SXSW MUSIC FESTIVAL - THIRD ROUND OF SHOWCASING ARTISTS ANNOUNCED Offering an unparalleled live music experience

Austin, Texas - January 14, 2020 - The ® Music Festival (SXSW®) has ​ announced the third — and to-date the largest — round of Showcasing Artists invited to perform at the 34th annual event. SXSW is where the entertainment, technology, and media industries ​ converge, with the Music Festival shining a light on the acts that will shape the future of music. The first essential event on the music industry calendar, the SXSW Music Festival takes place March 16 - 22, 2020 in Austin, Texas.

Every year, the SXSW Music Festival programmers assemble a lineup of artists from around the world, with established performers playing alongside cutting-edge acts. The result is a live music experience like no other, where industry pros and music lovers alike discover an unparalleled range of artists and genres.

A few highlights from this batch of artists include: Aaron Smith (Polmont UK-SCOTLAND), ​ ​ alyona alyona (Kyiv UKRAINE), Astrid Sonne (Copenhagen DENMARK), Baba Ali (New York ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ NY), Beach Slang (Philadelphia PA), Belako (Bilbao SPAIN), Caroline Rose (Austin TX), ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Dadabots (Boston MA), Didirri (Melbourne AUSTRALIA), Dragón Rojo (Cartagena ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ COLOMBIA), Great Grandpa (Seattle WA), The Haden Triplets (Los Angeles CA), Hazy Sour ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Cherry (Tokyo JAPAN), HERO (Montreal CANADA), The Hormones (Chengdu CHINA), ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Knucks (London UK-ENGLAND), Long Beard (New Brunswick NJ), Lydia Lunch (Brooklyn ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ NY), Nadia Reid (Dunedin NEW ZEALAND), Nicole Atkins (Nashville TN), Night Moves ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (Minneapolis MN), Overcoats (New York NY), The Posies (Seattle WA), Reuben and the Dark ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (Calgary CANADA), Self Esteem (Sheffield UK-ENGLAND), Shopping (London ​ ​ ​ ​ UK-ENGLAND), Soccer Mommy (Nashville, TN), Soul Asylum (Minneapolis MN), Tessellated ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (Kingston JAMAICA) and TSHA (London UK-ENGLAND). ​ ​

Showcases presented by some of our longtime partners include the BBC, We Found New Music, The Onion AV Club, Bella Union, Gorilla vs. Bear, Cascine, Damnably, Bloodshot Records, Levitation, Single Lock Records, Jazz Re:Freshed, Music From Ireland, Sounds From Spain, Focus Wales, Part Time Punks, Felte Records, Laneway Festival, Traffic Music, Desert Daze, Burger Records and more. First-time presenters include Italians Do It Better, Mercury Kx, Decca Publishing, Falls Festival, 6131 Records, Music Finland, Space Agency, Audiofemme, Artoffact Records and Roskilde Festival to name a few.

SXSW Music Festival showcases offer attendees the opportunity to experience tomorrow’s headliners on small stages at unique central Austin venues. Artists most recently invited to perform include:

