Jens Lekman

Yet another night at Slowdown in Omaha, NE led to yet another great act. I caught Jens Lekman with opener The Honeydrips on 3-28-08. After a short delay, The Honeydrips began at 10:00pm.

Jens Lekman

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:

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:

This week's Video Omelette features the bands that I'm currently overplaying. I always find myself overplaying bands and getting really sick of them. I never seem to learn my lesson either, which in turn makes me stop listening to bands for a while. Maybe that is why I am constantly seeking out new music? Actually, I'm sure that's why.

Anyway, here is my Video Omelette.

Ever wake up in a reggae/Swedish folk-singer-songwriter/hip-hop/Southern rock sort of mood? Us too!

Check out this week's selections:

Doughnut: Atmosphere - Crewed Up
Eggs: Jens Lekman - A Postcard to Nina
Cereal: My Morning Jacket - Wordless Chorus
Toast: Jah Roots - Good Highs

Jens Lekman is what would happen if Jamie Lidell remixed a Morrissey song that was written by Paul Simon. This is my favorite track off of this Swedish-born up-and-comers latest album, Night Falls Over Kortedala. Following a tour of Europe and a label showcase at SxSW, Jens Lekman plans to tour the U.S. starting at the Granada Theater in Dallas on March 14th.

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