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Presented by: XXL Texas Freshmen
The Cowboys, the Grassy Knoll, J.R. Ewing, the Stanky Leg… Dallas, Texas, is known for lots of things. Progressive, forward-thinking hip-hop has, until now, not been one of them. That’s all starting to change, thanks...
Dallas TX
After twelve years of making music on the road and at home, local darlings Cruiserweight disbanded in 2010. Siblings Stella and Urny Maxwell took a brief pause from the spotlight and international touring and then jumped...
Austin TX
Presented by: Nerdcore
Adam WarRock has taken his lifelong obsession with hip hop and comic books and created an Internet sensation. Whether he was being personally cited by Nathan Fillion for his Firefly-inspired Browncoats Mixtape, or openin...
Memphis TN
Presented by: Planet Quebec Opening Party
Ain't No Love, a promising new Canadian group, is made up of two unique MCs (1990 & Beanz), one innovative producer (Love Thy Brother), and an eclectic singer (Saidah Conrad). Hailing from Toronto & Montreal, they have c...
Montreal QC CANADA
For four days, all three conferences converge at the SXSW Trade Show. This is the center of commerce at SXSW. Attendees can network and discover the technology and new developments that will propel their business. For t...
Presented by: SXSW Music: FREE Opening Night Party!
The Ortiz brother's Amplified Heat is a Rock and Roll power trio from Hell by way of Austin, Texas. Like their hot sauce, Amplified Heat is not for the faint of heart. They like it loud, fast and raw... no bullshit, just...
Austin TX
Mysterious Brooklyn-imprint Sacred Bones Records presents an evening of original and curated programming for a special SXSW film & music crossover event featuring music videos, short films, works in progress, and live mu...
Mysterious Brooklyn-imprint Sacred Bones Records presents an evening of original and curated programming for a special SXSW film & music crossover event featuring music videos, short films, works in progress, and live mu...
Mysterious Brooklyn-imprint Sacred Bones Records presents an evening of original and curated programming for a special SXSW film & music crossover event featuring music videos, short films, works in progress, and live mu...
Mysterious Brooklyn-imprint Sacred Bones Records presents an evening of original and curated programming for a special SXSW film & music crossover event featuring music videos, short films, works in progress, and live mu...
Mysterious Brooklyn-imprint Sacred Bones Records presents an evening of original and curated programming for a special SXSW film & music crossover event featuring music videos, short films, works in progress, and live mu...
Presented by: Campfire Trails
The Apache Relay was formed by chance in a Nashville college dorm when Michael Ford Jr. (vocals, bass) met Mike Harris (guitar, vocals). Ford Jr. happened to be looking for some musicians to help perform his own music li...
Nashville TN
Presented by: Planet Quebec Opening Party
Ariane Moffatt is an adventurer. The Montreal singer-songwriter’s illustrious career is marked by curiosity ¬– sonic, musical and emotional – and it’s contagious. She has built a devoted following in Quebec over...
Montreal QC CANADA
Presented by: Yours Truly
Bay Area funk sorcerer B. Bravo has assembled a crew of intergalactic badmen to form The Starship Connection - a synthesizer funk / future bass quartet co-piloted by producer and synth wizard Teeko (synths &talkbox), fea...
San Francisco CA
Bandpage HQ at 604-606 E 7th St offers high speed internet, free massages, and meetup/presentation opportunities during the day, then transforms into SXSW's ultimate party each night featuring future - tech multimedia in...
Presented by: Heard Entertainment/RootMusic
Beach Fossils is a Brooklyn-based group, formed in early 2009 by Dustin Payseur. After signing to Captured Tracks and quickly pulling together a live band, they took off playing countless shows across the U.S. gathering ...
Brooklyn NY
Presented by: Pitchfork
Most people assume that when a band makes it—that is, reaches a critical mass of listeners, where shows across the country get packed, where the big festivals come calling, where placement on year-end lists seems preem...
Brooklyn NY
Bee vs. Moth is an instrumental jazz/rock band from Austin, TX. The band’s eclectic sound has been described as a mix between Ornette Coleman and Television. Bee vs. Moth has been featured on NPR's "All Songs Conside...
Austin TX
Based in the bustling music town of Athens, GA, Betsy Kingston & the Crowns is Betsy Kingston, Joseph Dinnan, Bill, Baker, Rackley Davis, and a rotating cast of regional talent. Kingston’s vocal styling is reminisce...
Athens GA
Better than years of therapy. More effective than expensive prescription medication. It's the band all the critics are calling a quartet.......
Austin TX
BITCHES are a noise pop duo from London. Blake plays on the bass guitar and shouts and Staz hits drums and screams. Their sound is a thrilling hybrid of fuzzed up, noisy punk combined with a playful, melodic pop sensibil...
London UK-ENGLAND
Presented by: Frenchie Smith Records
Black Bone Child started in 2008 as a musical collaboration between Donny James and Kenneth M. Patterson. Through a shared love of delta style blues and modern rock, the two wrote their self-titled debut over email, even...
Austin TX
Black Books is a 5-piece band from Austin, TX playing a moody mix of dream pop and southern rock. Friends since forever, Black Books since 2010. Look for their first album this Spring.......
Austin TX
The music of Bloody Beach is a conglomerate of musical styles from around the world, but always with a firm foothold in energetic indie rock. Everyone from Turkish DJs to Scandinavian indie kids has been blown away by th...
Bergen NORWAY
Presented by: SXSW Music: FREE Opening Night Party!
"Austin's Bodytronix (Eric Archer and Erich Ragsdale) have been hard at work for awhile without anyone outside of their fair city really knowing what these dudes were up to. Well, if their live mix "Night of the Arawans"...
Austin TX
Presented by: Frenchie Smith Records
The Boxing Lesson is a group of psychedelic progressive rock musicians based in Austin, TX. Currently a power trio with synthesizers performing the bass player's role, they create a layered sound that usually starts mini...
