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SXSW announces 55 more bands for 2010
(Pictured !!! Photo by Jay Janner AMERICAN-STATESMAN
The South by Southwest Music Festival announced another round of showcasing artists for 2010 via press release this morning, including a healthy collection of mid-level names that might be more familiar to music fans than those released in previous updates.
Highlights include 2009 Austin City Limits performers !!! (pronounced “chick chick chick”), British alternative rockers Band of Skulls, New York indie rock band Cymbals Eat Guitars, Evan Dando, buzzed rock band the Soft Pack (formerly the Muslims), Fun Fun Fun Fest performers and astonishing live act Les Savy Fav and soul revivalists Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.
That said, many names on this list might be familiar to you — SXSW has announced several of them in one-off announcements on the music page, including Spoon, (Expletive) Up and the XX. Others, like She and Him (the collaboration between M. Ward and singer/songwriter/actress Zooey Deschanel) and the Texas Tornados, have been announced independently of SXSW, while others, like Broken Social Scene, have been rumored.
Check out the full list below the jump.
!!! (Brooklyn, NY)
Amaral (Madrid, SPAIN)
Anita Tijoux (Santiago, CHILE)
Apoptygma Berzerk (Oslo, NORWAY)
Athlete (London, ENGLAND)
Bajofondo (Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA)
Balkan Beat Box (Tel Aviv, ISRAEL)
Band of Skulls (London, ENGLAND)
Bear In Heaven (Brooklyn, NY)
Black Milk (Detroit, MI)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Los Angeles, CA)
Bomba Estereo (Bogota, Colombia)
Broken Social Scene (Toronto, CANADA)
Chalie Boy (Hearne, TX)
Chamillionaire & Paul Wall (Houston, TX)
Cymbals Eat Guitars (New York, NY)
Deer Tick (Providence, RI)
Evan Dando (New York, NY)
Frightened Rabbit (Selkirk, SCOTLAND)
(Expletive) Up (Toronto, CANADA)
Grant Hart (St. Paul, MN)
Hauschka (Dusseldorf, GERMANY)
Here We Go Magic (Brooklyn, NY)
Hudson Mohawke (Glasgow, SCOTLAND)
Invincible (Detroit, MI)
jj (Gothenburg, SWEDEN)
Killer Mike (Atlanta, GA)
LA Riots (Los Angeles, CA)
Les Savy Fav (Brooklyn, NY)
Maldita Vecindad (Mexico City, MEXICO)
Marina & The Diamonds (London, ENGLAND)
Mayer Hawthorne & The County (Ann Arbor, MI)
Midlake (Denton, TX)
Miike Snow (Stockholm, SWEDEN)
Mr Hudson (London, ENGLAND)
Mundo Livre SA (Recife, BRAZIL)
Murs (Los Angeles, CA)
Natalia Lafourcade (Mexico City, MEXICO)
Pretty Lights (Charlottesville, VA)
Rye Rye (Baltimore, MD)
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (Brooklyn, NY)
She & Him (Los Angeles, CA)
Shwayze (Malibu, CA)
Spoon (Austin, TX)
Steve Aoki (Los Angeles, CA)
Systema Solar (Taganga, COLOMBIA)
Texas Tornados (San Antonio, TX)
The Drums (Brooklyn, NY)
The Middle East (Townsville, AUSTRALIA)
The Soft Pack (San Diego, CA)
The Very Best (New York, NY)
The xx (London, ENGLAND)
Trae (Houston, TX)
VV Brown (London, ENGLAND)
Wolfgang Gartner (Austin, TX)
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By dennisl59
February 2, 2010 12:32 PM | Link to this
And not a single one knows how to play a E7th+9 Chord raked.
By Ms. I
February 2, 2010 1:05 PM | Link to this
My guess is that seeing The xx at SxSW will be something to remember. Heard them first on XM radio, then found most of their songs on YouTube; I’ve order the CD through Amazon, and can’t get enough of them. I can’t think of the best words to describe them. Check them OUT!
By tonylamont
February 2, 2010 7:38 PM | Link to this
Dennis,
That’s a pretty gross over-generalization, don’t you think? I’m pretty sure more than a few of the many thousands of musicians visiting our fine city know how to play that E7#9. Just because someone chooses not to be a Hendrix or SRV clone doesn’t mean they can’t play or have no value as a musician.
In fact, I think you’ll find there’s a rather long and storied history of popular music forms that are more interested in song writing, energy, free-form self-expression or what have you - than virtuosity. There’s a lot of ways to get it across other than moving your fingers really fast or having an encyclopedic knowledge of extended chords.
I’d much rather listen to an early Stones record than Yngwie. But even if your tastes run to the latter I’m sure you could find something of interest during SXSW.
By David
February 3, 2010 12:49 PM | Link to this
The XX just played the Mohawk. They will never live up to the hipster buzz that surrounds them.
By Ryan Lester
February 3, 2010 3:07 PM | Link to this
The xx are very good on record. Live though, they don’t have that great a stage presence. Still, they accurately convey the atmosphere of their songs live, which in itself is enough for me.
By Aaron
February 5, 2010 11:23 AM | Link to this
I just moved to the area, and I heard locals get a good discount on SWSW tix if they have an Austin address on the card they buy the tix with. I switched my address over already. Where do I buy the tix?