Petrol Girls is a feminist (post) hardcore band from the UK and Austria.
They're real good. Get into them. Or, not. This crew doesn't give a ____.
Blast a few choice cuts from their sick album Cut & Stitch below (via Hassle Records) and then get hyped for their first USA tour in spring of 2020 A.D.
Come for the angry riffs. Stay for the pretty melodies soaring over the shouts.
Recommended if you love the punk rock!
Recently played shows with: War on Women * Refused * Propagandhi
RIYL: At The Drive-In * Brutus * X-Ray Specs * Gouge Away *
The Players:
Liepa Kuraitė
Ren Aldridge
Joe York
Zock
Dry Cleaning is a new post punk band from London.
Think jagged melodic lines over spoken vocals.
Go ahead and blast some jams from their upcoming debut EP that everyone will be talking about.
And by everyone, I mean me and you.
They're good, right?
(Not asking or confirming just looking for a little mutual appreciation.....yeah!)
The Players:
Lewis Maynard, Tom Dowse, Florence Shaw, Nick Buxton
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DAY SHOWS
South x San Jose with Okkervil River (pictured above), Rayland Baxter, Sunflower Bean, U.S. Girls, Soccer Mommy & more @ San Jose Hotel
Rachael Ray's Feedback with Dr. Pepper's Jaded Hearts Club Band, Salt-n-Pepa, Girl Talk, Kurt Vile, Waxahatchee, Kevin Morby & more @ Stubb's
Lost Weekend 2 with Andrew W.K., Lucy Dacus, La Luz, A Place To Bury Strangers, Natalie Prass, Palm and more @ Cheer Up Charlie's
Showtime House x Collide with Wavves, Tank and the Bangas, Shamir & more @ Clive Bar
Burgermania with Nobunny, ORB, Guantanamo Baywatch, No Parents, Tall Juan, Pujol & more @ Hotel Vegas (free before 7pm, badge or $10 after)
The Octopus Project and Friends with ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Broncho, Omni & more @ Mohawk
Invertebrate x Citrus City with Peach Pit, Barrie, Field Trip, Varsity & more @ New Guild Co-Op
Friend Oasis with Caracara, The Spirit of the Beehive, Doe, Adult Mom, No Vacation, Strange Ranger & more @ Pearl Street Co-Op
Electric Garden Party with Guantanamo Baywatch, No Parents, The Nude Party, Adult Books, Surfbort, Boytoy, Acid Dad, Thick, Big Bliss, Fruit & Flowers, Bodega & more @ Spider House Ballroom
Piano's NYC Day Party with A Place To Bury Strangers, Grim Streaker, High Waisted, Acid Dad, Bambara & more @ The Sidewinder
Southwest Invasion with DMC, Uni, Gothic Tropic, A Place To Bury Strangers & more @ Whole Foods
Camp West Campus with Adult Mom, Kississippi, Special Explosion, awakebutstillinbed, Gulfer & more @ Zeta Psi House
DAY SHOWS
Lost Weekend 2 with Hop Along (pictured above), Hinds, The Wedding Present, Tyler Childers, Soccer Mommy & more @ Cheer Up Charlie's
Treehouse Records with White Reaper, Lucille Furs, White Mystery, Post Animal & more @ 21st Street Co-Op
Paramount x Pitchfork with Kelela, Kevin Morby, Andrew W.K., Porches, Ought, Snail Mail, Lucy Dacus & more @ Barracuda
Tiger Bomb x Crashing Through with Moaning, Sneaks, Suburban Living & more @ Beerland
FLOODfest with Porches, Kurt Vile, Speedy Ortiz, Moaning, Hop Along & Goat Girl @ Cedar Street Courtyard
Dr. Martens x Collide with Andrew W.K., Ron Gallo, Girl Ray, Grim Streaker & more @ Container Bar
Mimicking Birds, Courtney Marie Andrews, Now, Now, Cuco & more @ FADER FORT
KVRX & Ordinal Records with Summer Heart, Suburban Living, Remember Sports, Strawberry Runners & more @ French House
That's What She Said with Ivy Sole, Sammus, Varsity, Mal Devisa & more @ Hole In The Wall
Tiny Engines with The Spirit of the Beehive, Jouska, Club Night, AMA, Strange Ranger, Adult Mom & more @ Hops and Grain
Music For Listeners with The Blind Owls, Girl Ray, A Place To Bury Strangers, Acid Dad, Hater & more @ Lazarus Brewing Co.
