March 16-20, 2005

The South By Southwest Music Festival has released its complete list of names for the 2005 festival, and what a different music industry it is turning out to be. Once the domain of up and coming bands, the South by Southwest Music Festival is becoming a place where semi-established bands also play to get exposure in a more crowded, more conservative music industry.

What's interesting is the range of bands playing, from Billy Idol, Robyn Hitchcock, and Aimee Mann (as they try to reconnect to audiences) to Sleater-Kinney, LCD Soundsystem, and Wilco, who are all relatively well-known. And then of course there will always be the bands we have never heard of, some of which will break out in 2005.

There is a simultaneous SXSW Film Festival that coincides with the music festival. It's no Sundance yet, but it is an interesting indie venue, with over 170 films.

There is also an interactive component to cover the Web. Keynote speakers include Ana Marie Cox (from the political blog Wonkette.com ), and Malcolm Gladwell, Bram Cohen of BitTorrent, and Al Franken.

THE DATA:
What: a music festival
Where: various clubs in Austin, Texas USA
Why: A music industry showcase outside of the mainstream
When: March 16 - 20 2005
Showcasing Acts: 1279
Music Conference Participants: 7,213
Number of Music Media in Attendance: 1,595
Number of Music Trade Show Attendees: 10,000
Number of Music Trade Show Exhibitors: 175
Music Venues Participating: 60

 Check out the SXSW schedule

Some of the SXSW bands are listed below:
Robyn Hitchcock (London UK)
Jennifer Gentle (Padova Italy)
A Frames (Seattle WA)
The Thermals (Portland OR)
The Album Leaf (San Diego CA)
Bottle Rockets (Festus MO)
Vic Chesnutt (Athens GA)
The Donnas (Palo Alto CA)
American Music Club (San Francisco CA)
SubArachnoid Space (San Francisco CA)
Death From Above 1979 (Toronto ON)
Michelle Shocked (Los Angeles CA)
Visqueen (Seattle WA)
LCD Soundsystem (New York NY)
Tegan & Sara (Vancouver BC)
Doves (Manchester UK)
Love Tractor (Athens GA)
Lou Barlow (Los Angeles CA)
M. Ward (Portland)
Crooked Fingers (Seattle WA)
Magnapop (Atlanta GA)
The Futureheads (Sunderland UK)
Joy Zipper (New York NY)
Emily Sparks (Austin TX)
VHS or Beta (Louisville KY)
Edie Sedgwick (Washington DC)
Willy Mason (Marthas Vineyard MA)
Shonen Knife (Osaka JAPAN)
The Raveonettes (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Har Mar Superstar (Los Angeles CA)
Ash (London UK)
Spoon (Austin TX)
yourcodenameis:milo (Newcastle UK)
Phosphorescent (Athens GA)
Dead Meadow (Washington DC)
Laura Cantrell (New York NY)
Mary Lou Lord (Boston MA)
The Capitol Years (Philadelphia PA)
Early Man (New York NY)
Kings Of Convenience (Bergen NORWAY)
+/- (New York NY)
Matisyahu (Brooklyn NY)
These Arms Are Snakes (Seattle WA)
Charlie Sexton (Austin TX)
The Waco Brothers (Chicago IL)
The Silos (New York NY)
Stephen Malkmus (Portland OR)
Goldie Lookin Chain (Newport UK)
Against Me! (Gainesville FL)
Ambulance Ltd. (New York NY)
American Music Club (San Francisco CA)
Chingo Bling (Houston TX)
The Dears (Montreal QC)
Death From Above 1979 (Toronto ON)
Dogs Die in Hot Cars (Glasgow UK)
The Donnas (Palo Alto CA)
The Go! Team (Brighton UK)
Grand Buffet (Pittsburgh PA)
Guitar Wolf (Tokyo JAPAN)
Tre Hardson (Los Angeles CA)
Hella (Sacramento CA)
Robyn Hitchcock (London UK)
Hot Hot Heat (Victoria BC)
Husky Rescue (Helsinki FINLAND)
Billy Idol (Los Angeles CA)
Jack Ingram (Dallas TX)
Kaiser Chiefs (Leeds UK)
The Kills (London UK)
The Longcut (Manchester UK)
Aimee Mann (Los Angeles CA)
Mean Reds (Tuscon AZ)
Ronnie Montrose (Sacramento CA)
Nada Surf (Brooklyn NY)
The Raveonettes (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Rolling Blackouts (Torrance CA)
Sleater-Kinney (Portland OR)
Son Volt (St Louis MO)
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (Gothenberg SWEDEN)
22-20's (Lincoln UK)
Visionaries (Los Angeles CA)
Saul Williams (Los Angeles CA)