The SXSW website has a big, unmanageable, unsortable, single paragraph list of bands performing this year (last updated 2/6). No, no hyperlinks to the bands' home pages, either.

Check out the lineup at the Filter showcases at Donewaiting's SXSW blog: Built to Spill, The Subways, Metric and Nine Black Alps are some of the names.

This review of Iron Cactus at Yelp.com is good reading for SXSW attendees who plan on needing a good, quiet place to refuel during the day. "This place is a sanctuary for SXSW-goers like me who, in the middle of the day, aren't really looking for much more than a nice refreshing marg to get things fired up again. ... Also, they have a cool rooftop patio which is almost unheard of in the very central area that they call home."

[music jobs] Director of Content at Dada Entertainment; New York, NY.