SXSW (South By South West) 2012

A showcase for bands around the world to the world's music industry. There's also a film and interactive element to the festival.

SXSW - South By South West - is a festival held in Austin, Texas, USA each spring. The dates for 2012 are confirmed as Wednesday 14th to Sunday 18th March 2012.

During the festival Austin's bars, clubs, pubs and streets become home to a variety of acts.

Line-up

Around 1,800 bands play in around 70 venues in the city during the festival.

The latest acts to be announced are Peter Bradley Adams, A.Dd+, Alberta Cross, Allah-Las, All The Young, ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra), Alpha Rev, Amoral, Amplified Heat, Anamanaguchi, Ancestors, Ancestros, Ancient Astronauts, The Apache Relay, Arborea, Arkells, The Art, Atash, Attwenger, Authorities, Automelodi, Maya Azucena, Andrea Balency Trio, Balkan Beat Box - BBB, Baloji, Jef Barbara, Beach Fossils, Michael Beach, Arthur Beatrice, Bez, The Big Pink, The Big Sleep, Bitches, Black & Gypsy / Raimundo Y Diego Amador, The Black Belles, Bleached, Bliss N Eso, Blitzen Trapper, Blitz the Ambassador, Blood Orange, Blunt Fang, BoDeans, The Bombettes, Bonaparte, Bonfire Nights, Bos Angeles, Dela Botri & Hewale Sounds, Boy, Cory Branan, Breton, Brite Futures, Brother & Bones, The Brute Chorus, Built to Spill, Busby Marou, Cairo Knife Fight, The Calm Blue Sea, Candy, Canteca de Macao, Chapter 24, Cheap Girls, Cheif Boima, Cheny Wa Gune Quarteto, Chicha Libre, Chokeules, Chris T-T, Inch Chua, Circuit Des Yeux, A Classic Education, Clock Opera, Clubfeet, The Coathangers, Jordan Cook, Copacabana Club, The Copper Gamins, Jonny Corndawg, Cosmo Jarvis, Cosmonauts, Cotton Jones, Cousins, Craft Spells, Crazy P, Creamers, Creature, Cuba Cuba, Cuff the Duke, The Curious Mystery, Da C.O.D., Dama do Bling, The Dandies, Dash Rip Rock, Daughter, Dead Black Hearts, Dead Letter Circus, The Defiled, Delta Spirit, Dent May, DevilDriver, Dignan Porch, Diplomats of Solid Sound, Dirty Karma, Dive, DJ Dus aka El Dusty, DJ Jester the Filipino Fist, Thomas Dolby, Dope D.O.D., Dorian, Lila Downs, The Drab Doo-Riffs, Dry the River, Andres du Bouchet, Dutch Uncles, Dying Fetus, Early Graves, Ear Pwr, Electric Empire, Electric Guest, Electric Jellyfish, Elephant Stone, The Evaporators, Extra Action Marching Band, The Extremities, Father John Misty, Simone Felice, Lee Fields & The Expressions, The Foreign Resort, Guy Forsyth, Marcus Foster, Frank (Just Frank), The Fray, French Films, Gambuoy, Ganglians, Gappy Ranks, Garland Jeffreys, Gazelle Twin, Gliss, The Golden Awesome, Gold Fields, Gold Motel, The Good Natured, Gospel Music, Grave Babies, Great Lake Swimmers, Peter Gregson, Grimes, Gross Magic, Hackman, Half Moon Run, Harouki Zombi, Billy Harvey, Hatcham Social, Heartless Bastards, Hellogoodbye, The Higher State, Hillfolk Noir, Micah P. Hinson, Hollie Cook, Audrey Horne, Horse