Thursday, March 5th, 2009
The Sweetest Thing
Hot Freaks at SxSW 2009… revealed!
Donald MilneThe first one went over like gangbusters, and the second one was even better… so why wouldn’t we do it all again for 2009? Yes’m, I’m once again very proud to be able to announce – along with fellow music blog compatriots Aquarium Drunkard, Gorilla Vs Bear, Largehearted Boy, My Old Kentucky Blog and You Ain’t No Picasso – the lineup for Hot Freaks 2009, taking place during SxSW at the Mohawk and Club DeVille in Austin, Texas on March 20 and 21. Two days, three stages, 32 acts.
It’s taken a little longer than usual to get things together this year, but it’s been worth the wait. I mean, we’ve had some pretty impressive Hot Freaks alumnus over the last couple years – St Vincent, Shearwater, The Polyphonic Spree, Grizzly Bear, Land Of Talk, Jens Lekman, Lykke Li, The Acorn and British Sea Power to name just a few – but I will hold this Hot Freaks lineup up against any of the others we’ve pulled together in the past. But don’t just take my word for it – have a look:
Friday, March 20, 2009
Club DeVille (Insound Stage)
12:30 PM Obits / MySpace / MP3: “Pine On”
1:30 PM Handsome Furs / MySpace / MP3: “I’m Confused”
2:30 PM American Analog Set / MySpace
3:30 PM The Thermals / MySpace / MP3: “Now We Can See”
4:30 PM The Hold Steady / MySpace
The Mohawk Patio
12:00 PM The Wrens / MySpace / MP3: “Everyone Choose Sides”
1:00 PM Bishop Allen / MySpace / MP3: “Dimmer”
2:00 PM The Henry Clay People / MySpace / MP3: “Something In The Water”
3:00 PM Port O’Brien / MySpace / MP3: “I Woke Up Today”
4:00 PM The Rosebuds / MySpace / MP3: “Life Like”
5:00 PM Delta Spirit / MySpace / MP3: “People C’Mon”
The Mohawk Inside
12:30 PM The Rural Alberta Advantage / MySpace / MP3: “Don’t Haunt This Place”
1:30 PM We Have Band / MySpace / MP3: “Hear It In The Cans”
2:30 PM These United States / MySpace / MP3: “Honor Amongst Thieves”
3:30 PM Alela Diane / MySpace / MP3: “White As Diamonds”
4:30 PM Richard Swift / Richard Swift / MP3: “Lady Luck”
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Club DeVille
12:30 PM Real Estate / MySpace / MP3: “Black Lake”
1:30 PM Girls / MySpace / MP3: “Lust For Life”
2:30 PM The Grates / MySpace / MP3: “Burn Bridges”
3:30 PM Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains / MySpace / MP3: “American Names”
4:30 PM Jeremy Jay / MySpace / MP3: “Beautiful Rebel”
The Mohawk Patio
12:00 PM Harlem / MySpace
1:00 PM Jason Lytle / MySpace / MP3: “Birds Encouraged Him” (live)
2:00 PM Vivian Girls / MySpace / MP3: “Where Do You Run To?”
3:00 PM Viva Voce / MySpace / MP3: “Drown Them Out”
4:00 PM Peelander-Z / MySpace / MP3: “Ninja-High Schooool”
5:00 PM Camera Obscura / MySpace / MP3: “My Maudlin Career”
The Mohawk Inside
12:30 PM Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers / MySpace / MP3: “Filthy & Free”
1:30 PM Roadside Graves / MySpace
2:30 PM Mason Proper / MySpace / MP3: “Fog”
3:30 PM Lemonade / MySpace / MP3: “Big Weekend”
4:30 PM Amazing Baby / MySpace / MP3: “Bayonets”
The Wrens are kicking things off at noon. The Rural Alberta Advantage will still be riding high on opening up for Grizzly Bear the night before. The American Analog Set – reunited and reactivated for this show only! – are playing The Golden Band in its entirety. The Hold Steady will be holding court on the Insound stage. Alela Diane will mesmerize. The Grates will be bouncing off the walls. Jason Lytle will unveil his post-Grandaddy works. Peelander-Z will do… what Peelander Z does. And Camera Obscura will close things out by showcasing their forthcoming album My Maudlin Career. This, my friends, is what we call bliss.
And thanks go out to our main sponsors GOOM Radio and Lala.com, who are offering 75 free songs for signups. Please respondez s’il vous plait – admission is free, PBRs are $1. Awesome is guaranteed. And sorry, this is a 21+ event – the drinks will be flowing.
Add all our shows to your sched.org calendar. You DO have one, right?
MP3: Guided By Voices – “Hot Freaks”
Tags: Alela Diane, Amazing Baby, American Analog Set, Bishop Allen, Camera Obscura, Coldplay, Crystal Antlers, Doves, Elbow, Girls, Grates, Handsome Furs, Henry Clay People, Hold Steady, Hot Freaks, Jason Lytle, Jeremy Jay, Lemonade, Mason Proper, Obits, Peelander-Z, Port O'Brien, Real Estate, Richard Swift, Roadside Graves, Rosebuds, Rural Alberta Advantage, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers, Thermals, These United States, Viva Voce, Vivian Girls, Wrens
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3/5/09 8:12 am
OPP - 3/5 (Daft Punk, TK, more) : EAR FARM :: music information helps grow ears says:[…] Hot Freaks SXSW 2009 lineup has been […]
3/5/09 9:22 am
WTF? AAS? OMG. WOW.
Sorry, that’s my stunned first reaction. Let me collect myself. ok…
American Analog Set doing ‘The Golden Band’?! Part of me has just died. I can’t believe I’m going to miss that.
Congrats on the lineup, once again. Great work.
3/5/09 9:41 am
Amanset? Reunited? One time only? Say it ain’t so!
Any chance of someone bootlegging it for the rest of us who won’t be at SXSW?
3/5/09 12:01 pm
THE WRENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AWESOMENESS GUARANTEED INDEED!
3/5/09 12:31 pm
see ya there buddy.
3/5/09 2:49 pm
I’m completely floored by the fact American Analog Set are playing again! This just made my day…
3/5/09 2:52 pm
my understanding is that the AmAnSet show is a one-off – so be there!
And hang around after!
3/5/09 6:40 pm
awesome lineup, i’ll be there.
3/5/09 10:21 pm
Wow, AmAnSet… Golden Band. Just wow.
3/6/09 9:08 am
Austin, Sun, Fajitas and now this… the anticipation levels are going up:)
3/6/09 1:37 pm
AmAnSet is indeed a one-off. Andrew Kenny is now involved w/The Wooden Birds.
3/6/09 5:51 pm
FANTASMIC.
how do you rsvp?the site does not work
3/6/09 5:59 pm
Would love to RSVP for this if only there was a way to get around the requirement of having to sign up for something that demands your birthdate (identity theft, anyone?) and pages of “terms & conditions” fit for a lawyer to read….Then again, I managed to get in last year without an RSVP (for the same reasons) , so maybe that’ll work again this year
3/7/09 10:14 pm
rsvp
3/14/09 1:25 am
+2
3/19/09 4:08 pm
Ioda, the independent music marketing and distribution company, is providing the SXSW Opening Day Bash Sampler 2009 as a free MP3 download. You can find a link to the album here.
6/4/10 10:14 am
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