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SXSW confirm over 150 more bands for 2017 festival

12 October 2016, 17:14 | Written by Laurence Day

SOHN, IDER, and Anna Von Hausswolff are just a few of the stellar names added that have been added to the SXSW 2017 lineup.

Highlights in the new wave are plentiful: SOHN, Girlpool, The Drums, Draper, Gurr, Half Waif, Autre Ne Veut, Aquilo, Imarhan, SG LEWIS, SWEAT, This Is The Kit, Flamingods, and more are all set to play.

The Austin, Texas-based extravaganza isn't just about the music - there's a huge range of talks, lectures, debates, panels, workshops, and more across a diverse range of topics, from film to tech to food to style to sports.

SXSW 2017 takes place 10-19 March. Ticket details can be found on the SXSW website.

Newly Announced:

  • The 4onthefloor (Minneapolis MN)
  • Aero Flynn (Eau Claire WI)
  • Annabel Allum (Guildford UK-ENGLAND)
  • ALMA (Helsinki FINLAND)
  • AluviÓn Afrobeat Pacifico (Bogota COLOMBIA)
  • Aquilo (London UK-ENGLAND)
  • ARY (Oslo NORWAY)
  • Autre Ne Veut (Brooklyn NY)
  • Aye Nako (Brooklyn NY)
  • Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires (Birmingham AL)
  • The Band of Heathens (Austin TX)
  • Bash & Pop (Hudson NY)
  • BeatKing (Houston TX)
  • Be Charlotte (Dundee UK-SCOTLAND)
  • Michael Bethany (Dallas TX)
  • Big Phony (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
  • BIRTHH (Florence ITALY)
  • Biznaga (Madrid SPAIN)
  • David Blanco (La Habana CUBA)
  • The Blind Pets (Austin TX)
  • Blue Healer (Austin TX)
  • Busty and the Bass (Montreal CANADA)
  • Cardiel (Mexico City MEXICO)
  • Carnival Youth (Riga LATVIA)
  • The Ceremonies (Sherman Oaks CA)
  • Jorge Chafey (San Juan PUERTO RICO)
  • Chastity Belt (Seattle WA)
  • CJ Fly (Brooklyn NY)
  • Closeness (Omaha NE)
  • Kweku Collins (Evanston IL)
  • Charlie Cunningham (Leighton Buzzard UK-ENGLAND)
  • DakhaBrakha (Kiev UKRAINE)
  • Dardust (Ascoli Piceno ITALY)
  • Deep State (Athens GA)
  • Manu Delago Handmade (London UK-ENGLAND)
  • Delicate Steve (Frendon NJ)
  • Downtown Boys (Providence RI)
  • Draper (Sevenoaks UK-ENGLAND)
  • The Drums (New York NY)
  • The Dumplings (Zabrze POLAND)
  • Lincoln Durham (Austin TX)
  • Elle Exxe (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
  • Fastball (Austin TX)
  • Ripp Flamez (Cleveland OH)
  • Flamingods (London UK-ENGLAND)
  • Flasher (Washington DC)
  • Future Generations (Brooklyn NY)
  • Future Thieves (Nashville TN)
  • Ron Gallo (Nashville TN)
  • Sam Gellaitry (Stirling UK-SCOTLAND)
  • The Gift (Alcobaca PORTUGAL)
  • Girlpool (Los Angeles CA)
  • Giungla (Bologna ITALY)
  • William Harries Graham (Austin TX)
  • Gurr (Berlin GERMANY)
  • Half Waif (Brooklyn NY)
  • Heat (Montreal CANADA)
  • Hiccup (New York NY)
  • High Up (Omaha NE)
  • Hollerado (Toronto CANADA)
  • The Hollowbodies (Toronto CANADA)
  • IDER (London UK-ENGLAND)
  • Imaginary Tricks (Brooklyn NY)
  • Imarhan (Tamanrasset ALGERIA)
  • Joan of Arc (Chicago IL)
  • Kaiydo (Orlando FL)
  • Amy Klein (Brooklyn NY)
  • Kroy (Montréal CANADA)
  • Kučka (Perth AUSTRALIA)
  • La Dame Blanche (Pinar Del Rio CUBA)
  • Ladyhawke (Masterton NEW ZEALAND)
  • Letting Up Despite Great Faults (Austin TX)
  • SG LEWIS (Reading UK-ENGLAND)
  • Lng/SHT (Cancún MEXICO)
  • Lowell (Toronto CANADA)
  • LVL UP (Brooklyn NY)
  • Madame Gandhi (Los Angeles CA)
  • Mahogany (Philadelphia PA)
  • Mail The Horse (Brooklyn NY)
  • mansionz (Los Angeles CA)
  • Måntra (London UK-ENGLAND)
  • Meat Wave (Chicago IL)
  • Yael Meyer (Santiago CHILE)
  • Middle Kids (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
  • Raul Midón (Columbia MD)
  • Minihorse (Ypsilanti MI)
  • Mint Field (Tijuana MEXICO)
  • Minus the Bear (Seattle WA)
  • Missio (Austin TX)
  • The Moms (Morris Plains NJ)
  • Moor Mother (Philadelphia PA)
  • Morenito de Fuego (Monterrey MEXICO)
  • Mothers (Athens GA)
  • Moving Panoramas (Austin TX)
  • Mozart’s Sister (Montreal CANADA)
  • My Expansive Awareness (Zaragoza SPAIN)
  • Naked Giants (Seattle WA)
  • The National Parks (Provo UT)
  • Native Young (Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA)
  • The New Respects (Nashville TN)
  • Brett Newski (Milwaukee WI)
  • Now, Now (Minneapolis MN)
  • Oh Honey (Brooklyn NY)
  • Outer Spaces (Baltimore MD)
  • Overcoats (New York NY)
  • Palm (Philadelphia PA)
  • PAWS (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
  • Pinact (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
  • PINES (Adelaide AUSTRALIA)
  • Plush (San Francisco CA)
  • Priests (Washington DC)
  • Michael Prins (Haarlem NETHERLANDS)
  • Pronoun (Brooklyn NY)
  • Pure Bathing Culture (Portland OR)
  • Qawalistan (Islamabad PAKISTAN)
  • David Ramirez (Austin TX)
  • Ramirez Exposure (Valencia SPAIN)
  • Riel (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
  • River Whyless (Asheville NC)
  • Roosevelt (Cologne GERMANY)
  • Whitney Rose (Austin TX)
  • L.A. Salami (London UK-ENGLAND)
  • Sammus (Ithaca NY)
  • Satellite Stories (Oulu FINLAND)
  • Scotty ATL (Atlanta GA)
  • Señor Loop (Panama City PANAMA)
  • Joana Serrat (Vic SPAIN)
  • Shaded (Los Angeles CA)
  • She-Devils (Montreal CANADA)
  • SOHN (London UK-ENGLAND)
  • Dice Soho (Houston TX)
  • The Spook School (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
  • C.W. Stoneking (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
  • St. Tropez (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
  • SuperGlu (Colchester UK-ENGLAND)
  • Supermoon (Vancouver CANADA)
  • SWEAT (London UK-ENGLAND)
  • Lucía Tacchetti (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
  • Tamarron (Austin TX)
  • Tancred (Minneapolis MN)
  • Tess & Dave (Huntington Beach CA)
  • Thigh Master (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
  • This Is The Kit (Bristol UK-ENGLAND)
  • Trill Sammy (Houston TX)
  • Tristen (Nashville TN)
  • The Undercover Dream Lovers (Brooklyn NY)
  • VANT (London UK-ENGLAND)
  • Anna Von Hausswolff (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
  • Weird Black (Rome ITALY)
  • Candy West (Dallas TX)
  • WhyJae (Houston TX)
  • The Wild Reeds (Los Angeles CA)
  • Charlotte Day Wilson (Toronto CANADA)
  • Frankie C. Wilson Jr. (Dallas TX)
  • Emily Wolfe (Austin TX)
  • Yemen Blues (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)

