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SXSW unveils loaded early lineup
By Jim Welte - MP3.com
February 8, 2007 at 12:16:00 PM | more stories by this author

Preliminary roster for music festival includes Lily Allen; Bloc Party; The Good, The Bad & The Queen; the Stooges; Galactic; Kings of Leon; Mastodon; Ozomatli; and the Polyphonic Spree.

The music lover's paradise that is the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) festival unveiled its early list of bands today, with more than 1,000 bands from all over the world set to perform.

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The roster for the March 14 to 18 event includes a host of veteran acts, including the reunited Stooges, who are set to release The Weirdness, their first new studio album in more than 30 years, on March 20.

Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore will also be in the mix, as will Primus bassist Les Claypool. As previously reported, The Who guitarist Pete Townshend is set to speak and perform at the event.

Other veteran acts include Austin-based acts Spoon and Meat Puppets, Scottish rockers Mogwai, singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, Canadian quintet The Tragically Hip, New Orleans jazz-funk band Galactic, LA Latin funk group Ozomatli, and former Luscious Jackson singer Jill Cunniff. Mastodon will be in Austin to represent the metal set.

But SXSW has always been about new and emerging music, and this year is no different.

Blur frontman and Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn will be in Austin to unveil his latest project--The Good, The Bad & The Queen--which includes former Clash bassist Paul Simonon, the Verve guitarist Simon Tong, and legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen.

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British breakout artist Lily Allen is set to perform, as is fellow UK singer Amy Winehouse, British singer-songwriters Badly Drawn Boy, Paolo Nutini, James Morrison, and Alexi Murdoch, as well as UK postpunk group Bloc Party, which on Tuesday released its second album, A Weekend in the City.

Other American bands include the Bravery and Kings of Leon, both of whom are set to release new albums this year, as well as Apples in Stereo, the Polyphonic Spree, Birdmonster, the Mountain Goats, the Black Lips, Deerhunter, and the Bird and the Bee.

On the international front, set to perform are Israeli rockers Balkan Beat Box, German electro rapper Peaches, Brazilian band Bonde do Role, and Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela.

Aesop Rock, K'Naan, and Houston-based Chingo Bling were the lone hip-hop representatives in the preliminary list.

Hit the SXSW Web site for a full list of bands, and stay tuned here for updates.

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