Photo Credit: Diego Donamaria
The Scene
It’s not that South by Southwest takes over Austin — downtown Austin becomes SXSW for nine days in March. Music, art, interactive, panels, comedy, and movies all vie for your attention span. Let’s put it this way. You could skip media for a year, come to Austin for the week, and still come out ahead on pop culture.
2017 Artist Lineup
- #YEI (Miami FL)
- 4×4 (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
- 424 (San José COSTA RICA)
- AERO FLYNN (EAU CLAIRE WI)
- Agrupacion Cariño (Mexico City MEXICO)
- Aldous Harding (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
- ALI AKA MIND (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
- Alice Jemima (Exeter UK-ENGLAND)
- ALMA (HELSINKI FINLAND)
- Altre di B (Bologna ITALY)
- ALUVIÓN AFROBEAT PACIFICO (BOGOTA COLOMBIA)
- Aminé (Portland OR)
- AMY KLEIN (BROOKLYN NY)
- Andrew Jansen, LOUD SUN (Minneapolis MN)
- ANNA VON HAUSWOLFF (GOTHENBURG SWEDEN)
- ANNABEL ALLUM (GUILDFORD UK-ENGLAND)
- Apache (Cara VENEZUELA)
- AQUILO (LONDON UK-ENGLAND)
- Aries (Bilbao SPAIN)
- Artificial Pleasure (London UK-ENGLAND)
- AUTOBAHN (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
- AUTRE NE VEUT (BROOKLYN NY)
- Avi Buffalo (Long Beach CA)
- AYE NAKO (BROOKLYN NY)
- BASH & POP (HUDSON NY)
- Baskery (Stockholm SWEDEN)
- BE CHARLOTTE (DUNDEE UK-SCOTLAND)
- Beach Slang (Philadelphia PA)
- BEATKING (HOUSTON TX)
- Betty Bonifassi (Quebec CANADA)
- BIG PHONY (SEOUL SOUTH KOREA)
- Billie Eilish (Highland Park CA)
- BIRTHH (FLORENCE ITALY)
- BIZNAGA (MADRID SPAIN)
- BLUE HEALER (AUSTIN TX)
- Boulevards (Raleigh NC)
- BRETT NEWSKI (MILWAUKEE WI)
- Bridgit Mendler (Los Angeles CA)
- Brodka (Warsaw POLAND)
- BUSTY AND THE BASS (MONTREAL CANADA)
- W. STONEKING (MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA)
- Caddywhompus (New Orleans LA)
- Caitlyn Smith (Nashville TN)
- Calliope Musicals (Austin TX)
- CANDY WEST (DALLAS TX)
- CARDIEL (MEXICO CITY MEXICO)
- CARNIVAL YOUTH (RIGA LATVIA)
- Catholic Action (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
- Chad Lawson (Charlotte NC)
- CHARLIE CUNNINGHAM (LEIGHTON BUZZARD UK-ENGLAND)
- Charlotte Cardin (Montreal CANADA)
- CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON (TORONTO CANADA)
- CHASTITY BELT (SEATTLE WA)
- Cherry Glazerr (Los Angeles CA)
- CHINAH (Copenhagen DENMARK)
- Ciaran Lavery (Aghagallon UK-N. IRELAND)
- CJ FLY (BROOKLYN NY)
- CLOSENESS (OMAHA NE)
- Cold Specks (Toronto CANADA)
- Communist Daughter (Minneapolis MN)
- COMPLETE (Fort Worth TX)
- Cotton Mather (Austin TX)
- DAKHABRAKHA (KIEV UKRAINE)
- Damien McFly (Padova ITALY)
- DARDUST (ASCOLI PICENO ITALY)
- Dark Times (Oslo NORWAY)
- DAVID BLANCO (LA HABANA CUBA)
- DAVID RAMIREZ (AUSTIN TX)
- David Vincent (Georgetown TX)
- Dawg Yawp (Cincinnati OH)
- Dead Leaf Echo (New York NY)
- Death Valley Girls (Los Angeles CA)
- DEEP STATE (ATHENS GA)
- DELICATE STEVE (FRENDON NJ)
- DEM YUUT (Minneapolis MN)
- Desert Mountain Tribe (London UK-ENGLAND)
- DICE SOHO (HOUSTON TX)
- Die Heiterkeit (Hamburg GERMANY)
- Dirty Lungs (Birmingham AL)
- Dizzyride (New York NY)
- DJ Yoda (London UK-ENGLAND)
- DOWNTOWN BOYS (PROVIDENCE RI)
- DRAPER (SEVENOAKS UK-ENGLAND)
- Dream Wife (London UK-ENGLAND)
- Dude York (Seattle WA)
- Dyan (Los Angeles CA)
- Edison (Denver CO)
