Here are the 33 bands I saw this year at sxsw…

Rating system:  ” “= You sucked; “!”= You didn’t suck; “!!”= I’m gonna add you to my spotify playlist; “!!!”= I’m gonna buy your tshirt and tell my friends how awesome you are

K.Flay !!!
Thao and The Get Down Stay Down !!!
IO Echo !
Poolside !
Foxygen !!!
Lord Huron !
Charli XCX
Papa
Disclosure
Palma Violets !!
Skinny Lister !!
Divine Fits !!
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell !
Iron and Wine !!!
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
CHVRCHES !
Gliss !
The Orwells !!
Bleeding Rainbow !
Gold Fields !
Young Galaxy !
Frightened Rabbit !!
Bleached !
DIIV !
The Joy Formidable !
Geto Boys
Wampire !
Taylor McLaughlin
Lucious
Charlie Sexton & David Garza !
Paper Moon Shivers
Emilia Love !
Vampire Weekend !!!

” “= You sucked or not my style; “!”= You didn’t suck; “!!”= I’m gonna buy your album; “!!!”= I’m gonna buy your album & tshirt and tell my friends how awesome you are.

Los Campesinos! !
River City Extension !!
Delta Spirit !
LP !!
Tegan and Sara !
Weezer !!!
M. Ward !
The Black Keys !!
Wild Child !!
Wheeler Brothers
Bombay Bicycle Club !
Dry the River
Oberhofer !
Andrew Bird !!!
Punch Brothers !
Kishi Bashi !!
The Roots !
Gotye !
Steve Earle !
Freelance Whales !!
Lera Lynn
The Devil Makes Three !
Tennis !
Two Door Cinema Club !!
The Lumineers !!!
Die Antwoord
The Avett Brothers !!
Jack White !!
…also heard Red Hot Chili Peppers from my house Sunday night, but not clear enough to rate the show.

Here are the 41 bands I saw this year at sxsw…

” “= You sucked; “!”= You didn’t suck; “!!”= I’m gonna buy your album; “!!!”= I’m gonna buy your cd & tshirt and tell my friends how awesome you are.

Alabama Shakes !!
Youth Lagoon !
Y la Bamba !!
Oddissee
Pillow fight !!
Thee oh sees !
The wedding present
Say anything !
Zola Jesus !
Pomegranates
Andrew Bird !!!
Jimmy Cliff !!!
Punch Brothers !
Brownout
Lucero
M Ward !
Yellow Ostrich !!
Hundred Visions !
Fanfarlo !!!
K Flay !!
Slow Club
General Fiasco !
Cashier No 9 !
Delta Spirit !
The War on Drugs
Magnetic Fields !!
The Love Language !
Reptar !!
Clap Your Hands Say Ya !!
Nada Surf
Doomtree
Crystal Antlers
The Twilight Sad
We Were Promised Jetpacks !
Polica !
Polarsets !!
of Montreal !!
Clock Opera !
Django Django !!!
Pennywise !!!
The Shins !!!

” “= You sucked; “!”= You didn’t suck; “!!”= I’m gonna buy your album; “!!!”= I’m gonna buy your cd & tshirt and tell my friends how awesome you are.

Miniature Tigers
Cults !!
An Horse !
Reptar !!
Fools Gold !
Delta Spirit
Santigold !
Sara Bareilles !
Coldplay !!!
Kanye West !!
The Antlers
Cowboy and Indian !
City and Colour
Alexander !!!
Iron & Wine !
The Moondoggies !
Fitz and the Tantrums
Skrillex !
Wanda Jackson !!
Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr !!
The Airborne Toxic Event !
Broken Social Scene !
Death From Above 1979 !
Gomez
Fleet Foxes !
Empire of The Sun !

Pomegranates !
Fake Problems

” “= You sucked; “!”= You didn’t suck; “!!”= I’m gonna buy your album; “!!!”= I’m gonna buy your cd & tshirt and tell my friends how awesome you are.

The Chevelles !
John Wesley Colman !
The Types !
Hunx and his Punx !!
Laura Jansen !
Telekinesis !
Tennis !!
The Naked and Famous
Alexander !!!
Ham Sandwich
Cults !!
Revolver !
DeVotchKa !!
Bob Geldof !
The New Mastersounds
The Preservation Jazz Band !!
The Black Lips !!
Dom
City and Colour
The Bangles !
ANR !!
Cloud Nothings
Danny Brown
Fang Island !!
Diamond Rings
Gold Panda !
Das Racist !!
Deer Tick
J Mascis !
Fake Problems
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Sea of Bees !
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down !!!
Noah and the Whale
The Dodos !
Social Studies
The Airborne Toxic Event !
Tapes n Tapes
Oh No Oh My !
Maps & Atlases
Starfucker !!
Ivan & Altosha !
McAlister Drive
Reptar ! (Athens represent)
Ava Luna
Surfer Blood !
Family of the Year !!
Jonquil
Greek Fire
The Parlotones
Royal Bangs
Blue King Brown
Steve Adamyk Band !
Sunbears
Mean Jeans

Here We Go Magic !
Dr Dog !!