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SXSW unveils roster of bands
Groups from across the globe bound for Austin.

The full list of acts for the 2006 South By Southwest Music Festival and Conference has been announced and, once again, it's a humdinger. Look for plenty of bands from Europe, Japan, New Zealand and Australia, as well as sets from up-and-comers such as Animal Collective, Art Brut, We Are Scientists and Hot Chip. Austin acts such as the Sword, At All Cost, Voxtrot and Sound Team are on the list. Expect veteran indie rock from Echo and the Bunnymen, Killing Joke and Savage Republic, country from Bobby Bare and Jessi Colter, soul from Bettye LaVette and comedy from Andy Dick. Nearly 850 acts have been confirmed for the music portion of the festival, which takes place March 15-19. The full list of bands is below.

- Joe Gross

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2006 South By Southwest Music Festival band list

AAA
Aberdeen City (Boston, MA)
Aberfeldy (Edinburgh, UK)
Abigail und Hansel (Cedar Creek, TX)
The Adored (Los Angeles, CA)
Adult. (Detroit, MI)
The Aeroplanes (Liverpool, UK)
Afrirampo (Osaka, Japan)
Daníel Ágúst (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Airbourne (Melbourne, Australia)
Aloha (Cleveland, OH)
AM (Los Angeles, CA)
The Amazing Pilots (Dublin, Ireland)
American Eyes (Los Angeles, CA)
American Minor (Huntington WV)
American Princes (Little Rock, AR)
An Albatross (Philadelphia, PA)
Al Anderson (Windsor, CT)
Duane Andrews (St John's, NF)
Animal Alpha (Oslo, Norway)
Animal Collective (Baltimore, NY)
Annie (Bergen, Norway)
The Anointed Voicez (Houston, TX)
The Answer (Downpatrick, UK)
Antietam (New York, NY)
A Pink Cloud (Houston, TX)
Apollo Sunshine (Boston, MA)
The Apples in Stereo (Denver, CO)
Aqueduct (Seattle, WA)
Arab Strap (Falkirk, UK)
The Arm (Austin, TX)
Arnold Dreyblatt Ensemble (Berlin, Germany)
Art Brut (London, UK)
Asobi Seksu (New York, NY)
At All Cost (Austin, TX)
Athlete (Deptford, UK)
The Atomic Bitchwax (Long Branch, NJ)
Audion (Detroit, MI)
Jon Auer (Seattle, WA)
Auktyon (St Petersburg, Russia)
The Avalanches (Melbourne, Australia)
Avotor (Auckland, New Zealand)
Awesome Cool Dudes (Austin, TX)

BBB
Backyard Tire Fire (Chicago, IL)
The Bad Roads (Lake Charles, LA)
Bad Wizard (Manhattan, NY)
Sam Baker (Austin, TX)
Daniel Balthasar (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg)
Barbez (Brooklyn, NY)
Bobby Bare Jr. (Nashville, TN)
Barfield (Austin, TX)
Baroness (Savannah, GA)
Shane Bartell (Austin, TX)
The Bats (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Battle (London, UK)
David Bavas and the Down Comforter (Seattle, WA)
Bedouin Soundclash (Toronto, ON)
Bedroom Walls (Highland Park, CA)
Beirut (Albuquerque, NM)
Belaire (Austin, TX)
Bellaparker (Austin, TX)
Archie Bell (Houston, TX)
Hudson Bell (San Francisco, CA)
The BellRays (Los Angeles, CA)
Bell X1 (Dublin, Ireland)
Belong (New Orleans, LA)
Bend Sinister (Vancouver, BC)
Benko (Austin, TX)
Best Fwends (Denton, TX)
Bexar Bexar (Austin, TX)
Be Your Own PET (Nashville, TN)
Bible of the Devil (Chicago, IL)
Scott H. Biram (Austin, TX)
The Black Angels (Austin, TX)
Blackbud (Bradford on Avon, UK)
Black Diamond Heavies (Nashville, TN)
Black Dice (Brooklyn, NY)
Black Furies (San Francisco, CA)
Black Heart Procession (San Diego, CA)
The Black Hollies (Jersey City, NJ)
Black Joe Lewis (Austin, TX)
Black Moses (London, UK)
Blanche (Detroit, MI)
Sarah Blasko (Sydney, Australia)
Blockhead (New York, NY)
Blood Meridian (Vancouver, BC)
Blowfly (Miami, FL)
Blue Aeroplanes (Bristol, UK)
Bluebottle Kiss (Sydney, Australia)
Blue October (San Marcos, TX)
Harlan T Bobo (Memphis, TN)
Bodhisattva (Phoenix, AZ)
Sarah Borges (Boston, MA)
Bosque Brown (Fort Worth, TX)
Boss Martians (Seattle, WA)
Bottle Rockets (Festus, MO)
Bound Stems (Chicago, IL)
Boy (Toronto, ON)
The Boy Least Likely To (Wendove, UK)
The Brakes (Philadelphia, PA)
Bravo Silva (New York, NY)
Brazilian Girls (New York, NY)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre (Los Angeles, CA)
The Brilliant Mistakes (New York, NY)
The Brokedown (Los Angeles, CA)
Broken Spindles (Omaha, NE)
The Bronx (Los Angeles, CA)
Elliott Brood (Toronto, ON)
Tom Brosseau (Los Angeles, CA)
The Brother Kite (Providence, RI)
Brothers Past (Philadelphia, PA)
the brunettes (Auckland, New Zealand)
Buck 65 (Montreal, QC)
Burden Brothers (Dallas, TX)
Burrito Deluxe (Nashville, TN)
Busy Signals (Chicago, IL)
Butterfly Explosion (Dublin, Ireland)