79.5 (New York NY) Branjae (Tulsa OK) Aaron Smith (Polmont UK-SCOTLAND) Buenos Diaz (Austin TX) AHI (Brampton CANADA) BUHU (Austin TX) Alesia Lani (Austin TX) The Bvtcher (Austin TX) Alex Nicol (Montreal CANADA) Cactus? (Vicenza ITALY) almost monday (San Diego CA) Caleb Elliott (Florence AL) A Low Hum (Wellington NEW ZEALAND) Calliope Musicals (Austin TX) alyona alyona (Kyiv UKRAINE) Caroline Rose (Austin TX) Anna Altman (Brooklyn NY) Catherine MacLellan (Wellington CANADA) Anna Shoemaker (Brooklyn NY) CHAII (Auckland NEW ZEALAND) Anthony Adams (Nashville TN) Chainska Brassika (London UK-ENGLAND) As Bahias e a Cozinha Mineira (São Paulo CHILDCARE (London UK-ENGLAND) BRAZIL) Chris Berardo (Rye NY) A. Sinclair (Austin TX) Chris Canterbury (Nashville TN) Astrid Sonne (Copenhagen DENMARK) Christelle Bofale (Austin TX) August Eve (Los Angeles CA) Christian Lee Hutson (Los Angeles CA) Autre Monde (Dublin IRELAND) Ciudadanos (Santiago CHILE) Axel Thesleff (Helsinki FINLAND) COBRAH ( ) Baba Ali (New York NY) Cole Longanecker (Austin TX) bad tuner (Brooklyn NY) The Colours That Rise (London UK-ENGLAND) Balming Tiger (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) COSBY (Munich GERMANY) Balto (Los Angeles CA) Critical Assembly (Austin TX) BATHHØUSE (Dallas TX) Crows (London UK-ENGLAND) Beach Slang (Philadelphia PA) Crunk Witch (Presque Isle ME) Begonia (Winnipeg CANADA) Cuffed Up (Los Angeles CA) Belako (Bilbao SPAIN) Curse Mackey (Austin TX) Belén Cuturi (Montevideo URUGUAY) Dadabots (Boston MA) Ben Wylen (Los Angeles CA) Dan Mangan (Vancouver CANADA) Big Zeeks (London UK-ENGLAND) Deadbeat Beat (Detroit MI) Billy Raffoul (Leamington CANADA) Dead Girls Academy (Los Angeles CA) Bird Streets (Brooklyn NY) Death Of A Dream (Austin TX) BIRTHH (Florence ITALY) Del Judas (Brooklyn NY) The Blind Suns (Angers FRANCE) The Derelicts! (Ernakulam INDIA) Bluestaeb (Berlin GERMANY) Deserta (Los Angeles CA) Bones Garage ( ISRAEL) Detalji (Helsinki FINLAND) BONES UK (Camden UK-ENGLAND) Didirri (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) Boniface (Winnipeg CANADA) Diego Noguera (Berlin GERMANY) BOYO (Los Angeles CA) Dinosaur 88 (Guatemala GUATEMALA)

Divine Interface (Atlanta GA) Graham Reynolds and Golden Arm Trio (Austin Divino Niño ( IL) TX) DOSSEY (Austin TX) Gran Sur (Mexico City MEXICO) Dougie Poole (Brooklyn NY) Great Grandpa (Seattle WA) Dragón Rojo (Cartagena COLOMBIA) Greyhounds (Austin TX) Drew Citron (Brooklyn NY) The Haden Triplets (Los Angeles CA) Duquette Johnston (Birmingham AL) HÅN ( ITALY) Dyllan (Los Angeles CA) Harvest Thieves (Austin TX) Edan Archer (Gainesville FL) Hausi Kuta (Santiago CHILE) Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine (Ottawa CANADA) The HawtThorns (Los Angeles CA) Eliott (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) Hazy Sour Cherry (Tokyo JAPAN) Eliza & The Delusionals (Gold Coast Hearty Har (Los Angeles CA) AUSTRALIA) Hector Coco Barez (San Juan PUERTO RICO) Elizabeth Moen (Iowa City IA) HEIR (Chisinau ITALY) ELLEVATOR (Toronto CANADA) HERO (Montreal CANADA) Elma Orkestra and Ryan Vail (Derry UK-N. Holly Arrowsmith (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND) IRELAND) Holly Macve (Brighton UK-ENGLAND) Eloïse (Colchester UK-ENGLAND) Holy Boy (Los Angeles CA) Emily Wolfe (Austin TX) Honey Harper (London UK-ENGLAND) Eric Tessmer (Austin TX) Hooveriii (Los Angeles CA) Esme Patterson (Denver CO) The Hormones (Chengdu CHINA) Fabiola Roudha (Guatemala City GUATEMALA) Hotel Lux (Portsmouth UK-ENGLAND) False Heads (London UK-ENGLAND) I'm Glad It's You (Redlands CA) Fat Tony (Houston TX) Ian Sweet (Los Angeles CA) FingerFingerrr (Sao Paulo BRAZIL) Ilgen-Nur (Berlin GERMANY) FiRES WERE SHOT (Austin TX) Indrajit Banerjee (Austin TX) Five Eight (Athens GA) INFERZENAL (Monterrey MEXICO) Flamingo (Milan ITALY) INFRAR3D (Austin TX) Forever (Montreal CANADA) Invoke (Austin TX) Fraeya (Perth AUSTRALIA) Jack River (Sydney AUSTRALIA) Frisco (London UK-ENGLAND) Jaguar Jonze (Brisbane AUSTRALIA) Ganser (Chicago IL) Jake Etheridge (Nashville TN) Garden Centre (Todmorden UK-ENGLAND) James Swanberg (Chicago IL) Ghostboy Jay$ee (Austin TX) Jason James (Texas City TX) Ghost Car (London UK-ENGLAND) Jealous (Berlin GERMANY) Ginger Root (Huntington Beach CA) Jimmy DeTalente and The Electric Revival Go Cactus (Palma De Mallorca SPAIN) (Evansville IN) Go Fever (Austin TX) JM Stevens (Austin TX) Gold Cage (Los Angeles CA) Johnny Chops & The Razors (Austin TX) Goodbye Honolulu (Toronto CANADA) Johnny Gates (Nashville TN) Grace Pettis (Austin TX) Jona Camacho (Mexico City MEXICO) Graham Reynolds (Austin TX) J Soulja (Austin TX) Julien Chang (Baltimore MD)

