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01.09.2009 9:41 am

SXSW announces preliminary lineup

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If you’re thinking of making the trek to Austin this year (March 18-22), here’s the initial lineup. I can’t find a St. Louis band on the list, but some are sure to go down. We’ll keep you posted.

8Ball & MJG (Memphis, TN)

Akron/Family (Williamsport, PA)

Al Kapone (Memphis, TN)

Alina Simone (Brooklyn, NY)

Amanda Blank (Philadelphia, PA)

Amber Smith (Budapest, HUNGARY)

Angry vs The Bear (Essex, ENGLAND)

Anthony Snape (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)

ARABROT (Oslo, NORWAY)

Arc Angels (Austin, TX)

Asher Roth (Morrisville, PA)

Asobi Seksu (Brooklyn, NY)

Astrid Williamson (Shetland Islands, SCOTLAND)

B.o.B. (Atlanta, GA)

Banda de Turistas (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Bar-Kays (Memphis, TN)

Bavu Blakes (Austin, TX)

Ben Kweller (Austin, TX)

Benny Gallagher (West Wickham, ENGLAND)

Black Cherry (London, ENGLAND)

BLACK SKIES (Chapel Hill, NC)

Blaqstarr (Baltimore, MD)

Blue Scholars (Seattle, WA)

Bomba Estereo (Bogota, Columbia)

Brick Bandits (Philadelphia, PA)

Buck 65 (Halifax, NS)

Buraka Som Sistema (Lisbon, Portugal)

Candy Coated Killahz (Toronto, CANADA)

Cashier No.9 (Belfast, IRELAND)

Casiokids (Bergen, NORWAY)

Charles Hamilton (New York, NY)

Choc Quib Town (Bogota, Columbia)

CHOO-CHOO (Bern, SWITZERLAND)

Chris T-T (Brighton, ENGLAND)

Come On Gang! (Edinburgh, SCOTLAND)

Crystal Method (Los Angeles, CA)

Crystal Stilts (New York, NY)

Damero (Berlin, Germany)

Dananananaykroyd (Glasgow, Scotland)

Dave Alvin (Los Angeles, CA)

David Garza (Austin, TX)

Dead Prez (New York, NY)

Dekadens (Bucharest, ROMANIA)

Dirtblonde (Liverpool, ENGLAND)

Division Miniscula (Matamoros, Mexico)

Doctor Krapula (Bogota, Columbia)

EBONY BONES! (London, ENGLAND)

Ella (Bristol, ENGLAND)

Empire ISIS (Montreal, CANADA)

Explosions in the Sky (Austin, TX)

Flood of Red (Glasgow, SCOTLAND)

Franki Chan (Los Angeles, CA)

Free Sol (Memphis, TN)

Futumomo Satisfaction (Tokyo, Japan)

Gabi Almedia (Sao Paolo, Brazil)

Gary Clark Jr. (Austin, TX)

Grimy Styles (Austin, TX)

Hacienda (San Antonio, TX)

Hickoids (Austin, TX)

Ida Maria (Stockholm, Sweden)

Insite (Mexicali, Mexico)

Invincible (Detroit, MI)

Jokers of the Scene (Ottawa, ON)

Kap Bambino (Bordeaux, France)

Kid Sister (Chicago, IL)

Killer Mike (Atlanta, GA)

LA Riots (Los Angeles, CA)

Los Fancy Free (Mexico City, Mexico)

Madi Diaz (Nashville, TN)

Manana (Basil, SWITZERLAND)

Mandi Perkins (Los Angeles, CA)

Mexican Institute of Sound (Mexico City, Mexico)

Micachu (London, ENGLAND)

Midnight Youth (Auckland, NEW ZEALAND)

Mika Miko (Los Angeles, CA)

Mike Badger (Liverpool, ENGLAND)

Mistah FAB (Oakland, CA)

Monokino (Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS)

Moriarty (Montreuil, FRANCE)

Motel (Mexico City, Mexico)

Mundo Livre Sa (Recife, Brazil)

My Crew Be Unruly (Baltimore, MD)

My Federation (Hove, ENGLAND)

Nacho Vegas (Gijon, Spain)

Nacional (Glasgow, SCOTLAND)

NAVEL (Erschwil, SWITZERLAND)

Outasight (New York, NY)

P.O.S. (Minneapolis, MN)

Pato Machete (Monterrey, Mexico)

Peter Bjorn & John (Stockholm, Sweden)

Peter Rosenberg (New York, NY)

Port O’Brien (Cambria, CA)

Primal Scream (Glasgow, Scotland)

Ra Ra Riot (Syracuse, NY)

Reflection Eternal (Ohio/New York)

Rob Quest (Houston, TX)

Sage Francis (Providence, RI)

San Quinn (San Francisco, CA)

Scribe (Christchurch, NZ)

Shad (London, Ontario)

Shawn David McMillen (Austin, TX)

Simplifires (Mexico City, Mexico)

Soulico (Tel Aviv, Israel)

St. Vincent (Dallas, TX)

Suzy & Los Quattro (Barcelona, Spain)

T Bird & The Breaks (Austin, TX)

Tanya Morgan (Brooklyn, NY)

Temposhark (London, ENGLAND)

The Beat Poets (Belfast, IRELAND)

The Carrivick Sisters (Devon, ENGLAND)

The Courteneers (Manchester, UK)

The deBretts (London, ENGLAND)

The Deep Dark Woods (Saskatoon, CANADA)

the Devil Wears Prada (Dayton, OH)

The Everyday Visuals (Boston, MA)

The Knux (New Orleans, LA)

THE MOOG (Budapest, HUNGARY)

The Pepper Pots (Girona, Spain)

The Sonics (Seattle, WA)

The Temper Trap (Nth Fitzroy, AUSTRALIA)

thecocknbullkid (London, ENGLAND)

Thee Oh See’s (San Francisco, CA)

This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb (Pensacola, FL)

Tittsworth (Washington, DC)

Tommy Tee (Oslo, Norway)

Toy Horses (Barry, WALES)

Twilight Hotel (Winnipeg, CANADA)

Virgin Passages (London, ENGLAND)

Volodja Balzalorsky (Ljubljana, SLOVENIA)

WAZ (Los Angeles, CA)

We Have Band (London, ENGLAND)

We Should Be Dead (Limerick, IRELAND)

White Lies (London, ENGLAND)

Whitechapel (Knoxville, TN)

Willem Maker (Turkey Heaven, AL)

Willy Joy (Chicago, IL)

Yarah Bravo (New York, NY)

This list subject to change.

http://sxsw.com/music/shows/bands

4 comments

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I think Dananananaykroyd might be the best name for a band. EVER.

— Joey
2:19 pm January 9th, 2009

I agree Joey! I just read that and said it out loud in my office about 6 times. In fact, I didn’t bother reading any more names after that.

— chris
2:43 pm January 9th, 2009

No Saint Louis area acts at SXSW? Not a surprise…

A town that has a ‘gentlemen’ addiction; (there are at least 3 local bands with ‘gentlemen’ in their moniker), doesn’t deserve to have any showings at a festival like SXSW.

A town that still can’t get over ‘alternative country’ doesn’t deserve any placements at SXSW.

Saint Louis needs a serious dose of originality and now. We wonder why our music scene is second rate…

— postpunk
11:20 am January 14th, 2009

Theodore, the best band in St. Louis (and really, it’s not even close), will play at SXSW.

— x
2:42 pm January 16th, 2009