Feathers, Hospitality, Housse De Racket, Hull, Hyde & Beast, I am Oak, Idle Warship, Anna Ihlis, Imaginary Cities, Imperial Teen, Institutional Prostitution, The Interbeing, Sarah Jaffe, Japanese Gum, Jenny O., Joe Volume, Jonti, Jovanotti, Junius, Kao=S, Kenny Ken, Kimbra, Kindest Lines, Kindness, Michael Kiwanuka, Sorie Kondi, Talib Kweli, L.A., Lady Leshurr, Lagitagida, Laki Mera, Lamb, Larkin Poe, The Last Skeptik, La-33, Michael Lawrence, League of Extraordinary G'z, Lecrae, Led Er Est, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, L.E.$, Sylvie Lewis, Lights, Li'l Cap'n Travis, The Lions Rampant, Lira, Little Hurricane, Xoel López, Lost Lander, Emma Louise, Gary Lucas, The Magnetic Fields, Magnetix, M.A.K.U SoundSystem, Danny Malone, Dan Mangan, Anya Marina, Charlie Mars, David Mayfield Parade, Andy McKee, MC Lars, Metric, Milow, Miracles of Modern Science, Mr. Bleat, Tashaki Miyaki, Ariane Moffatt, Monsieur Perine, Mord Fustang, Mother Falcon, Krista Muir, Munchi, Chrissy Murderbot, My Jerusalem, Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang, Naeto C, Napoleon IIIrd, Natives, Natty, Neon Trees, New Cassettes, Nguzunguzu, Night Beats, Nü Sensae, Jennifer O'Connor, Oh Land, Oh My Me, Lisa O' Neill, 1 2 3, Papa, Paula & Karol, Peter & Paul, Pets With Pets, Pillowfight, Pinkunoizu, Pinky Piglets, Planes, Polica, Steve Poltz, Popstrangers, Pow Wows, Prince Rama, Prizehog, Protoje, Joe Purdy, Purple Pilgrims, Quantic, Quiet Company, The Rasites, Nathaniel Rateliff, Gemma Ray, Reptile Youth, RES, The Riff Raff, Finn Riggins, Ringo Deathstarr, The Ripe, Roach Gigz, Alice Russell, Rachael Sage & The Sequins, Scale The Summit, Scars On 45, Schiller, Scoundrels, Screaming Females, S.C.U.M, The Seedy Seeds, Serenades, Ari Shaffir, Shandy Mandies, Shiny Toy Guns, Charlie Simpson, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Skindred, Frank Smith, Soft Swells, Solander, Sonic Avenues, Son of Jack, Charlene Soraia, Sore, Soul Khan, Sparkadia, Spector, The Spinto Band, Spirits of the Dead, Spoek Mathambo, Squarehead, Stars, The Staves, Stereo Is A Lie, Strange Boys, Suckers, Sulk, Sumsun, Patrick Sweany, Taken by Cars, Tall Ships, Tammar, Tea Leaf Green, Tearist, Telephunken, Terakaft, Tesla Boy, Theme Park, Therapy?, This Will Destroy You, Three Blind Wolves, 3 Dudes & a Mullet, Tilly and the Wall, T. Mills, Torreblanca, Treetop Flyers, Lissy Trullie, Trust, Tumi And The Volume, Turbina, 22, Two Cow Garage, 2Face, Ume, U.S. Girls, Valient Thorr, Väljasõit Rohelisse, The Vasco Era, Vetusta Morla, The Violet May, Vockah Redu, Leif Vollebekk, Voltaire Twins, J Roddy Walston And The Business, The War On Drugs, We Are Standard, Wet Hair, Wheeler Brothers, The White Eyes, Whitehorse, Witchburn, Carolyn Wonderland, Grace Woodroofe, Paul Woolford, Workout, Wussy, Xxxy, Yip Deceiver, The Young, Young Galaxy, Zeus, and Zorch. For the list of acts announced so far see the bottom of this page.