CCC
Cadence Weapon (Edmonton, AB)
Califone (Chicago, IL)
Calla (New York, NY)
The Capes (South London, UK)
The Capitol Years (Philadelphia, PA)
Carbonas (Atlanta, GA)
Brandi Carlile (Seattle, WA)
Caroline (Okinawa, Japan)
Tia Carrera (Austin TX)
Cary Brothers (Los Angeles, CA)
Neko Case (Tacoma, WA)
Peter Case (Los Angeles, CA)
Cat Scientist (Austin, TX)
Cayto (Glasgow, UK)
Celebration (Baltimore, MD)
Centro-matic (Denton, TX)
Cephalic Carnage (Denver, CO)
Channel 3 (Orange County, CA)
Marshall Chapman (Nashville, TN)
Charanga Cakewalk (Austin, TX)
Chas. Mtn. (Boston, MA)
Chatham County Line (Raleigh, NC)
Rhys Chatham (Paris, France)
Cheater Slicks (Columbus, OH)
Cheeseburger (Brooklyn, NY)
Chingon (Austin, TX)
Chin Up Chin Up (Chicago, IL)
Chocolate Genius Inc (Brooklyn, NY)
Chris & Aurore (Boston, MA)
Chris and Thomas (Los Angeles, CA)
The Chris Vestre Group (Austin, TX)
Circle Takes The Square (Savannah, GA)
Cities (Chapel Hill, NC)
Eau Claire (Austin, TX)
Stephen Clair (Brooklyn, NY)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Brooklyn, NY)
Gary Clark, Jr. (Austin, TX)
Classie Ballou (Lake Charles, LA)
Clem Snide (Nashville, TN)
Clor (London, UK)
Clorox Girls (Portland, OR)
The Clutters (Nashville, TN)
Biffy Clyro (Glasgow, UK)
Coco Solid (Auckland, New Zealand)
Jason Collett (Toronto, ON)
Colored Shadows (Los Angeles, CA)
Colossal Yes (San Francisco, CA)
Jessi Colter (Scottsdale, AZ)
The Concretes (Stockholm, Sweden)
Tony Conrad (New York, NY)
Cooper Temple Clause (Reading, UK)
Cordero (New York, NY)
Sean Costello (Atlanta, GA)
Susan Cowsill (New Orleans, LA)
Crashdïet (Stockholm, Sweden)
Helios Creed/CHROME (Austin, TX)
The Cribs (Wakefield, UK)
The Crimea (London, UK)
Crimson Sweet (New York, NY)
Criteria (Omaha, NE)
A.J. Croce (San Diego, CA)
Crystal Skulls (Seattle, WA)
Cuff the Duke (Toronto, ON)
Jamie Cullum (London, UK)
Cut Copy (Melbourne, Australia)
The Cuts (Oakland, CA)

DDD
Damone (Boston, MA)
Dappled Cities Fly (Sydney, Australia)
Darker My Love (San Francisco, CA)
Dashboard Confessional (Boca Raton, FL)
Dash Rip Rock (New Orleans, LA)
The Datsuns (Auckland, New Zealand)
Grey Daturas (Melbourne, Australia)
Steve Dawson (Chicago, IL)
Deadboy & the Elephantmen (Houma, LA)
Deadman (McGregor, TX)
Death In Vegas (London, UK)
Death Vessel (Brooklyn, NY)
Debris Inc. (Chicago, IL)
Decoder Ring (Sydney, Australia)
Kris Delmhorst (Greenfield, MA)
Dengue Fever (Los Angeles, CA)
Derby (Portland, OR)
Miss Pamela Des Barres (Los Angeles, CA)
deSoL (Asbury Park, NJ)
Destroyer (Vancouver, BC)
The Detholz! (Chicago, IL)
dEUS (Antwerp, Belgium)
The Devil Bat (Austin, TX)
Devil In A Woodpile (Chicago, IL)
Lavender Diamond (Los Angeles, CA)
Diamond Nights (New York, NY)
Andy Dick (Hollywood, CA)
Tina Dico (Denmark, Denmark)
Die! Die! Die! (Auckland, New Zealand)
Die Princess Die (Los Angeles, CA)
Dir en grey (Tokyo, Japan)
Dirty on Purpose (Brooklyn, NY)
Dirty Pretty Things (London, UK)
Dirty Projectors (New Haven, CT)
Disco Ensemble (Helsinki, Finland)
Kevin Divine (Brooklyn, NY)
The Divorce (Seattle, WA)
Dixie Witch (Austin, TX)
Dizzy Pilot (Pasadena, TX)
DJ Di'jital (Detroit, MI)
DJ Dex (New York, NY)
DJ Fontana (Shreveport, LA)
DJ Skurge (Detroit, MI)
DJ S (Detroit, MI)
DMBQ (Tokyo, Japan)
Dmonstrations (San Diego, CA)
Julie Doiron (Moncton, NB)
Dosh (Minneapolis, MN)
Luke Doucet (Toronto, ON)
Daniel Francis Doyle (Austin, TX)
Dr. Dog (Philadelphia, PA)
Jorge Drexler (Madrid, Spain)
Drop Trio (Houston, TX)
Dr. Spock (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Drums and Tuba (New Orleans, LA)
Drunk Horse (Oakland, CA)
Duels (Leeds, UK)
The Duke Spirit (London, UK)
Dan Dyer (Austin, TX)

EEE
The Earlies (Manchester, UK)
Earlimart (Los Angeles, CA)
Echo & The Bunnymen (Liverpool, UK)
Editors (Birmingham, UK)
The Effigies (Chicago, IL)
Ana Egge (Austin, TX)
The Eighteenth Day Of May (London, UK)
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster (Brighton, UK)
Elbow (Manchester, UK)
The Electric Soft Parade (Brighton, UK)
Eleventh Dream Day (New York, NY)
Ellegarden (Tokyo, Japan)
Ronny Elliott (Tampa, FL)
El Ten Eleven (Los Angeles, CA)
The Emeralds (Yokohama, Japan)
Empire Dogs (Stockholm, Sweden)
End Of Fashion (Perth, Australia)
epo-555 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Erase Errata (San Francisco, CA)
The Essex Green (Brooklyn, NY)
Et Ret (Brooklyn, NY)
The Evangelicals (Norman, OK)
Ex-Boyfriends (San Francisco, CA)
eX-Girl (Tokyo, Japan)
Exit the King (Austin, TX)

