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South by South West 2015 adds 170+ new acts including some from Perth, Sydney and Melbourne

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The biggest music international music conference of the year, South by Southwest (SXSW) has been busy sifting through the world wide music scene and picked up over 170 new acts who will be showcasing at the event in March. The SXSW crew will be confirming more acts and sessions every day between now and the event, but as it stands the line up of music acts is - as always - epic. In addition to these new acts, SXSW has also confirmed 12 new, engaging sessions for their traditional Music Conference.

Highlights of the new line up include the unstoppable duo of El-P and Killer Mike, collectively known as Run The Jewels; Tokyo pop outfit Perfume; supremely talented Canadian emcee K-os; Australian indie-rock trio The Love Junkies; Stone's Throw boss Peanut Butter Wolf; Rapidly rising Atlanta prodigy Raury; and NYC electronica wizard The Horrorist.

The Australian acts added are: Melbourne's Hamish Anderson; the aforementioned The Love Junkies from Perth; Sydney duo Carmada - made up of L D R U & Yahtzel; and indie-folk duo Oxford & Co, also from Sydney. These Aussies will be joining the likes of Remi, Meg Mac, Kirin J Callinan, and Tkay Maidza as those who will be representing the Australian music scene at the mammoth event.

The new SXSW Music Conference sessions will bring in speakers like Lindsay Hoffman from C3 Presents, Tom Russell of annual event Governor's Ball, and Jay Sweet of Newport Folk Festival, to discuss the evolution of festival hospitality in a session titled 'Craft Beer, Cabanas & Concierge'. Other sessions confirmed are as follows:

• 21st Century Patronage: Brands Empowering Artists
• CLE 1: Music Law Ethics in Motion
• CLE 2: Licensing Made Difficult: Issues Clearing Music Rights
• CLE 3: Art Laws and Outlaws: Legal Issues in Music Graphics
• CLE 4: Unhappy Together - The Turtles with Sirius XM
• CLE 5: Don't Ask/Don't Get: Advanced Contract Negotiations and Pitfalls
• CLE 6: Litigation: The Cases We Need to Know
• CLE 7: Still Screaming About Streaming
• CLE 8: The Challenging Future of Artist Representation
• Content Creation in the Cloud
• Craft Beer, Cabanas, & Concierge: Curating the New Festival Experience
• World Music Meet Up
• New 2015 Showcasing Artist Additions

SXSW 2015 Latest Announcement - Showcasing Artists/Bands:

