UTR Coverage of SXSW 09

1800 bands, four days and one semi-broke journalist sharing a room at the Holiday Inn Austin, Texas.

Welcome to Under The Radar’s coverage of SXSW.

From the 18th to the 22nd March we’ll be providing you with daily updates from one of the most talked about music festivals in the world. By day we’ll be taking notes from the big wig speakers like Quincy Jones discussing the future of music and by night, we’ll be scanning bars, pavements and showcases hoping to find some cool bands to tell you guys about all while trying to score entry into the private parties.

Here's what we're looking forward to from our research so far -

The Household Names:

Devo
Echo and the Bunnymen
Tori Amos
Peter Bjorn & John
The Decemberists
PJ Harvey and John Parish
Primal Scream

The Buzz Bands:

Little Boots
Handsome Furs
Grizzly Bear
No Kids
Department of Eagles
Wavves
Lovvers
Health
Vivian Girls

The Locals:

Cut Off Your Hands
Bang Bang Eche
Ladyhawke
Midnight Youth
David Dallas
Jackie Bristow
White Swann Black Swann
Kylie Harris
Ross Royce

Check in from next Thursday to find out more - there will be photo's too but more about that later.