Vampire Weekend

If you ever find yourself perusing the internet with no specific destination, and are in the mood for the most creative, original music videos that you could ever see, head on over to La Blogotheque to get your fix. This Parisian music blog looks like it would be a great read, but unfortunately my French comprehension skills are currently at a second grade level. Merci beaucoup is pretty much all I know (I have to admit that I even googled the spelling and babel-fished this post's title). Fortunately for us non-French-speaking people their videos do all of the talking.

#87.1 - Yeasayer - No need to worry / Redcave

Check out some of my favorite Blogotheque videos after the jump.

Today the SxSW Music Conference announced their full list of showcasing artists. There are hundreds and hundreds of acts that are going to be making their way to Austin next month for the world renowned multi-media conference. I included the full list after the break for any of you music nerds who need to read every band (like me). For those of you who just want to see some highlights, check out the tags for this post. Also, for all of you Houston readers, I went ahead and bolded all of the bands that are coming from the Bayou City (congrats guys!).

2008 Showcasing Artists for the SxSW Music Conference:

"Aloha," said Derek Trucks, "eat this here Hot Chip or else Keller will sic his Keels on you, and they'll turn you into a Vampire for the Weekend."

Follow the links below to listen to this week's selections:

Coffee: Hot Chip - The Beach Party
Eggs: Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
Doughnut: The Derek Trucks Band - Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Madni
Toast: Keller & the Keels - New Horizons
Cereal: Aloha - Your Eyes

bytes

The new self titled album comes out Tuesday, and to celebrate I thought you would all like to hear a track off of it. This is actually from their previously released ep, but is also featured on Vampire Weekend. Enjoy!

A few weeks ago I posted the initial artist list for this year's SxSW Music Conference and Festival. I promised that the list would grow rapidly, and it has. With the official line-up due out in February, a growing list has emerged with over 300 bands booked for the numerous showcases, conferences and parties throughout the streets of Austin. Many acts are still to be announced over the next few weeks, but this gives us a pretty good idea who will be on the bill.

List of Bands for SxSW 2008:

The initial list of bands for this years South By South West music conference and festival was released yesterday. The Austin, Texas festival is filled with music reps, producers, publishers, etc. trying to discover the next big thing. Several hundred bands play on over 60 different stages throughout the city which pretty much creates general madness throughout the streets.

This years initial list features many up-and-coming acts as well as some of the bigger names that bring more and more people to this conference and festival every year. R.E.M., My Morning Jacket and Daniel Lanois lead the list of artists, with bands like Vampire Weekend, Jens Lekman and Tech N9ne filling it out.

2008 SxSW initial artists