This is how I spent SXSW 08. To make the list I had to watch at least 20min. It doesnt inlude the bands that I only saw a couple songs before or after the bands I was planning on seeing.
1. Photo Atlas
2. Explorers Club
3. Brothers and Sisters
4. Mala Rodriguez
5. The United Steel Workers of Montreal
6. Ra Ra Riot
7. Saul Williams
8. The Lemonheads
9. Jonathan Rice
10. Papercranes
11. Dead Confederate
12. R.E.M
13. Noah and The Whale
14. Elf Power
15. Fleet Foxes
16. The Helio Sequence
17. Akron/Famliy
18. Cool Kids
19. The Blow
20. Lil Cap’n Travis
21. Wussy
22. Hong Kong Blood Opera
23. The Weakerthans
24. Dark Meat
25. The Raveonettes
26. Holy Fuck
27. Long Wave
28. Nada Surf
29. The Whigs
30. Health
31. The Cribs
32. Black Keys
33. Sodopp
34. Avengers in Sci-Fi
35. The Whip
36. N.E.R.D.
37. Adept
38. I Love Math
39. Pleasant Grove
40. The Cut*Off
41. tristan perich
42. bitshifter
43. care bears on fire
44. we are standard
45. minipop
46. dr. dog
47. videohippos
48. delta spirit