The SXSW lineup is announced, and it's a damn good 'un:

Aesop Rock, the Album Leaf, American Analog Set, American Music Club, Ariel Pink, Ash, Jon Auer, Lou Barlow, bedbug, Bloc Party, Bloodthirsty Lovers, the Bravery, Breather Resist, Brightblack, Chris Brokaw, Calexico, Castanets, Centro-matic, Clem Snide, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Graham Coxon, Crooked Fingers, Dalek, Damon & Naomi, Darediablo, Dead Meadow, Death From Above 1979, Decibully, Dios Malos, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, the Donnas, Doves, Earlimart, Enon, French Kicks, the Futureheads, Gold Chains & Sue Cie, the Go! Team, Gris Gris, Guitar Wolf, the Heavenly States, Hella, Robyn Hitchcock, Hot Hot heat, Ida, Billy Idol, ISIS, J Church, Will Johnson, Daniel Johnston, the Kills, Kings of Convenience, LCD Soundsystem, Ben Lee, Mary Lou Lord, Magnolia Electric Co., Stephen Malkmus, Aimee Mann, Marbles, Menomena, M.I.A., Mono, the Music, M. Ward, Norfolk and Western, the Ocean Blue, Of Montreal, Pedro the Lion, Phoenix, Robert Plant, Ratatat, the Raveonettes, Saturday Looks Good to Me, Shearwater, Michelle Shocked, Shonen Knife, the Six Parts Seven, Sleater-Kinney, Some Girls, Son Volt, the Soundtrack of Our Lives, South San Gabriel, Stars, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Thunderbirds are Now!, Tracker, Trashcan Sinatras, Tristeza, and Vanilla Ice...

Any thoughts?

TSOOL, Son Volt, BILLY IDOL! Doves, The Bravery, Bloc Party, Futureheads, Dogs Die in Hot Cars....wow.

I've not been to SXSW in about 6 years, but I'm itchin' to go back and eat me some Stubbs BBQ. Any SXSW stories from the masses???

SXSW, IPO Chicago....

Every year I say I'm gonna make an effort to go, and I never do.

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great lineups on thurs. and fri., but saturday practically NOBODY is playing. total buzzkill. hopefully there are some secret shows in the works to make up for the frontloading of a TON of great acts on friday night. hate having to choose and take the chance of getting into one show to the next. almost so bad that you just have to pick one (maybe two) venues for the night and stay there in order to make sure you see the bands you want.

some random highlights:

THU: smoosh @ maggie mae's - 10 p.m.
sleater-kinney @ emo's main - 1 a.m.

FRI: kaiser chiefs, louis xiv, futureheads, hot hot heat, doves @ la zona rosa - 9 p.m. -1 a.m.(best stay-in-one-place lineup of the festival; Britpop lover or no)

SAT: bloc party, kasabian, new york dolls @ stubb's - 10 p.m.-1 a.m.

see you there, anyone who's going...

I hd a lot of fun at SXSW. My faves were Calexico and the Immediate. You can read my impressions here:

http://rivercity.blogspot.com/