First Big Round of SXSW Announcements & Rumors
We have been keeping an eye on various music blogs, reading press releases, and bugging a few booking agents to get an idea of the bands we should expect to see at SXSW 2009, taking place March 18-22. Legendary record producer Quincy Jones has been selected as the keynote speaker for the conference, with rumors swirling on appearances by the likes of Elton John, Katy Perry and The Faces. Here is the list of bands that have been confirmed or rumored thus far:
A-Trak (Montreal, Canada)
A Day To Remember (Ocala, FL)
Alela Diane (Portland, OR)
An Horse (Brisbane, AU)
Angus and Julia Stone (Sydney, AU)
Anni Rossi (Chicago, IL)
Autons (Portsmouth, UK)
B.o.B (Atlanta, GA)
Bart Davenport (Oakland, CA)
Beach House (Baltimore, MD)
Birds of Tokyo (Perth, AU)
Black Lips (Atlanta, GA)
Blue King Brown (Melbourne, AU)
Busy P (Paris, France)
Choo Choo (Bern, Switzerland)
Cotton Jones (Velvet Belt, MD)
Damaged Good$ (Dallas, TX)
Dappled Cities (Sydney, AU)
Dear and the Headlights (Phoenix, AZ)
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele (Taylor, MI)
Devlin & Darko (Baltimore, MD)
Dirtblonde (Liverpool)
Dirty Projectors (Brooklyn, NY)
Drop The Lime (Brooklyn, NY)
Dry Spells (San Fransisco, CA)
Flosstradamus (Chicago, IL)
Franz Nicolay (New York, NY)
Future of the Left (Cardiff, UK)
Great Northern (Los Angeles, CA)
Handsome Furs (Montreal, QC)
Henry Clay People (Glendale, CA)
Hot Panda (Edmonton, Canada)
Hot Snakes (Seattle, WA)
Human Highway (Ontario, Canada)
Infusion (Sydney, AU)
Jason Isbell (Muscle Shoals, AL)
Jesse Rose (Berlin, Germany)
Josh Pyke (Sydney, SU)
Justin Townes Earle (Nashville, TN)
Kid Confucius (Sydney, AU)
Lukestar (Oslo, Norway)
Madeline (Athens, GA)
Matthew Dear (Detroit, MI)
Micachu (London)
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (Brooklyn, OR)
Mr. Lewis & The Funeral 5 (Austin, TX)
My Disco (Sydney, AU)
N.A.S.A. (Los Angeles, CA)
O’Death (Queens, NY)
Passion Pit (Cambridge, MA)
Past Lives (Seattle, WA)
Pivot (Sydney, AU)
Rademacher (Fresno, CA)
Red Riders (Sydney, AU)
Rogue Wave (Oakland, CA)
Rosie & The Goldbug (Cornwall, UK)
Royal Bangs (Knoxville, Tennessee)
Sage Francis (Providence RI)
Simian Mobile Disco (London)
St. Vincent (Dallas, TX)
Sugar & Gold (San Fransisco, CA)
Sweet Water (Seattle, MA)
Switch (United Kingdom)
The Airborne Toxic Event (Los Feliz, CA)
The Boat People (Brisbane, AU)
The Botticellis (San Fransisco, CA)
The Brothers Movement (Ireland)
The Coathangers (Atlanta, GA)
The Count & Sinden (London)
The Devil Wears Prada (Dayton, OH)
The Drones (Melbourne, AU)
The Fumes (Sydney, AU)
The Grates (Brisbane, AU)
The Invincible Kids (Minneapolis, MN)
The Juan Maclean (New York, NY)
The Pack A.D. (Vancouver, Canada)
The Rapture (New York, NY)
The Temper Trap (Melbourne, AU)
The Thermals (Portland, OR)
The Whip (Manchester UK)
These Arms Are Snakes (Seattle, WA)
VHS or Beta (Louisville, KY)
Vancougar (Vancouver, Canada)
Vetiver (San Fransisco, CA)
Virgin Passages (London)
White Lies (London, UK)
XRABIT (London)
Youth Group (Sydney, AU)
Z-Trip (Los Angeles, CA)
Zoroaster (Atlanta, GA)
A few of the big-name rumors right now:
Morrissey
Elton John
Billy Joel
Jesus Lizard
The Faces
Katy Perry
If you have more info, leave it in the comments so we can check it out!