Kalpee (Chaguanas TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO) Love & Chaos (Austin TX) Kalu & The Electric Joint (Austin TX) Lovelorn (Philadelphia PA) Karen Jonas (Fredericksburg VA) Loyal Lobos (Los Angeles CA) Karun (Nairobi KENYA) Lula Wiles (Boston MA) Kate Davis (New York NY) Luvia (Seaford UK-ENGLAND) Katerine Duska (Athens GREECE) Lydia Lunch (Brooklyn NY) Katie Malco (Northampton UK-ENGLAND) Macca (Wolverhampton UK-ENGLAND) The Keepers (Bedford UK-ENGLAND) Macmorfi (Mexico City MEXICO) Kevin Daniel (Brooklyn NY) Maddee (Toronto CANADA) Kevin Krauter (Indianapolis IN) Maddie Medley (Franklin TN) KEYAH/BLU (London UK-ENGLAND) Magdalena Bay (Los Angeles CA) Kiana Valenciano (Manila PHILIPPINES) Making Movies (Kansas City MO) Killing In Apathy (Austin TX) Mal Blum (Brooklyn NY) Kills Birds (Los Angeles CA) Mamalarky (Los Angeles CA) Kino Kimino (Brooklyn NY) Mammoth Penguins (Cambridge Knucks (London UK-ENGLAND) UK-ENGLAND) Komorebi (New Delhi INDIA) The Man Who (Toronto CANADA) KORDELYA (Monterrey MEXICO) Marble Arch ( FRANCE) Kosha Dillz (Yafo ISRAEL) Maréh (Cali COLOMBIA) The Kraken Quartet (Austin TX) Marem Ladson ( SPAIN) Kyle Emerson (Denver CO) The Matt Gilmour Band (Austin TX) Lake South (Wellington NEW ZEALAND) Max Pain and the Groovies (Brooklyn NY) Landon Bullard & The Mostly Sober (Austin TX) Melody Federer (Seattle WA) Larkins (Manchester UK-ENGLAND) Meltt (Vancouver CANADA) Lauran Hibberd (Isle Of Wight UK-ENGLAND) Micaela Salaverry (Lima PERU) Le Couleur (Montreal CANADA) Miranda and the Beat (Brooklyn NY) Lee’s Trio (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) MIRRROR (Bay Area CA) Legal Vertigo (Montreal CANADA) Misi Ke (Taipei TAIWAN) LEYA (New York NY) Mister Goblin (Washington DC) Ley Line (Austin TX) Model Man (Chelmsford UK-ENGLAND) Liam Benzvi (Brooklyn NY) Monte (San José COSTA RICA) Lightning Bug (Brooklyn NY) Mother Falcon (Austin TX) Lisa Morales (San Antonio TX) Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5 (Austin TX) Little Coyote (Whitehorse CANADA) Mush (Leeds UK-ENGLAND) Lizzie and The Makers (Brooklyn NY) Nadia Reid (Dunedin NEW ZEALAND) Lizzy & the Triggermen (Los Angeles CA) Natalia Nykiel (Warsaw POLAND) LO-FI LE-VI (Alkmaar ) Nathan Graham (Chicago IL) Long Beard (New Brunswick NJ) The Natural History (Brooklyn NY) Lord Kesseli And The Drums (St Gallen Naya Ali (Montreal CANADA) SWITZERLAND) Neon Dreams (Halifax CANADA) Los Coast (Austin TX) Neysa Blay (Puerto Rico PUERTO RICO) Los Kurados (Austin TX) Nicklas Sahl (Copenhagen DENMARK) Los Rakas (Oakland CA) Nicole Atkins (Nashville TN)

