Purity Ring. Courtesy of Ryan Hutson.
SXSW Music and Media Conference and Festival, one of the largest, most influential, and most anticipated music events of the year, is ready for 2013! At SXSW 2012, almost 19,000 music industry professionals attended compelling panels, industry discussions, demo listening sessions, trade show exhibits, and six nights of music performed by about 2,286 various acts representing 49 different countries, performing at over 100 venues in downtown Austin, Texas.
For 2013, SXSW plans on keeping with our tradition of continuously outdoing ourselves by bringing you even more of the absolute best mix of brand new, up-and-coming, international and legendary musical performances, planted all over Austin in bars, clubs, parks, churches and elsewhere. As has been the case the last 26 years, attending SXSW is a must for the music and creative industry professional.
Click here to view the 2013 SXSW Music showcases!
Lil Wayne. Courtesy Hutton Supancic. SXSW Music Festival Alumni Include:
50 Cent • Against Me! • Alabama Shakes • Tori Amos • Fiona Apple • A$AP Rocky • The B-52's • Band of Horses • Beach House • Beastie Boys • Beck • Ben Folds Five • Tony Bennett • Best Coast • Big Boi • Big Star • Andrew Bird • The Black Keys • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club • James Blake • Blur • Bomba Estereo • Bon Iver • Billy Bragg • Bright Eyes • Danny Brown • Built to Spill • David Byrne • Neko Case • Johnny Cash • Cat Power • !!! • Choc Quib Town • Chromeo • Gary Clark, Jr. • Jimmy Cliff • Clinic • George Clinton • The Cult • The Crystal Method • Cypress Hill • Kimya Dawson • Dead Prez • Death From Above 1979 • The Decemberists • Deer Tick • DEVO • Dinosaur Jr. • Diplo • Dixie Chicks • The Drums • Duran Duran • Steve Earle • Echo & The Bunnymen • Roky Erickson • Explosions in the Sky • Lee Fields • Flaming Lips • Fleet Foxes • Flogging Molly • Florence and the Machine • Foster the People • Franz Ferdinand • Fucked Up • fun. • Girls • Grimes • Grizzly Bear • Guided By Voices • Eminem • Emmylou Harris • PJ Harvey • Richie Hawtin • High On Fire • The Hold Steady • Hole • Ice Cube • Interpol • Wanda Jackson • The Jesus and Mary Chain • Jandek • Daniel Johnston • Norah Jones • Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings • Juanes • Wiz Khalifa • Michael Kiwanuka • 
Kimbra. Courtesy of John Carrico.The Killers • Kings of Leon • Kris Kristofferson • Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 • Daniel Lanois • Little Richard • Lucero • Maldita Vecindad • Mastodon • Metallica • Metric • Mexican Institute of Sound • MGMT • Mission of Burma • Modest Mouse • Mogwai • Janelle Monáe • Morrissey • Motörhead • MSTRKRFT • Mumford and Sons • Muse • My Morning Jacket • N.E.R.D • Willie Nelson • Neon Indian • Neon Trees • New York Dolls • Randy Newman • Joanna Newsom • Nneka • NOFX • Of Monsters and Men • OFF! • Yoko Ono • Ozomatli • The Pains of Being Pure at Heart • Passion Pit • Carl Perkins • Katy Perry • Iggy Pop • Psychic TV • Public Enemy • Queens of the Stone Age • The Rapture • R.E.M. • Lionel Richie • Smokey Robinson • Raphael Saadiq • Santigold • Ximena Sariñana • Billy Joe Shaver • The Shins • Skrillex • Sleigh Bells • Elliott Smith • Patti Smith • Sonic Youth • Bruce Springsteen • St. Vincent • The Strokes • Temper Trap • Tenacious D • Thee Oh Sees • Pete Townshend • tUnE-yArDs • TV On The Radio • Uncle Tupelo • Vampire Weekend • Volován • Rufus Wainwright • Tom Waits • M. Ward • The White Stripes • Wilco • Lucinda Williams • Amy Winehouse • Wu-Tang Clan • the xx • Yeah Yeah Yeahs • Yo La Tengo
