Posted on 03/12/2009 11:52:29 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
Around this time last year, Paste's marketing director (now-emeritus) Caren Kelleher compiled a pretty freakishly extensive blog post detailing statistical trends among bands playing at the 2008 SXSW Music Conference. It seemed, then, that animal band names were actually on the wane, but judging from this year's schedule, they've definitely made a comeback; there are more than 60 animal bands slated to play the 2009 conference (including associate editor Kate Kiefer's favorite, Kittens Ablaze).
But still, what's next? At one point, it looked like crystal bands were the next big thing, but that trend seems to have spluttered out, so I took a closer list at the schedule to see what other trends were on the rise. Caren has a way with spreadsheets that I could never dream of matching, so here's a way less scientific-looking breakdown of some of the post popular band-name trends among artists playing this year's SXSW. Who's the biggest threat? Well, after centuries of struggling to overcome social, political, intellectual, and perhaps most of all, musical, marginalization, it looks like men are finally getting their due. Congrats!
9. Negative Bands (6)
No Comply
Oh No Not Stereo
No Kids
No Age
NeverShoutNever!
Don't Tell Sophie
8. Scholarly Bands (7)
Black Math Horsemen
I Love Math
The Beat Poets
Poetic Pilgrimage
Poet In Process
The D'Urbervilles
Hesta Prynn
7. Ladylike Bands (10)
The Morning After Girls
The Indigo Girls
Parenthetical Girls
Girls in Trouble
Girls
Vivian Girls
U.S. Girls
When Girls Collide
The Girls
Women
6. Exclamatory Bands (11)
Lover!
Holy Ghost!
Right Away, Great Captain!
Moth!Fight!
Futurecop!
NeverShoutNever!
Cause Co-Motion!
Come On Gang!
3oh!3
Bang! Bang! Eche!
Gravy Train!!!
5. Bodily Bands (14)
Bear Hands
Cut Off Your Hands
Wovenhand
Les Handclaps
The Phenomenal Handclap Band
Woodhands
The Shaky Hands
Foot Patrol
These Arms Are Snakes
Strong Arm Steady
The Golden Arm Trio
Arms and Sleepers
Hot Leg
Arms and Legs
4. Youthful Bands (15)
Kid Congo Powers
Cold War Kids
CASIOKIDS
Kid Cudi
Kid Sister
The Magic Kids
Kidz In The Hall
No Kids
Amazing Baby
Babydick
Baby Robots
Wildchild
Scorpion Child
The Little Ones
Littl'ans
3. Blingy Bands (18)
The Golden Filter
The Golden Arm Trio
The Golden Dogs
Golden Bear
Golden Boots
Golden Hornet Project
Golden Boys
Fool's Gold
Solid Gold
Pro Bro Gold
Black Gold
Sugar & Gold
Black Diamond Bay
Lady Dottie & the Diamonds
Black Diamond Heavies
Nite Jewel
Indian Jewelry
Ruby Coast
2. Religious Bands (21)
All The Saints
Devil in the Woods
Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band
Zola Jesus
The Devil Makes Three
The Devil Wears Prada
St. Vincent
My Jerusalem
Whitechapel
Magic Christian
Choir of Young Believers
Holy Ghost!
The Unholy Two
The Wailing Wall
Hymns
Priestess
Holy Hail
The Black Angels
Valient Thorr
Zion I
Battle Hymns
1. Dude-y Bands (23)
Oak Ridge Boys
Akina Adderley & the Vintage Playboys
Thrift Store Cowboys
Boy Crisis
Chavy Boys
Diesel Boy
SICKBOY
Dave Gonzales & the Stone River Boys
The Strange Boys
Golden Boys
The Lee Boys
Tahiti Boy and the Palmtree Family
Eli Paperboy Reed & The True Loves
The Wong Boys
Boys Noize
Gentleman Reg
Legendary Tiger Man
The Third Man
Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man.
Black Math Horseman
The Tallest Man On Earth
Early Man
Dirty Old Men
Kittens Ablaze? Just might have to name my daughter that.
Hampton & the Hampsters.
Went to junior college with this guy. He was in rockabilly band The Palladins and went on to form the Hacienda Brothers with Chris Gaffney. Gaffney died of liver cancer last year.
Thanks, I will have to check out some of these bands at SXSW.
Very funny! Thanks!
Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head
NID & SANCY
Or, the Whale
Psychedelic Horsesh!t
More names here:
http://sxsw.com/music/shows/schedule?a=alpha&s=k&e=o
The Black Angels are a really good band, never heard of any of the others, cept the cold war kids the indigo girls and the Oak Ridge Boys. The Oak Ridge Boys? at SXSW?
Johnny Cash played the SXSW back in 1994. It isn’t just for undiscovered bands.
I’ve heard the Black Angels.
There are over a thousand bands listed, this are just part of the name game...
Let me know how Project Bananarama turns out!
What about the band, “Hamburgers with Doo Doo as the Meat” I just saw them last week at the “Reconsider Lounge”.
(Yes, I’m a P1)
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SXSW started out as a venue for unsigned bands to be seen and be signed. However, now Labels bring in their famous band to draw in crowds to their showcases so the lesser known acts. There are of course still plenty of unsigned bands that play.
As for more well known acts that have played SXSW over the years I have seen Johnny Cash, Sonic Youth, Carl Perkins, Tony Bennett, Iggy Pop, REM and Southern Culture on the Skids.
I think this year will be my 20th SXSW.
Yeah, I think Roky Erickson played last year or the year before. I played with the Indigo Girls back in 95 at the Texas Music Hall for SXSW, that was a hoot. Just didn’t think the Oak Ridge Boys were “weird” enough for Austin : )
Wish it was closer though, always a good time...
I never imagined that members of the Indigo Girls were on Free Republic.
Was that the Ausin Music Hall?
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I might have been at that show.
Michele Shocked may have also played that night.
That was a nice venue that no longer exists.
Saw the Cramps there, the Ramones, Butthole Surfers and B.B. King.
A great venue.
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