Austin TX
Presented by: Nerdcore
Brandon Patton aka BL4k Lotus is a songwriter from New Haven, CT who has also toured as a bassist for MC Frontalot, Jonathan Coulton, and Futureboy. His solo albums are known for their extreme ecclecticism, each one inha...
New Haven CT
Brian Pounds' voice is the perfect aphrodisiac. It is effortlessly smooth, endearingly honest, and layered with a bite of soul that leaves you breathless. His ability to vividly shape words, and the intensity of his voic...
Austin TX
Bruce Hughes and the All Nude Army (BHANA) is fronted by life-long Austin musician Bruce Hughes (The Resentments, Jason Mraz, Bob Schneider, The Scabs, Ugly Americans, Cracker, Poi dog Pondering) who gathered some of his...
Austin TX
Presented by: Daniel Johnston "Space Ducks" Launch Party
Built To Spill are still a band......
Boise ID
Chance Morgan and Matt Mooty are Burning Hotels. Their 2011 self-titled album recorded in Fort Worth, TX at Spaceway Studios, and mixed at Blackwatch Studios in Norman, OK, shines through with a Texas flare that fuses ne...
Fort Worth TX
Calhoun’s music has been described as catchy, irresistible, gorgeous, melodic, sorta poppy, sorta rootsy, sorta rockin’, and, in general, really splendid music. You can call it what you will, but lead singer Tim L...
Fort Worth TX
Presented by: ONErpm
CANDY is an independent Mexican Post-punk New-wave band that was formed in 2005. They are 3 multi-national musicians that were born and raised in various parts of the planet, before meeting in Mexico where they have know...
Mexico City MEXICO
L.A.’s Capital Cities arrive with a little sonic head rush called ‘Safe and Sound’, an easy, breezy, beautiful slice of effervescent electro-pop that even comes complete with a massive ‘trumpets-in-da-club’ bit...
Los Angeles CA
Presented by: Campfire Trails
Caveman was born in New York in January of 2010, when a group of friends decided it was time to put aside their boyhood ways and start being men. The sound they crafted in that large, dark room is equal parts chamber pop...
New York NY
Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY Having risen to fame with chart successes such as ‘Let The Bass Kick’ and ‘Aftershock,’ Chuckie’s career has continued to develop thus turning him into a global phenomenon who never fails to...
Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS
Presented by: Yours Truly
The 22-year-old Cities Aviv — aka Gavin Mays — might be the most original and is certainly one of the most significant musicians to emerge on the Memphis music scene in the past year. The Memphis native and Overto...
Memphis TN
Entrepreneurs, inventors, investors, and technology enthusiasts are invited to come meet at the Meet Up Pavilion in the SXSW Trade Show Tuesday, March 13 from 1200pm-1:00pm. Come discuss clean technology in a casual sett...
Presented by: City of Austin (Free Show!)
Eric Mikulak, also known as Click-Clack, is a 21 year old self produced hip-hop and r&b vocalist. Growing up in Austin, Texas, Eric was exposed to and submerged in all different styles of music from an early age. As year...
Austin TX
Presented by: Planet Quebec Opening Party
ABOUT THE BAND: A taste of rock n’ roll Dance Laury Dance was born in 2007 from the combined talents of Lap (drums), Max Lemire (vocals), Blake (guitar), Harry (bass) and Dagger Pat (guitar). Right from their very ...
Quebec City QC CANADA
Presented by: Daniel Johnston "Space Ducks" Launch Party
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Waller TX
Presented by: theconneXtion
Dash Rip Rock is the legendary New Orleans-based rock band known for their unique roots music. SPIN says Dash Rip Rock is "undeniably the South's greatest rock band." The New York Times calls Dash Rip Rock "the kind of ...
New Orleans LA
Presented by: SXSW Music: FREE Opening Night Party!
Musician, sign-painter, puppeteer, and actor David Liebe Hart has been a cult personality since 1988, when he first began producing The Junior Christian Science Bible Lesson Program on public access cable. After a stint...
Los Angeles CA
Presented by: Frenchie Smith Records
Louisiana’s own dark star and Orpheus of the underground, Dax Riggs – the fool in your tarot deck – trippin’ over his own tombstone, reaching into the atmosphere and pulling spirits from the air. An alchemy of ...
Austin TX
Presented by: SXSW Music: FREE Opening Night Party!
Dead Sands is a Brooklyn based band comprised of Daniel Wood (ex. ...Trail of Dead), Miyuki Furtado (ex. Rogers Sisters) and Jessie Nelson (ex. Head Automatica). Dead Sands pays homage to the Psychedelic rock of the late...
Brooklyn NY
Presented by: Yours Truly
"Once in a while an artist comes along and shows so much heart, versatility and just genuine talent, that they're impossible to ignore. Therefore it's been no surprise to see Deniro Farrar flooding the pages of the inter...
Charlotte NC
Presented by: KVRX
Austin based garage punk band that are Austin based and play garage punk in Austin......
Austin TX
Presented by: Daniel Johnston "Space Ducks" Launch Party
With Whistle Tips, Brooklyn, NY quartet Dinosaur Feathers flee from the tropics of their debut, 2009’s Fantasy Memorial, and push themselves into hitherto unexplored and ultimately rewarding new territories. Once tethe...
Brooklyn NY
Presented by: XXL Freshmen Issue
Rapid Ric “The Mechanic”, mans the pipeline of the Lone Star State's top talent, furthering the self-made legacy of Houston’s DJ Screw, Swishahouseʼs Michael Watts, Chamillitary (mentioned in the in 2007 as the 10...
Del Rio TX
DMX is hosting its SXSW Party for the 2nd consecutive year with this year’s event featuring Pandora for Business. The Neoclassic Soul themed event presents live performances including one by The Stepkids (American psyc...
Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon
Doctor P aka Shaun Brockhurst spent many of his teen years jamming with friends, drumming and playing guitar. The acquisition of a Yamaha keyboard and hours spent on Playstation's Music 2000 fueled his interest in the wo...