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References:
http://sxsw.com/node/631
http://www.killyourstereo.com/news/0/2303/australian-bands-heading-to-sxsw/
http://www.pluginmusic.com/news/archive.php?id=4526
http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/indian-band-ashu-play-sxsw-2009
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2008/12/sxsw_09_imminent_already_aaaar.php
http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/104138-the-whip-are-set-to-release-x-marks-destination.html
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?storyID=16100
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/148136-hot-snakes-rick-froberg-preps-obits-lp-for-sub-pop
http://www.livedaily.com/news/15347.html
http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=catch-dirtblonde-8217-s-wirral-gig-before-they-hit-texas&method=full&objectid=22429536&siteid=50020-name_page.html
http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showjournal&j=11972
http://www.pluginmusic.com/news/archive.php?id=4510
http://www.playbackstl.com/content/view/8312/234/
http://www.antimusic.com/news/08/dec/10Justin_Townes_Earle_Sets_Release.shtml
http://pensatos.com/2008/11/26/hot-pandas-mint-records-debut-due-february-10-2009/
http://blog.limewire.com/posts/4247-The-Thermals-Sign-to-Kill-Rock-Stars-Prep-New-Album
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/entertainment/Autons-use-the-backdrop-of.4740980.jp
http://www.donewaiting.com/category/sxsw/
http://club.kingsnake.com/index.php?/archives/796-News-SXSW-Rumors-Swirling-Like-Snowflakes,-Morrissey,-Elton-John-and-More!.html
The Swagger Sticks replied:
Congrats to Great Northern! I caught them at Spaceland about a year or so ago…they were an incredibly nice and talented group…I wish them the best.
December 23, 2008 at 4:08 am. Permalink.
Anonymous replied:
HOT SNAKES? will not be playing sxsw. they broke up. but their new band OBITS will be playing. Night Marchers also.
December 26, 2008 at 11:57 pm. Permalink.
» More SXSW Acts! Sonic Itch Music replied:
[...] the holidays got underway. You can find the earlier batch of confirmed and rumored over @ the Do512 blog, and the most recent [...]
December 27, 2008 at 7:38 pm. Permalink.
sxsw music replied:
Also…
Round Table Knights
St. Vincent
Passion Pit
Madi Diaz
Toy Horses
Oh Snap!
Beach House
The Chap
Cashier No. 9
Source: http://sxswmusic.com
December 27, 2008 at 9:28 pm. Permalink.
gossip is good. « giving you the scoop. replied:
[...] As I was perusing the NYE 2009 events, I noticed a blurb regarding SXSW 2009 and naturally my ears perked up. If you have any interest in south by, or just want to see the possible AMAZINGNESS that will come to austin,tx in march, READ THIS. [...]
December 28, 2008 at 5:23 am. Permalink.
Will replied:
Here are just a few more:
Akron/Family
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club
Birds of Avalon
Lymbyc System
THE DODOS (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
http://www.leafygreen.com/gifs/SXSW_poster.jpg
December 28, 2008 at 5:30 pm. Permalink.
Alex replied:
um…it says 2008 on that poster.
December 28, 2008 at 10:20 pm. Permalink.
Robert Baldwin replied:
FRIENDLY FIRES and the COURTEENERS!!!!
December 29, 2008 at 1:59 am. Permalink.
JR replied:
Ben Mallott
December 29, 2008 at 5:22 am. Permalink.
k-dawwwg replied:
Which poster says 2008?
December 29, 2008 at 4:18 pm. Permalink.
Being out-of-touch has now become painfully obvious | Texas Testosterone Festival replied:
[...] blog Do512 has posted a fairly extensive list of confirmed and rumored performers for this year’s S…. Further cementing our need to avoid publishing anything close to a Top 10 Albums list for 2008 is [...]
December 29, 2008 at 6:55 pm. Permalink.
Round 2 - SXSW Announcements and Rumors « Do512 Weblog Fun replied:
[...] up on the first big round of SXSW announcements, here are some of the most recent [...]
December 30, 2008 at 3:20 am. Permalink.
Ray-Blog» Blog Archive » SXSW Confirmed and Rumors replied:
[...] research into SXSW artists, and the lovely folks at Do512 are helping out with an extensive list of confirmed and rumored musicians for [...]
January 2, 2009 at 9:20 pm. Permalink.
Anonymous replied:
Morrissey is playing in Austin on April 12 – he headlined at SXSW in 2007 – I doubt he’ll be at SXSW this year.
January 3, 2009 at 2:51 am. Permalink.
The list for SXSW 2009 grows « Do512 Weblog Fun replied:
[...] up on our first two band announcements (Round 1, Round 2,) and now Round 3. The master list (still a work in progress) will be found at [...]
January 3, 2009 at 11:39 pm. Permalink.
Mat replied:
Boats from Winnipeg… Confirmed for SXSW.
January 4, 2009 at 7:11 am. Permalink.