Collide with Okkervil River, Gothic Tropic, Mallrat & more @ Lustre Pearl
All Are Welcome with Wavves, Sunflower Bean, White Reaper, Post Animal, Cut Worms, Girl Ray & more @ Mohawk
South x San Jose with Tank and the Bangas, Gang of Youths, Erika Wennerstrom, Natalie Prass & more @ San Jose Hotel
The Midgetmen's Jumpstart 11 with Lee Baines III & The Glory Fires, The Spirit of the Beehive, Savak, Thick & more @ Side Bar
UO with Sunflower Bean, Soccer Mommy, Palm & more @ Space 24 Twenty
Acid Dad, Moonwalks, White Mystery, Stuyedeyed & more @ The Electric Church
Southwest Invasion with In The Valley Below, Lola Marsh, Jukebox The Ghost, Magic Bronson, Cape Francis & more @ Whole Foods
NIGHT SHOWS
OVRLD with No Parents, Los Wilds, Sabrina Is Not In This Chat, Sailor Poon & more @ Fine Southern Gentlemen
Burger Pool Party with No Parents, The Memories, Part Time & more @ Pearl Street Co-Op
Yippe Ki Yay Records with Triathalon, Tall Juan, Inner Wave @ Spider House Ballroom
METZ, The Wedding Present, Ringo Deathstarr, Idles, Starcrawler, Grim Streaker & more @ Barracuda (OFFICIAL)
AdHoc with A Place To Bury Strangers, Mal Devisa, Vundabar, Sammus, Soccer Momy & more @ Cheer Up Charlie's (OFFICIAL)
Ben Kweller, Molly Burch @ Native Hostel (OFFICIAL)
Hinds, Men I Trust, Hater & more @ Seven Grand (OFFICIAL)
DAY SHOWS
Sound + Vision with Kelela (pictured above), Andrew W.K., Pale Waves, Lucy Dacus & more @ Mohawk
Lost Weekend 2 with Okkervil River, Speedy Ortiz, U.S. Girls, Shopping, Ezra Furman, Men I Trust & more @ Cheer Up Charlie's
Showtime House with Sunflower Bean, U.S. Girls, Natalie Prass & more @ Clive Bar
Palm, Juiceboxxx, Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy & more @ FADER FORT (invite-only)
Very Jazzed with Flasher, Anna McClellan, Hypoluxo, Washer, Bethlehem Steel, Poppies, AMA & more @ Fine Southern Gentlemen
Post-Trash with Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, Crumb, Yazan, Stove, Maneka, Ratboys, Bambara & more @ Hole In The Wall
Levitation with A Place To Bury Strangers, Sunflower Bean, Ron Gallo, Boy Harsher, Vundabar & more @ Hotel Vegas (free before 7pm, badge or $10 after)
Music For Listeners with The Wedding Present, Special Guests, Annie Hart, Cape Francis & more @ Lazarus Brewing Co
South x San Jose with Stars, Albert Hammond Jr., La Luz & more @ San Jose Hotel
Hipster Robots Suck with ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, A Place To Bury Strangers, Greys, Moaning, Savak & more @ Side Bar
UO with Porches, Men I Trust, Post Animal & more @ Space 24 Twenty
Wienermania III with No Parents, Surfbort, The Memories, Boytoy & more @ Spiderhouse Ballroom
Unsettled Culture with Sneaks, Mal Devisa, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, Mal Blum, Adult Mom & more @ The Blue Room Supper Club
After The Gold Rush with Soccer Mommy, Snail Mail, Porches, Post Animal, Palm, Ought & more @ The Sidewinder
The Grey Estates & New Professor with Moaning, Anna Burch, Ratboys, Strange Ranger & more @ Voodoo Donuts
The Weather Station, Dashboard Confessional, A Place To Bury Stranger & more @ Waterloo Records
NIGHT SHOWS
