Though I'm not one for festivals and probably won't ever attend a SXSW event, I do awe at the lineup of bands that come together for this mega commercial-festival. Which makes a catch 22 for me and why I tend to shy away from festivals...I don't want to see more than 3 bands play 1-hr. sets in a night. 4 at the most. Plus, invariably there will be many bands I like that I won't get to see because other favorites are up at the same time. And for SXSW, you can multiply that by 10. Curiosa, the small festival The Cure put on a few years ago, was perfect - it had only 2 stages and one was simply an hour of the Rapture, an hour of interpol, and 2 glorious hrs. of The Cure. Anyway enough about me.
Odds are if you're in Austin this March, you can throw a stone and hit hit your favorite band, your 2nd favorite, and so on...there are over 1500 bands performing. Brooklyn, itself, will probably charter a few jets for their 90+ bands, 89 of which most likely aren't originally from NY.
SXSW lineup
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