Northampton UK-ENGLAND
Presented by: Yours Truly
"When I begin to explore and to build a song through a series of pedals, I begin with the tuner. It helps keep my guitar's pitch consistent. An octave pedal and the distortion pedals allows me to change the textures and ...
Brooklyn NY
Presented by: Planet Quebec Opening Party
The three of Each Other are Haligonians living in Montreal, Quebec. They've arrived together through a series of broken bands (Long Long Long, York Redoubt, Play Guitar) and at last have a common and resolute goal to le...
Montreal QC CANADA
Presented by: City of Austin (Free Show!)
Simple, El Tule is for those who love to dance, feel good and enjoy the positive expression of music. For eight years El Tule (el TOO-lay) has been honing its unique sound combining influences of Cumbia, Merengue, Sal...
Cedar Park TX
Like this Austin, TX-based band’s name, which brings to mind similar clashing concepts like Clockwork Orange or Artificial Intelligence, Electric Touch combines opposing forces into one giant, rock and roll whole. F...
Austin TX
Presented by: Yours Truly
Developing their own sound and twist on modern hip hop, psychedelic and soul Electric Wire Hustle’s unique sound challenges genre boundaries and preconceptions.The music of New Zealand’s EWH reaches forward while re...
Wellington NEW ZEALAND
EMMA HEARTBEAT -two drummers and a female vocalist- first stepped on stage 2008 and they never came down until now! Their music is an energetic mixture of English rap, that intensely flirt with female bass music. Afte...
Essen GERMANY
Presented by: Heard Entertainment/RootMusic
The Envy Corps’ indie quasi-anthems, filled with galvanizing arrangements and elasticized melodies have garnered the Des Moines band the affection of the attentive Midwest and fans internationally. Fans have been an...
Des Moines IA
Presented by: Heard Entertainment/RootMusic
An artist with intense drive and determination, Erin Barra is a young, emotive singer-songwriter and performer whose talent belies maturity far beyond her years. Brilliantly blurring pop, soul, funk, electronic, rock ...
Brooklyn NY
Presented by: Xtra Mile/AiM
The box? fiN think way outside it. In times of warfare and recession they sing of celebrating life, remembering the good times, appreciating what you have and not letting the detritus of modern life drag you down. In a...
London UK-ENGLAND
Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon
It's hard sometimes to grasp how quickly Josh Steele – Flux Pavilion – has risen to the position he's now in. Only three years ago, in the autumn of 2008, he heard dubstep played for the very first time at a freshers...
London UK-ENGLAND
"Follow That Bird is a three piece band fronted by the expansive vocals and guitar playing of Lauren Green. Green brings a wave of guitar playing to the fold that shifts between relentless and just plain beautiful. The d...
Austin TX
the Austin based band Frank Smith is prepping the release of their 3rd full length (Big Strike in Silver City, Nineteen) since relocating to Austin a few years back, and the band wanted to reach out to a handful of folks...
Austin TX
Presented by: Xtra Mile/AiM
BIOGRAPHY 2012 On Friday the 13th April 2012, Frank Turner will take to the stage at Wembley’s vast Arena venue for the largest headline show of his life. This career defining show will take place less than two ...
Winchester UK-ENGLAND
FREDDIE STEADY KRC BIOGRAPHY Austin Music Awards Hall-of-Famer Freddie Steady Krc comes by his name honestly. This singer / songwriter / guitarist / drummer / renaissance Texan has plied his musical wares around the wor...
Austin TX
Presented by: KVRX
The Frontier Brothers are either making Austin art rock in Brooklyn or Williamsburg indie in Texas; We're not really sure. Their untitled collection of imagination after-party anthems will be released in Summer 2012. Unt...
Austin TX
Presented by: XXL Freshmen Issue
The man born Navyvadius Cash is ready to dominate the charts as the 25 year-old Atlanta native’s classic mixtapes have put the streets and clubs in his clutches with his first single “Tony Montana.” “I’m ju...
Atlanta GA
Presented by: Xtra Mile/AiM
Future Of The Left’s upcoming album, The Plot Against Common Sense, will be the group’s third full-length release. Teased with the Polymers Are Forever EP released in late 2011, this album will expand on the band’s...
Cardiff UK-WALES
Presented by: Yours Truly
Huntsville, Alabama's G-Side are ushering in a new era of Southern rap. Two of the hardest-grinding MCs in the business, ST 2 Lettaz and Yung Clova witnessed immense struggle firsthand and have worked ceaselessly to carv...
Huntsville AL
Gemini Club, consisting of Dan Brunelle, Tom Gavin and Gordon Bramli, is a three-piece indie-electronic dance band hailing from Chicago, Illinois. Their unique live shows have been tearing up the scene for the last two ...
Chicago IL
Presented by: SXSW Music: FREE Opening Night Party!
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Austin TX
Guitar driven, pop-infused rock, inspired by the songs of the 1960s, this Austin-based foursome puts a modern twist on a classic sound. You'll find yourself singing along after the first listen, as each song strikes the...
Austin TX
Presented by: Planet Quebec Opening Party
“(…) while the biggest buzz around the festival was for Montreal trio Half Moon Run.” Mark Monahan, Director of the Ottawa Bluesfest, interviewed by the Ottawa Sun "Their minimal but textured rock had real dy...
Montreal QC CANADA
Presented by: Heard Entertainment/RootMusic
Brimming with confidence and creativity, Arrow sees Heartless Bastards pushing their distinctive sound forward with their most eclectic, energetic collection thus far. The album – the Austin, Texas-based band’s firs...
Cincinnati OH
The son of Cuban refugees who met in Texas, Ward's sixteen years of experience in the Austin music scene, including his previous band Sigmund Fraud, are obvious in the band's high energy, dance-floor filling shows. The m...
