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SXSW lineup announced
« on: 07 Feb 2008, 20:58 »

Lou Reed and Thurston Moore will be the keynote speakers, and REM's got a headlining gig. Here's a brief, incomplete list of featured bands, as the actual list is really long! Emphasis mine!

Akron/Family, Alabama 3, Annie, Anti-Flag, A Place To Bury Strangers, Asobi Seksu, Atlas Sound, David Banner, Be Your Own Pet, The Black Keys, Black Mountain, Blitzen Trapper, The Blow, Blue Cheer, Born Ruffians, Billy Bragg, British Sea Power, Cadence Weapon, Castanets, Cloud Cult, Jason Collett, The Concretes, Constantines, The Cool Kids, The Cribs, Crystal Castles, Cut Copy, Del The Funkee Homosapien, Destroyer, DeVotchka, Die!Die!Die!, Diplo (!), The Donnas, Dr. Dog, Drug Rug, Duffy, The Duke Spirit, Jakob Dylan, Earlimart, Elf Power, El-P, The English Beat, Film School, Foreign Born, Frightened Rabbit, Fuck Buttons, Fucked Up, Georgie James, Half Japanese (!!), Handsome Furs, Harlem Shakes, Har Mar Superstar, Richard Hawley, Headlights, HEALTH, The Heavenly States, The Helio Sequence, Her Space Holiday, High On Fire, Holy Fuck (!!!), The Homosexuals (!!!!), The Hood Internet, Jesca Hoop, How's Your News, Human Giant, Jana Hunter, Ice Cube, Jandek, Joan Of Arc, Kaki King, The Kills, Mark Kozelek, Land Of Talk, Jens Lekman, The Lemonheads, Lifesavas, Lightspeed Champion, Longwave, Lyrics Born, Madlib, Man Man, Matt & Kim, MGMT, Eugene Mirman, The Mirrors, Moby (?!), Modey Lemon, MSTRKRFT, Murs, My Brightest Diamond, My Morning Jacket, Nada Surf, N.E.R.D., The 1900s, No Age, Nurses, Octopus Project, O'Death, Okkervil River, Old Time Relijun, Parts & Labor, Phosphorescent, Pissed Jeans, Portastatic, The Raveonettes, Jay Reatard, The Redwalls, Robyn, Rogue Wave, Say Hi, Sea Wolf, Shearwater, Shout Out Louds, Shout Out Out Out Out, Sia, Sightings, Simian Mobile Disco, The Slits, Son Ambulance, Sons And Daughters, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Spoon, The Stills, Tapes N Tapes, These New Puritans, This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, Tilly And The Wall, Times New Viking, The Ting Tings, Tiny Masters Of Today, Tokyo Police Club, Two Gallants, Vampire Weekend, VHS Or Beta, The Vines (?), The Von Bondies (??), Was (Not Was), The Weakerthans, White Rabbits, White Williams, Why?, Working For A Nuclear Free City, Yeasayer (!!!?), Yo La Tengo.
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #1 on: 07 Feb 2008, 22:39 »

Two bands out of Regina, Geronimo and Sylvie, are also playing. Both are quite excellent. If you were a fan of Jade Tree band Despistado back in the day before they broke up, members are involved in each.
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #2 on: 07 Feb 2008, 23:28 »

Spoon and Thurston Moore?! Awesome! Too bad I live in California.

I could go to Coachella, but the bands playing this year don't interest me much (except for Animal Collective, Islands, Metric, Murs, and a few others). Jack Johnson headlining? Seriously?
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #3 on: 08 Feb 2008, 05:19 »

Sam, you better at least get to Asobi Seksu.


Anti-Flag? Are they even fucking relevant anymore?
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #4 on: 08 Feb 2008, 13:17 »

no. no, they aren't.

but the rest of that list looks pretty damn good.


edit: what the hell is this thing!? i just skimmed through the whole list and found at least a hundred more bands i'd love to see that you didn't mention. this can't be some sort of festival can it? there are way too many bands on that list.
« Last Edit: 08 Feb 2008, 13:25 by Scandanavian War Machine »
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #5 on: 08 Feb 2008, 14:53 »

Seriously, dude?

SXSW is probably the biggest music festival in the United States. It's less a festival than it is a huge glut of bands playing a ridiculous number of venues in Texas.
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #6 on: 08 Feb 2008, 15:25 »

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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #7 on: 08 Feb 2008, 16:19 »

i'm just as surprised as you are, johnny. this is the type of thing that i would have at least heard of at some point but i guess i'm out of the loop, or something.

now i need to figure out how to get my ass to Texas.
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #8 on: 08 Feb 2008, 21:59 »

sam get me passes I am coming to Texas
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but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #9 on: 09 Feb 2008, 00:34 »

I just saw Geronimo tonight.

People attending this event, I cannot stress enough how excellent Geronimo are. They are absolutely phenomenal. Consummate musicians in every sense.
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #10 on: 09 Feb 2008, 06:40 »

Okay, we will just break into all the places through the roof. I need to see Lou Reed.
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but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #11 on: 10 Feb 2008, 00:15 »

Apparently it's badge only.

Might I suggest grand larceny?
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #12 on: 10 Feb 2008, 09:37 »

Jandek?

I know he's actually appeared on stage in recent years, but I am surprised to see him do such a big festival.  But looking at Wikipedia he has done All Tomorrow's Parties, so I guess I should have seen this coming.  Since Jandek is very Texas.


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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #13 on: 10 Feb 2008, 10:56 »

Oh shit, I did not even see Jandek on the list. Must see Jandek!
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but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #14 on: 10 Feb 2008, 11:01 »

That is a great list. I do not live in Texas.
Conclusion: Why do I not live in Texas?
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #15 on: 10 Feb 2008, 11:57 »

I remember thinking I should go a few years back, and then seeing last year how even the Economist had an article on it, which basically means it is too big for me (not that it's not awesome, just that it sounds really crowded and thus expensive).  Kinda like Coachella before it, though SXSW does sound better musically.
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« Reply #16 on: 12 Feb 2008, 10:07 »

Blue Cheer are still alive?
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #17 on: 12 Feb 2008, 13:07 »

Must see Jandek!

If that film Must Love Dogs starring John Cusack had been titled Must See Jandek instead, it would have been a much better movie.
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #18 on: 12 Feb 2008, 14:31 »

This is why Texas rocks.
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #19 on: 13 Feb 2008, 05:37 »

Decent music festivals and bean-less chili?

I can see why my friend is emigrating to Boston ASAP.
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #20 on: 13 Feb 2008, 08:11 »

Does anyone know where one can find the list broken down by club so that you can tell what shows are All Ages, 18+, and 21+ only?
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #21 on: 14 Feb 2008, 08:04 »

Soon enough ohmyrockness.com will have a list for SXSW soon. I think they did one last year and it had ages and everything.
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #22 on: 14 Feb 2008, 08:08 »

I may have to sign a contract offering up my next of kin to guarantee sometime at SXSW, because that line-up is pretty spectacular. Thanks for giving a heads up on the link/line-up.
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Re: SXSW lineup announced
« Reply #23 on: 14 Feb 2008, 09:08 »

Thanks for the heads up, mfpole, I'll check  back there periodically until they [hopefully] post one.
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