The keynote speakers include Bruce Springsteen, Nas, Steve Stoute, and LeVar Burton.

The music section of the festival will take place from March 14th to 18th, the film section will last from March 9th to the 17th, and the interactive section from the 9th to the 13th.

Tickets

Ticket prices have not yet been announced and are not yet on sale.

More info

To read a review from 2007's event click here.

More information will be here when available.

The line-up announced so far is Peter Bradley Adams, A.Dd+, Alberta Cross, Allah-Las, All The Young, ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra), Alpha Rev, Amoral, Amplified Heat, Anamanaguchi, Ancestors, Ancestros, Ancient Astronauts, The Apache Relay, Arborea, Arkells, The Art, Atash, Attwenger, Authorities, Automelodi, Maya Azucena, Andrea Balency Trio, Balkan Beat Box - BBB, Baloji, Jef Barbara, Beach Fossils, Michael Beach, Arthur Beatrice, Bez, The Big Pink, The Big Sleep, Bitches, Black & Gypsy / Raimundo Y Diego Amador, The Black Belles, Bleached, Bliss N Eso, Blitzen Trapper, Blitz the Ambassador, Blood Orange, Blunt Fang, BoDeans, The Bombettes, Bonaparte, Bonfire Nights, Bos Angeles, Dela Botri & Hewale Sounds, Boy, Cory Branan, Breton, Brite Futures, Brother & Bones, The Brute Chorus, Built to Spill, Busby Marou, Cairo Knife Fight, The Calm Blue Sea, Candy, Canteca de Macao, Chapter 24, Cheap Girls, Cheif Boima, Cheny Wa Gune Quarteto, Chicha Libre, Chokeules, Chris T-T, Inch Chua, Circuit Des Yeux, A Classic Education, Clock Opera, Clubfeet, The Coathangers, Jordan Cook, Copacabana Club, The Copper Gamins, Jonny Corndawg, Cosmo Jarvis, Cosmonauts, Cotton Jones, Cousins, Craft Spells, Crazy P, Creamers, Creature, Cuba Cuba, Cuff the Duke, The Curious Mystery, Da C.O.D., Dama do Bling, The Dandies, Dash Rip Rock, Daughter, Dead Black Hearts, Dead Letter Circus, The Defiled, Delta Spirit, Dent May, DevilDriver, Dignan Porch, Diplomats of Solid Sound, Dirty Karma, Dive, DJ Dus aka El Dusty, DJ Jester the Filipino Fist, Thomas Dolby, Dope D.O.D., Dorian, Lila Downs, The Drab Doo-Riffs, Dry the River, Andres du Bouchet, Dutch Uncles, Dying Fetus, Early Graves, Ear Pwr, Electric Empire, Electric Guest, Electric Jellyfish, Elephant Stone, The Evaporators, Extra Action Marching Band, The Extremities, Father John Misty, Simone Felice, Lee Fields & The Expressions, The Foreign Resort, Guy Forsyth, Marcus Foster, Frank (Just Frank), The Fray, French Films, Gambuoy, Ganglians, Gappy Ranks, Garland Jeffreys, Gazelle Twin, Gliss, The Golden Awesome, Gold Fields, Gold Motel, The Good Natured, Gospel Music, Grave Babies, Great Lake Swimmers, Peter Gregson, Grimes, Gross Magic, Hackman, Half Moon Run, Harouki Zombi, Billy Harvey, Hatcham Social, Heartless Bastards, Hellogoodbye, The Higher State, Hillfolk Noir, Micah P. Hinson, Hollie Cook, Audrey Horne, Horse Feathers, Hospitality, Housse De Racket, Hull, Hyde & Beast, I am Oak, Idle Warship, Anna Ihlis, Imaginary Cities, Imperial Teen, Institutional Prostitution, The Interbeing, Sarah Jaffe, Japanese Gum, Jenny O., Joe Volume, Jonti, Jovanotti, Junius, Kao=S, Kenny Ken, Kimbra, Kindest Lines, Kindness, Michael Kiwanuka, Sorie Kondi, Talib Kweli, L.A., Lady Leshurr, Lagitagida, Laki Mera, Lamb, Larkin Poe, The Last Skeptik, La-33, Michael Lawrence, League of Extraordinary G'z, Lecrae, Led Er Est, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, L.E.$, Sylvie Lewis, Lights, Li'l Cap'n Travis, The Lions Rampant, Lira, Little Hurricane, Xoel López, Lost Lander, Emma Louise, Gary Lucas, The Magnetic Fields, Magnetix, M.A.K.U SoundSystem, Danny Malone, Dan Mangan, Anya Marina, Charlie Mars, David Mayfield Parade, Andy McKee, MC Lars, Metric, Milow, Miracles of Modern Science, Mr. Bleat, Tashaki Miyaki, Ariane Moffatt, Monsieur Perine, Mord Fustang, Mother Falcon, Krista Muir, Munchi, Chrissy Murderbot, My Jerusalem, Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang, Naeto C, Napoleon IIIrd, Natives, Natty, Neon Trees, New Cassettes, Nguzunguzu, Night Beats, Nü