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SXSW (short for South By Southwest) is an annual music industry event that takes place every spring in Austin, Texas. What began in the late eighties as a music industry conference drawing a few hundred record executives, radio programmers, and scenesters has grown into one of the largest music festivals in the United States. SXSW draws over 10,000 registered participants each year, with over 1500 bands performing at the four-day event.

Bands who have performed there over the years include everyone from veteran stars like Johnny Cash, Iggy And The Stooges, and Van Morrison to then up-and-comers like My Morning Jacket, Kings of Leon, Amy Winehouse, Bon Iver, and Vampire Weekend. Conference speakers have included Pete Townshend and David Byrne.

SXSW is the biggest revenue generating event of the year for Austin, and has also developed a well-earned reputation as a breeding ground for breaking new music talent. SXSW has as well expended its focus to both film and interactive media — Twitter was introduced at SXSW in 2007.

Music Blogs like SXSW Baby! and Done Waiting are where you'll find the latest SXSW buzz, but you'll also find information at sites like The Austin Chronicle, Pitchfork and SPIN's SXSW Insider Guide.

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• SXSW 2010: first list of bands announced

  
  Snob's Music — Authority: 547
  SXSW 2010 takes place in Austin, TX with the Music Festival portion running March 17-21st.  The first batch of bands taking part in showcases have been announced and they feature a strong Canadian presence. Highlights include:Apostle of Hustle (Toronto ON)Nicole Atkins and The Black Sea (Asbury Park NJ)B-Real of ...
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• Chinese bands back to SXSW

  
  CRIMES AGAINST MUSIC — Authority: 423
  South by Southwest just announced an initial list of a couple hundred showcase bands for 2010 (it’ll climb up well over 1,000 eventually), and two of the Beijing bands that recently toured the U.S., P.K. 14 and Carsick Cars , are on it. I interviewed two members of those bands, and from what I saw in Brooklyn ...
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• SXSW 2010 announces first 230 showcasing artists

  
  popwreckoning — Authority: 145
  One of the foremost acclaimed festivals in the world, South by Southwest ( SXSW ) has officially announced over 200 artists who will play at this year’s festival from March 17-21st. The announcement came after slowly releasing names of several bands throughout the week. The current list of showcasing artists can ...
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• SXSW announces first slate of 2010 bands

  
  The Sly Oyster | culture, entertainment, liberal arts, shenanigans — Authority: 492
  I can’t believe South by Southwest  has already announced more than 200 bands that will be at the March fest.  One of these years I’m going to make it down to Austin (or any big music festival for that matter).  This ticking clock feeling is akin to a women’s biological desire to have a baby.  In men it just ...
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• Kartick & Gotam To Play SXSW 2010

  
  Indiecision: Music Magazine: Indian indie music News, MP3s, Interviews, Videos, Giveaways, Awesomeness — Authority: 132
  The first list of performing acts at SXSW 2010 have been announced. The 200+ list of bands performing in Austin, Texas between March 17-21 includes SXSW ‘09 favourites Fanfarlo , English singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock, 2009 buzz band Japandroids and New York post-punk act We Are Scientists. The list also ...
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• SXSW 2010 Initial Lineup Announced

  
  Rock on the Streets - Music News — Authority: 439
  The 2010 SXSW Music Festival is fast approaching with only about four months to go. The week-long festival is once again retuning to Austin, Texas next year from March 17-21. To get attendees pumped up for next years event organizers have revealed the first couple hundred acts to play the fest. Among the acts ...
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• SXSW Showcasing Acts Announced

  
  Everything is Pop, Pop is Everything — Authority: 128
  SXSW 10 has announced its first extensive list of showcasing acts. Some of the highlights on the list include: Apostle of Hustle, Deer Tick, Harlem, Hot Panda, Japandroids, the Mantles, Mountain Man, Timber Timbre, Warpaint , and over a hundred more. Check the preliminary list* below. *Information may be subject ...
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• SXSW Music Announces 230 Showcasing Artists

  
  Live Music Blog.com — Authority: 506
  SXSW Music has announced their enormous list of showcasing artists , clocking in at 230 bands/artists that will take the stage in Austin in March 2010. Related posts: A Whole Load of SXSW Music Downloads SXSW 2007 | Music Schedule Posted SXSW 2008: NPR Music Webcast Schedule
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• SXSW ANNOUNCES 2010 SHOWCASING BANDS