- El Tambor de la Tribu (Guatemala City GUATEMALA)
- ELLE EXXE (EDINBURGH UK-SCOTLAND)
- EMILY WOLFE (AUSTIN TX)
- ESKA (London UK-ENGLAND)
- False Advertising (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
- False Witness (New York NY)
- FASTBALL (AUSTIN TX)
- Federico Albanese (Berlin GERMANY)
- Fickle Friends (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
- Field Mouse (Philadelphia PA)
- FLAMINGODS (LONDON UK-ENGLAND)
- FLASHER (WASHINGTON DC)
- Flor (Hood River OR)
- FRANKIE C. WILSON JR. (DALLAS TX)
- Future Elevators (Birmingham AL)
- FUTURE GENERATIONS (BROOKLYN NY)
- FUTURE THIEVES (NASHVILLE TN)
- Gabriella Cohen (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
- Gabylonia (Caracas VENEZUELA)
- Gang (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
- GIRLPOOL (LOS ANGELES CA)
- GIUNGLA (BOLOGNA ITALY)
- Glen Check (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
- GoGo Penguin (London UK-ENGLAND)
- Gona (Caracas VENEZUELA)
- Greenbeard (Austin TX)
- Greg Graffin (New York NY)
- GURR (BERLIN GERMANY)
- HALF WAIF (BROOKLYN NY)
- Halfalib (Milan ITALY)
- Hanba! (Cracow POLAND)
- HEAT (MONTREAL CANADA)
- HECK (Nottingham UK-ENGLAND)
- Hector (Berlin GERMANY)
- Her’s (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
- HICCUP (NEW YORK NY)
- HIGH UP (OMAHA NE)
- HI-LO (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
- His Clancyness (Bologna ITALY)
- Hockey Dad (Wollongong AUSTRALIA)
- HOLLERADO (TORONTO CANADA)
- Holly Macve (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
- Ian Sweet (Brooklyn NY)
- IDER (LONDON UK-ENGLAND)
- IMAGINARY TRICKS (BROOKLYN NY)
- IMARHAN (TAMANRASSET ALGERIA)
- Indrajit Banerjee (Austin TX)
- Jah9 (Trelawny JAMAICA)
- Jared & the Mill (Phoenix AZ)
- Jean-Michel Blais (Montreal CANADA)
- Jennie Lena (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
- Jess Williamson (Austin TX)
- Jim and Sam (Los Angeles CA)
- JOAN OF ARC (CHICAGO IL)
- JOANA SERRAT (VIC SPAIN)
- Joel Sarakula (London UK-ENGLAND)
- JORGE CHAFEY (SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO)
- Josh Cashman (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
- Joywave (Rochester NY)
- KAIYDO (ORLANDO FL)
- Klyne (Eindhoven NETHERLANDS)
- Kristeen Young (New York NY)
- KROY (MONTRÉAL CANADA)
- KUČKA (PERTH AUSTRALIA)
- KWEKU COLLINS (EVANSTON IL)
- A. SALAMI (LONDON UK-ENGLAND)
- LA DAME BLANCHE (PINAR DEL RIO CUBA)
- La Habitación Roja (Valencia SPAIN)
- LADYHAWKE (MASTERTON NEW ZEALAND)
- LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES (BIRMINGHAM AL)
- LETTING UP DESPITE GREAT FAULTS (AUSTIN TX)
- Lewis Del Mar (Rockaway Beach NY)
- Lewis Watson (Oxford UK-ENGLAND)
- Lianna (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
- LINCOLN DURHAM (AUSTIN TX)
- Liniker e os Caramelows (São Paulo BRAZIL)
- Living Body (Carleton MI)
- LNG/SHT (CANCÚN MEXICO)
- Lois (Madrid SPAIN)
- Los Reyes Vagos (Guatemala City GUATEMALA)
- Lovespeake (Oslo NORWAY)
- LOWELL (TORONTO CANADA)
- LUCÍA TACCHETTI (BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA)
- Luna Lee (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
- LVL UP (BROOKLYN NY)
- MADAME GANDHI (LOS ANGELES CA)
- Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear (Independence MO)
- Magnolian (Ulaanbaatar MONGOLIA)
- MAHOGANY (PHILADELPHIA PA)
- MAIL THE HORSE (BROOKLYN NY)
