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)
- 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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