FFF
Facedownins*** (Greensboro, NC)
Billy Faier (Marathon, TX)
Faker (Sydney, Australia)
The Fanatics (Auckland, New Zealand)
The Feeling (London, UK)
Christine Fellows (Winnipeg, MB)
The femurs (Seattle, WA)
The Fever (Brooklyn, NY)
F for Fake (Austin, TX)
Film School (San Francisco, CA)
Final Solutions (Memphis, TN)
Fires Were Shot (Austin, TX)
First Nation (New York, NY)
Tim Fite (Brooklyn, NY)
The Flairz (Fremantle, Australia)
Fleeing New York (Southampton, UK)
Flogging Molly (Los Angeles, CA)
Richmond Fontaine (Portland, OR)
Guy Forsyth (Austin, TX)
Forward Russia (Leeds, UK)
Ruthie Foster (Austin, TX)
The Foxymorons (Mesquite, TX)
Michael Fracasso (Austin, TX)
Donavon Frankenreiter (Laguna Beach, CA)
Michael Franti and Spearhead (San Francisco, CA)
The Freak Accident (San Francisco, CA)
Tom Freund (Venice, CA)
Fridge (London, UK)
Friends of Dean Martinez (Austin, TX)
Frog Eyes (Victoria, BC)
Fuzz Club (Los Angeles, CA)

GGG
David Garza (Austin, TX)
The Gear (Melbourne, Australia)
Gem (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Gena Rowlands Band (Los Angeles, CA)
Genghis Tron (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Gestalt Switch (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Ghandaia (Austin, TX)
Susan Gibson and The Moving Parts (Wimberley, TX)
Colin Gilmore (Austin, TX)
Girls in Hawaii (Brussels, Belgium)
Gitogito Hustler (Tokyo, Japan)
Glass Eye (Austin, TX)
The Glass Family (Austin, TX)
Goblin Cock (San Diego, CA)
God's Temple of Family Deliverance (Houston, TX)
Gogol Bordello (New York, NY)
Golden Arm Trio (Austin, TX)
Goldenboy (Diamond Bar, CA)
The Golden Boys (Spring Branch, TX)
The Golden Dogs (Thunder Bay, ON)
Goldfrapp (London, UK)
Goldrush (Oxford, UK)
Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom (Brooklyn, NY)
Jose Gonzalez (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Goose (Genk, Belgium)
Goran Gora (Riga, Latvia)
Gorch Fock (Austin, TX)
Gore Gore Girls (Detroit, MI)
The Gossip (Portland, OR)
The Go! Team (Brighton, UK)
Jon Dee Graham (Austin, TX)
The Grassy Knoll Boys (Austin, TX)
Flip Grater (Christchurch, New Zealand)
The Grates (Brisbane, Australia)
Great Lake Swimmers (Toronto, ON)
Great Northern (Los Angeles, CA)
Jackie Greene (Sacramento, CA)
The Greenhornes (Cincinnati, OH)
The Guggenheim Grotto (Dublin, Ireland)
Guillemots (London, UK)
Dave Gunning (Pictou County, NS)
The Gun Shys (Orange County, CA)
Gyroscope (Perth, Australia)

HHH
HAL (Dublin, Ireland)
Happy Flowers (Charlottesville, VA)
Sarah Harmer (Kingston, ON)
Harrisons (Sheffield, UK)
Charlotte Hatherley (London, UK)
Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders (Los Angeles, CA)
Richard Hawley (Sheffield, UK)
Gemma Hayes (Dublin, Ireland)
Hayseed Dixie (Nashville, TN)
Head (Seattle, WA)
Headlights (Champaign, IL)
Headphones (Seattle, WA)
Roy Head (Houston, TX)
The Heavenly States (Oakland, CA)
The Hellacopters (Stockholm, Sweden)
Helmet (New York, NY)
Clarence Frogman Henry (New Orleans, LA)
Sarah Hepburn (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Collin Herring (Fort Worth, TX)
Her Space Holiday (San Mateo, CA)
The Hidden Cameras (Toronto, ON)
Missy Higgins (Melbourne, Australia)
The High Dials (Montreal, ON)
The High Strung (Detroit, MI)
Donal Hinely (Denton, TX)
His Name Is Alive (Livonia, MI)
Jolie Holland (San Francisco, CA)
Holy F*** (Toronto, ON)
Jesca Hoop (Topanga, CA)
Hopewell (Brooklyn, NY)
Hot Chip (London, UK)
The Hours (London, UK)
Human Eye (Detroit, MI)
Jana Hunter (Austin, TX)
Hurts to Purr (Austin, TX)
Hayley Hutchinson (York, UK)

III
Ill Ease (Brooklyn, NY)
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness (Austin, TX)
IMA (St Petersburg, FL)
Immaculate Machine (Victoria, BC)
Immortal Lee County Killers (Auburn, AL)
Indian Jewelry (Houston, TX)
Leif Inge (Oslo, Norway)
Innaway (Huntington Beach, CA)
Inouk (Philadelphia, PA)
Interlope (Paris, France)
The International Playboys (Missoula, MT)
Irving (Silver Lake, CA)
Islands (Montreal, QC)
Dan Israel (Minneapolis, MN)

JJJ
Jacques and the Shakey Boys (Toronto, ON)
Jade Day (Austin, TX)
Jakobínarína (Hafnarfjordur, Iceland)
Elana James and Her Hot Hot Trio (Austin, TX)
Lindsay Jane (Winnipeg, MB)
Garland Jeffreys (New York, NY)
JEL (Oakland, CA)
The Jessica Fletchers (Oslo, Norway)
John Schooley and his One Man Band (Austin, TX)
Jonathan Kane's February (New York, NY)
The Juan Maclean (Dover, NH)
Juliette and the Licks (Los Angeles, CA)
Damien Jurado (Seattle, WA)

KKK
Kaki King (New York, NY)
Kalas (Oakland, CA)
Karsh Kale (Brooklyn, NY)
Seth Kauffman (Durham,NC)
Matt Keating & Emily Spray (New York, NY)
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds (New York, NY)
Killing Joke (London, UK)
King Britt Experience (Philadelphia, PA)
King Louie One Man Band (New Orleans, LA)
King Straggler (Los Angeles, CA)
King Wilkie (Charlottesville, VA)
Curt Kirkwood (Austin, TX)
Kisschasy (Melbourne, Australia)
Kissing Tigers (Los Angeles, CA)
Sonya Kitchell (Ashfield, MA)
Faith Kleppinger (New York, NY)
The Klezmatics (New York, NY)
K'naan (Toronto, ON)
Knife in the Water (Austin, TX)
Knife Skills (Brooklyn, NY)
Chris Knight (Slaughters, KY)
Chris Knox and The Nothing (Auckland, New Zealand)
k-os (Whitby, ON)
Sharron Kraus & Christian Kiefer (London, UK)