  
  L.A. RECORD — Authority: 493
  SXSW just announced 200 of the bands that will be performing at SXSW 2010! For the complete list please click here.Aa (Brooklyn NY)Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO (Osaka JAPAN)A Classic Education (Bologna ITALY)Alpha Rev (Austin TX)Amaral (Madrid SPAIN)And So I Watch You From Afar (Belfast ...
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• SXSW // 2010 Showcasing Bands

  
  Rollo & Grady — Authority: 483
  Quantic and his Combo Barbaro SXSW organizers announced over 230 showcasing bands for the 2010 festival. Some of the key artists include: Warpaint, The View, Japandroids, The Middle East, Deer Tick, Quantic and his Combo Barbaro, The Black Atlantic and Harlem, to name a few. MP3: Quantic And His Combo ...
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• SXSW Announces Over 230 Showcasing Bands for 2010

  
  ultra8201 — Authority: 435
  Its not even Thanksgiving yet, but that didnt stop SXSW from announcing a list of over 230 showcasing bands for next years fest (March 17th-21st). After a quick once over, were definitely excited to see We Are Scientists , Fanfarlo , Nicole Atkins , and Warpaint (pictured above) made the list. Now its time to ...
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• SXSW Announces 200+ Bands for 2010

  
  donewaiting.com — Authority: 476
  Over 200 bands have just been announced for SXSW 2010 . Aa (Brooklyn NY) Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO (Osaka JAPAN) A Classic Education (Bologna ITALY) Alpha Rev (Austin TX) Amaral (Madrid SPAIN) And So I Watch You From Afar (Belfast IRELAND) Apostle of Hustle (Toronto ...
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• SXSW announces initial showcasing artists

  
  Knox Road — Authority: 478
  SXSW just announced 230 showcasing artists for this year’s festival, and there are plenty more to come! Who knows, this could be the biggest year yet for SXSW, if that’s even possible. Take a peek at the full list after the jump, taken from SXSW’s website . SXSW 2010 Showcasing Bands *Information ...
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• SXSW: How to Get in Free and More

  
  lalawag — Authority: 469
  SXSW’s film and music pedigrees (begun as a music festival in 87, later adding film and “interactive” portions) make it the sexiest geek conference of the year. In four months, the entire city of San Francisco will travel to Austin to hang out with their friends from LA, New York, and that world so horribly ...
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• Interview: Monty Miranda

  
  KillerFilm — Authority: 556
  Killer Film recently got to talk with director Monty Miranda about his film Skills Like This , that recently came out on DVD from New Video. The film was a festival hit, as it told the story of some shiftless friends get a huge wake up call, when one of their buddies, Max (played by the screenwriter Spencer ...
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• Interested in Special Rates for #SXSW?

  
  Cotton Rohrscheib — Authority: 420
  I was on the phone today w/ the Registration people at #SXSW (South by Southwest Conference) negotiating a special group rate for the Central Arkansas Refresh group.  They have offered us a pretty good rate on admission and they mentioned some housing options as well that we might be able to take advantage of but ...
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• Broke Ass Band Interview: Asteroids Galaxy Tour

  
  Broke-Ass Stuart's Goddamn Website — Authority: 559
  Hailing from Copenhagen, these great Danes have been experiencing quite a hot streak.  You may recognize their song, “Around the Bend”, from a recent iPod commerical, or “Hero” from everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure, Gossip Girl.  Their self described alt-pop sound comes alive when they have their ...
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• Social-Media Service ‘Foursquare’ Expected to Break Out in 2010

  
  Hiring the Internet — Authority: 108
  According to Pete Cashmore, founder and CEO of tech blog “Mashable” and a frequent contributor to CNN.com, Foursquare – an up-and-coming social-media service – is poised to make its grand debut next year. Whereas Twitter dominated the tech headlines in 2009 – a rise to prominence that we’ve document ...
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• SXSW Interactive Web Awards [Call for Entries]

  
  Website Magazine — Authority: 550
  Are you a “Web innovator” building and implementing tomorrows design and development trends today? If so, you’ll want to check out the annual SXSW Interactive Web Awards has uncovers the best new websites of the past year. In addition to the glory and bragging rights among industry peers, the "Best of Show" ...
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• SXSW Tour 09: Day 3

  
  ZoesMom — Authority: 116
  Well, we made it! Its great to be back in Dallas. I know it has been a year, but in a way it feels like we were just here the other day. Zoe and Samantha ran right off to play as soon as we arrived which was wonderful to see. Rob and Ashton are hiding and talking about going to the shooting range (thinking we dont ...
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