• 60 Tigres (Monterrey MEXICO)
• 8th Grader (San Francisco CA)
• Adelaida (Valparaiso CHILE)
• Air Traffic Controller (Boston MA)
• Albatross (Kathmandu NEPAL)
• Hamish Anderson (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
• Anonymous (Dallas TX)
• Ben Aqua (Austin TX)
• Jeff Austin (Black Hawk CO)
• Autoramas (Rio De Janeiro BRAZIL)
• Aviateur (Austin TX)
• Banditos (Nashville TN)
• Bobby Bare, Jr. (Nashville TN)
• Barretso (Vina Del Mar CHILE)
• The Beat Academy (Toronto CANADA)
• Berkshire Hounds (Austin TX)
• Serge Beynaud (Yamoussoukro CÔTE D'IVOIRE)
• Scott H. Biram (Austin TX)
• Birdcloud (Nashville TN)
• The Black Cadillacs (Knoxville TN)
• Black Linen (Atlanta GA)
• Rizzo Blaze (Dallas TX)
• Boxed In (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
• BP Fallon (Dublin IRELAND)
• Breakfast In Fur (New Paltz NY)
• Brother Ali (Minneapoils MN)
• Doug Burr (Denton TX)
• Byzantine (Charlestown WV)
• Call Me Lolla (São Paulo BRAZIL)
• Cardiel (Mexico City MEXICO)
• Carmada (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
• Matias Cena (Santiago CHILE)
• The Cerny Brothers (Los Angeles CA)
• Gina Chavez (Austin TX)
• Churchwood (Austin TX)
• Colony House (Nashville TN)
• Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes (Nashville TN)
• Dark Waves (Santa Barbara CA)
• Kate Davis (Portland OR)
• Dawn and Hawkes (Austin TX)
• Death By Unga Bunga (Oslo NORWAY)
• deM atlaS (St Paul MN)
• Dent May (Oxford MS)
• Dilated Peoples (Los Angeles CA)
• Disco las Palmeras! (Madrid SPAIN)
• DJ C.Wade (Dallas TX)
• DJHerShe (Peabody MA)
• Doomsquad (Toronto CANADA)
• Dorothy (Los Angeles CA)
• Dotan (Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS)
• The Dove & the Wolf (Paris FRANCE)
• Andrew Duhon (New Orleans LA)
• Zeke Duhon (Tulsa OK)
• East 35 (Austin TX)
• The Eastern Sea (Austin TX)
• Estados Alterados (Medellín COLOMBIA)
• et Aliae (London UK-ENGLAND)
• The Everymen (Tuckerton NJ)
• Fred Falke (Toulouse FRANCE)
• Fallujah (San Francisco CA)
• Ronnie Fauss (Dallas TX)
• Orenda Fink (Omaha NE)
• Foreign Fields (Nashville TN)
• Jessie Frye (Denton TX)
• Genevieve (Los Angeles CA)
• The Grahams (New York NY)
• Grandmilly (Hempstead NY)
• Grieves (Seattle WA)
• GRMLN (San Francisco CA)
• Group of the Altos (Milwaukee WI)
• Harvest Thieves (Austin TX)
• Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers (Lansing MI)
• Holiday Mountain (Austin TX)
• The Horrorist (New York NY)
• Hot Panda (Vancouver CANADA)
• Hundred Waters (Gainsville FL)
• Jacuzzi Boys (Miami FL)
• Jameszoo (Den Bosch THE NETHERLANDS)
• JP Hoe (Winnipeg CANADA)
• June (Memphis TN)
• Kap Slap (Boston MA)
• Cory Kendrix (Austin TX)
• Kero Kero Bonito (London UK-ENGLAND)
• Luke Winslow King (New Orleans LA)
• Kink Ador (Nashville TN)
• Klangkarussell (Salzburg AUSTRIA)
• K-os (Vancouver CANADA)
• Dex Kwasi (Accra GHANA)
• La Banda Bastön (Ciudad Constitución MEXICO)
• Megan Lane (The Woods CANADA)
• Jon Langford (Chicago IL)
• Ivy Levan (Los Angeles CA)
• L'Hereu Escampa (Barcelona SPAIN)
• Lieutenant (Los Angeles CA)
• Lil Herb (Chicago IL)
• Lodro (Brooklyn NY)
• Jeremy Loops (Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA)
• LooseTemper (Dallas TX)
• The Love Junkies (Perth AUSTRALIA)
• Lydia Loveless (Columbus OH)
• Luke Sweeney (San Francisco CA)
• Machineheart (Los Angeles CA)
• Malia Grace (Austin TX)
• Dan Mangan + Blacksmith (Vancouver CANADA)
• Marineros (Santiago CHILE)
• The McCrary Sisters (Nashville TN)
• Elizabeth McQueen/EMQ (Austin TX)
• Mideau (Salt Lake CIty UT)
• Mitski (Brooklyn NY)
• MKRNI (Santiago CHILE)
• MLKMN (Laredo TX)
• Monophonicos (Bogota COLOMBIA)
• Moon Tooth (Long Island NY)
• Mungo's Hi Fi (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
• The Narcotx (Austin TX)
• N E E D S (Vancouver CANADA)
• Sarah Bethe Nelson (San Francisco CA)
• Neon Cobra (Austin TX)
• No Sinner (Vancouver CANADA)
• Ormonde (Seattle WA)
• Oxford & Co. (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
• Palmbomen (Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS)
• Paperwhite (Brooklyn NY)
• Peanut Butter Wolf (Los Angeles CA)
• Amanda Perez (Fort Wayne IN)
• Perfume (Tokyo JAPAN)
• Photay (Woodstock NY)
• Planet Booty (Oakland CA)
• A Pony Named Olga (Berlin GERMANY)
• Priory (Portland OR)
• Prof (Minneapolis MN)
• Profetas (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
• Rah Rah (Regina CANADA)
• Rare Essence (Washington DC)
• Rathborne (New York NY)
• Raury (Atlanta GA)
• Rey Pila (Mexico City MEXICO)
• Roge (Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL)
• Rosie Flores (Austin TX)
• Rulo y la Contrabanda (Reinosa SPAIN)
• Run The Jewels (Brooklyn NY)
• Safari (Santiago CHILE)
• Santullo (Montevideo URUGUAY)
• Scalene (Brasília BRAZIL)
• Scatter Their Own (Porcupine SD)
• Schaffer the Darklord (New York NY)
• Scotty ATL (Atlanta GA)
• Secret Someones (Brooklyn NY)
• Doug Seegers (Nashville TN)
• The Seshen (San Francisco CA)
• Silva (Vitória BRAZIL)
• Justine Skye (Brooklyn NY)
• Solids (Montreal CANADA)
• Spain (Los Angeles CA)
• Chadwick Stokes (Jamaica Plain MA)
• The Stray Birds (Lancaster PA)
• Sunflower Bean (New York NY)
• Supercombo (São Paulo BRAZIL)
• Supraman (Austin TX)
• Susto (Charleston SC)
• Total Unicorn (Austin TX)
• Tourista (Lima PERU)
• Trampa (Brasília BRAZIL)
• Trans-X (Mexico City MEXICO)
• Tribe Society (Boston MA)
• Ultimate Painting (London UK-ENGLAND)
• The Vaccines (London UK-ENGLAND)
• Vanishing Life (Austin TX)
• Juan Pablo Vega (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
• Phill Veras (São Paulo BRAZIL)
• Vision (Los Angeles CA)
• Waco Brothers (Chicago IL)
• Grace Weber (Brooklyn NY)
• YB (TEXAS) (Bacliff TX)
• Years & Years (London UK-ENGLAND)
• Zig Zags (Los Angeles CA)

For more information on SWSW head to their official website HERE


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