SXSW 2011 Announces Second List of Performers

(Summer Camp)

At the beginning of November, SXSW announced its first batch of performers for next year's fest. These past few days while we've been watching football, eating tons of turkey and getting the flu, they've announced the second round of bands performing here in Austin in March.

[SXSW Official Music Site]

Alberta Cross (Brooklyn NY)
AM (New Orleans LA)
Asking Alexandria (York UK-ENGLAND)
Bajzel (Poznan POLAND)
Bare Wires (San Francisco CA)
The Bellrays (Los Angeles CA)
Benjamin Francis Leftwich (York UK-ENGLAND)
Beta Wolf (Los Angeles CA)
Bituaya (Caracas VENEZUEL)
Black Gandhi (Barcelona SPAIN)
Bleu Edmondson (New Braunfels TX)
Blue King Brown (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Bowling For Soup (Denton TX)
Carter Twins (Nashville TN)
Casiokids (Bergen NORWAY)
Chetes (Monterrey MEXICO)
City and Colour (Toronto ON)
Colleen Green (Los Angeles CA)
Curry & Coco (Lille FRANCE)
Dame 55 (Los Angeles CA)
Dawn of Ashes (Los Angeles CA)
Dax Riggs (Austin TX)
The Dears (Montreal QC)
Demon's Claws (Montreal CANADA)
DeVotchKa (Denver CO)
Eliza Doolittle (London UK-ENGLAND)
Elizabeth & the Catapult (Brooklyn NY)
Endless Hallway (Los Angeles CA)
Fergus & Geronimo (Brooklyn NY)
Francis and the Lights (New York NY)
Frazey Ford (Vancouver BC)
Gary Wilson (San Diego CA)
Gepe (Santiago CHILE)
Grass Widow (San Francisco CA)
Grieves with Budo (Seattle WA)
The Happy Hollows (Los Angeles CA)
Harrys Gym (Oslo NORWAY)
Heavy Cream (Nashville TN)
Hell & Lula (Los Angeles CA)
Hey Rosetta! (St John's NL)
HORSE the band (Los Angeles CA)
Ice Black Birds (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
J Mascis (Amherst MA)
Janka Nabay (SIERRA LEONE)
JEFF The Brotherhood (Nashville TN)
Joan of Arc (Chicago IL)
Jukebox the Ghost (Washington DC)
Kina Grannis (Mission Viejo CA)
Kopecky Family Band (Nashville TN)
La Sera (Los Angeles CA)
Locos Por Juana (Miami COLOMBIA)
Maps & Atlases (Chicago IL)
Mexican Institute of Sound (Distrito Federal MEXICO)
Middle Class Rut (Sacramento CA)
Morning Teleportation (Portland OR)
Murfila (Barcelona SPAIN)
MURS (Los Angeles CA)
NOAH AND THE WHALE (London UK-ENGLAND)
North Mississippi Allstars (Hernando CO)
O'Death (New York NY)
Onra (Paris FRANCE)
Parlor Mob (Red Bank NJ)
Paul Cary (Chicago IL)
Pedropiedra (Santiago CHILE)
Pernett (Cali COLOMBIA)
Prince Rama (Brooklyn NY)
Professor Green (London UK-ENGLAND)
Protistas (Santiago CHILE)
Pterodactyl (Brooklyn NY)
Pujol (Nashville TN)
Quintron and Miss Pussycat (New Orleans LA)
Rey Pila (Distrito Federal MEXICO)
Rosie and Me (Curitiba BRAZIL)
The Secret Handshake (Dallas TX)
Shuttle (Boston MA)
Skrillex (Los Angeles CA)
Slim Cessna's Auto Club (Denver CO)
Some Community (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (Springfield MO)
Sounds Under Radio (Austin TX)
The Strange Boys (Austin TX)
Stephen Kellogg (Northampton MA)
Summer Camp (London UK-ENGLAND)
Suzanna Choffel (Austin TX)
Teen Daze (Vancouver CANADA)
Thee Oh Sees (San Francisco CA)
Tôg (Stavanger NORWAY)
Turbo Fruits (Nashville TN)
Ty Segall (San Francisco CA)
The Vaccines (London UK-ENGLAND)
Voxhaul Broadcast (Los Angeles CA)
Wagons (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
War From A Harlots Mouth (Berlin GERMANY)
Whitechapel (Knoxville TN)
The Woggles (Atlanta GA)

(Photo Cred: The Line of Best Fit)

Last Night: The Dears, Great Northern and Eulogies at The Parish

Note* The show was even earlier than expected so we only managed to catch Eulogies last song. This was extremely disappointing since I thought I was early in the first place. Every one needs to check them out though. [Eulogies]. By the way, KUT (90.5) here in Austin and KUT.org on the web will have Eulogies on the air at 2 PM today.

Also lead singer Murray Lightburn of The Dears starts the set off in the back of the room and serenades the crowd as he walks through the middle of the room until reaching the stage. I thought this was genius. People standing in front of him didn't even notice at first.

[The Dears]

[Great Northern]

[Eulogies]

The Dears, Great Northern and Eulogies Announce Tour (with Austin date)

The Dear's sweet dark sound returns with their latest release Missiles. In support of the new music the band are embarking on an extensive tour of the U.S. which is especially exciting because we get a show here in Austin. Even better is that they have invited not one but two fantastic bands to support them. Listen to [The Dears]

First up you have Great Northern who were amazing at SXSW and just recorded "Remind Me Where The Light Is" (available April 28th) with producer Michael Patterson (BRMC, Beck). 

Listen to [Great Northern]

And Eulogies who's latest "Here Anonymous" will be available April 7th. Band leader Peter Walker says of the album, "We're not just going in and recording an A-side and a B-side. I love to put a record on and that's the feeling I'm gonna get for 40 minutes. But it's gotta be exciting, too." Listen to [Eulogies]

The Dears, Great Northern and Eulogies on Tour

May 1 - Brooklyn, NY @ Bell House

May 2 - Albany, NY @ Valentines
May 4 - Bowery Ballroom @ Bowery Ballroom
May 5 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
May 7 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
May 8 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel
May 9 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
May 10 - Columbus, OH @ Skully's
May 11 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
May 13 - Chicago, IL @ Lakeshore Theatre
May 14 - Columbia, MT @ Mojo's
May 16 - Denton, TX @ Halley's
May 17 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse
May 18 - Austin, TX @ Parish [Tickets]
May 21 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
May 22 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
May 23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
May 24 - San Francisco, CA @ Independent
May 26 - Portland, OR @ Douglas Fir Lounge
May 27 - Seattle, WA @ Crocodile Café

The Dears: "Money Babies" Video

The Dears fourth album Missiles is due out next week (10/21) via Dangerbird Records. The forthcoming CD supposedly was marked by creative tensions within the band. By the time the recording process was complete, most of the supporting musicians had left, leaving only core members Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak. Since then, the band has recruited five other members to join them on tour, including a few dates with Secret Machines in support of Missiles. Unfortunately no Austin dates so far.

Here is the video for the first single, "Money Babies".

[The Dears Myspace]