Sensae, Jennifer O'Connor, Oh Land, Oh My Me, Lisa O' Neill, 1 2 3, Papa, Paula & Karol, Peter & Paul, Pets With Pets, Pillowfight, Pinkunoizu, Pinky Piglets, Planes, Polica, Steve Poltz, Popstrangers, Pow Wows, Prince Rama, Prizehog, Protoje, Joe Purdy, Purple Pilgrims, Quantic, Quiet Company, The Rasites, Nathaniel Rateliff, Gemma Ray, Reptile Youth, RES, The Riff Raff, Finn Riggins, Ringo Deathstarr, The Ripe, Roach Gigz, Alice Russell, Rachael Sage & The Sequins, Scale The Summit, Scars On 45, Schiller, Scoundrels, Screaming Females, S.C.U.M, The Seedy Seeds, Serenades, Ari Shaffir, Shandy Mandies, Shiny Toy Guns, Charlie Simpson, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Skindred, Frank Smith, Soft Swells, Solander, Sonic Avenues, Son of Jack, Charlene Soraia, Sore, Soul Khan, Sparkadia, Spector, The Spinto Band, Spirits of the Dead, Spoek Mathambo, Squarehead, Stars, The Staves, Stereo Is A Lie, Strange Boys, Suckers, Sulk, Sumsun, Patrick Sweany, Taken by Cars, Tall Ships, Tammar, Tea Leaf Green, Tearist, Telephunken, Terakaft, Tesla Boy, Theme Park, Therapy?, This Will Destroy You, Three Blind Wolves, 3 Dudes & a Mullet, Tilly and the Wall, T. Mills, Torreblanca, Treetop Flyers, Lissy Trullie, Trust, Tumi And The Volume, Turbina, 22, Two Cow Garage, 2Face, Ume, U.S. Girls, Valient Thorr, Väljasõit Rohelisse, The Vasco Era, Vetusta Morla, The Violet May, Vockah Redu, Leif Vollebekk, Voltaire Twins, J Roddy Walston And The Business, The War On Drugs, We Are Standard, Wet Hair, Wheeler Brothers, The White Eyes, Whitehorse, Witchburn, Carolyn Wonderland, Grace Woodroofe, Paul Woolford, Workout, Wussy, Xxxy, Yip Deceiver, The Young, Young Galaxy, Zeus, Zorch, Alabama Shakes, Asking Alexandria, Atlantic/Pacific, Bad Weather California, Belligerence, Ben Howard, Blouse, Capsula, Choir of Young Believers, Dikes of Holland, Duran, Edison Chair, Electric Eel Shock, Electric Wire Hustle, Elias Haslanger, Extrawelt, Fallulah, Films of Colour, Go Back To The Zoo, Hunters, Idiot Glee, J.R. Patton, Juan Cirerol, Lanie Lane, Led Er Est, Lilly Wood and the Prick, Lonsdale Boys Club, Lucero, Miles Zuniga, New Look, Nick Jaina, Nive Nielsen & The Deer Children, Oh Mercy, Pat Todd and The Rankoutsiders, Polarsets, PUJOL, Psychic Ills, Radiation City, Schmillion, Teengirl Fantasy, The Abramson Singers, The Record Summer, Turbo Fruits, Wheelchair Sports Camp, You Can't Win, Charlie Brown, Zulu Winter, Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys, Against Me!, Agent Fresco, Ambition, ANR, Antoine Reverb, Avalanche City, Balthazar, Bare Wires, BeatauCue, Bestial Mouths, Big Deal, Big Scary, The Black and White Years, Black Books, The Black Ryder, Michael Guy Bowman, Cashier No.9, Class Actress, Cloud Nothings, Com Truise, Delay Trees, Delhi 2 Dublin, Marianne Dissard, Duck Fight Goose, The Ettes, Fanzine, Fat Tony, FEAR, Free Blood, Gabriel Santiago Quintet, The Grannies, Guadalupe Plata, He's My Brother She's My Sister, Howler, Ice Choir, I Got You ON Tape, il abanico, Matthew Perryman Jones, Jonquil, Just A Band, Marit Larsen, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Library Voices, Love Inks, Maxim Ludwig & The Santa Fe Seven, Mahogany, Marmalakes, The Men, Mind Spiders, Motopony, Mujeres, Musikanto, My Education, Niki & The Dove, Not In The Face!!, Of Monsters and Men, 120 Days, Outfit, The Parlotones, Parlovr, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Pure Love, Molly Rankin, ROGe, Peter Rosenberg, Rosie and Me, Royal Canoe, Sauti Sol, Say Hi, The Scoundrels, Shout Out Out Out Out, Skewby, Skinny Lister, Soft Metals, Some Community, Something Fierce, Sore Losers, Speak, Spectrals, Spycatcher, Sudakaya, Talking To Turtles, Team Me, Telebit, Thee Oh Sees, Thulebasen, Timbuktu, Truth Universal, Turbogeist, Uncle Bad Touch, Uncle Lucius, UV Pop, Vampillia, V for Volume, VHS or Beta, Wax, We Are The Ocean, We Barbarians, The Wedding Present, Chelsea Wolfe, Young Magic, Yukon Blonde, Yuksek, and The Zoltars.

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