StubHub Next Stage with Action Bronson, Wavves & more @ Banger's (OFFICIAL)
Jeff Rosenstock, Ratboys, White Reaper, Post Animal & more @ Cheer Up Charlie's (OFFICIAL)
Princess Nokia, Speedy Ortiz & Snail Mail @ Clive Bar (OFFICIAL)
Idles, Goat Girl, Girl Ray, Shopping & more @ Latitude 30 (OFFICIAL)
Ted Leo, Wye Oak, Bully & Bodega @ Scoot Inn (OFFICIAL)
Dashboard Confessional, Beach Slang & more @ The Gatsby (OFFICIAL)
DAY SHOWS
FLOODfest with Dr. Octagon, Hinds, Sunflower Bean @ Cedar Street Courtyard
AdHoc with Snail Mail (pictured above), Sudan Archives, U.S. Girls, Palm, Hovvdy, Flasher & more @ Cheer Up Charlie's
Dr. Martens x Collide with White Reaper, Bully, Porches, Soccer Mommy, The Buttertones & more @ Container Bar
phluff & Mutual Friends with Strange Ranger, The Spirit of The Beehive, Club Night, Vundabar, Special Explosion, No Vacation, awakebutstillinbed & more @ Eden Co-Op
Desert Daze with Moaning, Vundabar, Casper Skulls, Omni, Moonwalks, Current Joys, Acid Dad & more @ Hotel Vegas
British Music Embassy with Shame, Idles, Our Girl, Doe, Breakfast Muff @ Latitude 30
Innovative Leisure with The Buttertones, The Molochs, Pinky Pinky, Mint Field & more @ Mohawk
Tiny Tables Talks & We're Trying Records with The Spirit of The Beehive, Kississippi, No Vacation, High Waisted & more @ Pearl Street Co-Op
Andrew W.K., Ought, Shopping, Lucy Dacus, Moaning, Son Little & Hinds @ Waterloo Records
NIGHT SHOWS
Hater, Lucy Spraggan & Lola Tried @ Austin Taco Project
Punk Talks with Shamir, Sammus, Heart Attack Man & more @ The Brixton
Ground Control Touring Showcase with Hop Along, Snail Mail, Porches, Girl Ray, Ought, Shame & more @ Barracuda (OFFICIAL)
Japandroids, Tennis & Wye Oak @ Lustre Pearl (OFFICIAL)
Trail of Dead, Say Anything, Greys & more @ Swan Dive (OFFICIAL)
DAY SHOWS
She Shreds with La Luz (pictured above), Speedy Ortiz, Hinds, Shamir, Shopping, Sammus, Snail Mail & more @ Kinda Tropical
Superchunk @ Waterloo Records
Pledgehouse with Sunflower Bean, Shame, Field Report & more @ The Blackheart
It's Only Rock N Roll with White Reaper, Lucy Dacus, Mt. Joy & more @ Scoot Inn
Gorilla Vs. Bear with Sudan Archives, Men I Trust, Barrie, Hovvdy & more @ Cheer Up Charlie's
NIGHT SHOWS
paradYse Records x Brace Yourself with Hinds, Girl Ray, Our Girl & more @ Pearl Street Co-Op
Post-Trash with Washer, Bethlehem Steel, Maneka & more @ Beerland
Part Time Punks & Felte (Official Showcase) with The Wedding Present, Omni, Greys, French Vanilla, Tennis System & more @ Barracuda
Nobody reads the intros to articles -- even their writers.
But anyway...here's a good intro for you.
Among the hundreds of musical acts going down to Texas this mid-March here are eighteen buzz bands we think you should really try to stop and see.*
*but if you don't end up seeing any of these
eighteen buzz bands we think you should really try to stop and see, no big deal, it's only rock n roll and the earth will continue to spin around the sun whether or not you check out the buzz bands, you know?
Our eighteen buzz bands we think you should really try to stop and see are listed below in no particular order.
