SXSW 2007

starting to hear about bands who will be at SXSW 2007.
So far- Little Man Tate, The Cinematics, ¡Forward, Russia!, The Young Knives, Foals, Jeremy Warmsley, iLOVETRAINS, The Pigeon Detectives, The Wombats, Battle, Popup and Yes Boss. I am getting so happy about this already! As the comment says so are Metal Hearts (not sure who they are!)
first announcement of official bands
The Stooges
Interpol
Lily Allen
Bloc Party
Devin The Dude
Hoodoo Gurus
Matt & Kim
Ghostland Observatory
The Watson Twins
Stax 50th Anniversary Soul Review
Ozomatli
Turbonegro
Cold War Kids

¡Forward, Russia!

Yeah, finally the chance to see ¡Forward, Russia!, the punctuation loving band from Leeds again. A recommendation straight from Lammo and I totally agree. We saw these guys twice in SXSW 2006 and barely missed their third performance This band is amazing- I just hope Boston will both turn out and also be an enthusiastic audience. Filter and Spin have both been providing some hype which is good because local press has been non-existent And of course this is also an opportunity to figure out what is happening in the Leeds music scene and more precisely the excellent Dance to the Radio recordlabel. Guitarist Whiskas - yes the one with the ginger beard and sister to drummer Katie, is also one of the founders of Dance to The Radio which boasts excellent bands like 'The Pigeon Detectives, iLikeTrains, This Et Al, O'Fracas amongst many others. Time to ask what we can hope to see at SXSW 2007.
Lets hope they play their new one 'Don't Be a Doctor'.
I will try to blog this gig soon.