LLL
Lab Partners (Dayton, OH)
Ladytron (Liverpool, UK)
The Latebirds (Helsinki, Finland)
Bettye LaVette (West Orange, NJ)
L-D Section II (Lansing-Dreiden) (Miami, FL)
Leather Uppers (Toronto, ON)
Amos Lee (Philadelphia, PA)
Lenine (Recife, Brazil)
The Len Price 3 (Chatham, UK)
Ted Leo/Pharmacists (Bloomfield, NJ)
Alana Levandoski (Kelwood, MB)
Toby Lightman (New York, NY)
The Like (Los Angeles, CA)
Lil Band O Gold (Lafayette, LA)
Lil Buck Sinegal (Lafayette, LA)
Limited Express (Kansai, Japan)
Linea 77 (Turin, Italy)
Eliot Lipp (Los Angeles, CA)
Live Fast Die (Brooklyn, NY)
Living Better Electrically (Jackson, MS)
The Living End (Chelsea, Australia)
Living Things (St Louis, MO)
LoneLady (Manchester, UK)
Loney Dear (Stockholm, Sweden)
The Longcut (Manchester, UK)
P W Long (Memphis, TN)
The Long Winters (Seattle, WA)
Lord Fyre (Bloomington, IN)
Mary Lou Lord (Salem, MA)
Lords of Altamont (Los Angeles, CA)
Los De Abajo (Mexico City, Mexico)
The Love Experts (St. Louis, MO)
Love of Diagrams (Melbourne, Australia)
Lovetones (Sydney, Australia)
The Low Lows (formerly Parker & Lily) (Athens, GA)
Lucero (Memphis, TN)
Lucky Luke (Glasgow, UK)
Luminous Orange (Yokohama, Japan)
Corb Lund (Edmonton, AB)
Barbara Lynn (Beaumont, TX)

MMM
Madagascar (Baltimore, MD)
Mad Staring Eyes (London, UK)
The Magic Numbers (London, UK)
Magnet (Bergen, Norway)
Magneta Lane (Toronto, ON)
Magnolia Electric Company (Chicago, IL)
The Magnolias (Minneapolis, MN)
Magnolia Summer (St. Louis, MO)
Mark Mallman (Minneapolis, MN)
The Mammals (West Hurley, NY)
Manchester Orchestra (Atlanta, GA)
Serena Maneesh (Oslo, Norway)
Maneja Beto (Austin, TX)
Man Man (Philadelphia, PA)
Milton Mapes (Austin, TX)
Marah (Brooklyn, NY)
Carolyn Mark (Victoria, BC)
Willy Mason (Marthas Vineyard, MA)
Mates of State (East Haven, CT)
Mathematicians (Glens Falls, NY)
Lorrie Matheson (Calgary, AB)
Glen Matlock and The Philistines (London, UK)
Syd Matters (Paris, France)
Cerys Matthews (Nashvile, TN)
Romi Mayes (Winnipeg, MB)
Maylin (Los Angeles, CA)
Matt Mays & El Torpedo (Dartmouth, NS)
Mazarin (Philadelphia, PA)
Kathy McCarty (Austin, TX)
Stephanie McKay (Bronx, NY)
Ian McLagan (Austin, TX)
Ryan McPhun and The Ruby Suns (Auckland, New Zealand)
David Mead (Nashville, TN)
The Meat Purveyors (Austin, TX)
Merz (Huddersfield, UK)
The Mess Hall (Sydney, Australia)
Metal Hearts (Baltimore, MD)
Metallagher (Minneapolis, MN)
Metric (Toronto, ON)
Midori Umi (Austin, TX)
The Mighty Wah! (Liverpool, UK)
Rhett Miller (New York, NY)
Scott Miller & The Commonwealth (Knoxville, TN)
Million Dollar Marxists (Ottawa, ON)
Chris Mills (Chicago, IL)
The Minni-Thins (Newport, KY)
The Minus 5 (Seattle, WA)
Minus the Bear (Seattle, WA)
The Mirrors (Houston, TX)
Miss Murgatroid and Petra Haden (Portland, OR)
The Moaners (Chapel Hill, NC)
Mobius Band (Brooklyn, NY)
Modern Skirts (Athens, GA)
Mohair (London, UK)
Monsters Are Waiting (Los Angeles, CA)
Moonlight Towers (Austin, TX)
Ian Moore (Vashon, WA)
The Morning After Girls (Sydney, Australia)
Morningwood (New York, NY)
The Most Serene Republic (Toronto, ON)
The Motels (Los Angeles, CA)
The Mother Hips (San Francisco, CA)
Moving Units (Los Angeles, CA)
The M's (Chicago, IL)
Peter Mulvey (Milwaukee, WI)
The Mutaytor (Los Angeles, CA)
The Mutts (Brighton, UK)
My American Heart (San Diego, CA)
My Education (Austin, TX)
Mystery Jets (London, UK)
My Summer as a Salvation Soldier (Reykjavik, Iceland)
My Way My Love (Tokyo, JAPAN)

NNN
Nada Surf (New York, NY)
Nadja (Toronto, ON)
Navajo Code Talkers (Montreal, QC)
Navruz (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Neck (London, UK)
Neon Blonde (Seattle, WA)
New Amsterdams (Lawrence, KS)
New Buffalo (Melbourne, Australia)
Jud Newcomb (Austin, TX)
New Found Road (Lebanon, OH)
The New Pornographers (Vancouver, BC)
Nic Armstrong & The Thieves (London, UK)
The Nice Boys (Portland, OR)
Nickel Creek (Carlsbad, CA)
Nieminen & Litmanen (Helsinki, Finland)
Willie Nile (Buffalo, NY)
Nine Black Alps (Manchester, UK)
Masahiro Nitta (Sapporo, Japan)
Noahlewis' Mahlon Taits (Tokyo, Japan)
Jim Noir (London, UK)
NOMO (Ann Arbor, MI)
No North (Los Angeles, CA)
Notekillers (Philadelphia, PA)
n0 things (Brooklyn, NY)
Salim Nourallah (Dallas, TX)
The Novaks (St. John's, NF)
Novillero (Winnipeg, MB)

