I caught Australian act Gelbison at the 2004 festival twice and fell in love with them. I’m excited to discover some new favorites in this crop of Australian and New Zealand bands attending in March:
With many more still to be evaluated and invited to showcase in prestige concert slots at the world’s largest Music Festival and Conferences–South by Southwest in Austin Texas March 16-20–the first 20 Australian and New Zealand artists who have been chosen can now be revealed. Up to 30 Australian and 10 New Zealand artists in total will be offered showcase opportunities in the coming weeks.
Australian Artists Invited
Architecture in Helsinki
Avalanches
Sarah Blasko
Bumblebeez 81
John Butler Trio
Cut Copy
Delta Goodrem
Dan Kelly & the Alpha Males
End of Fashion
Ben Lee
Little Birdy
Machine Translations
The Morning After Girls
Neon
Old Man River
The Panda Band
Rocket Science
Xavier Rudd
Starky
Holly Throsby
WolfmotherNew Zealand Artists Invited
Last year there was a GREAT Australian SXSW party with a number of really good bands (I LOVED Ground Components) and good Australian beer — Cooper’s Ale. Hope they do the party again this year (and hope I can get into it!). I NEED to see Wolfmother!
Aw damn, it’s not the old Coolies who did all those hilarious Simon and Garfunkel covers.
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