Austin TX
“Whenever Boston’s delinquent nephew Worcester comes up in conversation, we can’t help but form the mental image of some sort of devastated city-scape straight out of an arcade beat-em-up, ala Final Fight or Street...
Boston MA
Presented by: XXL Freshmen Issue
Hopsin has been described as the new face of West Coast hip hop, known for shocking lyrics that challenge both mainstream rap ideals and those that hype them. His debut album Gazing at the Moonlight was released in 2009 ...
Los Angeles CA
Presented by: Heard Entertainment/RootMusic
“With the band’s catchy, emotive sound — equal parts dusty alt-country and lovelorn late ’90s alt-rock — we’re surprised debut EP track ‘Let Back’ isn’t as big a hit as ‘Pumped Up Kicks’.” –L.A....
Los Angeles CA
Ian Moore is a singer/guitarist/songwriter who has released 10 full length records. He has opened for the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul Weller, and countless others. He has appeared in films such as Billy Bob Thorton's...
Austin TX
Presented by: ONErpm
Il abanico is an Indie/Experimental band created in 2010 by Nicolás Losada (guitar) and Juliana Ronderos (Voice). They expose their personalities with innovative melodies, an upbeat rhythm section and unorthodox guitars...
Bogota COLOMBIA
Presented by: Conflict Of Interest
Incan Abraham was founded in a garage in Rhinebeck, New York, in June 2009. In the fall of that year, the band relocated to Los Angeles, the hometown of three of its members, and Teddy, the only New Yorker, moved out Wes...
Los Angeles CA
Ishi formed in Dallas, Tx as a duo with JT Mudd & Brad Dale at the end of 2006. Their sound derived from their vision to unify the instrumentation of Folk music with the endless soundscapes of electronic production. They...
Dallas TX
It’s rare for a young musician to earn comparisons to the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis. It’s even harder to find an artist who has entirely redefined an instrument by his early thirties. But Jake Shimabukuro...
Honolulu HI
It will not be long before audiences everywhere will be captivated by the distinctive, yet classic sound of Jane Ellen Bryant. Her music reflects the unique feel of her hometown, Austin, TX, but exhibits a delicate twist...
Austin TX
Presented by: SXSW Music: FREE Opening Night Party!
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Austin TX
Presented by: Nerdcore
Growing up in Nova Scotia loving rap above all, Jesse began with lighter fare in 1989, embraced hardcore in the early 90s, and found his calling in the independent rap revolution at century’s end. All the while, he wa...
Halifax NS CANADA
Presented by: Xtra Mile/AiM
Tipped by the NME as one of the 100 bands to check out in 2012 and recently signed to Xtra Mile Recordings (Against Me!, Frank Turner) Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun make their maiden voyage to the States for SXSW 2012. ...
Cheltenham UK-ENGLAND
This songwriter can sing like an angel and write convincingly of God, honesty, love and all the good things in life. Her childlike acceptance and faith in people is obvious in her musical language and, as a muralist, her...
Austin TX
In the late summer 1979, Joe "King" Carrasco formed a stripped-down four-piece combo to replace his Chicano big band, El Molino. Dubbed the Crowns, organist/accordionist Kris Cummings, bassist Brad Kizer, and drummer Mig...
Austin TX
Presented by: No More Fake Labels
Jon Lindsay has been on a pretty incredible tear since emerging on the national indie rock scene in 2010. After going solo in 2009 from prominent roles in several well known bands (most notably Benji Hughes and The Young...
Charlotte NC
Presented by: Stones Throw
"When I think of how to write about Jonti's music, I don't feel like writing at all. I feel like drawing a picture, with watercolors and maybe crayon - colorful, abstract, youthfully curious and open to interpretation. M...
Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA
Presented by: Heard Entertainment/RootMusic
“Though the sound is bigger than a folk record, the dark lyrics are wrapped in familiar Americana. The instrumentation is meticulous—nothing sounds out-of-place, especially the aching pedal steel, which is used with ...
American Fork UT
Presented by: Daniel Johnston "Space Ducks" Launch Party
Kimya Dawson is a Grammy winning, platinum selling singer songwriter most widely known for her work on the JUNO soundtrack and her former band, The Moldy Peaches. She has released 6 solo albums, including a children's...
Olympia WA
King Stork was started by four guys with long backgrounds in music, as an excuse to drink beer and blow off steam playing Strokes and Ventures covers after work. By the beginning of 2011, the band was working on new mate...
New York NY
Like all families, Kopecky Family Band beats with the same heart and writes in the same blood. ‘The Family’ began creating music together in Nashville, Tennessee in the Fall of 2007. What began as late night talks ab...
Nashville TN
Presented by: XXL Texas Freshmen
Kydd hails from Austin, TX. Kydd is a 3 time sxsw performing artist, he has been on tour with The Cool Kids, Chip The Ripper, Pac Div, The Smokers Club 2010, Sneaker Pimps 2010, LRG's Homegrown Tour 2010, and was on the ...
Austin TX
Las Guitarras de España is a Chicago based world music ensemble with a Spanish guitar foundation. Members of the ensemble have visited over 30 countries to gather materials and collaborate with artists from such places ...
Chicago IL
" A little Sensation" `(Groove Mag) "Brilliantly Composed" (Financial Times) , "A soothing Mix of Pop Massage and Synth Soul Meditation" (Rolling Stone) Released in 2011 worldwide via Copenhagen based Fake Diamond R...
Copenhagen DENMARK
Austin/Brooklyn-ite, Leslie Sisson, is the female vocalist and guitarist in The Wooden Birds while also moonlighting in Matt Pond PA. Her past includes time in Western Keys, Black Lipstick, The Killing Fields, Pavo, Tanw...
Austin TX
Presented by: City of Austin (Free Show!)
• When you think “singer songwriter,” fierce is not a word that often comes to mind. But there is something slightly fierce about the opening seconds of Lex Land’s new album “Were My Sweetheart To Go”. It’s...
