The list so far:
SXSW 2008 acts as of 1/16/08:
AA Bondy*
Alamo Race Track
Alex Skolnick Trio
Alina Simone
Aloe Blacc*
A Place to Bury Strangers*
Arp
The A-Sides*
Ash Grunwald
Awkward Stage Band*
Axel Krygier
Barbara Mason
Bear Hands*
Bella*
Birdmonster
Birds and Batteries
Birthday Suits
Bjorn Torske
the Black Crowes*
Black and White Years
The Black Hollies
Black Joe Lewis
The Black Keys*
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Black Mountain*
Black Tie Dynasty
The Bleedin Bleedins*
Blitzen Trapper*
Blue Mountain
Bon Iver
Born Ruffians
The Botticellis
The Bowerbirds
Brain Police
Breeders*
British Sea Power*
Bun B of UGK*
Carbon/Silicon
Carlis Star
Carolyn Mark
Car Stereo (Wars)*
Cary Brothers
Cheveu
the Choir Practice
Chris Bendt
Constantines
The Cool Kids*
The Cops
The Crash That Took Me
The Cribs
Dan Wilson
Daniel Lanois
Darker My Love
Daryl Hall
Dead Confederate
Deadstring Brothers
Delta Spirit
Destroyer
Devotchka
Die! Die! Die!
Dirty on Purpose
Division Day*
Dixie Witch
Dizzee Rascal
The DoDos
Dolly Parton
The Donnas*
Donny Hue and the Colors
Doug Walker Music
Dreamend
Dokkebi Q
Doug Walker
The Duke Spirit
Eastern Conference Champions
Ed Harcourt
El Jesus de Magico*
Eugene Mirman*
Eugene McGuinness
Experimental Aircraft
Ezra Furman & the Harpoons
The Fairline Parkway
Fanfario
The Feral Children
Film School
Firewater
Fishboy
Fleet Foxes*
Frightened Rabbit
Gallows
Giant
Glen Reynolds
Goes Cube*
Greg Laswell
The Gusto
Ha Ha Tonka
Hanne Hukkelberg
The Hard Lessons
Headlights
Health
The Heavy
The Henry Clay People
Hey Willpower
Holy Fuck*
The Hot Rails
The Hourly Radio
Ingrid Michaelson
Jandek
Jarboe
JD Thompson
Jennifer Johns
Jens Lekman
Jessie Baylin
Jimi Bianco
Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
John Ralston
Joshua Radin
Justin Townes Earle
Kaki King
Karina Nistal
Kate Havnevik
Ketchup Mania
Kid Dakota
The Kills
Kim Hiorthøy
Kimya Dawson
Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis
KXP
Langhorne Slim
Laura Barrett
Laura Gibson
Lava Children
Le Switch
the Lemurs
Lightspeed Champion*
Lindstsrom
The LK
The Lonely H
Longwave
The Lovely Sparrows
Lykke Li
Made Out of Babies
Mala Rodriguez
Man Man*
Mark Pickerel
Mason Proper
Maya Azucena
Melissa Young
Meredith Bragg and the Terminals
Meriwether
Mezzanine Owls
MGMT*
Mika Miko
Minmae
Mitra
Miz Metro
Monica Blaire
Moon Rats
My Brightest Diamond
The Morning Benders
My Morning Jacket*
Nada Surf*
Nadja
N’Dambi
Necropolis
Neimo
N.E.R.D.*
Nicole Atkins
The Night Marchers
No Kids
Nortec
OFFICE
Ouija Radio
the Pack A.D.
Panda
Panther
Pato Banton
Peelander-Z
The Pendletons
The People’s Revolutionary Choir
Pinstripe
The Pity Party
Plants & Animals
Popup
Portugal The Man!*
PPT
Puny Human
Q-Tip*
Radar Bros.
Ralph “Soul” Jackson
The Raveonettes*
R.E.M.*
Roadsaw
Robyn
The Rosewood Thieves
Run Run Run
Russell Taylor
Russian Circles
RX Bandits
Salvador Santana Band
Sam Champion
Sasquatch
Scissors for Lefty*
Screamin’ Cyn Cyn & the Pons
Sea Wolf
Secret Shine
Shame Club
Shelby Lynne
Shout Out Louds*
Shwayze
Sia*
Simian Mobile Disco*
Social Studies
$olal
Sons & Daughters*
The Soundtrack of Our Lives*
Southeast Engine
The Spinto Band
The Stills*
TAB The Band
Tapes N Tapes*
Tech N9ne
These New Puritans
These United States
Tigercity
Tim Williams
Times New Viking
Tiny Animals
Trainwreck Riders
Trevor Giuliani
Tub Ring
Tussle
Uffie
Unholy 2
The Valley Arena
Vampire Weekend*
Vancougar
The Von Bondies
Von Iva
The Voom Blooms
Waco Brothers
Wallpaper
Was (Not Was)
The Watershed
We Are Standard
WHY?*
The Weird Weeds
White Shoes & the Couples Company
White Williams
William Fitzsimmons
Wussy
Wye Oak
X
YACHT
Yazarah
Ze Dos Frangos
~via the austinist.com
*=SGS recommended
Cat Killfoil 
You better really be coming and not just teasing me.
It’s the plan….I should be there rocking out.
Dolly Parton…Black Crowes…N.E.R.D…WTF, remember when SXSW was about putting out new/undiscovered artists? Seriously people…Though, big-ups to them for booking Maya Azucena, she kicks much ass.
I’m fine with the mix up, not like I HAVE to go see Dolly. Isn’t the usually a couple bigs ones?
I don’t like the 6 bands I do recognize…..the northeast has much better music…
Um no. You fail as far as picking music goes.
craig, it’s not just bands from the southwest, ya dink.
Other half are from the South, right? 😛
SOUTH by southwet
It’s a name, you butts.
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Cheers.
Very exciting article
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