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