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Title: GAT's picks for SXSW

Publication: Philly Girl About Town

Date: February 24 , 2009

Ref: http://www.phillygirlabouttown.com/girl_about_town/2009/02/gats-picks-for-sxsw-.html

It's that time of year again, preparations for the South By Southwest music festival in Austin.  Oh wait, we're not going.  But perhaps you are, and so here are our picks for a grand ole' time.  Let us know how it goes....

Philly Bands:
Hoots and Hellmouth - 3/18, The Ale House and 3/20, SESAC Austin Convention Center
Papertrigger - 3/18, Cedar Door
The Asteroid #4 - 3/19, The Hideout
Drink Up Buttercup - 3/19, Rusty Spurs
Kurt Vile - 3/20, The Music Gym
Illinois - 3/21, Beauty Bare Backyard
The Spinto Band - 3/21, Room 710 and SESAC Austin Convention Center
Joe Jack Talcum - 3/22, Emo's Jr

Bands from other places:
Modern Skirts - 3/18, Cedar Door
Late of the Pier - 3/18, La Zona Rosa and 3/20, Aces Lounge
Ladyhawke - 3/18, Stubb's
The Decemberists - 3/18, Stubb's
Glasvegas - 3/18, Vice
Ipso Facto - 3/19, BD Riley's
Beach House - 3/19, Volume and 3/20 Cedar Street Courtyard
Handsome Furs - 3/19, Radio Room Patio
The Brunettes - 3/19, Radio Room
Matt and Kim - 3/19, Opal Divine's Firehouse
Bishop Allen - 3/19, Mohawk Patio
St. Vincent - 3/20, Antone's
Japanther - 3/20, Headhunters
Takka Takka - 3/20, The Independent
Au Revoir Simone - 3/20, Maggie Mae's Rooftop
The Hold Steady - 3/20, Mohawk Patio
Spindrift - 3/21, Beauty Bar Backyard
Daniel Johnston - 3/21, Emo's
The Physics of Meaning - 3/21, Lamberts
Ra Ra Riot - 3/21, The Parish
White Lies - 3/21, Stubb's

Heroes:
Echo and the Bunnymen - 3/18, Emo's and 3/21, Rusty Spurs
Tori Amos - 3/19, La Zona Rosa
DEVO - 3/20, Austin Music Hall
Dinosaur Jr - 3/20 Cedar Street Courtyard
Superdrag - 3/20, Pangaea
New York Dolls - 3/20, Smokin' Music
Perry Farrell - 3/21, Pangaea
Exene Cervenka - 3/21, Red Eyed Fly

Showcases / Parties:
4AD - don't miss M Ward, St. Vincent, and Camera Obscura.  The latter two bands have new albums coming out soon so they surely will be playing new music - 3/18, Central Presbyterian Church

Scottish Arts Council - includes Camera Obscura, Glasvegas, Primal Scream, and The Proclaimers - 3/20, La Zona Rosa

Little Steven's Underground Garage/Wicked Cool Records - includes The Chesterfield Kings and seven other garage bands, hosted by Little Steven himself - 3/10, Red Eyed Fly

Park the Van - includes The Peekers, The High Strung, and The Spinto Band - 3/21, Room 710

Posted by Royce Epstein