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The South By Southwest Lineup: Start Practicing Your Line-Standing Poses Now

musick.jpgSouth By Southwest has released the full list of bands playing next month’s margarita-drenched festival, and the numbers add up to about 1,600 bands spread across 79 stages. Among the acts playing the week’s “official” showcases: R.E.M., Robyn, Vampire Weekend, Be Your Own Pet, the apparently-still-around Vines, and Naked Raygun. I tend to agree with the Austin Music Source that Dolly Parton is tops among the must-see acts… which, of course, means that the lines to get into every one of her appearances will be massive and I should just head on down to Austin now and camp out. Surely it’s warmer there than it is in NYC, right? [Austin360.com]

3:25 AM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By Maura

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11 Responses to “The South By Southwest Lineup: Start Practicing Your Line-Standing Poses Now”

  1. by loudersoft at 3:34 am

    My bicycle is rented and my accommodations are confirmed. See you at the chaos.

  2. by Jon Can Dance at 3:47 am

    Abe Vigoda is still alive!? Or is it some ironic hipster band? I can’t be bothered to do my own research. Regardless, that dude killed in Good Burger.

  3. by futurehorse at 3:47 am

    Both Robyn and Los Campesinos! neglected Portland on their short US tours, so they are both definitely at the top of my must-see list.

  4. by futurehorse at 3:50 am

    Oh, and how sick am I of the Kevin Shields confusion? Way to get me excited for nothing.

  5. by heyzeus at 3:58 am

    Wheatus?

    “Teenage Dirtbag” Wheatus?

    I guess if Nada Surf can survive “Popular” and play South by every year, then why not.

  6. by Camp Tiger Claw at 3:58 am

    Seeing Dolly in a few weeks. Not only am I excited, but someone’s reactions to hearing that you’re going to see Dolly Parton is a good way to find out if they’re cool or a poseur dipshit.

  7. by Dead Air ummm Dead Air at 4:03 am

    @heyzeus: The Dugout guys are going to have a field day.

    Is there going to be an Idolator SxSW party?

  8. by PeterBjorn&Yawn at 4:44 am

    @Camp Tiger Claw: Dang son, and to think I used to mark cool and poseur dipshit as synonymous. Thank god the Dolly Parton litmus test can now differentiate one from the other.

  9. by Diglett at 4:45 am

    @Camp Tiger Claw: Did I mention on that other post that I was listening to “Islands in the Stream” because I’m going to Dolly’s NYC show next week? EEEEEEP!!

  10. by Camp Tiger Claw at 4:59 am

    @PeterBjorn&Yawn: Well you know, cool as in “Sometimes I like to listen to Dolly while I clean my house, cool.”

  11. by MrStarhead at 6:53 am

    @heyzeus: Sadly, Wheatus are still sorta big in the UK.

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