SXSW Band List – Official Lineup Announced – My Picks

The full list of bands playing 2009 South by Southwest (SXSW) can be found here, and boy it’s long. I am going to save you the trouble and pluck out the few bands and acts I recommend you see. I am not saying my list is at all exhaustive, but that doesn’t mean these bands won’t work you (’til you’re exhausted) (in a good way). *** = Must see.

Bisc1 (Queens NY)
B.o.B (Atlanta GA)
Candy Coated Killahz (Toronto ON)
Cage (New York NY) ***
Margaret Cho (Los Angeles CA)
CKY (West Chester PA) ***
Doomtree (Minneapolis MN)
8ball and mjg (Memphis TN)
Evil Nine Live (Brighton UK-ENGLAND) ***

Sage Francis (Providence RI)
Grizzly Bear (Brooklyn NY)
Grouch & Eligh (Los Angeles CA)
Charles Hamilton (New York NY)
Head Automatica (Long Island NY) ***
J*DaVeY (Los Angeles CA) ***
Junk Science (Brooklyn NY)
Mr Lif (Philadelphia PA) ***
Mandi Perkins (Los Angeles CA)
The Raveonettes (New York NY)
Reflection Eternal (New York, NY/Cincinnati, OH) ***
Solange and the Hadley Street Dreams (Houston TX)
Sofia Talvik (Stockholm SWEDEN)
Wale (Washington, DC)
Yak Ballz (Edison NJ) ***
Zion I (Oakland CA)

Nuff said.

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