Already Confirmed:

  • Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys (Austin TX)
  • Agosto (San Isidro ARGENTINA)
  • Alex Napping (Austin TX)
  • Rocky Banks (Houston TX)
  • Vera Blue (Forbes AUSTRALIA)
  • BOOHER (Austin TX)
  • Cory Branan (Nashville TN)
  • Allysen Callery (Bristol RI)
  • Alex Cameron (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
  • Laura Carbone (Mannheim GERMANY)
  • Chain of Flowers (Cardiff UK-ENGLAND)
  • Chain Wallet (Bergen NORWAY)
  • Chelou (London UK-ENGLAND)
  • Crater (Seattle WA)
  • Creepoid (Philadelphia PA)
  • Diet Cig (New Paltz NY)
  • Dubfire (Washington DC)
  • Forth Wanderers (Montclair NJ)
  • FOXTRAX (Los Angeles CA)
  • Colin Gilmore (Austin TX)
  • Henry Hall (New York NY)
  • Hard Proof (Austin TX)
  • Hoops (Bloomington IN)
  • Jain (Paris FRANCE)
  • Tameca Jones (Austin TX)
  • King Cayman (Madrid SPAIN)
  • Alex Lahey (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
  • Lazyeyes (Brooklyn NY)
  • Carlo Lio (Toronto CANADA)
  • Demi Louise (Boronia AUSTRALIA)
  • Elizabeth McQueen (EMQ and Psiplay) (Austin TX)
  • Misimplicity (Austin TX)
  • My Education (Austin TX)
  • Never Young (Oakland CA)
  • Agnes Obel (Berlin GERMANY)
  • Pastel Ghost (Brooklyn NY)
  • Sara ∏ (Barcelona SPAIN)
  • Polarheart (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
  • The Quebe Sisters (Dallas TX)
  • Ratboys (Chicago IL)
  • Running Touch (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
  • San Fermin (Brooklyn NY)
  • Oscar Key Sung (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
  • S U R V I V E (Austin TX)
  • Tasha the Amazon (Toronto CANADA)
  • Throttle (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
  • Adam Torres (Austin TX)
  • Trudy and the Romance (London UK-ENGLAND)
  • Wafia (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
  • Miss Lavelle White and the L Men (Austin TX)
  • Yoke Lore (Brooklyn NY)
  • Jesse Colin Young (Aiken SC)
  • Yung Gordon (Miami FL)
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