Austin TX
Presented by: theconneXtion
Old friend, ‘tis been nigh on to ten or eleven years since Austin¹s Li¹l Cap¹n Travis shoved its splintered craft off on a treacherous audio odyssey of country-style portions. 2012 finds LCT once again hunkered dow...
Austin TX
Presented by: Pitchfork
The debut full-length album by LIGHT ASYLUM has been a long time coming, but not without rabid anticipation. As their self-released In Tension EP circulated and resonated with new leagues of listeners worldwide, the repu...
Brooklyn NY
Presented by: All Night Party
2011 and 2010 have already been momentous years for The Lions Rampant, after an European/American tour; the release of three 45's, a full length, and three music videos; they've just announced the addition of lead Soleda...
Cincinnati OH
Presented by: Conflict Of Interest
As a weather pattern forms its shape and sound out of the unknown and invisible into something tangible and rare, so does the dirty blues force “little hurricane”. This storm began when CC hung up her chef knives for...
San Diego CA
Presented by: KVRX
Little Lo is an independent folk-rock sextet hailing from Austin, Texas. Their songs can best be described as swells; ranging from hushed whispering and strumming to anthemic shouts and trills (and back again) in the cou...
Austin TX
Presented by: KVRX
Love Inks is a minimalist pop band from Texas. Their sound is imbued with raw emotion, sexuality, and splashes of electronic colour. Focus is placed primarily on the voice, which is direct and honest.......
Austin TX
About Us Early collaborators Marques Nash (Vocals, Piano and Shago Elizondo (Guitar and Backing Vocals) and Andy Morimoto (Bass) formed the original foundation in December, 2006….it wasn’t until the addition of Je...
Charlotte NC
Presented by: City of Austin (Free Show!)
MARMALAKES is a three-piece folk-pop outfit comprised of Austin natives. Dynamic and concise, their lyric-attentive songs are laced with harmonies, enthusiasm and rock-out moments. Together now for 4 years, they've self-...
Austin TX
Presented by: No More Fake Labels
Michigander Martin Brummeler moved to Athens, GA in 2000 and began writing music under the moniker Mass Solo Revolt. His previous bands Data Cadet, and Propeller had released records in the late '90s on Fred Thomas'(Satu...
East Tawas MI
Presented by: Pitchfork
Depending on whom you ask, Matthew Dear is a DJ, a dance-music producer, an experimental pop artist, a bandleader. He co-founded both Ghostly International and its dancefloor offshoot, Spectral Sound. He’s had remixes ...
Brooklyn NY
Presented by: Nerdcore
MC Frontalot is the progenitor of nerdcore hip-hop and still its final boss. His fifth album, Solved, was released in August 2011. He stars in the feature documentary Nerdcore Rising, which debuted at SXSW Film in 2008.....
Brooklyn NY
Presented by: Stones Throw
The west coast MC called Medaphoar is known lately by the first three letters of his name: M to the E to the D. Three short letters for a long-awaited, full-length album which arrived at long last in 2005. Why the hol...
Oxnard CA
Singer-songwriter Mike Rocket will be making his SXSW debut this year, performing the first set of the entire music festival! Rocket has been consistently rocking the New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia areas for ove...
Philadelphia PA
Presented by: Conflict Of Interest
Hmm, where should we start here? The part where Miniature Tigers stay up all night with Neon Indian, fine-tuning the laser-like synths of their new single, “Gold Skull?” Yeah, that sounds about right. “I won...
Brooklyn NY
Presented by: Heard Entertainment/RootMusic
Mister Loveless are a 4-piece rock band founded in 2003 by high school friends, Rob Miller and Charlie Koliha in a sleepy suburb of San Francisco called, Walnut Creek. Loveless (as those familiar with the band refer to t...
Oakland CA
There’s an app for that. And you are the developers. iPhone, Android, and Blackberry developers can come meet up to share ideas, stories, bugs, and frustrations. Publishers and brands are invited to meet developers tha...
Presented by: Planet Quebec Opening Party
A child of hip-hop and a student of contemporary electronic music, Monolithium’s sound is the axiom where funk, techno and grime coalesce into concise, focused dancefloor pressure. His debut EP, Simon & G-Funk (via Err...
Victoria AB CANADA
Presented by: Nerdcore
With three critically acclaimed albums, North American & European touring under his belt, and a feature on the latest album of UK Hip Hop band The Herbaliser, MC, Producer & DJ More Or Les is a Hip Hop triple threat. Bu...
Toronto ON CANADA
Presented by: No More Fake Labels
Motel Beds is a rock band from Dayton, Ohio. They have been together in various permutations since the proto-blog days of 2003, when their first EP "Hasta Mañ̃ana" garnered positive feedback. A track from this EP, L...
Dayton OH
Presented by: Daniel Johnston "Space Ducks" Launch Party
Throughout history, individuals have been playing with the delicate balance between polarities. Often, the combination of two opposites makes for a harmony previously unknown, a sum greater than its parts. Motopony is th...
Seattle WA
You don’t have to live in Silicon Valley to work at a hot tech company – come learn how you can land a job in the beautiful city of Austin. HomeAway will provide the insider perspective and answer any questions about...
Presented by: ONErpm
Mr. Bleat is the character responsible for collecting the ideas of four colombian musicians and give them a voice in the format commonly known as rock quartet. Playing since 2007 He's interested in raw sounds, is an ally...
Medellin COLOMBIA
Presented by: Pitchfork
With a gritty, down and dirty flow that puts him in easy company with East coast greats like Method Man and Redman, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire evokes the days of mid-'90s hip-hop. Based out of New York, eXquire has a style...
Brooklyn NY
Presented by: ONErpm
Mr. Pauer (Toto González) is a Latin Grammy® Nominated producer and re-mixer born in the Caribbean city of Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela, based in Miami, FL for over 18 years. Due to his long career as a DJ and produce...