- Mal Blum & The Blums (Brooklyn NY)
- Mansionair (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
- MANSIONZ (LOS ANGELES CA)
- MÅNTRA (LONDON UK-ENGLAND)
- MANU DELAGO HANDMADE (LONDON UK-ENGLAND)
- Mariana Vega (Miami FL)
- Mau Mau Chaplains (Austin TX)
- MEAT WAVE (CHICAGO IL)
- Meilyr Jones (Aberystwyth UK-WALES)
- Menace Beach (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
- MICHAEL BETHANY (DALLAS TX)
- MICHAEL PRINS (HAARLEM NETHERLANDS)
- MIDDLE KIDS (SYDNEY AUSTRALIA)
- MINIHORSE (YPSILANTI MI)
- MINT FIELD (TIJUANA MEXICO)
- MINUS THE BEAR (SEATTLE WA)
- MISSIO (AUSTIN TX)
- Modern English (London UK-ENGLAND)
- Monareta (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
- MOOR MOTHER (PHILADELPHIA PA)
- MORENITO DE FUEGO (MONTERREY MEXICO)
- Moses Boyd Exodus (London UK-ENGLAND)
- MOTHERS (ATHENS GA)
- MOVING PANORAMAS (AUSTIN TX)
- MOZART’S SISTER (MONTREAL CANADA)
- Blaky (Mazatlán MEXICO)
- Wolf (London UK-ENGLAND)
- Mullally (Norfolk UK-ENGLAND)
- Muncie Girls (Exeter UK-ENGLAND)
- MY EXPANSIVE AWARENESS (ZARAGOZA SPAIN)
- NAKED GIANTS (SEATTLE WA)
- Native Dancer (London UK-ENGLAND)
- NATIVE YOUNG (CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA)
- Neon Bunny (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
- New Portals (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND)
- Nick Hakim (Washington DC)
- No Joy (Montreal CANADA)
- Noah Slee (Berlin GERMANY)
- Noga Erez (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)
- NoMBe (Heidelberg GERMANY)
- Nothing For Breakfast (Florence ITALY)
- Novedades Carminha (Santiago de Compostela SPAIN)
- NOW, NOW (MINNEAPOLIS MN)
- Ofeliadorme (Bologna ITALY)
- OH HONEY (BROOKLYN NY)
- Oliver Heldens (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
- Omni (Atlanta GA)
- Orkestar Kriminal (Montreal CANADA)
- Oum Shatt (Berlin GERMANY)
- OUTER SPACES (BALTIMORE MD)
- OVERCOATS (NEW YORK NY)
- PALM (PHILADELPHIA PA)
- PAWS (GLASGOW UK-SCOTLAND)
- Perro (Murcia SPAIN)
- Phoria (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
- PINACT (GLASGOW UK-SCOTLAND)
- PINES (ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA)
- Pixx (Chipstead UK-ENGLAND)
- Plantation Band (Austin TX)
- PLUSH (SAN FRANCISCO CA)
- Polock (Valencia SPAIN)
- PRIESTS (WASHINGTON DC)
- PRONOUN (BROOKLYN NY)
- PURE BATHING CULTURE (PORTLAND OR)
- PWR BTTM (New York NY)
- QAWALISTAN (ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN)
- Quiet Company (Austin TX)
- Rainbrother (Copenhagen DENMARK)
- RAMIREZ EXPOSURE (VALENCIA SPAIN)
- Rat Fancy (Los Angeles CA)
- RAUL MIDÓN (COLUMBIA MD)
- Raymundo (Los Angeles CA)
- Reigning Days (Torquay UK-ENGLAND)
- Residual Kid (Austin TX)
- RIEL (BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA)
- RIPP FLAMEZ (CLEVELAND OH)
- RIVER WHYLESS (ASHEVILLE NC)
- Robocobra Quartet (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND)
- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
- RON GALLO (NASHVILLE TN)
- ROOSEVELT (COLOGNE GERMANY)
- Roselit Bone (Portland OR)
- SadGirl (Los Angeles CA)
- Saint (Malmö SWEDEN)
- SAM GELLAITRY (STIRLING UK-SCOTLAND)
- SAMMUS (ITHACA NY)
- Sarathy Korwar (London UK-ENGLAND)
- SATELLITE STORIES (OULU FINLAND)
- SCOTTY ATL (ATLANTA GA)
- SEÑOR LOOP (PANAMA CITY PANAMA)
- Sergio Echenique (Santo Domingo DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
