Another week, another addition to the 2017 SXSW Music Festival lineup. This eighth addition includes some big names, tons of rising artists and one big exciting announcement.
As far as the most established artists that will be joining the always-massive lineup out in Austin, TX on March 10-19, that includes Los Angeles metal group Otep, electronic-pop artist Teen Daze and, in the biggest announcement so far for SXSW (besides scoring a talk from FBI head James Comey) is that Russian punk/performance art collective Pussy Riot will perform as “Pussy Riot Theatre” in premiering their play Revolution.
Otep, led by the enigmatic and iconic frontwoman Otep Shamaya, released a new album this time last year. Titled Generation Doom, the album manages to take nu-metal influenced sounds and keep them relevant and fresh – all with a healthy dose of rage thrown in.
Teen Daze, the project of mononymous artist Jamison, releases its latest album, Themes for Dying Earth today. The musicians recently spoke with mxdwn about that album and more here.
Other names worth noting in the lineup is Los Angeles indie rockers Death Hymn Number 9 and Los Angeles-by-way-of-Portland stoner goofballs White Fang.
SXSW 2017 Eighth Round of Showcasing Artists
808INK (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Aces (Provo UT)
Federico Albanese (DJ Set) (Berlin GERMANY)
Alikiba (Dar Es Salaam TANZANIA)
Aztec Death (Dallas TX)
Richard Barone (New York NY)
Maleek Berry (London UK-ENGLAND)
Big Search (Los Angeles CA)
Bilal (Philadelphia PA)
Bin ChiValry (Atlanta GA)
Blue, The Misfit. (Dallas TX)
Dutty Bookman (Kingston JAMAICA)
Laure Briard (Toulouse FRANCE)
Bufi (Mexico City MEXICO)
Buggsy (Bristol UK-ENGLAND)
BURNS (Stafford UK-ENGLAND)
Christopher Martin (St Catherine JAMAICA)
Cipha Sounds (New York NY)
Close Talker (Saskatoon CANADA)
C-Micah (St Louis MO)
Wendy Colonna (Austin TX)
Colony House (Franklin TN)
Computer Magic (New York NY)
Continental Drift (Austin TX)
Crywolf (Los Angeles CA)
Death Hymn Number 9 (Los Angeles CA)
Death of a Dream (Austin TX)
Deep Cuts (Houston TX)
DJ Aktive (Philadelphia PA)
DJ ECOOL (Atlanta GA)
DJ EFN (Miami FL)
DJ WaxFiend (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
DROELOE (Hilversum NETHERLANDS)
James Droll (Nashville TN)
Duckwrth (South Central CA)
Dyme-A-Duzin (Brooklyn NY)
Hayden Edward (Austin TX)
ELEL (Nashville TN)
Eric Biddines (Delray Beach FL)
Erick Dayz (Orlando FL)
Evil Triplet (Austin TX)
Five 2 oh (Corpus Christi TX)
Fragile Rock (Austin TX)
Frisco (Boy Better Know) (London UK-ENGLAND)
Future Punx (Brooklyn NY)
Koro Fyah (Kingston JAMAICA)
Ghetts (London UK-ENGLAND)
Golden Dawn Arkestra (Austin TX)
Good Girl (Philadelphia PA)
G Perico (Los Angeles CA)
GPU Panic (Lisboa PORTUGAL)
The Grahams (Nashville TN)
Odetta Hartman (New York NY)
Billy Harvey (Brooklyn NY)
Holidae (Minneapolis MN)
Honey and Salt (Austin TX)
Horse Thief (Oklahoma City OK)
IDLES (Bristol UK-ENGLAND)
Invoke (Austin TX)
Jabee (Oklahoma City OK)
Jason James (Houston TX)
B.J. Jansen (New York NY)
J-Nice the Kingdom Builder (Austin TX)
Joe Galaxy (Miami FL)
Durand Jones & The Indications (Bloomington IN)
Jonny P (New York NY)
Kano (London UK-ENGLAND)
Kris Kasanova (Brooklyn NY)
Kay Odyssey (Austin TX)
King Buffalo (Rochester NY)
Kingsbury (Nashville TN)
Shelley King (Austin TX)
Konshens (Kingston JAMAICA)
KOYOKE (Nashville TN)
Lake of Fire (Austin TX)
Laucan (London UK-ENGLAND)
LAYNE (Los Angeles CA)
Ravyn Lenae (Chicago IL)
Les Deuxluxes (Montreal CANADA)
Moby Grape’s Peter Lewis and his daughter, Arwen Lewis (Lompoc CA)
Jeff Lofton (Austin TX)
Los Amigos Invisibles (Miami FL)
Lukr (Nashville TN)
Lillie Mae (Nashville TN)
Masha (Nashville TN)
Master Blaster Sound System (Austin TX)
Medasin (Dallas TX)
Moelogo (London UK-ENGLAND)
Muddy Magnolias (Nashville TN)
The Mullens (Dallas TX)
MY RED + BLUE (Nashville TN)
Mairo Nawaz (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
NAWAS (Nashville TN)
Necklace (Portland OR)
Netsky (Antwerp BELGIUM)
Nyth Inning (Bronx NY)
Daisy O’Connor (Austin TX)
Otep (Los Angeles CA)
Pell (New Orleans LA)
PHANGS (Nashville TN)
Pleasers (Austin TX)
POWERS (Los Angeles CA)
Pussy Riot Theatre (Moscow RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
QUIX (Auckland N)
Ricky Rebel (Los Angeles CA)
Graham Reynolds (Austin TX)
The Ripe (Austin TX)
RMBLR (Atlanta GA)
Roya (New York NY)
Runtown (Lagos NIGERIA)
Giò Sada & BariSmoothSquad (Bari ITALY)
Safone (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND)
Sailor Poon (Austin TX)
Saro (Los Angeles CA)
Shame (London UK-ENGLAND)
Son Little (Philadelphia PA)
The South Austin Moonlighters (Austin TX)
Casii Stephan and the Midnight Sun (Tulsa OK)
Surf Curse (Reno NV)
Teen Daze (Vancouver CANADA)
Terror Cósmico (Mexico City MEXICO)
Tetractys (Austin TX)
THE FAME RIOT (Tacoma WA)
The Iguanas (New Orleans LA)
Thomson & Ismael (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
Paul Thorn (Tupelo MS)
Thousand Foot Whale Claw (Austin TX)
TJay 848 (New Haven CT)
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (Tokyo JAPAN)
TrakkSounds (Houston TX)
Trouble Boys (Austin TX)
Sofi Tukker (Brooklyn NY)
Cale Tyson (Fort Worth TX)
US Weekly (Austin TX)
Virtual Haze (Mexico City MEXICO)
Vision (Santa Fe Springs CA)
The Whiffs (Kansas City MO)
White Fang (Los Angeles CA)
Whitehorse (Toronto CANADA)
Young Bro (Dallas TX)