Miami FL
Trying to pigeonhole the music of Austin's My Education is akin to trying to stuff a pigeon in a hole: the sound is calamitous, there's movement all around, the frenzied beating of wings against wall, and somewhere somet...
Austin TX
Presented by: City of Austin (Free Show!)
Nakia, known for his larger-than-life, soulful vocal performances and ability to connect with an audience, is a true Austin success story. Since his arrival at “The Live Music Capital of the World” in 2002, he has qu...
Austin TX
Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon
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London UK-ENGLAND
Presented by: No More Fake Labels
New Town Drunks music has been described as New Vaudeville, Rock and Roll Cabaret, Stream of Consciousness Folk Rock, a musical Bonnie and Clyde and other less clear descriptions. At the core of it is the show-stopping ...
Chapel Hill NC
Emmy Award winning "Saturday Night Live" writer-turned-director, Matt Piedmont, will discuss directing Will Ferrell in his gonzo comedy, "Casa de mi Padre."......
Acclaimed actor Matthew Lillard ("The Descendants," "Scream") is at SXSW with his feature directorial debut. The star will chat with Indiewire about his first foray behind the camera.......
This year, Built goes to 11 with this exceptional lineup: 1. Shipping container conversions—Mark Meyer, designSTUDIOmodern The ubiquity of the ISO shipping container has come home to roost, literally. We transform rep...
If you got a team of the greatest children’s book writers in the world together, they couldn’t invent Greenlandic folk pop singer Nive Nielsen. In her case at least, band bios are simply stranger than fiction. A few ...
Mobile devices—particularly tablets—present exciting opportunities to create new forms of the novel. How can we take this great storytelling form from the familiar container of the book to the open frontier of the to...
YouTube hosts one of the largest, most diverse collections of voices and faces ever seen or heard in human history. On Dec 1, 2011, YouTube launched a new design for managing that content—the biggest update since the s...
Presented by: XXL Texas Freshmen
Sometimes, preconceived notions can be good; the comfort of expectations met is often a welcomed feeling. For the more adventurous among us, though, the best part of defined expectations and preconceived notions is havin...
Houston TX
Nikon is bringing SXSW attendees a practical HD-SLR workshop hosted by The Bui Brothers on how to plot and shoot a music video. Featuring local Austin rockers, The Statesboro Revue, attendees will watch and interact with...
Presented by: SXSW Music: FREE Opening Night Party!
To quell the myths and misconceptions surrounding the Austin, Texas two-piece Not in the Face is not an easy task, as their truth is often much stranger than their fiction… The Men Jonathan Terrell (vocals, guitar...
Austin TX
Presented by: Conflict Of Interest
Ever since moving operations from his parent’s basement in Tacoma, Washington to Brooklyn, 20 year old Brad Oberhofer has been carefully honing his own brand of bedroom pop, which is as affecting and genuine as it is n...
Brooklyn NY
Presented by: All Night Party
Oh My Me was formed in Lexington, Ky in 2010. With a wildly-varying musical background, the group blends an eclectic mix of battering drums, psychedelia & heavy-soul vocals to form it's uniquely theatrical sound. Surpris...
Lexington KY
Oklahoma’s OKPOP Museum and the Woody Guthrie Center and Archive provide food, drink and music to discuss film+interactive+music.......
DJ-hosted Casino Happy Hour from 5-7 with daily drink specials and prizes. Check the schedule and RSVP at: pandora.com/PandoraATX, @pandora_radio, #PandoraATX. Admission granted for SXSW badges or advance RSVP.......
Pinata Protest is an accordion powered punk rock band.......
San Antonio TX
You are invited to enjoy food and drinks at Planet Québec’s Kick-Off VIP Reception hosted by the Québec Government.......
Presented by: Campfire Trails
POLIÇA began as a collaboration between fellow Gayngs' members Channy Casselle and Ryan Olson in June of 2011. By July they had completed 11 songs, made the key additions of drummers Ben Ivascu and Drew Christopherson,...
Minneapolis MN
Presented by: SXSW Music: FREE Opening Night Party!
Quiet Company Quiet Company is from Austin , Texas — a city rich in musical diversity, enormous talent and towering musical history—but the quintet brings their own unique brand of indie power pop that sets them a...
Austin TX
Presented by: Daniel Johnston "Space Ducks" Launch Party
Improviser, composer, arranger, producer, musical conceptualist, comedy writer, vocal stylist, filmmaker, sketchpad artist, drama example, self-taught instrumentalist and bon vivant, R. Stevie Moore was born 1952 in Nash...
Madison TN
A soulful vocalist and innovative keyboardist, singer/songwriter and producer Rachael Sage has become one of the busiest touring artists in independent music, performing 150+ dates a year with her band The Sequins throug...
New York NY
Presented by: SXSW Music: FREE Opening Night Party!
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Austin TX
Rayon Beach was started in 2009 by Thomas Sutherland and Mike Naccarato. Our debut EP was released in 2010 on Hozac Records. The initial pressing sold out in 6 weeks. Rachel Scherr joined on keyboards and vocals in 2011....
Austin TX
On their recent recordings "20,000 Ghosts" and "Wellwisher," The Rocketboys perfectly married themes of unity and brotherhood with rich, soaring rock, lifting the band to national critical acclaim. The band supported it...
Austin TX
Presented by: theconneXtion
With over half a century of hard roots-rabbling between them, Rosie Flores—the Rockabilly Filly, and Jon Langford—head Mekon, Waco Brother and conductor of the Chicago-based collective the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, bla...
Austin TX
More often than not, Royal Teeth tries something, and despite the odds or apparent roadblocks, it simply works. Recruit a lead vocalist who has never been in a band before? Check. Record a cover of a popular, mega-sellin...
New Orleans LA
RTB2 is a duo from Denton, TX formed in 2005 that blends rock and soul in a deconstructive manner using mutated backbeats, controlled guitar squeals, and expressive vocals. Their latest release is called "We Are a Strang...
