crystal Stilts from New York NY
“Turn Cold” – Cut Off Your Hands Auckland NZ
“Fa-Fa-Fa” – Datarock from Bergen, Norway
“All The Money I Had is Gone” – The Deep Dark Woods from Saskatoon SK
“Longtime” – Deer Tick from Providence RI
“Capture and Develop” – The Details from Winnipeg MB
“The Hangmen” – Dirtblonde from Liverpool UK
“Seasickness Pills” – Drink Up Buttercup from Horsham PA
“Face Down in the Right Town” – Earlimart from Los Angeles CA
“Welcome Ghosts” – Explosions in the Sky from Austin TX
“Red Gun” – The Forms from New York NY
“Two Sinners in the Garden” – David Garza from Austin TX
“Spirited” – Laura Gibson from Portland OR
“Pharmacy” – Golden Boys from Austin TX
“Deep Sea Diver” – Grizzly Bear Brooklyn NY
“OK Goodbye” – Adam Heldring from Stockholm, Sweden
“Robin” – Little Black Dress from Houston TX
“Let It Rain” – Living Things from Salt Lake City UT
“Ordinary Song” – The Little Ones from Los Angeles CA
“Year of the Dog” – The Lovely Sparrows from Austin TX
“Ignorant Boy” – Loney Dear from Jonkoping Sweden
“Hey Boy” – The Magic Kids from Memphis TX
“At the Mountains of Madness” – Magic Lantern from Long Beach CA
“Sleepy Lion” – Magic Magic from Boston MA
“Wake the Sun” – The Matches from Oakland CA
“Meet Me in the Garden” – Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele from Oxford MS
“The Cannibal Queen” – Miniature Tigers from Phoenix AZ
“Bus Stop Lovers” – My Federation from Hove UK
Artists and bands N-Z will be published tomorrow for the official first day of SXSW 2009.
Cool SXSW Links
SXSW Official Website – Check official show times and venues
Free South by Southwest Sampler from NPR
SXSW 2009 Twitter Visualizer
