SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST MUSIC FESTIVAL THIRD WAVE OF SHOWCASING ARTISTS ANNOUNCED Over 300 More Artists Invited to Perform
Austin, Texas - January 9, 2019 - The South by Southwest® Music Festival (SXSW®) has announced the third wave of Showcasing Artists invited to perform at the 2019 event. This eclectic blend of up-and-coming and legendary artists from around the world will perform in intimate clubs as well as renowned music venues for industry professionals, influencers, international media and music fans alike. The SXSW Music Festival’s 33rd annual event takes place Monday, March 11 - Sunday, March 17, 2019 in downtown Austin, Texas.
The SXSW Music Festival programmers create a unique experience featuring artists from multiple genres. A few highlights from this third round of artists include: Angie McMahon (Melbourne AUSTRALIA), Bush Tetras (New York NY), Charlotte OC (Blackburn, UK-ENGLAND), Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (Austin TX), Georgia (London UK-ENGLAND), Hilary Woods (Dublin IRELAND), J.S. Ondara (Nairobi KENYA), Jvcki Wai (Seoul SOUTH KOREA), Kamaal Williams (London UK-ENGLAND), Kevin George (Stamford CT), KOKOKO! (Kinshasa DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO), Lennon Stella (East York CANADA), Mansionair (Sydney AUSTRALIA), Molly Burch (Austin TX), My Brightest Diamond (Detroit MI), The Mystery Lights (New York NY), No Party for Cao Dong (Taipei TAIWAN), Omar Apollo (Hobart IN), Pink Sweat$ (Philadelphia PA), Priests (Washington DC), Ross Golan’s The Wrong Man (Los Angeles CA), Steady Holiday (Los Angeles CA), and Yung Lean (Stockholm SWEDEN).
This year the SXSW Music Festival is pleased to present first-time showcase lineups by Spacebomb Records, YEAR0001, Playtime Festival Mongolia, Don't Come to LA, She Shreds, Verve Label Group, and Mahogany, as well as highly anticipated returning showcases from Communion, Gorilla vs. Bear + Luminelle, and BBC. SXSW will also be celebrating the 25th anniversary of Bloodshot Records and hosting a 10th year anniversary showcase for Sounds from Columbia. Details on lineups and venue locations will be released in the coming weeks along with more artists and showcases.
This is the third announcement of artists who will be performing for the global creative community, and an opportunity to experience what will be hitting the festival circuit while it’s still on a small stage.
Artists invited to perform are:
AAerial (Austin TX) Chasing Nomads (San Juan PUERTO RICO) Abhi The Nomad (Austin TX) Chicarica (Santiago CHILE) Alex Francis (Hitchin UK-ENGLAND) Chucky Trill (Houston TX) ALI AKA MIND (Bogotá COLOMBIA) Cimafunk (Havana CUBA) Alice Phoebe Lou (Berlin GERMANY) CLAVVS (Brooklyn NY) åMBe (Brooklyn NY) CNVS (Canvas) (Queretaro MEXICO) Anemone (Montréal CANADA) co34pt (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne UK-ENGLAND) Angie McMahon (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) Colores Santos (Guadalajara MEXICO) Another Michael (Philadelphia PA) Control Top (Philadelphia PA) Another Sky (London UK-ENGLAND) Cosme (Guayama PUERTO RICO) Anteros (London