Denton TX
17-year-old Ruby Jane is the real deal. Born in Dallas, TX, she is a fiddler, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist bandleader of “The Ruby Jane Show” showcasing her distinctive Americana mix of jazz, rock, ...
Austin TX
Presented by: SXSW Music: FREE Opening Night Party!
est. 1987 >>> DESTROYERS 2. WHERE DID THE ROAD GO? in search of... SIBYL.......
Houston TX
Presented by: SXSW Music: FREE Opening Night Party!
4 people, 12365763 synthesizers......
Austin TX
With sophisticated savvy and singularity, the Los Angeles quartet Saint Motel has built a formidable reputation on the back of inventive indie pop and wildly fun live shows. Mixing blistering pep with unique flair and ro...
Los Angeles CA
Presented by: No More Fake Labels
Salt to Bitters From lilt to lurch, from swagger to stagger, Salt To Bitters crashes its way across a bittersweet soundscape in fits and starts, tempering depravity with a tunefulness that could only have been born in t...
Chapel Hill NC
Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon
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Philadelphia PA
Presented by: Nerdcore
Schaffer the Darklord (or STD) is a New York City-based rapper and comedian with material best-suited for brainy and/or drug-addled audiences. With manic energy, verbose vocabulary and cartoonishly commanding stage prese...
New York NY
Presented by: City of Austin (Free Show!)
Schmillion formed in the summer of 2009. Back then we were 13-15 years old. But most of us drive now and Natalie has advanced to higher ed. Our sound is built on crunchy guitar riffs and belting vocals. We all have diffe...
Austin TX
Scorpio Rising is an electro/dance/rock band from Austin, Texas, whose recordings and intense live performances have made them one of Austin’s premiere entertainment commodities. Hailed as one of Austin’s best Goth/I...
Austin TX
Presented by: Frenchie Smith Records
Scorpion Child These guys hail from the past and have been put in our time to save ROCK! They are true and honest creating insane inventions of modern music with all the right materials. Big drums, thunder heavy riff...
Austin TX
Sean Smith is a guitarist and composer from San Francisco. He currently leads a power trio playing over the top avant instrumental rock. Prog, doom and Krautrock are evenly fused. Live performances are jaw dropping......
San Francisco CA
Presented by: All Night Party
The Seedy Seeds don’t know you, but they already like you. With a completely original sound and presentation, including banjo, accordion and toy keyboard beats, The Seedy Seeds create melodic, danceable music that is ...
Cincinnati OH
Presented by: Heard Entertainment/RootMusic
Shinobi Ninja is a Brooklyn-based party rock circus with an explosive live show. The band's music mashes up the sounds of 311, The Beastie Boys, Sublime, and Rage Against the Machine. This year, Shinobi has completed t...
Brooklyn NY
Silverbus was formed in 2008. The band released their first EP "Today" in 2009, and they were invited as the opening/support band for Kings of Convenience Taipei concert in April 2010. After releasing their first full...
Taipei TAIWAN
Presented by: SXSW Music: FREE Opening Night Party!
’90′s industrial kingpins, Skrew, have stripped off their exoskeleton to reveal an unholy bastion of extreme metal for an Antichrist nation. This angry metal machine is back with more psalms of destruction in a world...
Austin TX
sleepmakeswaves are an instrumental (post-)rock band from sydney, australia. The band came together in late 2006 with a desire to write textured, dynamic and emotive songs combining delicate beauty with dramatic clima...
Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA
Some bands form as an epiphany. A few musicians come together and suddenly, POW!!!, they're a band. Most good bands, though, are formed over time - shaped by the wind and the rain and, in Texas at least, the glaring su...
Austin TX
Presented by: Frenchie Smith Records
Smoke and Feathers began in Austin, TX with the meeting of Hunter Cahalan and Josh Terry in late 2007, both possessing unique singing and guitar techniques. Josh's heavy southern stylings and Hunter's eery psychedelic pu...
Austin TX
The Soldier Thread is an indie pop-rock quintet hailing from Austin, Texas. Having been only patched together since late 2007, the ensemble has already undergone quite an alteration in style. Todd Abels (guitar, keyboard...
Austin TX
((SOUNDER)) is the music project of Mike Aho, who splits his time as a musician, visual artist and video director. In recent years Aho has directed videos for Mando Diao, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and RTX in addition...
Austin TX
Presented by: KVRX
Cory Dennis, Todd Harris, and Aaron Miller's first glimpse of success came in high school with The El Guapos, an indie-rock outfit that disbanded after three years of packed Austin venues, a capacity performance at the 2...
Austin TX
Presented by: Stones Throw
The Stepkids are futuristic electro soul recorded on a reel-to-reel; soaring harmonies sung by three singer/songwriters; Kandinsky-esque visuals that make for enigmatic live performances. "A lot of what excites us abo...
Bridgeport CT
Presented by: Stones Throw
R&B singer-songwriter Steven A. Clark broke onto the scene in 2010 with his soul-baring and darkly arranged eight-song LP debut STRIPES, which earned him the title of “Miami’s best independent album of 2011” by loc...
Miami FL
Presented by: Stones Throw
Strong Arm Steady was formed in the shadows of the West Coast’s Death Row Records movement, which at one time, loomed large over much of the region’s talent. Many Los Angeles artists—themselves students and childre...
Los Angeles CA
Presented by: All Night Party
BRIEF ARTIST BIO Imagine what American rock and roll would sound like if the British Invasion never happened. Or, imagine what a punk rock band would sound like if it were 1933. That's The Sundresses. They've taken Rock...
Cincinnati OH
The SXSW Block Party is modeled after a traditional pub crawl. Instead of bars, SXSW Registrants move between participating exhibitors for complementary refreshments and great networking.......
RISK! is a live show and podcast “where people tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to share in public” hosted by Kevin Allison, of the legendary TV sketch comedy troupe The State. The award-winning liv...
