Last week, the Austin Chronicle reported that officials at SXSW are delaying the release of their huge band list. The rationale is that a late release will cut down on the rampant day party scene from last year since party planners won't know who is playing until late in the game. Given the unbridled love we have for day parties, we have our doubts about the effectiveness of these tactics, but that still doesn't get you a band list, does it?
To help ease the sting, we've sifted through MySpace, Done Waiting, the Yahoo! SXSW Group, lots of music blogs, and Pollstar to compile an initial list of acts either confirmed or very likely to attend. We'd like to emphasize that this list is not official, and that bands drop out of SXSW all the time, so don't take this as gospel. That said, there's a good chance you'll see 98% of these bands at SXSW 2007 (list is after the jump):
| AM Ad Astra Per Aspera Airbourne Amy Millan Andrew Winton Apollo Sunshine Aqueduct Architecture In Helsinki As Tall As Lions Badly Drawn Boy Beasts Of Bourbon Bic Runga Black Helicopter Black Moth Super Rainbow Black Rose Band Blindspott Bloc Party Brave Radar Call Me Lightning Carly Binding Castanets Charalambides Children Collide Chris Mills Chris Smither Circa Survive Cold War Kids Crooked Still Cute Is What We Aim For Danny Saul Devin The Dude Die! Die! Die Dimmer Dirty Fuzz Eilen Jewell Elemeno P Emmylou Harris Errors Evermore Every Move a Picture Fatal Flying Guilloteens Field Guides Foals Gasoline Cowboy George Byrne Ghostland Observatory Girl Talk Go! Go! 7188 Great Lakes Myth Society HY Haunt (Matt Hebert) Hazey Janes Hedrons |
High Dials Hoodoo Gurus I Heart Hiroshima I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness Interpol Jeffrey Foucault Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter Jessie Deluxe Josh Pyke Kill Surf City Kiosk Kris Delmhorst Kristoffer Ragnstam LZ Love Les Savy Fav Lily Allen Little Birdy MV+EE Macromantics Magik Markers Malajube Margot and the Nuclear So And Sos Mates Of State Matt & Kim Menomena Mint Chicks Money Waters Monotract Morrissey My Latest Novel New Buffalo New Violators OWKMJ (Ore Wa Konna Mon Janai) Octopus Project Okkervil River Oreska Band Ozomatli Pagoda Paul Kelly Pete Townshend Peter & the Wolf Pig Out Pistol Valve Popup RJD2 Rachel Fuller Rahim Rocky Votolato Sarah Blasko Sasquatch Say Hi To Your Mom Scissor Sisters Scout's Honor |
Secretary Bird Shaky Hands Snowden So So Modern Sonic Flyer Spod Starky Stax 50th Anniversary Soul Review Sunwrae Tall Firs Tally Hall Temposhark The 50 Kaitens The Amity Front The Big Sleep The Black Hollies The Caribbean The Creteens The Emeralds The Frames The Fratellis The Gear The Have The Needles The Panda Band The Rise The Shivers The Soft Hands The Stooges The Theater Fire The Walkmen The Weird Weeds The Wild Eyes The Young Knives The Zebras Thinking Aloud Thunderbirds Are Now! Thurston Moore Turbonegro Under Byen Union Of Knives Via Tania Viva Voce Voxtrot W-S Burn Watson Twins Wild Eyes Winterkids Winterpills Wooden Wand X-Wife Yip-Yip Youth Group Zach Galifianakis |
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very, very nice
Zach Gailiafaianiakias? Oh yes, it is on and popping.
i am excited!
Very. But why in the world would you cut down on Day Parties? Greedy Bastards.
This blows. And why the hell is Morrissey here AGAIN???
No Riverboat Gamblers? WTF?
oh, zach.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=E5K01J7fkAs
I also hear the following bands are coming to SXSW.
Little Man Tate, The Cinematics, ¡Forward, Russia!, Jeremy Warmsley, iLOVETRAINS, The Pigeon Detectives, The Wombats, Battle and Yes Boss.
Thats from talking to bands coming through Boston.
Yay for Ghostland Observatory -- their show at Hogg Auditorium on Jan 19th w/The Black Angels is completely sold out as of yesterday, AND they get to play some spotlight shows at SXSW. And yay for local bands getting to play prestigious gigs in general!
I wish I knew why they think the day parties hurt them when their attendance goes up every year. And it can't possibly get much bigger anyway, with every possible space in town booking day shows last year. At least I hope it doesn't get any bigger - my fingers hurt from all that typing.
Day parties are the best part! Why do those people always rain on my parade!?
oh and Kasabian too!
Add Blonde Redhead. The Pitchfork said so!
WTF!?!? no CLAP!CLAP! . if any austin band deserves gettin a shot i think they should.their live shows are so much fun.i know theres still time before we find out who all the bands on the bill will be but i hope they make it.if you havent seen them yet i recommend that you do.youll have a good time.
Does anyone know what the total number of bands was last year? It's over 500, right?
Imagine all the venues in town having something going on each day that week, then assume that at least three bands are on each bill. We can even be conservative and assume there are only twenty venues in town. That would be over 400 bands, and that's not counting parties that might include other acts not on the SXSW list but enjoying the high volume of crowds, and lucky enough to get a show in Austin that week. I'd guess it's fair to say that at the end of the day, the list will be over or around 500 ...