UK-ENGLAND) Critical Assembly (Austin TX) Aquarian Blood (Memphis TN) Cure For Paranoia (Dallas TX) Arranquemos del Invierno (Concepción CHILE) Cutesylvania (Flint MI) Azultrabuco (Bogotá COLOMBIA) Cypress Moreno (Los Angeles CA) Bad Moves (Washington DC) Danger Grove (Loveland CO) Bad Sounds (Bristol UK-ENGLAND) Dan Marshall (Guadalajara MEXICO) Bailen (New York NY) DannyBrasco (Nuevo Leon MEXICO) Bambara (Brooklyn NY) Death Of A Dream (Austin TX) Barrie (Brooklyn NY) Deep Cuts (Houston TX) BEA1991 (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS) The Desert (Bristol UK-ENGLAND) Bedouine (Los Angeles CA) Desorden Público (Caracas VENEZUELA ) Being Dead (Austin TX) Dhira Bongs (Bandung INDONESIA) Beshken (Los Angeles CA) DJ Confucius Jones (Austin TX) Big $wift (Downey CA) DJ Paypal (Charlotte NC) Big Bliss (Brooklyn NY) DJ PH (Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA) Big Joanie (London UK-ENGLAND) The DOJO (Austin TX) Billy Strings (Nashville TN) Donna Missal (Los Angeles CA) The Blank Tapes (Los Angeles CA) Doomsquad (Toronto CANADA) The Blinders (Manchester UK-ENGLAND) Dopey's Robe (Vancouver CANADA) Blinky Bill (Nairobi KENYA) Drinker (Los Angeles CA) BUHU (Austin TX) Dwellers (Salt Lake City UT) Bush Tetras (New York NY) E.B. The Younger (Denton TX) The Bvtcher (Austin TX) Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (Austin TX) Carmouflage Rose (Brisbane AUSTRALIA) Edna and The Musicians (Cuauhtemoc Carrion Kids (Mexico City MEXICO) MEXICO) Cassandra Jenkins (New York NY) Efya (Accra GHANA) Cassia (Macclesfield UK-ENGLAND) Elisapie (Montreal CANADA) Charlotte OC (Blackburn UK-ENGLAND) Eliza Shaddad (London UK-ENGLAND)
Eme Alfonso (Havana CUBA) Irata (Greensboro NC) Emilia Ali (Boston MA) It Was Romance (Brooklyn NY) Emma Elisabeth (Berlin GERMANY) J.Patron (Bogota COLOMBIA) Erin Rae (Nashville TN) JAG (Los Angeles CA) Esther Rose (New Orleans LA) James Vickery (London UK-ENGLAND) Fangclub (Dublin IRELAND) Jazzrausch Bigband (Munich GERMANY) Faux Ferocious (Nashville TN) Jeff Lofton (Austin TX) Feefa (Los Angeles CA) Jess Williamson (Los Angeles CA) Fernanda Takai (Belo Horizonte BRAZIL) J Fernandez (Chicago IL) Ferris & Sylvester (London UK-ENGLAND) Jojo Abot (Volta Region GHANA) Fire From The Gods (Austin TX) Jon Dee Graham (Austin TX) Fruit & Flowers (Brooklyn NY) Jony Beltran (Acuña MEXICO) FURUTORI (Shimokitazawa JAPAN) Josin (Freiburg GERMANY) Gabylonia (Caracas VENEZUELA) J.S. Ondara (Nairobi KENYA) Georgia (London UK-ENGLAND) J Soulja (Austin TX) Geowulf (London UK-ENGLAND) Just Loud (Atlanta GA) Ghostly Kisses (Québec CANADA) Jvcki Wai (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) GHXST (Brooklyn NY) Kalan.frfr (Los Angeles CA) GIRL SKIN (Brooklyn NY) Kalu & The Electric Joint (Austin TX) Glass Caves (Leeds UK-ENGLAND) Kamaal Williams (London UK-ENGLAND) Go Cactus (Mallorca SPAIN) Kate Teague (Oxford MS) Golden Vessel (Brisbane AUSTRALIA) K Camp (Atlanta GA) Good Fuck (Chicago IL) Kevin George (Stamford CT) Grace Carter (London UK-ENGLAND) KOKOKO! (Kinshasa DEMOCRATIC Grace Turner (Newcastle AUSTRALIA) REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO) Greenwave