For 2012 SXSW is highlighting Austin's local art scene in the Trade Show Meet Up Pavilion. A full gallery of work by Austin artists is installed in the Pavilion. Stop in anytime the Trade Show is open to enjoy the art an...
The TECHNICOLORS are a new, young American rock band based in Phoenix, Arizona. Formed in 2010: front man BRENNAN SMILEY (guitars and lead vocals), MIKEY FANIZZA (guitars and vocals), MICHAEL NICOLETTE (bass) and KEV...
Phoenix AZ
Presented by: Nerdcore
Rappers/Producers Ghettosocks and Timbuktu are TEENBURGER and they’re a mouthful. Fast times, dope beats and rhymes, and bringing Old-School Rap back to the future are the order of the day for Hip-Hop's meatiest rap co...
Toronto ON CANADA
Presented by: Pitchfork
Boasting an almost Google-proof name, Teengirl Fantasy is the project of Nick Weiss and Logan Takahashi. Weiss and Takahashi, who craft an atmospheric yet driving sound -- borrowing from deep house, shoegaze, and other s...
New York NY
Presented by: ONErpm
TELEBIT is a young band, that emerged from Bogota independent scene in 2009. Making a bet to rock music in spanish and electronic sounds, they created artificial atmospheres of alternative rock. After performing in ...
Bogotá COLOMBIA
Presented by: Nerdcore
Thesis Sahib/James Kirkpatrick has been contributing to the underground hip hop movement for the past fifteen years, both as an innovative rapper and a well known graffiti artist. His articulate, rapid-fire delivery, har...
London ON CANADA
Presented by: Heard Entertainment/RootMusic
Thomas Wynn & The Believers….“Southern Soul Rock Muscle” - The Orlando Sentinel. TW&TB personifies rugged, yet uplifting spirited rock, sprinkled with southern soul R&B. Tunes brutally honest & heartfelt, the t...
Orlando FL
Presented by: Nerdcore
Somewhere at the intersection of indie hip hop, rock and nerdcore culture you will find Charlotte’s premiere live hip hop band, The ThoughtCriminals. The ThoughtCriminals have made songs with some of nerdcore's bigges...
Charlotte NC
Presented by: Heard Entertainment/RootMusic
“It’s a Way of Life.” For Mike DeLay and Leilani Francisco, that’s exactly what Tic Tic Boom! has been for the last five years. The two founding members live together above their home studio in Los Angeles. Th...
Los Angeles CA
Presented by: theconneXtion
Forged on the molten streets of Austin, TX as foretold in the sacred texts of the ancient ones, the Tiny Adventurers now release their debut long-player, Wild-eyed in the Hinterlands. Featuring members of Austin’s Li...
Austin TX
Presented by: Pitchfork
Tycho is the music project of San Francisco artist and producer Scott Hansen. As Tycho, Hansen blends swirling melodies into vaguely triumphant arcs that crisscross between stuttering beats and vocal samples, creating ro...
San Francisco CA
Presented by: Heard Entertainment/RootMusic
Tyler Bryant lives for music. Passionate about expressing himself and connecting with others through his songs and sounds, Tyler moved to Nashville from Honey Grove, TX when he was 17 to write songs and start a band. He...
Nashville TN
Presented by: Campfire Trails
At the front of the stage, Lauren Larson wrangles her guitar. She bends the strings, attacks chords, her fingers blurred as they feverishly travel up and down the neck doling out lick after melodic lick while her hair wh...
Austin TX
Union Specific began in the summer of 2008 in Sherman TX, where singers/songwriters Tyler Wallace and Gregg Maher attended Austin College, a small liberal arts university. The two had long known of each other's son...
Austin TX
See the Austin screening of NO ROOM FOR ROCKSTARS and experience the punk rock juggernaut that is the Vans Warped Tour. NO ROOM FOR ROCKSTARS depicts true stories of modern era rock and roll from the kids in the van pla...
Presented by: Stones Throw
On paper Vex Ruffin’s music is simple: an untrained punk musician who uses a few basic instruments in uncomplicated ways, he calls the style ‘minimalist.’ Although it may not seem like it upon first listen, Vex’s...
Chino Hills CA
Voltaire Twins are a Perth-based indie dance quartet consisting of lead vocalists/synthesiser players Jaymes and Tegan, with drummer Matt and bass synthesiser player Jack. The band’s latest single Animalia was launc...
Perth WA AUSTRALIA
Presented by: All Night Party
The Whiskey Daredevils are one of the planet's finest country punkabilly bands. Since 2004 when former members of The Cowslingers decided to continue playing their mashed up country/rockabilly/americana/punk sound, the ...
Cleveland OH
Wild Child, indie-folk pop band from Austin, Texas, began as an acoustic duo consisting of Kelsey Wilson and Alexander Beggins singing ukulele love songs written and shared over red wine and old photographs. The two met ...
Austin TX
Presented by: All Night Party
Wussy are a four-piece rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio fronted by ex-Ass Ponys frontman Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker. The two began performing together in 2001 as a result of Cleaver's stage fright when asked to perform...
Cincinnati OH
Presented by: Xtra Mile/AiM
Ultimate self-starters The Xcerts released their critically acclaimed debut album ʻIn The Cold Wind We Smile’ in 2009. In 2010 the band were invited to New York by super producer Mike Sapone for album number ‘Scatte...
Aberdeen UK-SCOTLAND
Presented by: Campfire Trails
The focal point of Yellow Ostrich's magnificent debut the mistress is Wisconsin native Alex Schaaf's voice. On the mistress it gets looped and layered, stretched and manipulated; it's stacked up several high and, most of...
Brooklyn NY
Presented by: KVRX
The Zoltars are a rock band from Austin. Since starting in summer 2009, they have been included on Gerard Cosloy's (President of Matador Records) Casual Victim Pile II compilation of his favorite Austin bands, they have ...
Austin TX