Thursday, March 06, 2008

NPR Brings R.E.M., MMJ, YLT, and VW from SXSW to YOU.

NPR Music will be webcasting four complete concert line-ups from South by Southwest next week. The concerts, featuring 20 bands, will be webcast live on npr.org/music and broadcast live on KUT, KEXP, The Current, WFUV, and WXPN. All concerts will be recorded and archived.

Here's the full line-up of NPR shows:

All Times ET/CT and Subject to Change

Wed., March 12 (Live from Stubbs)
9:00/8:00 p.m.:
Johnathan Rice
10:00/9:00 p.m.: Summerbirds in the Cellar
11:00/10:00 p.m.: Papercranes
12:00 a.m./11:00 p.m.:
Dead Confederate
1:00/12:00 a.m.:
R.E.M.

Thurs., March 13 (Live from The Parish)
1:30/12:30 p.m.:
Shout Out Louds
2:15/1:15 p.m.:
Jens Lekman
3:00/2:00 p.m.:
A.A. Bondy
3:30/2:30 p.m.:
Yeasayer
4:15/3:15 p.m.:
Bon Iver
5:00/4:00 p.m.:
Vampire Weekend

Thurs., March 13 (Live from Austin Music Hall)
9:15/8:15 p.m.:
The Whigs
10:30/9:30 p.m.:
Yo La Tengo
12:00 a.m./11:00 p.m.:
My Morning Jacket

Fri., March 14 (Live from Volume)
1:00/12:00 p.m.:
Lightspeed Champion
2:00/1:00 p.m.:
The Weakerthans
3:00/2:00 p.m.:
Kaki King
4:00/3:00 p.m.: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
5:00/4:00 p.m.: Liam Finn
6:00/5:00 p.m.:
The Whigs

Find yourself a sixer of Shiner Bock at a fancy beer store, put on some tight jeans, an ironic t-shirt, some mirrored aviators, and stand in front of the computer with the volume cranked way up. It'll almost be like being there.

AA Bondy - "There's A Reason" mp3

Papercranes - "Treasure" mp3

Yo La Tengo - "Little Eyes" mp3

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