OOO
Oceansize (Manchester, UK)
Office (Chicago, IL)
Of Montreal (Athens, GA)
OK GO (Chicago, IL)
Old Crow Medicine Show (Nashville, TN)
The Old-Timerz (Austin, TX)
127 (Tehran, Iran)
One Umbrella (Austin, TX)
Opiate For The Masses (Phoenix, AZ)
Oppenheimer (Belfast, UK)
Oranger (San Francisco, CA)
Tim O'Reagan (Minneapolis, MN)
The Organ (Vancouver, BC)
Beth Orton (London, UK)
The Others (London, UK)
Carey Ott (Nashville, TN)
Owen (Chicago, IL)
Oxford Collapse (Brooklyn, NY)

PPP
Palm School Choir (Austin, TX)
The Paper South (Austin, TX)
Paris Motel (London, UK)
Anders Parker (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Zeena Parkins (New York, NY)
The Paybacks (Detroit, MI)
Peaches (Berlin, Germany)
Peel (Austin, TX)
Peelander-Z (New York, NY)
James 'Suburban Knight' Pennington (Detroit, MI)
People in Planes (Cardiff, UK)
PE'Z (Tokyo, Japan)
Glen Phillips (Santa Barbara, CA)
Gretchen Phillips (Austin, TX)
Pete Philly & Perquisite (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Phosphorescent (Athens, GA)
Mark Pickerel (Seattle, WA)
Pidgeon (San Francisco, CA)
Pilotdrift (Texarkana, TX)
Piney Gir (London, UK)
Ariel Pink (Los Angeles, CA)
Pink Nasty (Wichita, KS)
The Pink Spiders (Nashville, TN)
The Pink Swords (Austin, TX)
Pit er Pat (Chicago, IL)
Joel Plaskett (Halifax, NS)
The Plastic Constellations (Minneapolis, MN)
The Plimsouls (Los Angeles, CA)
The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower (San Diego, CA)
Po' Girl (Vancouver, BC)
Robert Pollard (Dayton, OH)
Steve Poltz (San Diego, CA)
Pong (Austin, TX)
Poni Hoax (Paris, France)
Pony Up (Montreal, QC)
Portastatic (Chapel Hill, NC)
Andy Pratt (Amesbury, MA)
The Presets (Melbourne, Australia)
Pterodactyl (Brooklyn, NY)
P.u.M.a.J.a.W. (Perth, UK)
Puny Human (New York, NY)

QQQ
Quien es, BOOM! (Austin, TX)
Quit Your Dayjob (Malmö, Sweden)

RRR
Racoon (Goes, The Netherlands)
Radio 4 (Brooklyn, NY)
Radiogram (Vancouver, BC)
Corinne Bailey Rae (Leeds, UK)
Rahim (New York, NY)
The Rakes (London, UK)
Ralfe Band (London, UK)
Ramblin' Jack Elliot (New York, NY)
Jimmy Rankin (Halifax, NS)
RATATAT (Brooklyn, NY)
The Raveonettes (London, UK)
Real Ones (Bergen, Norway)
The Rebel (London, UK)
Redd Volkaert and Cindy Cashdollar (Austin, TX)
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (Jacksonville, FL)
Terry Reid (Palm Desert, CA)
Reigning Sound (Memphis, TN)
The Reputation (Chicago, IL)
The Resentments (Austin, TX)
Reverend Glasseye (Boston, MA)
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band (Indianapolis, IN)
Bill Ricchini (New York, NY)
Stan Ridgway (Los Angeles, CA)
The Rifles (London, UK)
Josh Ritter (Moscow, ID)
The Riverboat Gamblers (Austin, TX)
River City Tanlines (Memphis, TN)
Erin Roberts/Porlolo (Denver, CO)
Sam Roberts Band (Montreal, QC)
Lee Rocker (Los Angeles, CA)
Rock Kills Kid (Los Angeles, CA)
The Rodeo Carburettor (Tokyo, Japan)
Roger Sisters (Brooklyn, NY)
Roman Candle (Chapel Hill, NC)
Jack Rose (Philadelphia, PA)
Carina Round (Birmingham, UK)
The Royal Highness (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Xavier Rudd (Torquay, Australia)
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder (Philadelphia, PA)
Russian Circles (Chicago, IL)

SSS
Gordie Sampson (Sydney, NS)
San Agustin (Atlanta, GA)
San Andreas (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
San Saba County (Austin, TX)
Saturday Looks Good To Me (Ann Arbor, MI)
Savage Republic (San Francisco, CA)
Saves the Day (Princeton, NJ)
Say Anything (Los Angeles, CA)
Sciflyer (Alameda, CA)
Dead Science (Seattle, WA)
Seaflea (Austin, TX)
The Secret Machines (New York, NY)
Sarah Sharp (Austin, TX)
The Sharp Things (New York, NY)
Jules Shear (Asheville, NC)
Shearwater (Austin, TX)
Shellshag (Brooklyn, NY)
Shifter (Brisbane, Australia)
Shout Out Out Out Out (Edmonton, AB)
Sia (Adelaide, Australia)
Sign (Hafnarfjord, Iceland)
The Silos (New York, NY)
Silversun Pickups (Los Angeles, CA)
Since By Man (Milwaukee, WI)
Single Frame (Austin, TX)
Sistas In The Pit (Bay Area, CA)
Sister Pants (Flagstaff, AZ)
the Six Parts Seven (Kent, OH)
Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys (Brooklyn, NY)
Skullening (San Antonio, TX)
The Slavestate Sound System (Clearwater, FL)
The Slip (Boston, MA)
Darden Smith (Austin, TX)
Sean Smith (Berkeley, CA)
The Soft Lightes (San Diego, CA)
Something for Kate (Melbourne, Australia)
Soul Position (Philadelphia, PA)
Sound Team (Austin, TX)
South Austin Jug Band (Austin, TX)
South Filthy (Austin/Memphis, TX)
South San Gabriel (Denton, TX)
Emily Sparks (Austin, TX)
Duke Special (Belfast, UK)
Speech (Atlanta, GA)
The Spinto Band (Willmington, DE)
The Spits (Seattle, WA)
The Spunks (New York, NY)
Leeroy Stagger (Victoria, BC)
Chris Stamey (Chapel Hill, NC)
The Standard (Portland, OR)
Standing Waves (Austin, TX)
The Starlight Mints (Norman, OK)
Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 (New York, NY)
Stinking Lizaveta (Philadelphia, PA)
Warren Storm (Lafayette, LA)
Street Drum Corps (Orange County, CA)
The Stringdusters (Nashville, TN)
Dao Strom (Austin, TX)
Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives (Hendersonville, TN)
Stuka (Pancevo, Yugoslavia)
Subsonica (Turin, Italy)
The Sun (Columbus, OH)
The Sundresses (Cincinnati, OH)
Supagroup (New Orleans, LA)
Surefire (New York, NY)
Susanna Hoffs & Matthew Sweet (Los Angeles, CA)
Astrid Swan (Helsinki, Finland)
Richard Swift (Los Angeles, CA)
Switches (London, UK)
Swollen Members (Vancouver, BC)
The Sword (Austin, TX)
Sybris (Chicago, IL)

