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Guess that makes all those other announcements pre-preliminary, eh? But holy smokes people, here we go: South by Southwest, that Austin orgy of film, music, panels, and general mayhem, has announced the "preliminary lineup" for the music portion of its 2007 SXSW bash. And by preliminary lineup, they mean enough bands to make your eyes bleed and your brain turn to stew.

As you well know, the music showcases go down March 14-18 at pretty much every venue, bar, high school gymnasium, parking lot, patio, racquetball court, bingo hall, and crawlspace in Texas' capitol city.

Apart from the mess of previously mentioned folks, some more acts we're especially excited about: Aesop Rock, Annuals, Architecture in Helsinki, Apostle of Hustle, Arbouretum, Asobi Seksu, Au Revoir Simone, Andrew Bird, Bonde do Role, Vashti Bunyan, Busdriver, Cage, Diplo, El-P, the Faint, Flosstradamus, Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton, Hella, Daniel Johnston, Junior Boys, Amy Millan, Mogwai, Okkervil River, Peaches, Sage Francis, Spoon, and the Walkmen.

Not too many eyebrow-raisers yet, but we do have the reunited Meat Puppets and legendary country singer Charlie Louvin to look forward to.

Also of note (pull up a chair, whydoncha?): Keren Ann, An Albatross, the Ark, Bat for Lashes, the Besnard Lakes, Jello Biafra, the Bird and the Bee, Bishop Allen, the Black Angels, Black Lips, BOAT, Boom Bip, the Broken West, Ane Brun, Buck 65, Burning Star Core, Cadence Weapon, Calla, Call Me Lightning, Catfish Haven, Castanets, Charalambides, Chin Up Chin Up, Clem Snide, Cloud Cult, Cracker, Jill Cunniff (of Luscious Jackson), Cyann & Ben, Daedelus, Dan Deacon, Rob Crow, Daughters, Daylight's for the Birds, the Dears, Devin the Dude, the Diableros, Dirty on Purpose, Dirty Projectors, Dosh, Earl Greyhound, Earlimart, Erase Errata, Evangelicals, Field Music, the Frames, the Fratellis, the Gossip, Albert Hammond Jr., Micah P. Hinson, Robyn Hitchcock--

*deep breath*

--okay, continuing: Holy Fuck, the Horrors, I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness, Jana Hunter, Frida Hyvönen, Indian Jewelry, Imperial Teen, Georgie James (ex-Q and Not U), Jel, Junior Senior, Kaki King, Kid Sister, the Ladybug Transistor, the Little Ones, Loney, Dear, the Long Winters, Macromantics, Magik Markers, Malajube, the Manhattan Love Suicides, Marit Larsen, Willy Mason, Masta Killa, Matt & Kim, Midlake, Mika Miko, the Mooney Suzuki, the M's, MSTRKRFT, My Brightest Diamond, Marissa Nadler, Nina Nastasia & Jim White, New Violators, Nomo, Oh No! Oh My!, Oxford Collapse, the Pack, Page France, Panthers, Peter and the Wolf, Ariel Pink, Plan B (UK), +/-, Ponytail, Pony Up, the Postmarks, Rafter, Razorlight, Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals), Pete Rock, Rock Plaza Central, the Rosebuds, the Rumble Strips, Satellite Party, Saturday Looks Good to Me, Shapes and Sizes, Shearwater, Six Parts Seven, Sloan, Snowden, Sole, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Richard Swift, Talkdemonic, These Arms Are Snakes, 31Knots, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Tilly and the Wall, Times New Viking, Mary Timony, Tokyo Police Club, Tullycraft, Tunng, the Twilight Sad, Under Byen, Chad VanGaalen, the View, WinterKids, Working for a Nuclear Free City, and the Young Knives.

Oh, right, and also: the Bravery, Birdmonster, Chromeo, Cold War Kids, Sound Team, the Presets, and, wait for it...Taylor Hicks.

Check out the complete preliminary lineup here, bearing in mind this is all void where prohibited and subject to change and whatnot. And stay tuned: a night-by-night schedule with set times and venues should crop up in the near future.

Add to all this, of course, the film festival taking place during the days leading up to the music showcases. SXSW has announced the complete schedule, which includes screenings of over 100 motion pictures. Music-related potential highlights include the previously mentioned Scott Walker documentary 30 Century Man and Jandek flick, a Silver Jews doc (details forthcoming!), and films about James Blunt's former life as a soldier, the last days of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, a rap producer overcoming a crack addiction (featuring Method Man and Akon), "America's first all-female mariachi band," and "the raunchiest country music singer in America." Details here.