Australia Invades SXSW in Austin: 2007 Edition
March is on the way and that can mean only one thing for the indie (and not so indie) music community: the industry clusterfuck that is South by Southwest. A billion bands, a million venues, random house parties, free booze, and zero sleep in an oasis in Texas. I’ve wanted to go so badly in past years…but I seem to be over that urge for some reason. Anyway, just like last year, a stack of Australian and New Zealand artists will be making their way to Austin to try and impress anyone who will listen.
Should any SXSW attendees stumble upon this I’d recommend Die! Die! Die! very! very! very! much! They put on an insane live show that may leave you bleeding; it will leave you gobsmacked. Architecture in Helsinki are always quirky fun, I enjoyed Expatriate just two nights ago, and The Presets will get your ass dancing. Who else would you recommend people check out? A lot of these artists I’ve never heard of.
Sarah Blasko and Paul Kelly who were both scheduled to perform have since cancelled their attendance I believe. Sarah’s album release has been pushed back in the US, apparently, so she’s not heading to the States until later in the year. Here’s the rest of the Australian and New Zealand artists performing:
Airbourne, Architecture In Helsinki, The Beasts of Bourbon, Carly Binding (NZ), Blindspott (NZ), Brave Radar, George Byrne, Children Collide,
Cut Off Your Hands (NZ), Dallas Crane, Die! Die! Die! (NZ), Dimmer (NZ), Elemeno P (NZ), Evermore, Expatriate, Gasoline Cowboy (NZ), The Gear, Hoodoo Gurus, I Heart Hiroshima, Macromantics, The Mint Chicks (NZ), The Panda Band, The Presets, Josh Pyke, Bic Runga (NZ), The Saints, So So Modern (NZ), Spod, Starky, Sunwrae, Via Tania, Ian Wadley, Andrew Winton Duo, Wolf & Cub, You Am I, Youth Group, The Zebras
You can see the complete list of artists taking part in SXSW 2007 here.
Download
I Heart Hiroshima – Candy Cut
Cut Off Your Hands – You And I
The Zebras – You Look Ready
Macromantics – Scorch
Andrew Winton Duo – Lucky Boy
Starky – Hey Bang Bang
Carly Binding – So Radiate
Die! Die! Die! – Year Nine, Yeah!
The Gear – Eight Arms To Hold You
Elemeno P – 1157
The Panda Band – Musical Chairs
Children Collide – We Are Amphibious
The Mint Chicks – Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
Blindspott – Yours Truly
Sunwrae – Catch Me If You Can
Spod – Letz Dance!!!
You Am I – It Ain’t Funny How We Don’t Talk Anymore
Airbourne – Runnin’ Wild
So So Modern – Upgrade Your Chassis (It’s a Pythagorean Party)
Youth Group – Catching & Killing
All mp3s are from the official SXSW page, so please download away. In fact, if you’re really keen, SXSW have a torrent of 793 mp3s you can download from this page. Go nuts!
Whiteboydancefloor also discussed Aussies at SXSW.
February 19th, 2007 22:06
Hmmm ‘clusterfuck’ eh Seany! I like it.
It aint of the same magnitude but will we see you at our next shindig?
February 19th, 2007 22:16
This blogger will be there too.
February 20th, 2007 09:44
Stop showing off Dan.
February 20th, 2007 14:04
I recommend So So Modern, these guys are one off Wellingtons finest bands. But Die!Die!Die! will be great. They have just had to cancel some New Zealand dates today, word is lead vocalist Andrew Wilson has a broken hand.
February 20th, 2007 17:30
stuey…i will be there i do believe.
dan…look forward to your thoughts on sxsw!
thanks for that nick!
February 21st, 2007 20:20
wow, my mind is blown by the mainstream sound of so many of those bands going over. there is a reason you haven’t heard of most of them sean. its called good taste..
sorry to sound harsh, but seriously!
where are the highly talented artistes we’ve been writing bout?
and dan… look for the wackiest names on the roster. you get a lot of A-list bands using aliases
February 22nd, 2007 15:57
i think cog are heading over there as well.