South By South… WHO?

by Katie

SXSW has announced some 200 of the artists who’ll be playing at the festival this March. Probably, I won’t be able to afford to go, unless someone wants to make a generous donation of $1400+ to the Misanthropes. (I wouldn’t leave Mikey hanging!) Instead, I welcome you, my dear readers, to look forward to me perusing the band list and letting you know which ones I deem worthy of listening to. It’s nothing you couldn’t do yourself, but that is one of the basic tenets of unsuccessful blogging. (The others should be evident elsewhere on this blog.)

Excitingly enough, about 97% of the names on the list are brand spanking new to me! I already enjoy Fanfarlo, Ha Ha Tonka, and Miniature Tigers, and have heard good things about one or two others, but that is it! Consider this a musical Carnival Cruise, with slightly less environmental degradation and significantly more hip snobbery! Excelsior!