TTT
Kunimoto Takeharu (Tokyo, Japan)
The Talk (Charlotte, NC)
James Talley (Tulsa, OK)
Tangiers (Toronto, ON)
Abi Tapia (Austin, TX)
Tarantula A D (New York, NY)
Tartufi (San Francisco, CA)
The Tearjerkers (Memphis, TN)
Susan Tedeschi (Jacksonville, FL)
Temper Temper (Milwaukee, WI)
The Theater Fire (Fort Worth, TX)
Thee Fine Lines (Springfield, MO)
Thee Shams (Cincinnati, OH)
The.Story.Of (Austin, TX)
Teddy Thompson (New York, NY)
Thunderbirds are Now! (Detroit, MI)
TODD (London, UK)
Tokyo Elektron (Phoenix, AZ)
Toof (Austin, TX)
Towers of London (London, UK)
Tralala (Brooklyn, NY)
Translator (San Francisco, CA)
Tres Chicas (Raleigh, NC)
Tristeza (San Diego, CA)
The Trophy Wives (Brooklyn, NY)
True Nature (New York, NY)
Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re (Tokyo, Japan)
The TunaHelpers (Austin, TX)
Tunng (London, UK)
KT Tunstall (London, UK)
Turbonegro (Oslo, Norway)
Turn Me On Dead Man (San Francisco, CA)
The Twenty Twos (New York, NY)
The Twilight Singers (Los Angeles, CA)
Two Gallants (San Francisco, CA)
Two High String Band (Austin, TX)
Two Hoots and a Holler (Austin, TX)

UUU
Ultimate Power Duo (Saskatoon, SK)
Ume (Austin, TX)
Uncle Earl (Lyons, CO)
Uncle Monk (Phoenicia, NY)
Uncut (Toronto, ON)

VVV
Vallejo (Austin, TX)
John Vanderslice (San Francisco, CA)
Laura Veirs (Seattle, WA)
The Velvet Teen (Santa Rosa, CA)
April Verch (Pembroke, ON)
Tom Verlaine (New York, NY)
Very Be Careful (Los Angeles, CA)
Vetiver (San Francisco, CA)
Veto (Århus, Denmark)
The Village Green (Portland OR)
Viva Voce (Portland, OR)
Von Iva (San Francisco, CA)
Patricia Vonne (Austin, TX)
Rocky Votolato (Seattle, WA)
Voxtrot (Austin, TX)

WWW
Waco Brothers (Chicago, IL)
Peter Walker (Silverlake, CA)
The Walls (Dublin, Ireland)
Monte Warden (Austin, TX)
Abigail Washburn (Nashville, TN)
Imaad Wasif (Los Angeles, CA)
Waterloo (St. Louis, MO)
John Watts (Brighton, UK)
WE (Oslo, Norway)
We Are Scientists (Brooklyn, NY)
Weedeater (Wilmington, NC)
We Insist (Paris, France)
The Weird Weeds (Austin, TX)
Wenge Musica (Kinshasa, Congo)
Mike Wexler (New York, NY)
What Made Milwaukee Famous (Austin, TX)
The Whigs (Athens, GA)
Whirlwind Heat (Grand Rapids, MI)
White Ghost Shivers (Austin, TX)
Whitehouse (Edinburgh, UK)
WHY? (Oakland, CA)
Wideawake (Austin, TX)
Andre Williams (Chicago, IL)
The Willowz (Los Angeles, CA)
Winterpills (Northampton, MA)
Witch (Brattleboro, VT)
Wolf And Cub (Adelaide, Australia)
Wolfmother (Sydney, Australia)
Women & Children (Paris, France)
Carolyn Wonderland (Austin, TX)
Wooden Wand (Knoxville, TN)
Working For A Nuclear Free City (Manchester, UK)
World Leader Pretend (New Orleans, LA)
World Party (London, UK)

XXX
Xiu Xiu (San Francisco, CA)

YYY
Toru Yonaha (Okinawa, Japan)
Adrienne Young & Little Sadie (Nashville, TN)
Young and Sexy (Vancouver, BC)
Young Heart Attack (Austin, TX)
Young People (Brooklyn, NY)
You Say Party! We Say Die! (Vancouver, BC)
Youth Group (Melborne, Australia)
Yuppie Pricks (Austin, TX)

ZZZ
Zakary Thaks (Corpus Christi, TX)
The Zico Chain (Brighton, UK)
Luke Zimmerman (Hanover, MN)
The Zincs (Chicago, IL)
Zolar X (Plutonia, PLUTO)
Zombi (Chicago, IL)
Zom Zoms (Austin, TX)
Zykos (Austin, TX)
ZZZ (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

The schedules for this year's SXSW showcases have been posted here:

http://2006.sxsw.com/music/showcases

http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article ... 1002197990

Beastie Boys Keep It Light At SXSW Q&A



Todd Martens, Austin, Texas

Mike D professed his love for the Prince film "Purple Rain," MCA talked about drinking with hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons and Ad Rock dished on his favorite books during a spirited hour-long discussion with fans yesterday (March 15) at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.

Little news came out of the Q&A session, with fans asking the trio to talk about their early inspirations or discuss their views on Three 6 Mafia winning an Oscar. "Nothing against them," Ad Rock said, "but we think Dolly Parton was robbed."

The Beastie Boys are in Austin to promote their film, "Awesome: I F*ckin' Shot That!," which was assembled from footage shot by fans during a 2004 concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. For the sequel, Mike D joked, the act will let its fans keep the cameras for a week.

Fans largely kept the questions light, and the Beastie Boys were more than happy to oblige. When one fan pressed MCA on his belief in Buddhism, the rapper opted not to reveal much to the crowd, which had earlier given the Beastie Boys a standing ovation. Yet the fan persisted, and asked if he was ashamed of the some of the lyrics in early Beastie Boys songs. "That stuff is a goof," MCA said. "I think most people know it's a goof."

