Wednesday, March 17th, 1:00—1:45pm
(Asthmatic Kitty Records)
How many times have you played the festival before?
Well, only last year officially, but I've been down in Austin for the last
three years.
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
Tacos and beer, skipping the end of winter.
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
I saw Sun Araw on a list, I'd like to see what they do live.
How many alcoholic beverages will you consume? How many tacos?
I will consume zero beverages (I'm on the all solids diet).
I will eat eight tacos per day.

Wednesday, March 17th, 2:00—2:45pm
(Unsigned)
How many times have you played the festival before?
Ian and Jamie have both been before but this is going to be
my (Ryan) first time and our first time as a group.
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
Not really sure who all is going to be out there, but we are looking
forward to seeing new amazing bands that we have never heard of
before... isn't that kinda what it's all about?
How many tacos/plates of BBQ will you eat?
As much as humanly possible.

Wednesday, March 17th, 3:00—3:45pm
(Domino)
How many times have you played the festival before?
I've played SXSW twice before, but never with such a sense of
abandonment and never under the guise of 'Villagers.'
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
Are Midlake playing? I'd like to see Midlake finally.
How many hours will you sleep each night?
Eight. Eight of them. Eight hours.

Wednesday, March 17th, 4:00—4:45pm
(Dim Mak)
What's your favorite place in Austin?
I don't know all the names but we had a great time hanging out with the
locals. The guys from the band Oh No Oh My! live in Austin and took
us to a proper Texas BBQ on a commune/ranch in the middle of
nowhere. There was a stage in their backyard. It was so much fun.
How many hours will you sleep each night?
Well last time we were staying with Oh No Oh My! and 20 other people.
So there wasn't much sleeping. But we are a band who likes their sleep,
so we always find a place to lay our head in between soundchecks and
gigs.

Wednesday, March 17th, 5:00—5:45pm
(K Records)
How many times have you played the festival before?
Hello, this will be my third time playing SXSW. I absolutely love
Tex BBQ and this really cool place called Juan and a Million.
They have the best breakfast burritos for like $3.
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
Juan and a Million.
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
The Pains, the Horrors if they play it, She and Him.

Wednesday, March 17th, 6:00—6:45pm
(Stones Throw)
How many times have you played the festival before?
This will be my first time.
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
Good times, hearing great music, and getting 'the SXSW experience'
in my journey thru music.
How many tacos/plates of BBQ will you eat?
Many.

Thursday, March 18th, 12:00—12:45pm
(Carpark)
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
Meeting other musicians.
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
My friends' bands. :)
How many hours will you sleep each night?
Most likely between five and six.
How many tacos/plates of BBQ will you eat?
Enough to hate tacos/plates of BBQ.

Thursday, March 18th, 1:00—1:45pm
(Rough Trade)
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
A lot of our friends will be playing! It will be ever so
exciting to miss everyone's show!!! Hahaha.
What's your favorite place in Austin?
Sandra Bullock's bakery!!
How many tacos/plates of BBQ will you eat?
Hopefully not that many... GAS!!!!

Thursday, March 18th, 2:00—2:45pm
(Drag City)
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
Playing, watching/listening, meeting new folk... and meeting folk I've
already met.
What's your favorite place in Austin?
I'm sorry, I don't have one yet... But it will probably be where I find the
best view of some natural wonder. Or the best tacos.
How many hours will you sleep each night?
Eight hours ideally.

Thursday, March 18th, 3:00—3:45pm
(Brille)
How many times have you played the festival before?
We played seven shows last year!
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
The sun.
What's your favorite place in Austin?
Barton Springs
How many tacos/plates of BBQ will you eat?
Depends on how many veg tacos we run across.

Thursday, March 18th, 4:00—4:45pm
(DFA)
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
Teva sandals. Loose and light pants.
Blouse-y shirts that breathe. Wearing hair in ponytail.
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
Surfer Blood. Beach House. Real Estate. Hot Chip. Kraftwerk.
Broadcast. The Tough Shits. Broken Arrow.
What's your favorite place in Austin?
ESPNzone.

Thursday, March 18th, 5:00—5:45pm
(Unsigned)
How many times have you played the festival before?
This is my first time.
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
My best friend lives in Austin, so it's an excuse to
stay at his place for a bit.
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
I'm not sure who else will be there yet!
How many hours will you sleep each night?
Maybe two or three.

Thursday, March 18th, 6:00—6:30pm
(Mexican Summer)
How many times have you played the festival before?
I've been over a few times with friends' bands during spring break
from college, but this is the first time I'll be performing by myself...
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
I should do more research about who's where at what time... but
definitely Toro Y Moi...and I heard Madlib was going to be around,
so I'd love to meet him...
How many tacos/plates of BBQ will you eat?
I'm a big taco fan...and they're great hangover food...

Friday, March 19th, 12:00—12:45pm
(Woodsist)
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
Warm weather, swimming, Barton Springs.
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
A Classic Education. Wavves.
What's your favorite place in Austin?
Natrix Natrix. Ms. Bea's.
How many tacos/plates of BBQ will you eat?
One to seven. Or infinity maybe.