Point being: there's not a whole lot here (local aside) that I'd crap my pants over seeing, but I do eagerly await the next round of reveals.
I assume you're going to hook us up Tom!
There were well over 1,000 bands last year, so this is (at most) a sixth of what will be on offer.
I was just over at the Broken West's page and they are apparently coming too.
http://www.myspace.com/thebrokenwest
jambase shows a moe. show on Friday at the Fox & Hound.
I'm coming over from the UK and the latest from this side of the water to add to the list are The Young Knives and the fantastic Pop Levi.
Can any of you Austinites tell me about a band local to you that i discovered on MySpace,they're called Shapes Have Fangs and i desperately hope to see them while i'm over there,they're bloody great!
Protokoll are coming too,
FYI Mark, can't you read The Young Knives are on the list above.
Oops!! The "The" threw me
If Austin makes you crazy during sxsw, travel North to Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas for The Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival. Same dates as Austin
Bloody Hollies, Trainwreck Riders and Buffalo Killers are coming as well.
I have also heard through the grapevine here in Seattle that Ice Age Cobra is set to attend.
st. vincent.
official !!! tourdates leave a nice gap for sxsw
http://www.warprecords.com/!!!/
dusty rhodes and the river band are coming as well.
PHONOGRAPH are playing I heard.... I saw them in Magnet mag.. MySpace Page
I can't wait to see Bloc Party and the Walkmen!
Add Love in October to the list
I can't wait to see Bloc Party and the Walkmen!
How old are you, then? Fourteen?
Just wanted to mention that my band Dujeous (live NYC hip-hop) will be performing at SXSW as well. It'll be our 1st time in Austin, so you know we're hyped. See y'all there...
Do you need to register for sxsw or is it possible to buy individual concert tickets only for those shows you are interested in seeing? For those that have attended in the past what do you recommend?
Deadly Syndrome from Los Angeles as well.
Mastadon (with I believe Riverboat Gamblers) will be playing Saturday. agree with the comments about the day parties- i've been to 9 or 10 sxsw's and the day parties are what make sxsw a "must" vs a "maybe". hope the sxsw folks understand how this ecosystem benefits their attendance
Aqualung's myspace page says they'll be there, too.
not offical sxsw stuff, but Bomb the Music Industry, O' Pioneers!!!, Scouts Honor, Jonah Matranga and lots more up on north loop for free shows. not letting some money hungry entity ruin our day shows!
These Arms Are Snakes have just confirmed to play on the 15th.
the golden dogs from Canada on the 14th - who are the new Arcade Fire...
http://thegoldendogs.com/tourdates.php
can you buy tickets there, not ahead of time? if so any idea how much?
Bonde Do Role have been added too along with sets by Diplo, Sinden, Amanda Blank, Flosstradamus, and DJ Blaqstarr at the Beauty Bar (Mad Decent SXSW showcase) on 3/16
Bonde Do Role have been added too along with sets by Diplo, Sinden, Amanda Blank, Flosstradamus, and DJ Blaqstarr at the Beauty Bar (Mad Decent SXSW showcase) on 3/16
I recently saw a local band called The Politics at The Mohawk. They were fantastic, I want them to play at SXSW!! Please!!
Some NYC based bands making it out there: the dansettes, coydogs, imaginary icons, black hollies, spider bags... also, there will be a norton records showcase featuring mary weiss (shangri la's), reigning sound, a-bones, etc.
looks like seattle band thee emergency has confirmed as well.
myspace.com/theeemergency
Playing @ sxsw this year from England
Dave Rybka Acoustic set-check it out
Dave Rybka all the way from England will be appearing , doing an acoustic set
which i look forward too-here is the myspace site
hear this www.myspace.com/rybkaroll
Hey, Sarah...The Politics? Are you talking about DAT Politics at Mohawk (amoda digital showcase)? THAT show was sooooo awesome. The crowd loved them and I think more of Austin deserves to feel their groove. If DAT Politics comes to SxSW I will be there!
Cold War Kids (who are already committed) are playing with Tokyo Police Club and Elvis Perkins on Wed. Mar 14th in Dallas. Have to imagine they'll all be at SXSW (not just CWK).
No Strawfoot?! I hope this is a VERY partial list.
pompeii and this will destroy you are confirmed.
Australian Cattle God Records will have a showcase at Red 7 on Sat the 17th featuring Gorch Fock, Tia Carrera, Attack Formation & The International Playboys.
apparently asthmatic kitty is having a showcase on the 15th. the acts are still tba but it could end up being pretty exciting.
IAMX feat chris conner who founded sneaker pimps is making it one of like 6 US dates total! don;t forget to check them out, amazing electro synth rock
The Figgs
Any word on wristbands yet?
sxsw sounds like it's getting lame
www.myspace.com/amsounds is there
FREE:
3/16/2007
Fat Caddy Records & House of Mercy Records (UK) Showcase
Molotov Lounge
Austin, TX
Noon
3/17/2007
Band of Heathens--- Americana Roots Showcase
Waterloo Records
Austin, TX
Time, TBA