- SG LEWIS (READING UK-ENGLAND)
- SHADED (LOS ANGELES CA)
- SHE-DEVILS (MONTREAL CANADA)
- Shedrach Rowery & The Levites (Austin TX)
- Shinobi Ninja (Brooklyn NY)
- Silvastone (London UK-ENGLAND)
- Simian Ghost (Stockholm SWEDEN)
- Slaves (London UK-ENGLAND)
- Slingshot Dakota (Bethlehem PA)
- SLØTFACE (Oslo NORWAY)
- Small Time Giants (Copenhagen DENMARK)
- SOHN (LONDON UK-ENGLAND)
- SORNE (Los Angeles CA)
- Special Explosion (Seattle WA)
- TROPEZ (AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS)
- Stay (Barcelona SPAIN)
- STELLA (Bay Area CA)
- Sun And The Wolf (Berlin GERMANY)
- Sunset (Chicago IL)
- SUPERGLU (COLCHESTER UK-ENGLAND)
- SUPERMOON (VANCOUVER CANADA)
- Sven Helbig (Dresden GERMANY)
- SWEAT (LONDON UK-ENGLAND)
- Sweet Crude (New Orleans LA)
- SX (Kortrijk Flanders)
- TAMARRON (AUSTIN TX)
- TANCRED (MINNEAPOLIS MN)
- TARMAC (Medellin COLOMBIA)
- Tei Shi (Vancouver CANADA)
- Tempers (New York NY)
- Temples (Kettering UK-ENGLAND)
- Ten Bears (Madrid SPAIN)
- Ten Tonnes (Hertford UK-ENGLAND)
- Tender (London UK-ENGLAND)
- TESS & DAVE (HUNTINGTON BEACH CA)
- THE 4ONTHEFLOOR (MINNEAPOLIS MN)
- THE BAND OF HEATHENS (AUSTIN TX)
- THE BLIND PETS (AUSTIN TX)
- The Blind Suns (Angers FRANCE)
- The Britanys (New York NY)
- THE CEREMONIES (SHERMAN OAKS CA)
- The Chamanas (El Paso TX)
- The Cool Kids (Chicago IL)
- The Dig (Brooklyn NY)
- THE DRUMS (NEW YORK NY)
- THE DUMPLINGS (ZABRZE POLAND)
- The Family Crest (San Francisco CA)
- The fin. (Tokyo JAPAN)
- The Fontaines (Los Angeles CA)
- THE GIFT (ALCOBACA PORTUGAL)
- The Heart Collectors (Murwillumbah AUSTRALIA)
- THE HOLLOWBODIES (TORONTO CANADA)
- The Molochs (Los Angeles CA)
- THE MOMS (MORRIS PLAINS NJ)
- The Mystery Lights (Brooklyn NY)
- THE NATIONAL PARKS (PROVO UT)
- THE NEW RESPECTS (NASHVILLE TN)
- The Parrots (Madrid SPAIN)
- The Sore Losers (Hasselt BELGIUM)
- THE SPOOK SCHOOL (EDINBURGH UK-SCOTLAND)
- THE UNDERCOVER DREAM LOVERS (BROOKLYN NY)
- THE WILD REEDS (LOS ANGELES CA)
- The Zephyr Bones (Barcelona SPAIN)E
- THIGH MASTER (BRISBANE AUSTRALIA)
- THIS IS THE KIT (BRISTOL UK-ENGLAND)
- TIGER! SHIT! TIGER! TIGER! (Foligno ITALY)
- Triangulo de Amor Bizarro (La Coruña SPAIN)
- Tribu Baharu (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
- TRILL SAMMY (HOUSTON TX)
- TRISTEN (NASHVILLE TN)
- Tunde Olaniran (Flint MI)
- Ultimate Painting (London UK-ENGLAND)
- United Vibrations (London UK-ENGLAND)
- Uyarakq x Peand-eL x Tarrak (Nuuk GREENLAND)
- Valley Hush (Detroit MI)
- VANT (LONDON UK-ENGLAND)
- Vargas (Caracas VENEZUELA)
- Verdiana Raw (Firenze ITALY)
- VÉRITÉ (New York NY)
- Walker Lukens (Austin TX)
- Weaves (Toronto CANADA)
- WEIRD BLACK (ROME ITALY)
- Wesley Jensen and The Penny Arcade (Denton TX)
- Whitest Taino Alive (Santo Domingo DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
- WHITNEY ROSE (AUSTIN TX)
- WHYJAE (HOUSTON TX)
- Wildwood Kin (Exeter UK-ENGLAND)
- WILLIAM HARRIES GRAHAM (AUSTIN TX)
- Windy City (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
- Wintertime (Orlando FL)
- Wood & Wire (Austin TX)
- XXX (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
- YAEL MEYER (SANTIAGO CHILE)
- YEMEN BLUES (TEL AVIV ISRAEL)
- Yonaka (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
- Yung Beef (Barcelona SPAIN)
- Yussef Kamaal (London UK-ENGLAND)