On the subject of politically charged material, one fan asked the Beastie Boys if there was an issue about which the group would like to educate listeners. "I don't know if we were ever out trying to educate people," Ad Rock said. "If we say something in a song, it's because we're thinking about it."

Later on, Ad Rock recommended fans read "Fuzz One: A Bronx Childhood," an autobiography from graffiti artist Vincent Fedorchak. When the session turned toward the topic of Brooklyn, one fan asked if the trio was still in touch with the neighborhood, and if they believed they was still "keeping it real"

"They're not keeping it real in Brooklyn anymore," Ad Rock quipped. Added Mike D, "I know more about the playground than the underground right now."

For all the news and happenings at South by Southwest, visit the new Billboard.com blog at http://www.jadedinsider.com.

Missy Higgins - now she is GOOD!!!

I didn't see Humbert on the list. They are playing.

Or else they took my five dollars a couple weeks ago when I went to their benefit that was raising money to get them there. They said they were invited to play.

OystersandBeer wrote:I didn't see Humbert on the list. They are playing.

With a roster of that many bands I'm sure it is constantly changing and has very likely been updated since I originally posted it.

From the Austin Chronicle:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/d ... ture6.html

My SXSW
Music fest diary
BY CAITLIN CARY


Tres Chicas (left to right: Caitlin Cary, Lynn Blakey & Tonya Lamm)

Wednesday, March 8 (Starstruck)

I hope John Doe stays away this year. There are two
people in the world in whose presence I feel
starstruck. I won't say who the other is, because it'd
be embarrassing, but last year I had dinner with John
Doe. It was a big to-do with a bunch of acts on the
label, and influential UK deejay Bob Harris, who makes
me a little nervous, too.

So a big group of us meet up on the street in front of
the restaurant. John Doe ambles up a few minutes late,
all hot (but cool, you know) and someone says, "I'd
like you to meet ..." I took his hand and started to
weep openly, babbling something like, "I wish you knew
what your music has meant to me." Needless to say, his
reaction was one of bemused disgust.

He sat two chairs down from me, and I picked at my
food, trying to think of something clever to say.
Conversational redemption had to be within reach,
right? I don't remember the two sentences we
eventually exchanged, but I know they had to do with
real estate, which I know nothing about. He has smiley
eyes, and he made it seem okay, but it was a little
death, and not the good sighing kind.

Please, someone, buy us dinner this year but don't
invite him, okay?

Thursday, March 9 (Weather & Memory)

Oh, Lord, am I going to need socks? Tights? Last year
I sweated through everything. I brought a travel iron
and touched up my dress on the trunk of Sheri's car
before the gig at Jovita's. I'm busy knitting a hat
and scarf (in blue and brown, which won't match
anything) in case it's cold like that one year.

The Chicas just got an invitation to play Alejandro
Escovedo's Las Manitas party Saturday, but I don't
know whether to take it even though it's always been
our favorite thing. Why can't he be having it on
Sunday? We're up to nine shows in four days. Oh, and
the MySpace bus? Is it important for us to be on the
bus? What will we do if we're on the bus? Visions of
Girls Gone Wild.

Tonya and I have been commiserating about the dangers
of walking down the street. On the way to El Sol y la
Luna, we'll run into that sweet guy who put us up in
1997. He bought us a nice bottle of wine, gave us his
last two clean towels, and played rare Nina Simone on
his expensive speakers. We won't remember him. The
conversation will be awkward. Thank God for Lynn,
who'll remember him. We'll also run into the writer
who gave us a lousy review, but we won't know it's him
and we'll accidentally be nice. Damn.

Tuesday, March 14 (Boots and Hellos)

Now that we're here, our plan is to wander the streets
dressed as cigarette girls selling our new Chicas CD,
but that gave way to some pressing needs: we buy me
some new sparkly red, no-blister boots at Allen's, and
then head to Target for bathing suits, sunscreen, and
some new two-part mascara we'll share even though they
tell you not to. Ran into Otis Gibbs on Congress and
he remembered it was Thad Cockrell's birthday, so we
called and sang to him in line for coffee at Jo's.
Nice to send this fine Austin feeling back home. It's
all just starting, but we're feeling tippy-top. See
you 'round.

http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article ... 1002198607

Neil Young Offers Creative Insight At SXSW



Melinda Newman, Austin, Texas

Neil Young provided South by Southwest attendees with rare insight into his songwriting genius during a touching, inspirational keynote conversation yesterday (March 16).

"The one constant is not to let yourself get distracted" when a song is trying to find you, he said. Once you have an idea with music, Young continued, nothing else matters but that idea. "Your responsibility to the muse is to follow it ... sh*tcan your [other] plans ... There's nothing more important ... Commitments are one of the worst things for music making -- they're annoying."

However, Young stressed that clearing the way for the song to come through should never be confused with laboring or forcing the issue: "I'm proudest of my work when it comes really fast [and] I don't edit it. It's the purest form of creativity ... you just have to be there."

And, he pointed out, you can't worry about the result while you're in the midst of creating. Afterwards, he said, you can "scrap it, record it or dump it in the editing bin," but, he added, "When you're terrified, you know you're on the right track."

In a session moderated by Harp Magazine senior editor Jaan Uhelszki, Young talked about how his songwriting process has changed over the decades. "Now, there are big breaks and [then] it's just like a d*m bursting," he noted. "I used to write a song every day."

Young was joined for the session by director Jonathan Demme, who helmed "Neil Young/Heart of Gold," a musical portrait filmed at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium last year. Demme, who first worked with Young for the music for the film "Philadelphia," had been very eager to collaborate again with one of his musical heroes.

"I started harrassing him about a year ago: 'Anything you need filmed?,'" Demme recalled. The idea of the movie was to capture Young's ideal concert. From the start, "Neil would be a character," Demme says. "With the script, as it were, Neil would take us on a musical journey. It has a very strong narrative."

During the hour-long address, Young spoke movingly and passionately about how playing with rock outfit Crazy Horse inspires passion like no other project, but says he simply could never physically sustain touring with them on any regular basis. "I'd be dead," he said. During those performances, he says, "I'm almost passing out -- I'm hyperventilating. There's a chilling wind blowing even though the lights make it 110 degrees."

