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The Current's SXSW line-up

Posted at 1:24 PM on February 19, 2008 by Melanie Walker (18 Comments)

We're happy to announce we will be having our 3rd annual live radio broadcast at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas March 13th-15th! The Current will be bringing you performances from some of the best new and established artists showcasing at this year's SXSW music conference with the fine folks of Free Yr Radio!

For those of you attending SXSW, we'll be broadcasting from the corner of 7th Street and Red River. This event is free to the public! So, we do hope you'll drop by if you are in Austin!

More information and updates about our live broadcast can be found at www.freeyrradio.com. In the meantime, here are the confirmed performance times for artists joining our stage this year!

Anyone dare to guess as to who the tba performances will be?

Thursday 3/13
11:00am The Raveonettes
12:00pm Jesca Hoop
1:15pm Sons & Daughters
2:30pm DeVotchka
3:30pm tba
4:45pm Cloud Cult
5:30pm tba

Friday 3/14
11:00am tba
11:45am Jim Noir
1:00pm The Duke Spirit
2:15pm She & Him
3:30pm Darondo w/ Nino Moschella
4:20pm Billy Bragg
5:30pm Carbon Silicon

Saturday 3/15
11:00am Lightspeed Champion
12:00pm Wye Oak
1:00pm The Heavy
2:15pm Tokyo Police Club
3:30pm tba
4:45pm Blitzen Trapper
5:30pm tba

Comments (18)

R.E.M., baby!

/just a guess, I don't have insider knowledge (I promise)

Posted by Mac Wilson | February 19, 2008 9:59 PM

Another artist that has been played on "the current" this and last year that will be performing during SXSW this spring is "Pictures of Then." They were at the Nomad last night, and they'll be in Austin, TX this spring.

Posted by Logan 4 | February 22, 2008 12:34 PM

We just confirmed UK MC, Dizzee Rascal, for a performance Friday 3/14 at SXSW! If you are not familiar with him you can hear some of his tunes and read all about him here http://www.myspace.com/dizzeerascal

Posted by Melanie Walker | February 23, 2008 2:01 PM

Dang--I'm an Austinite now but I'll have to miss out on hanging with the Current because I'll be out of town during SXSW!

Posted by Andrew | February 25, 2008 12:26 PM

We just confirmed Nicole Atkins for a performance Saturday 3/15 at SXSW! If you are not familiar with her you can hear some of her tunes and read all about Nicole here http://www.nicoleatkins.com/

Posted by Melanie Walker | February 26, 2008 2:59 PM

As a seasoned ACL Festival goer from year 1 thru 5 I've often thought about SXSW. March is a busy time of the year for me and I can never make it. I have made a ton of friends in that town and relish your last two broadcasts. I'm looking forward to it.

Posted by ellie | February 26, 2008 7:40 PM

Ok we had one more guest to add to our broadcast! John Doe will be performing Saturday afternoon. Here is our current schedule with the performances times of each artist. I wonder who the last guest to be confirmed will be Thursday afternoon? Anyone want to guess who?

THURSDAY - March 13
11:00am The Raveonettes
12:00pm Jesca Hoop
1:15pm Sons & Daughters
2:30pm DeVotchka
3:30pm Jim Noir
4:30pm Cloud Cult
5:45pm tba

FRIDAY - March 14
11:00am White Williams
11:45am Dizzee Rascal
1:00pm The Duke Spirit
2:15pm She & Him
3:00pm Billy Bragg
4:15pm Darondo & Nino Moschella
5:30pm Carbon Silicon

SATURDAY - March 15
11:00am Lightspeed Champion
11:45am Wye Oak
1:00pm The Heavy
2:15pm Tokyo Police Club
3:30pm Nicole Atkins and The Sea
4:15pm John Doe
5:30pm Blitzen Trapper

Posted by Melanie Walker | February 27, 2008 6:45 PM

I'll peruse the SXSW website and come up with my wish list :)

Aberfeldy
Bo Bice
Jason Collett
The Cowsills
Matthew Good
Jens Lekman
My Morning Jacket
Steve Reich
R.E.M.
Vampire Weekend

I'm more serious about some of these than I am others.

Posted by Mac Wilson | February 28, 2008 3:53 AM

She & Him's only SXSW performance???Wow.....

Posted by Shippy | February 29, 2008 1:11 PM

We have booked our final guest for our SXSW broadcast! The Rascals from the UK will be performing Thursday afternoon. For more info about The Rascals you can go here http://www.therascals.co.uk/ .

Here is our current schedule with the performances times of each artist. Hope some of you guys can make it down there!

THURSDAY - March 13
11:00am The Raveonettes
12:00pm Jesca Hoop
1:15pm Sons & Daughters
2:30pm DeVotchka
3:30pm Jim Noir
4:30pm Cloud Cult
5:45pm The Rascals

FRIDAY - March 14
11:00am White Williams
11:45am Dizzee Rascal
1:00pm The Duke Spirit
2:15pm She & Him
3:00pm Billy Bragg
4:15pm Darondo & Nino Moschella
5:30pm Carbon Silicon

SATURDAY - March 15
11:00am Lightspeed Champion
11:45am Wye Oak
1:00pm The Heavy
2:15pm Tokyo Police Club
3:30pm Nicole Atkins and The Sea
4:15pm John Doe
5:30pm Blitzen Trapper

Posted by Melanie Walker | February 29, 2008 4:53 PM

"She & Him's only SXSW performance???Wow...."

Nope, they're playing the Merge Records showcase and one other show

Posted by solace | March 5, 2008 1:52 AM

She & Him is playing 2 shows in Austin?

One at night that's 21+ and the one at 2:15??

Please someone answer.. hate to miss them just because im 19 :(

Posted by Camila | March 6, 2008 9:40 PM

The times posted on the freeyrmusic site are almost all different from the ones posted here. Does someone know what are the actual performance times?

Posted by heather | March 10, 2008 11:10 AM

Nevermind. I saw that the times on freeyrmusic are the broadcast times.

Posted by heather | March 10, 2008 11:11 AM