Number eighteen buzz band buzzes just as much as buzz band number one.
The alphabetical thing is just a fantastic coincidence.
In summation, nobody reads the intros.
18 Buzz Bands We Think You Should Really Try To Stop And See at SXSW 2018
awakebutstillinbed is an emoindiemathpunk band from San Jose, CA.
Think shimmer meets aggression meets sadness meets elation meets pretty melodies you can totally scream-sing along to and you just might be thinking of your new favorite crew.
If you like emoindiemathpunk (and honestly, who doesn't?) you will be a hundred times thankful you gave this good band a chance and saw them a hundredmillion times this SXSW.
Blast their excellent debut album what people call low self-esteem is really just seeing yourself the way that other people see you to get you ready.
Casper Skulls is a loud band from Toronto.
RIYL: Greys / Parquet Courts / Sonic Youth / Dilly Dally / Solids / The Dirty Nil
File Under: The Punk Rock
Lucy Dacus is America's Next Global Icon.
You heard it here FOURTH.
Doe is a punk pop* band from London.
They're noisy and sludgy and crunchy.
But you can sing along!
There's all sorts of sweet harmonies going on that build into triumphant choruses.
That's where the pop of punk pop* comes in.
RIYL: Weezer / Rainer Maria / Breeders / Charly Bliss / Veruca Salt / Good Bands
For questions or concerns regarding this band blurb....
Please call 1-800-pp5-1-doodoo.
I'm in your corner.
Girl Ray is a v. chill lo-fi power pop band from London*.
Come for the jingle. Stay for the heartbreak.
Linger for the easy breezy 100% fine vibes!
Relax with their debut full-length album (via the always excellent UK label Moshi Moshi) if you like chilling with good records.
If you don't like chilling with good records, never mind. Go listen to something else.
And definitely don't go see this band play. You'll just hear more chill. And you don't like chill.
MONSTER.
RIYL: the good jams.
lush dreams.
cool breeze.
surfing safaris.
spaghetti westerns.
cicada swarms.
good band.
Moaning is a fun fuzzy lo-fi band straight outta Los Angeles.
Think crunchy riffs meets noisy angularity meets the occasional synth to keep the strong melodies POPPING.
This good band recently signed to some little record label called Sub Pod (?) so that's cool.
Go see them seven thousand times this south by south by south by south by south by!
The Vacation. Vacation. Vacations. Vacationer. On Vacation. Super Vacations. Space Vacation. Basic Vacation. Cult Vacation. Death Vacation. Vacation Jason. Better stop at Vacation Jason.
These are some of the good Vacation band names we've listed on Oh My Rockness over the years.
And now comes......Brooklyn's (via San Francisco) No Vacation.
Guess what, though. There's plenty of room in your heart to love one more Vacation band!
Especially if you love good dream pop (with pretty guitar parts and plenty of emo ennui).
And who doesn't love dream pop? What are you, some kind of monster? Next thing you'll tell me you don't like vacation.
WHO DOESN'T LIKE VACATION.
"Steve" from Stranger Things was in this band.
I don't believe "Steve" from Stranger Things is in this band anymore.
Hope this has been helpful.
RIYL: "Steve" from Stranger Things
Sammus* is a rapper/producer from Ithaca, NY.
Is this hip hop. Is this nerdcore. Is this punk. Is this pop.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
It's also dope as hell.
RIYL:
Don Giovanni / beats / flow / weirdos / forever
Shame is a post-punk band from London.
Think post-punk.... meets..... London..... meets.... The Fall (RIP).... meets a good band.
Go see them a hundred thousand times.
And buy
this good record (via Dead Oceans) while you're at it.
S
H
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FOREVER. ❤️
Indie rock jams made possible by 18-year-old wunderkind Lindsey Jordan.
Don't take your time getting to this good band's shows.
Peeps are probably already waiting in line.
You must hustle to hear this chill flow.
Soccer Mommy (led by the super talented Sophie Allison) plays lo-fi bedroom pop soaked in melodic ennui.
This twinkles and shimmers and glows.
It puts the heart in heartbreak.
