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 !!

” “= 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.

Didn’t get a lot of use out of my 2-day pass this weekend. Here is all I saw:

Tori Y Moi !
Kaki King
Cults !!
Best Coast !!

Miles found a hottie there though:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5387688&l=e2e8a9dd76&id=632049352

I was asked today for a shortlist of songs I like, by someone who wants to expand their music listening beyond pop. Below is what I gave him. Maybe someone else will find this useful:

Arcade Fire – No Cars Go
Beirut – Nantes
Bishop Allen – True or False
Black Lips – Bad Kids
Broken Social Scene – Texico Bitches
The Dodos – Fools
Dr Dog – Shadow People
The Drums – Lets Go Surfing
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home
Fanfarlo – The Walls Are Coming Down
Freelance Whales – Hannah
Gogol Bordello – Start Wearing Purple
Harlem – Friendly Ghost
The Magnetic Fields – I Think I Need a New Heart
Manu Chau – Clandestino
Mates of State – Goods
Matt & Kim – Yeah Yeah
MGMT – Time to Pretend
Noah and the Whale – 5 Years Time
The Octopus Project – Truck
Of Montreal – Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games
Phoenix – 1901
Ra Ra Riot – Can You Tell
Rabbit – Magic
Rogue Wave – Lake Michigan
The Sandwitches – Back to the Sea
Shout Out Louds – Tonight I Have To Leave It
Small Black – Despicable Dogs
Stars – The First Five Times
Tennis – Marathon
The Thermals – Now We Can See
Titus Andronicus – Titus Andronicus
Vampire Weekend – M79
Yeasayer – Rome