As for what's next musically for Young, he gave a few clues that after the relatively sedate "Prairie Wind," he may be ready to rock. "I'm waking up with this massive, distorted hideous noise [in my head] and it makes me feel like I'm going home," he said.

Seen a lot of great stuff over the last few days. KT Tunstall has been the best so far.

SXSW: Is it too big?

Official showcases can be hard to get into, but free events are plentiful

By Renuka Rayasam
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Saturday, March 18, 2006

The line for the not-so-secret Beastie Boys show at Stubb's Bar-B-Q was so
daunting Thursday evening that many South by Southwest badge holders
who showed up didn't bother to battle the chaos. Most of the wristband
holders were completely shut out, missing the Brooklyn rap pioneers' show
that had been announced just hours before.

Big SXSW shows such as this one call into question the value of the pink
wristbands that local fans buy for a shot at getting into the festival's four
nights
of showcases, which wrap up tonight. Even people with $575 music badges,
which take priority over the $130 to $150 wristbands, can't count on getting
into the big shows.

"When you have a band like the Beastie Boys, of course it's going to be a
madhouse," said Adam Garner, a badge holder who gave up on trying to get
into Stubb's. "Badges barely mean anything," he said.

The formerly intimate Austin festival has swollen as more music lovers pour
into town each year. The registration total for the entire festival, including
the
film and interactive compo- nents, was expected to top 10,000. This doesn't
include all the musicians, spring breakers and other visitors. On top of that,
4,000 wristbands were sold to local fans last month.

Many say that festival organizers need to address the growing pains of
SXSW, which is now in its 20th year.

"SXSW has become almost too good at what it does and attracts too many
people," said Chicago Tribune music writer Greg Kot, who's covered the
festival for 15 years. "And if I'm press and I need to do my job and I can't get
into a show, that's a problem."

But for those with no specific agenda, the week still offers plenty of
opportunities. Many music fans have forsaken the pink handcuff altogether,
opting to navigate the growing number of free shows and day parties. Every
year, more of these events pop up, with Web sites dedicated to compiling the
exhaustive options. For a rundown of today's offerings,
www.showlistaustin.com has more than 90 parties from which to choose,
each featuring multiple bands.

Many SXSW artists now perform at these events, giving fans more than one
chance to see them and alleviating the pressure to get into official showcases.

Unofficial parties "used to be a gaggle of local bands who didn't get in," said
Phil Waldorf, booking agent at Emo's. "This year it's like huge names playing
free parties all through the night."

Ted Joyner, who drove to Austin from Baton Rouge, La., with a friend to check
out SXSW, said he was skeptical about getting to see bands without a badge
or wristband. "But we've seen everything we wanted to see, including Belle &
Sebastian," said Joyner as he enjoyed a Thursday afternoon party at the Yard
Dog. "It's been everything I expect and more."

The party Joyner attended was sponsored by the Chicago nightclub Schubas
and the satirical publicaion the Onion, and it featured acts such as the popular
Nickel Creek, which also had a SXSW showcase that night at Stubb's a few
hours after the Beastie Boys.

This year marks the third time Jenny Strang has flown down from Chicago
without a wristband. She brought her friend Tim Burdick, and the two mapped
out their schedule with her laptop over lunch at Madam Mam's on the Drag
before heading to the Yard Dog party.

"The first year, I could get into every show without a problem," Strang said.
But
this year, "I think the scene has been more day parties . . . and catching
whatever we can at night."

Other fans have taken the opposite approach, trading up for the music badge.

"In my opinion, it's hardly worth getting a wristband," Barry Stewart said
minutes before the Beastie Boys started playing at Stubb's. "It's a big tease."

Stewart has been coming to the festival for 10 years but has opted to buy a
badge for the past few to get a better chance at seeing the big-name bands.
He still waited in line for an hour.

While many people were enjoying the barbecue, beer and bands at the day
events all over town Thursday, Gwen Knight showed up at the Austin Music
Hall at 3:45 p.m. — still in her nurse's uniform — to see Morrissey's 9:30 p.m.
showcase without either a badge or wristband. She finally got in at 7:15 p.m.
but had to pay $50 to see the British singer.

Some venues, such as the Austin Music Hall, opt to let people without badges
or wristbands in for a charge, but they typically make it a last-minute decision
based on how many credentialed fans show up.

"At Emo's after 10 p.m., there's a good chance you're not getting in," Waldorf
said. "That said, there's always one show that surprises us all. We say it's
going to sell out at 8:15 p.m., and people are still strolling in at 10 p.m. At
SXSW there's no way to gauge."

Many wristband holders say that to avoid packed houses and long lines, they
stay away from big shows like Morrissey and stick with lesser-known bands.

"Shows are definitely harder to get into," said Michael Booher of the band
Zykos and an Austin representative for Daughter Entertainment, a Texas
booking agency. "I tend to personally enjoy camping out somewhere for the
night to watch a strong bill of bands or friends play, and feeling less stressed
about running to see some new or overhyped band that everyone thinks they
have to see."

Others say enjoying the festival week all comes down to attitude.

"If I don't get in to (a certain show), there are so many other things I want to
see, I won't be crying about it," said college student Libby Gravatt, 21, who
has bought a wristband for three years.

And for some, the festival's growth hasn't detracted from its "must go" status
for
music lovers.

"It's like complaining about the heat in August," said Matador Records co-
president Gerard Cosloy, who lives in Austin. "It's just going to be like that.

People need to do a better job about finding a show that no one knows about.

For every show that's full, there might be another really great band playing for
50 people."

http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article ... 1002199603

Davies Debuts Documentary Footage At SXSW



Gary Graff, Detroit

Though he bowed out of his scheduled concert, Kinks leader Ray Davies premiered footage from an upcoming documentary, "Other People's Lives," in addition to performing material from his new solo album of the same name during a South by Southwest presentation on Friday in Austin, Texas.

Interspersing film clips and live songs -- including "The Tourist," "Creatures of Little Faith," "Next Door Neighbour" and the title track -- Davies presented a narrative about the eight-year path he took in making the album, including an arduous North American tour shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and a move to New Orleans, where he was shot by a mugger in January 2004.

The film also included a portion of a demo for an unreleased song, "The Voodoo Walk," that Davies wrote in New Orleans. Davies said he hopes to finish the film soon and premiere it on television rather than in theaters.

The artist was supposed to play the previous night at South by Southwest but canceled his appearance, reportedly due to production problems at Austin Music Hall.