News: SXSW 2008 band list emerges

January 8th, 2008 - by Eddie

News, SXSW

The Tripewire is reporting a long list of bands that have either been confirmed for the Austin music festival or contacted the site personally to tell them they were going to.

UPDATE: Lou Reed will be the keynote speaker!

Bands I’m excited to possibly see (I’m totally making a push to get down there this year):

Birdmonster: I was excited about their 2006 album “No Midnight” with their atmospheric, indie rock ways and have been anxious to see what else they have come up with.

The Black Keys: I love this bluesy, garage band. If you haven’t downloaded their Free Live EP that we talked about last year, you can still download it off their Myspace page.

Holy Fuck: This hyper, Toronto, electronica band will incite you to run around in circles. And c’mon, that’s one of the best and most honest names for a band I’ve ever seen.

Jens Lekman: My buddy Iverson picked Lekman’s album “Night Falls Over Kortedala” was one of the year’s best. I haven’t heard the album, but I put a lot of faith in a man who can expound on the merits of Moterhead and The Mars Volta in the same breath.

Man Man: Take a listen and you’ll soon understand the majesty of this Philly band that produces listenable circus music. Trust me, it’s the good kind of insanity.

My Morning Jacket: self explanatory.

Nada Surf: They have a new album coming out in February called “Lucky.” I’m just excited they are back.

Office: I’m still in love with the girl in the band who slams on the cowbell.

R.E.M.: Sweet! Did you pick up R.E.M. Live 2CD/1DVD? It kicks ass.

The Kills: Hypnotic and dreary indie rock. The chick’s hot too.

The Raveonettes: All the songs you could want in glorious B flat.

The Soundtrack of our Lives: I thought this Swedish band was gone for good. This was a happy surprise.

Tim Williams: Always a pleasure.

Vampire Weekend: Heard their EP last year and I’m still not sick of it. This is indie, groove rock at its best. Their eponymous album drops on Jan. 29.

And here are the surprises:

Breeders: Whoa! Flashback to a time when I thought Skidz were cool.
Daryl Hall: What?…WHAT? I’m gonna have to be really trashed for this.

OK, that’s all I can muster for tonight. The massive list from Tripwire is after the jump. And let us know of any bands we should check out that’s on the list.

Tripwire’s list (not complete):

Bands That Will Be At SXSW
A Place to Bury Strangers
The A-Sides
AA Bondy
The Airborne Toxic Event
Alamo Race Track
Alina Simone
Aloe Blacc
Arp
Awkward Stage Band
Bear Hands
Bella
Birdmonster
Birthday Suits
Bjorn Torske
Black and White Years
The Black Crowes
Black Joe Lewis
The Black Keys
The Bleedin Bleedins
Blitzen Trapper
Bon Iver
The Botticellis
Bowerbirds
Breeders
Carlis Star
Carolyn Mark
Car Stereo (Wars)
The Choir Practice
The Cops
The Cribs
Daniel Lanois
Darker My Love
Daryl Hall
Dead Confederate
Destroyer
Die! Die! Die!
Dirty On Purpose
Division Day
Donny Hue and the Colors
The DoDos
Dokkebi Q
Doug Walker
Eastern Conference Champions
Ed Harcourt
El Jesus de Magico
Elvis Perkins
Eugene McGuiness
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
The Fairline Parkway
The Feral Children
Firewater
Frightened Rabbit
Gallows
Goes Cube
Greg Laswell
The Gusto
Hanne Hukkelberg
Headlights
Health
The Heavy
The Henry Clay People
Hey Willpower
Holy Fuck
The Hourly Radio
JD Thompson
Jennifer Johns
Jens Lekman
Joe Lean + The Jing Jang Jong
John Ralston
Justin Townes Earle
Kaki King
Karina Nistal
The Kills
Kim Hiorthoy
KXP
The LK
Langhorne Slim
Laura Barrett
Le Switch
Lindstrom
Lightspeed Champion
The Lonely H Longwave
Mala Rodriguez
Man Man
Mason Proper
Maya Azucena
Melissa Young
Meredith Bragg & the Terminals
Meriwether
Mezzanine Owls
Mika Miko
Minmae
Miz Metro
Monica Blaire
My Brightest Diamond
The Morning Benders
My Morning Jacket
N’Dambi
Nada Surf
Necropolis
The Night Marchers
No Kids
OFFICE
Ouija Radio
The Pack A.D.
Panther
Pato Banton
Peelander-Z
Pinstripe
The Pitty Party
Plants & Animals
Popup
R.E.M.
Radar Brothers
The Raveonettes
The Rosewood Thieves
Russell Taylor
Salvador Santana Band
Sam Champion
Scissors For Lefty
Screamin’ Cyn Cyn & the Pons
Sea Wolf
Secret Shine
Shout Out Louds
Shwayze
Sia
$olal
Sons & Daughters
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Southeast Engine
TAB The Band
Tech N9ne
The Kills
These New Puritans
These United States
Tigercity
Tiny Animals
Tim Williams
Times New Viking
Trainwreck Riders
Trevor Giuliani
Tussle
Unholy 2
Vampire Weekend
Vancougar
The Voom Blooms
Wallpaper
We Are Standard
White Shoes & the Couples Company
White Williams
WHY?
Wussy
Wye Oak
YACHT
Yazarah