And the chill in sadness.*
*if that word was spelled chillsadness or sadchillness or sadnesschill
The band's excellent new album
Clean is out now on Fat Possum.
Appreciate the ache. Love the glow.
See Soccer Mommy a million times.
Strange Ranger (fka Sioux Falls) is an indie rock band from Portland, Oregon (via Bozeman, Montana).
And by indie rock, I mean whatever indie rock used to mean back in, say, 1997, when everything was the best -- especially in the Pacific Northwest.
Think carefully constructed songs that slowly swirl towards something cool and congratulations you're now thinking of your new favorite band.
Strange Ranger's second full-length album Daymoon (here's the first) was recently released by Tiny Engines (one of the best independent record labels going in the opinion of this music blob) and you should listen to it ASAP below if you like listening to good albums and/or indie rock.
Take your time with this band. They'll grow on you.
RIYL: Modest Mouse (gotta go 2 work gotta go 2 work gotta have a job) * Built to Spill <-- click & watch "Lie For A Lie" from 1997 it's so dope *
Meghan Remy and crew just scheduled three shows in one night in NYC and it looks like all three of them will sell-out.
What does this have to do with SXSW?
Nothing.
Everything.
Amen.
Vundabar is a good band from Boston that plays jovial quirk punk.*
These idiosyncratic jangle jams slip, slide and glide all over the place and if you can keep up with the wonderfully erratic rhythms you shall receive your great reward in Heaven or, if that doesn't exist, right here on good old planet earth!
Come for the riffs. Stay for the surprise hairpin turns. Don't fall asleep at the wheel.
*since we're making up music genres on the fly (see: quirk punk) eccentro pop would also be an acceptable description or whatever YOU decide this goodness sounds like
No words necessary.*
*other than these 7 words
1. no
2. words
3. necessary
4. other
5. than
6. these
7. words
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SXSW moves pretty fast.
If you don't stop and look around every once in awhile, you could miss it.
So this feature is us trying to be helpful.
Among the hundreds of musical acts going down to Texas this mid-March here are seventeen bands we think you should really try to stop and see.
We tried to avoid mentioning the big bands (your Spoons and such) because what fun is telling someone they should go see Spoon at SXSW. It's 2017 A.D. At this point you're either going to see Spoon or you're not going to see Spoon. There is no try.
Our seventeen buzz bands below are listed in no particular order. Number seventeen buzzes just as much as buzz number one.
The alphabetical thing is just a fantastic coincidence.
17 Super Good Bands To See at SXSW 2017
Have you heard Cherry Glazerr's new album? It
rules.
Indie psych dream punk never sounded better.
Seeing these Californians shred SXSW would not be the wrong move. You heard it here FOURTH.
"Delicate" Steve Marion has been making uplifting instrumental rock anthems for a bit.
If you've never seen him bring joy to a small room this would be a fantastic time to do that. His new album "This Is Steve" was just released (it's really great) and he'll be playing a bunch of jams from it (and hopefully this solid gold classic DS cut too).
Here's a ripper to whet your appetite for more jams-induced jubilation.
Dude York is a massive indie rock band from Seattle.
Well, they're not really all that massive... yet.... but their soaring melodies sure sound alt radio station radio ready to me.
If you like Wolf Parade* give this band your best chance.
Watch this new jam from Dude York's album "
Sincerely" on Hardly Art (Hardly Starving).
*Oh My Rockness comparing bands to Wolf Parade in 2017 A.D. LOL
We've been big fans of this Montclair, NJ indie rock crew since at least September 21st, 2015 A.D.
Forth Wanderers had a prominent jam on our Best Songs of 2016 A.D. feature too.
This blob has been with this band all the way.
And now in 2017 A.D.... it's the rest of the world's turn.
Ron Gallo and his band play rock and roll. That's just how Nashville do*.
Think dirty yelp-y thunderous good shit.
Don't take my word for it, blast this jam from his new record "Heavy Meta" (best album title ever, man) and you'll wanna go see this dude. Bet.
*Wikipedia tells me Nashville also dabbles in country music but this is the first I've heard of that
Brooklyn's Hiccup play short poppy poppy poppy punk songs that will quickly improve your mood.
