Tokyo Police Club photo by clint gilders - staff photographer |
I could hardly believe my eyes as I perused the
SXSW 2008 Biglist. Yeah, there are cool bands coming from all over the world, but the 100+ acts making the pilgrimage from Canada set my mouth watering.
There are some real heavy hitters making their way south. Uber-producer and singer/songwirter
Daniel Lanois, Alt-Country-Rock giants
Blue Rodeo, Toronto indie institution
Constantines, Dallas Green's
City and Colour, Indie-A/V club-garage rockers
Tokyo Police Club, the outspoken
Matthew Good, enigmatic
Hawksley Workman, and upstarts
Marianas Trench and
Pride Tiger to name just a few.
Who's not on the list, but I wish they were?
Hello Operator,
Protest The Hero (though they'll be in Austin during SXSW),
Machete Avenue,
Cities in Dust,
Kill Rhythm, and
The Johnstones come to mind. Maybe next year.
Full List (as of Feb 8, 2008) below:
Ontario:
The Acorn (Ottawa ON)
Attack in Black (Welland ON)
Matt Barber (Toronto ON)
Laura Barrett (Toronto ON)
Birds of Wales (Toronto ON)
Blue Rodeo (Toronto ON)
Born Ruffians (Midland ON)
Elliott Brood (Toronto ON)
Basia Bulat (Toronto ON)
The Cansecos (Toronto ON)
City and Colour (St.Catherines ON)
The Cliks (Toronto ON)
The Coast (Toronto ON)
Jason Collett (Toronto ON)
Constantines (Toronto ON)
Crystal Castles (Toronto ON)
The Diableros (Toronto ON)
Luke Doucet (Toronto ON)
The Flatliners (Richmond Hill ON)
Fucked Up (Toronto ON)
The Golden Dogs (Toronto ON)
Holy Fuck (Toronto ON)
Daniel Lanois (Toronto ON)
Let's Go To War (Toronto ON)
The Midway State (Toronto ON)
The Most Serene Republic (Milton ON)
MSTRKRFT (Toronto ON)
Nadja (Toronto ON)
Justin Nozuka (Toronto ON)
NQ Arbuckle (Toronto ON)
Oh Susanna (Toronto ON)
Parkas (Toronto ON)
Put The Rifle Down (Toronto ON)
The Russian Futurists (Toronto ON)
Justin Rutledge (Toronto ON)
The Sadies (Toronto ON)
Simply Saucer (Hamilton ON)
Spiral Beach (Toronto ON)
Tokyo Police Club (Toronto ON)
Woodhands (Toronto ON)
Hawksley Workman (Huntsville ON)
Nova Scotia:
Jill Barber (Halifax NS)
Jenn Grant (Halifax NS)
Rebekah Higgs (Halifax NS)
Catherine MacLellan (Halifax NS)
Joel Plaskett (Halifax NS)
Meaghan Smith (Halifax NS)
Manitoba
Comeback Kid (Winnipeg MB)
The Details (Winnipeg MB)
Christine Fellows (Winnipeg MB)
Grand Analog (Winnipeg MB)
Inward Eye (Winnipeg MB)
Lindsay Jane (Winnipeg MB)
The Perpetrators (Winnipeg MB)
The Weakerthans (Winnepeg MB)
British Columbia
Alex Cuba (Smithers BC)
Beasts and Superbeasts (Victoria BC)
Bella (Vancouver BC)
Black Mountain (Vancouver BC)
The Choir Practice (Vancouver BC)
Destroyer (Vancouver BC)
Jeremy Fisher (Vancouver BC)
Matthew Good (Burnaby BC)
Dan Mangan (Vancouver BC)
Marianas Trench (Vancouver BC)
Carolyn Mark (Victoria BC)
No Kids (Vancouver BC)
The Pack A.D. (Vancouver BC)
Pride Tiger (Vancouver BC)
Twin Crystals (Vancouver BC)
Vancougar (New Westminster BC)
Alberta
Cadence Weapon (Edmonton AB)
Cassius Khan (Edmonton AB)
Lorrie Matheson (Calgary AB)
Shout Out Out Out Out (Edmonton AB)
Smalltown DJs (Calgary AB)
Woodpigeon (Calgary AB)
Saskatchewan
The Blood Lines (Saskatoon SK)
Kim Fontaine (Saskatoon SK)
Geronimo (Regina SK)
Jen Lane (Saskatoon SK)
Sylvie (Regina SK)
Ultimate Power Duo (Saskatoon SK)
Quebec
CPC Gangbangs (Monteal QC)
Creature (CAN) (Montreal QC)
Demon's Claws (Montreal QC)
Duchess Says (Montreal QC)
Galaxie (Montreal QC)
Ghislain Poirier (Montreal QC)
Grim Skunk (Montreal QC)
Handsome Furs (Montreal QC)
Hollerado (Montreal QC)
Hot Springs (Montreal QC)
Caroline Keating (Montreal QC)
Krief (Montreal QC)
Land of Talk (Montreal QC)
Katie Moore (Montreal QC)
The Nymphets (Montreal QC)
Peer Pressure (Montreal QC)
Plants and Animals (Montreal QC)
Skratch Bastid (Montreal QC)
Socalled (Montreal QC)
The Stills (Montreal QC)
Think About Life (Montreal QC)
Torngat (Montreal QC)
The United Steel Workers of Montreal (Montreal QC)
Martha Wainwright (Montreal QC)
Your Favorite Enemies (Montreal QC)
North West Territories
Tanya Tagaq (Cambridge Bay NWT)
Yukon Territory
Hungry Hill (Whitehorse YT)