Night Glitter (Austin TX) Roman Clarke (Winnipeg CANADA) Night Moves (Minneapolis MN) Ryan McMullan (Portaferry UK-N. IRELAND) Ningen Isu (Aomori JAPAN) Salt Cathedral (Brooklyn NY) Normal Echo (Berlin GERMANY) Sammi Lanzetta (Richmond VA) Ohmme (Chicago IL) Sara King (Dallas TX) Overcoats (New York NY) The School (Cardiff UK-WALES) Pacific Jam At My Apartment (PJAMA) (Saltillo Sea Moya (Mannheim GERMANY) MEXICO) Sean Henry (Waterbury CT) Painted Zeros (Brooklyn NY) Sega Bodega (London UK-ENGLAND) Paranoid 1966 (Alicante SPAIN) Se So Neon (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) The Paranoyds (Los Angeles CA) S. Fidelity (Berlin GERMANY) Pat Byrne (Borris IRELAND) SHAMANIC (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND) Patrick Sweany (Nashville TN) ShaunSolo (Killeen TX) Paul Benjaman Band (Tulsa OK) Shopping (London UK-ENGLAND) Persons Of Interest (Ocho Rios JAMAICA) Shubzilla x Bill Beats (Renton WA) Phobophobes (London UK-ENGLAND) Siobhan Wilson (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND) The Phoenix Within (Woodhaven NY) Snotty Nose Rez Kids (Vancouver CANADA) Pike and Sutton (Austin TX) Soccer Mommy (Nashville TN) Pillow Queens (Dublin IRELAND) Sofia Talvik (Gothenburg SWEDEN) Pinky Doodle Poodle (Athens GA) Soriah (Portland OR) Poder Fantasma (Santiago CHILE) Soul Asylum (Minneapolis MN) PONY (Toronto CANADA) SoundMass (Austin TX) Poppies (New York NY) Space Tyger (Florence AL) Poppy Jean Crawford (Los Angeles CA) SPARKLING ( GERMANY) The Posies (Seattle WA) Star Parks (Austin TX) The Prescriptions (Nashville TN) The Still Tide (Denver CO) Protex (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND) Sue Foley (Austin TX) Psychic Bloom (Tehran IRAN) Summer Heart (Malmo SWEDEN) Pub Choir (Brisbane AUSTRALIA) Swallow the Rat (Auckland NEW ZEALAND) PVA (London UK-ENGLAND) Swampmeat Family Band (Birmingham Queue Queue (Austin TX) UK-ENGLAND) Quiet Company (Austin TX) Sweet Crude (New Orleans LA) Ramon Mirabet (Barcelona SPAIN) The Talbott Brothers (Imperial NE) Ratboys (Chicago IL) TAMI (Nashville TN) Raul Midón (Columbia MD) TARMAC (Medellin COLOMBIA) Reb Fountain (Auckland NEW ZEALAND) Tebi Rex (Dublin IRELAND) Reekado Banks (Akure NIGERIA) TEDDYTHELEGACY (Austin TX) Reign (Austin TX) The Teeta (Austin TX) Reserva Fantasma (San José COSTA RICA) Tennis System (Los Angeles CA) Reuben and the Dark (Calgary CANADA) Tessellated (Kingston JAMAICA) Rod Melancon (Wright LA) Tetractys New Music (Austin TX) ROLE MODEL (Cape Elizabeth ME) The Texas Gentlemen (Dallas TX) Rollingchild (Atlanta GA) THICK (Brooklyn NY)

