In alphabetical order, I have chosen my first round picks for the SXSW music portion. I know it won’t be possible to see all of these bands plus the many more I will add in the coming weeks.  The complete band list can be viewed here. The genres listed below are fairly broad, but hopefully helpful. I am slowing listening to the 2nd and 3rd round bands and hope to have those up in a few days. Click on the band name to learn more about them. Let me know what you like! Enjoy!

Ambition Halifax Canada (hip-hop)
ANR Miami FL (indie rock)
Antoine Reverb Guadalajara Mexico (indie pop)
Avalanche City Auckland New Zealand (folk)
Balthazar Gent Belgium (alt pop) ***

Big Deal London UK-England (lo-fi)
Big Scary Melbourne Australia (folk rock)

Cloud Nothings – Cleveland OH (indie rock) **
Com Truise – Princeton NJ (electronic) ***

Fat Tony Houston TX (hip hop)

He’s My Brother She’s My Sister Los Angeles CA (folk, western swing) ***
Howler Minneapolis MN (surf rock)

il abanico Bogota COLOMBIA (rock)
Matthew Perryman Jones Nashville TN (singer-songwriter)
Jonquil Oxford UK-ENGLAND (pop rock)
Just A Band Nairobi KENYA  (electro pop)
Marit Larsen Oslo NORWAY (singer-songwriter)
Letting Up Despite Great Faults Los Angeles CA (shoegaze)

Marmalakes Austin TX (folk pop)

Motopony Seattle WA (indie pop)
Mujeres Barcelona SPAIN (garage)

Of Monsters and Men Reykjavík ICELAND (folk)

Parlovr Montreal CANADA (alt rock) ***

Molly Rankin Charlottetown PE (pop)

Rosie and Me Curitiba BRAZIL (folk)
Royal Canoe Winnipeg CANADA (indie pop)

Skewby Memphis TN (hip hop)
Skinny Lister London UK-ENGLAND (folk)

Thee Oh Sees San Francisco CA (garage rock) **

The Wedding Present Brighton UK-ENGLAND (brit pop) ***

**so fun/amazing that I want to see again

***been wanting to see this band live for a while