Fun fact: co-songwriters / vocalists Alex & Haille are also members of comic Chris Gethard's house band on his TV show. Fun!
Go see them play, perhaps when you want to get rid rid of your sluggish attitude brought upon by eating too much delicious BBQ.
Jay Som is the lush lo-fi pop project of San Francisco's Melina Duterte.
Think strong catchy melodies being pleasantly sung and strummed before totally rocking out and you wouldn't be thinking wrong.
Jay Som has played recent shows with Mitski and Japanese Breakfast so if you like either (you should - they both rule) you will probably like this too.
Love some songs from Jay Som's new album "Everybody Works" (released: March 10, 2017 A.D.).
Jurassic Shark is a super solid lo-fi jingle-jangle bedroom punk band from Monrovia, California.
Since forming sometime circa 2014 A.D. the band has played a whole pretty mess of high energy shows at mostly punk places around L.A.
(actually, we listed twenty of their shows on OMR LA last year and they earned a spot on our LA's Hardest-Working Bands of 2016 list)
Listen to Jurassic Shark's EP "Blue School" below to get a good sense of what you're in for.
(spoiler: you're in for fun)
Chicago's Meat Wave play thick melodic punk rock.
RIYL: hmmm.... maybe PUP? (they're on the same record label anyway)
Listen to Meat Wave's new album. According to this humble DIY music blob it's one of this year's meatiest so far.
Noname* is a poet / rapper from Chicago.
(Noname does have a name -- it's Fatimah Warner and she rules.)
Think dope flow meets laid-back jazzy beats meets zero fucks given.
Listen to her fantastic self-released debut album below. It's chill like that.
And then go see her speak the truth from the stage.
Please note: PWR BTTM rules.
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (C.F. if you prefer) is a jingle jangle garage pop band from Melbourne. God, they're good.
Their debut USA EP " The French Press" is coming out via Seattle's Sup Pod (sp?) Records. Below is a big time pop jam from that sparkling album.
Please listen to it and then go see Rolling Blackouts Costal Fever (C.F. to their mates) play at your earliest convenience.
RIYL: Royal Headache, Courtney Barnett, Parquet Courts, Total Control, Dick Diver,Twerps, Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Savoy Motel is a good lo-fi band from Nashville.
Think fresh. Think funky. Think punk. Think spunky.
Think groovy, baby.
Go see them and then later send me a thank you note for suggesting this band to you.
This Montreal duo play '60s inspired haze pop that goes great with catching rays or relaxing on the comedown.
Secretly Canadian liked their mood so much they were like "we want to sign you."
So they did.
Surf Curse is a lo-fi garage pop duo from Los Angeles.
Think jingle. Think jangle. Think haze. Think waves.
Think punk melodies you'll actually remember.
Here are some bands they might sound like ---> Surf City, Japandroids, Cherry Glazerr, Parquet Courts, Terry Malts, Royal Headache
The band's latest album is called "Nothing Yet" and it's really good.
Go see them play songs from it. It's the wise thing to do.
This 100% fun Brooklyn band totally shreds.
(they closed our Hardest-Working Bands of 2016 show in NYC and turned punk rock into a raging dance party)
Go see them play. You will have a good time. Guaranteed.*
*guarantee not a guarantee as everybody's tastes are different but if u don't have a good time it's best if we spent some time apart
The super talented singer / writer / producer / multi-instrumentalist Laetitia Tamko is Vagabon.
The NYC artist creates strong pop songs -- sometimes they're quiet -- sometimes they punk. Whichever way they go. They always sound dope.
Vagabon just played two sold-out NYC shows. You should have an easier time getting in at SXSW.
Don't let these chances pass you by.
That's how Montclair, NJ do.
#slop #pop #goodness
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New Bands 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 Hauswolff (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)
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Bands & Artists Previously Announced:
Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys (Austin TX)
Agosto (San Isidro ARGENTINA)
Alex Napping (Austin TX)
ARY (Oslo NORWAY)
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)
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 (Kona HI)
Yung Gordon (Miami FL)