Tiarra Girls (Austin TX) Will Varley (Kent UK-ENGLAND) Tom West (Adelaide AUSTRALIA) Winter (Los Angeles CA) Tre Burt (Sacramento CA) Wire Spine (Vancouver CANADA) Tribe Mafia (Austin TX) The Wonder (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) Triptides (Los Angeles CA) Worriers (Brooklyn NY) TSHA (London UK-ENGLAND) Wow (Rome ITALY) TTBBY (Beaumont TX) Xavier Martinex (Cali COLOMBIA) Tugboat Captain (London UK-ENGLAND) Yan Jun (Shanghai CHINA) Tuomo & Markus (feat. Pratt & Moody) (Helsinki Yawners (Madrid SPAIN) FINLAND) Yb Da Widget (Nürnberg GERMANY) Twin Tribes (Brownsville TX) yonawo (Muromi City JAPAN) The Vegabonds (Birmingham AL) The Young Something (Tampa FL) Vlossom (Sydney AUSTRALIA) Yung Bryse (Austin TX) Ward Hayden & The Outliers (Boston MA) YYYN0T (San Antonio TX) Wendy Colonna (San Marcos TX) Zach Schmidt (Nashville TN) White Hills (New York NY)

(This list is subject to change. More performers will be announced at later dates.)

Listen to the artists who will be performing at SXSW 2020 by subscribing to the official SXSW Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube Music Video playlists and SXSWfm mixes on Mixcloud. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Attendees also have access to the SXSW Conference, where high-profile artists and industry ​ ​ leaders will speak on cultural trends, emerging technologies, new monetization models and much more. Already announced for 2020 are Keynotes by Diplo, , and Roger ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Waters, Featured Speakers include composer Michael Abels, Beat Games s.r.o co-founder ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ and Head of Music Jaroslav , Benny Blanco, Patreon co-founder Jack Conte, Curtis ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ “50 Cent” Jackson, Communion Music co-founder and Mumford & Sons founding member ​ Ben Lovett, founder of Monotone Inc. Ian Montone, Adam Neely, and founder of River House ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Artists Lynn Oliver-Cline. ​

All SXSW Music registrants receive primary access to Music and Convergence Conference programming, including Keynotes and Featured Speakers, Music Festival showcases, the Comedy Festival, exhibitions, networking Meet Ups, the Gaming Expo, Flatstock Poster Show, Registrant Lounge, the SXSW Outdoor Stage at concerts, and Closing BBQ & Softball Tournament. Secondary access is available for most Interactive and Film events.

The online SXSW Schedule and SXSW GO mobile app provide a complete rundown of 2020 programming, broken down by time and event category, with the ability to build a customized schedule. To get started, please visit https://schedule.sxsw.com/ and ​ ​ https://www.sxsw.com/mobile/. ​

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, professional development and a variety of networking opportunities. SXSW proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together. SXSW 2020 will take place March 13 - 22, 2020. For more information, please visit sxsw.com. To register for the event, ​ ​ please visit sxsw.com/attend. ​ ​

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