Updated SXSW Artist List
Submitted by eggs on Thu, 01/15/2009 - 23:30.
The list for this year's SXSW music festival and conference just keeps growing. A huge number of bands have been added since we last updated the list, with many of our favorites standing out from among the rest. Included in this addition are: Devo, The Prodigy, Apollo Sunshine, Back Door Slam, deadmau5, Zion I, Easy Star All-Stars, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, Ruthie Foster, Gang Gang Dance, The Dead Trees, Grand Archives, Grizzly Bear, Cheesburger, Ha Ha Tonka, Black Lips, Handsome Furs, Andrew Bird, Human Highway, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, +/- {Plus/Minus}, Big Sam's Funky Nation, The Juan Maclean, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, Kraak & Smaak, Monotonix, The Duhks, Eric Lindell, The Proclaimers, Delta Spirit, Mr. Lif, Elvis Perkins In Deerland, The Spinto Band, Crystal Antlers, The Raveonettes, Langhorne Slim, Superdrag, HEALTH, That 1 Guy, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, David Vandervelde, Deer Tick, The Black Angels, Vetiver, Project Jenny, Project Jan, The War on Drugs, Cadence Weapon, Wax Fang and about 1000 more. We are also extremely excited that several great bands from Houston, including The Wild Moccasins and Young Mammals, made it on the list. Congrats guys!
Keep checking our original SXSW post over the next few weeks for a fully updated list of bands playing the 2009 event.
-Eggs
Buxton
They need to play SXSW. Just saying.
SXSW hates hip-hop, and local artists in general?
I see very little hip-hop on the bill (it gets less and less each year). Even though some of the most popular albums, songs, and artists on the charts, radio, and internet right now are hip-hop based. People love hip-hop, so why is it represented so poorly? Also, the fact that Austin has so many great mainstream and underground hip-hop acts out there right now, it's just sad that they get no support. But just in general, I see a lack of local artists on the bill. SXSW outgrew Austin I guess, but they still love having their festival here and flaunting it in all the amazing, hard-working Austin artists' faces. Shame on you SXSW. Why not try helping to build the local scene into a powerhouse, instead of abandoning it...
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