That’s right. SXSW music starts this week and The Album Project will be there. I’m still unsure about what kinds of things I’ll post, but if there are any bands or events I just can’t miss please leave though suggestions in the comments.

The Album Project has suggested a panel for SXSW 2010 and we’d love it if you voted for it. The panel would cover the same idea I’ve been trying to hammer home through the different articles about digital distribution. The idea that labels and/or bands should be embracing the digital format by releasing albums as soon as they are finished with them.

You can see our panel suggestion here, as well as vote there for it.

Any help, either voting for or spreading the word, would be huge. Thanks so much.

SXSW

The SXSW Music and Media Conference showcases hundreds of musical acts from around the globe on over eighty stages in downtown Austin. By day, conference registrants do business in the SXSW Trade Show in the Austin Convention Center and partake of a full agenda of informative, provocative panel discussions featuring hundreds of speakers of international stature.

More bands added. Anyone Going?

Ra Ra Riot (Syracuse, NY)
Gabriella Cilmi (AUSTRALIA)
Ximena Sariñara (Mexico City, MEXICO)
Primal Scream (Glasgow SCOTLAND/UK)
Friendly Fires (St Albans, ENGLAND/UK)
B.o.B (Atlanta, GA)
Sage Francis (Providence, RI)
Buraka Som Sistema (Lisbon, PORTUGAL)
Arc Angels (Austin, TX)
Courteeners (Manchester, England/UK)
Raul Malo (Nashville, TN)
8Ball & MJG (Memphis, TN)
Reflection Eternal (New York, NY/Cincinnati, OH)
Wale (Washington, DC)
Pete & the Pirates (Reading, ENGLAND/UK)
Ben Harper and Relentless7 (Los Angeles, CA)

Check out the band list again on the SXSW site as they have no added about 3.5GB worth music downloads from artists appearing at the festival.

Artists with the little cassette next to their name have music for download and streaming. Enjoy.

The annual SXSW music fest has announced the bands that will be appearing this year. This list is huge so below is some of the ones our readers may find interesting.

All Time Low
The Audition
Augustana
Between the Buried and Me
The Cab
Cruiserweight
Edison Glass
House of Fools
The Hush Sound
Kaddisfly
Jet Lag Gemini
Nada Surf
The New Frontiers
and so many more…

I got tired of looking because there is literally hundreds of bands. Let us know in the comments if you’re going, if you have been and if there is any businesses or labels that would like to send me, you can contact me.