SXSW released its initial band list this morning, and Houston artists did very well indeed. Out of the more than 1,300 artists now confirmed for the March 12-16 festival, 47 Houston-area acts will perform, a significant increase over past years. (The efforts of new SXSW staffer Matt Sonzala doubtless have something to do with this.)
Hip-hop is of course well-represented (Bun B, Chingo Bling, Karina Nistal, H.I.S.D.), but so is the rest of the city’s music scene: rock (Million Year Dance, Blaggards, Thee Armada), indie and punk (the Dimes, Something Fierce, the Tontons, the Jonbenet), roots (Katie Stuckey), blues (Little Joe Washington, Tomball’s Earl Gilliam, Joe Doucet), noise/psych (Linus Pauling Quartet, Indian Jewelry), avant-garde (Jandek, Nameless Sound Collective) and DJs (DJ Sun, Witnes).
Several hundred more bands may be added before the festival begins, so congratulations to everyone who got in. A full list of Houston-area SXSW 08 acts is after the jump. – Chris Gray
Blaggards
Chingo Bling
The Circle G’z
Da Mex Connect aka Lil J
The Dimes
DJ Sun
Joe Doucet
Fatal Flying Guilloteens
Fat Tony & D ee R ai L
H.I.S.D.
Honey Claws
IB3
Indian Jewelry
Jandek
Jezufavio
The Jonbenet
Kam
KB Da Kidnappa
Lady Lux
Linus Pauling Quartet
Lower Life Form
Lucky
Million Year Dance
Mr. Capone-E
Nameless Sound Collective
Nanachill
Karina Nistal
Nosaprise
Papa Chuk
Peekaboo Theory
Shina Rae
Rob G
Scale The Summit
Something Fierce
Space City Gamelan
Squincy Jones
Katie Stuckey
Studemont Project
Thee Armada
Thurogood Wordsmith
The Tontons
Little Joe Washington
The Western Civilization
Will To Live
Witnes
Earl Gilliam
The Mirrors (Grey Ashley)
This article appears in Feb 7-13, 2008.