Beth (Sydney AUSTRALIA) KOMFORTRAUSCHEN (Berlin GERMANY) Grubby Little Hands (Philadelphia PA) Kosha Dillz (Tel Aviv ISRAEL) Grün Wasser (Chicago IL) KUCCI (Jilin CHINA) Harmony Byrne (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) Kwame (Sydney AUSTRALIA) Heartstreets (Montreal CANADA) La Banda Acústica Rodante (San Juan Henry Brun & The Latin Playerz (San Antonio PUERTO RICO) TX) La Chinga (Vancouver CANADA) HIJOS (San José COSTA RICA) La Etnnia (Bogotá COLOMBIA) Hikes (Austin TX) Lafawndah (London UK-ENGLAND) Hilary Woods (Dublin IRELAND) The Lagoons (Austin TX) Honey Harper (Atlanta GA) La Matilda (Bogotá COLOMBIA) Honyock (Sacramento CA) La Real del Sonido (Bogota COLOMBIA) The Howl & The Hum (York UK-ENGLAND) Larkins (Manchester UK-ENGLAND) Hunkpapa (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND) La Sonidera (Bogotá COLOMBIA) Illiterate Light (Harrisonburg VA) Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires (Birmingham illuminati hotties (Los Angeles CA) AL) Indigo Sparke (Sydney AUSTRALIA) Lennon Stella (East York CANADA) Intertwine (Bergen NORWAY) Leoniden (Kiel GERMANY) Invoke (Austin TX) Light Vibes (Stockholm SWEDEN)
Lily and Horn Horse (Hudson NY) NACH (Alicante SPAIN) Lily & Madeleine (Brooklyn NY) Nadia Nakai (Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA) Lina Tullgren (Queens NY) Nadia Tehran (Stockholm SWEDEN) Lisa Morales (San Antonio TX) Nanook of the North (Gdansk POLAND) Liza Owen (London UK-ENGLAND) Naomi Wild (Los Angeles CA) Lizbeth Roman Y Los Duendes Invisibles Neblinna (Maracaibo VENEZUELA) (Sabana Seca PUERTO RICO) Nicole Atkins (Nashville TN) Lolita De Sola (Caracas VENEZUELA) NineOne# (Xi’an CHINA) Los Coast (Austin TX) No Party For Cao Dong (Taipei TAIWAN) Lou Rebecca (Paris FRANCE) Novo Amor (Cardiff UK-WALES) Lows0n (Xiamen CHINA) Nutopia (San Juan PUERTO RICO) Lug (Austin TX) Odonis Odonis (Toronto CANADA) M3NSA (London UK-ENGLAND) Oh, Rose (Olympia WA) machìna (Tokyo JAPAN) Ohtis (Los Angeles CA) Madam X (London UK-ENGLAND) Omar Apollo (Hobart IN) Madeline Kenney (Oakland CA) Orchards (Brighton UK-ENGLAND) Mahya Veray y su Trauma (Guaynabo Pablo Dazán (Bogota COLOMBIA) PUERTO RICO) Pablo Trujillo (Bogotá COLOMBIA) Major League Djz (Johannesburg SOUTH Papachina (Armenia COLOMBIA) AFRICA) :PAPERCUTZ (Porto PORTUGAL) Malena Zavala (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA) Parker Gispert (Nashville TN) Mama Duke (Austin TX) Passeport (Cincinnati OH) Manniax (Bogota COLOMBIA) Pecker (Nueno SPAIN) Mansionair (Sydney AUSTRALIA) Penelope Isles (Brighton UK-ENGLAND) The Mariachi Ghost (Winnipeg CANADA) Perro (Murcia SPAIN) Mayorkun (Lagos NIGERIA) PHI (Guadalajara MEXICO) Melenas (Pamplona SPAIN) Phobophobes (London UK-ENGLAND) Memories In Broken Glass (San Antonio TX) Pink Sweat$ (Philadelphia PA) Merely (Gothenburg SWEDEN) Pip Blom (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS) Mexico City Blondes (Santa Barbara CA) Pipo Romero (Cadiz SPAIN) Minke (London UK-ENGLAND) Plastic Picnic (Brooklyn NY) Miss World (London UK-ENGLAND) Pottery (Montreal CANADA) Molly Burch (Austin TX) Priests (Washington DC) MONOPHONICOS (Bogotá COLOMBIA) Psychedelic Porn Crumpets (Perth Monstruos del Mañana (Mexico City MEXICO) AUSTRALIA) Moonlover (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) Puppy (London UK-ENGLAND) Morabeza Tobacco (Stockholm SWEDEN) Ratboys (Chicago IL) Mourning [A] BLKstar (Cleveland OH) Rebecca Loebe (Austin TX) Moving Panoramas (Austin TX) Reece (Woodbridge VA) Mr. Lewis & The Funeral 5 (Austin TX) Rick Maguire (from Pile) (Boston MA) Mundaka (Lima PERU) Ric Wilson (Chicago IL) My Brightest Diamond (Detroit MI) Ritt Momney (Salt Lake City UT) The Mystery Lights (New York NY) Rizha (Madrid SPAIN) N7 & Pwap (Oklahoma City OK) Robinson (Nelson NEW ZEALAND)
Robot Koch x Delhia de France (Berlin Tatiana Hazel (Chicago IL) GERMANY) The Teeta (Austin TX) Ross Golan's The Wrong Man (Los Angeles TEMPESST (London UK-ENGLAND) CA) Tetractys (Austin TX) RRUCCULLA (Bilbao SPAIN) Thaiboy Digital (Bangkok THAILAND) Rucci (Inglewood CA) Thalea String Quartet (Austin TX) Run Golden Boys (Mexico City MEXICO) The Cold Stares (Evansville IN) Saint Lo (Montreal CANADA) Thumpasaurus (Los Angeles CA) Samini and Band (Accra GHANA) TiKA (Toronto CANADA) San Mei (Robina AUSTRALIA) Tim Atlas (Los Angeles CA) SEAZOO (Wrexham UK-WALES) Tribade (Barcelona SPAIN) Serko Fu (Monterrey MEXICO) Tufan Derince (Diyarbakır TURKEY) Sexy Bicycle (Barcelona SPAIN) TWEN (Boston MA) Shepherds (Atlanta GA) Two Medicine (Denton TX) Simi (Lagos NIGERIA) Two People (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) Sir Babygirl (Hanover NH) Ume (Austin TX) Sofia Portanet (Berlin GERMANY) Ushbebe (Aladja NIGERIA) Soriah (Portland OR) Vector (Lagos NIGERIA) Sorry Girls (Montreal CANADA) Virgin Pool (Los Angeles CA) Spike Vincent (Sydney AUSTRALIA) ViVii (Stockholm SWEDEN) SPINN (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND) We And The Machines (Quito ECUADOR) Ssali Moses Bebe Cool (Ntinda Kampala Wild Moccasins (Houston TX) UGANDA) William the Conqueror (Newquay Steady Holiday (Los Angeles CA) UK-ENGLAND) Stefan Wesolowski (Gdansk POLAND) Will Johnson (Austin TX) The Stitches (Los Angeles CA) Wives (Brooklyn NY) Stuck in the Sound (Paris FRANCE) Wohl (Guadalajara MEXICO) Superfónicos (Austin TX) Xenia França (São Paulo BRAZIL) Surfbort (Brooklyn NY) Yung Lean (Stockholm SWEDEN) TarantisT (Los Angeles CA) Yves Jarvis (Montreal CANADA) Tarik Hassan (Austin TX) Zack Varner (Austin TX)
This list is subject to change.
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SXSW dedicates itself to helping creative people achieve their goals. Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, SXSW is best known for its conference and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries. An essential destination for global professionals, the event features sessions, showcases, screenings, exhibitions, and a variety of networking opportunities. SXSW proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together. SXSW 2019 will take place March 8-17, 2019. For more information, please visit sxsw.com. To register for the event, please visit sxsw.com/attend.
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