Friday, March 19th, 1:00—1:45pm
(Morr Music)
How many times have you played the festival before?
We have never played it before.
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
Acid Mothers Temple, not too sure what other bands are playing just
yet... we are still researching it. I'm sure we'll stumble into something.
How many hours will you sleep each night?
That will probably depend on how many free drinks we're able to get hold of.
If CMJ is anything to go by, probably won't get much sleep.

Friday, March 19th, 2:00—2:45pm
(Sub Pop)
How many times have you played the festival before?
I've played it three times with various bands—Witch, King Tuff.
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
I always end up seeing bands by surprise, like last year I saw the Circle
Jerks and one time I saw Janeane Garofalo! Just whatever I happen to
stumble upon, if I try too hard to see all the bands I want to see, I get
stressed, so I just go with the flow.
How many hours will you sleep each night?
As little as possible. Duh.

Friday, March 19th, 3:00—3:45pm
(Sub Pop)
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
Seeing my bandmates and getting to play together (we haven't played
since November 28th), hanging out with my bass player's dogs (she lives
in Austin), giant Whole Foods, shitty energy drinks chased with shitty
beers, seeing Andy Woven Bones!
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
Obviously, my drummer's band, Frankie Rose and the Outs, Woven
Bones, Reading Rainbow...others, I'm sure.

Friday, March 19th, 4:00—4:45pm
(Merge Records)
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
The hotel.
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
GZA, Male Bonding, Shit and Shine, Race Horses, Grant Hart,
Happy Birthday, Anamanaguchi, She and Him, Lou Barlow,
Cheap Trick, Quasi, Grass Widow, The Bitters, Fucked Up.
How many tacos/plates of BBQ will you eat?
None, I only eat lemons for lunch and limes for dinner.

Friday, March 19th, 5:00—5:45pm
(Secretly Canadian)
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
Warmth; those wide streets and sidewalks; ladies.
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
If N/T is playing, then them.
What's your favorite place in Austin?
Barton Springs so far.
How many hours will you sleep each night?
Quick standing naps every few moments.

Saturday, March 20th, 12:00—12:45pm
(Terrible Records)
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
Warm weather and even warmer new friends. Of course, the cheap
bottles of Lone Star are pretty exciting, too.
How many hours will you sleep each night?
Negative three and a half.
How many tacos/plates of BBQ will you eat?
As much as we can squeeze into our lil' tummies.

Saturday, March 20th, 1:00—1:45pm
(Mis Ojos Discos)
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
JJ is at the very top of my list. I really hope I can see them.
Also, I haven't seen The Pains of Being Pure at Heart since a couple
years ago now, before they were superstars. I'd really love to see those
guys again, too.
What's your favorite place in Austin?
Barton Springs. It's probably too cold in March to go here though. :(
How many tacos/plates of BBQ will you eat?
I am veg so probably no BBQ, but hopefully many veg tacos.

Saturday, March 20th, 2:00—2:45pm
(Frenchkiss Records)
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
Spoon (we've been loving the new record), Broken Social Scene (one of
my favorite bands ever, and the only time I saw them the sound was
awful), and Voxhaul Broadcast (good friends from L.A. we haven't seen
in a long time).
What's your favorite place in Austin?
The Central Presbyterian Church, where we had my favorite of nine
gigs at SXSW last year. The natural reverb of the building is amazingly
suited to harmonies, and we had the pleasure of seeing Grizzly
Bear play before us as well.

Saturday, March 20th, 3:00—3:45pm
(Polyvinyl)
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
A lot of our friends in the "music industry" are going to be there—
musicians, label people, writers, our booking agent, our publicist.
It's going to be fun hanging out with them.
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
We're playing roughly one million shows so I don't know how much
time we're going to get to see other bands play. But in a perfect world,
I'd get to see Broken Social Scene, Les Savy Fav, Black Rebel Motor-
cycle Club, Fucked Up, Surfer Blood, Real Estate and Timber Timbre.
Fingers crossed!

Saturday, March 20th, 4:00—4:45pm
(Unsigned)
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
The Walkmen, GZA the Genius, Spoon, and Deerhunter... and
Wavves...! Wait, what year is it?
What's your favorite place in Austin?
The WOXY studios, Coffee Trader, and the Salt Lick.
How many hours will you sleep each night?
Depends how hard and lumpy the mattress is or how sticky the floor is,
or how deep we're slammin' it home.

Saturday, March 20th, 5:00—5:45pm
(Kanine Records)
What are you most looking forward to about the festival?
Having thousands of bands playing within eight blocks of each other.
Crazy day parties. Free shows. Agreeable weather.
What other bands do you want to check out (if you have time!)?
Superchunk, Japandroids, Carsick Cars, Floating Action, Parlovr.
There are still tons of bands left to be announced.
How many hours will you sleep each night?
Two hours a night with periodic naps throughout the day.