The 2009 SXSW Music Festival, going down March 18-22 in Austin, Texas announced its first round of bands last week, and now they've expanded that lineup to the point where it now takes like half an hour just to read the names of all the bands participating. Some observations based on that expanded list:1) Still only two "crystal" bands. However, we're looking at a grand total of nine "black" bands! 10 if you include BLK JKS! So it turns out black, not crystal, is the new wolf. Adjust y...
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