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SXSW 2014: Urge Overkill, Lene Lovich, the Men, Saint Rich Top Bands List

SXSW 2014 Bands Guide Lineup INVSN Men Saint Rich Urge Overkill

We’re still firmly ensconced within the fine year of 2013, but the good folks behind South by Southwest are sharing the first names in a very long list of artists that will perform at the Austin, Texas music festival’s 2014 edition. Below you’ll find no fewer than 182 names, sorted with our expertise for your referential ease. Among the biggest names leaked thus far: New Wave icon Lene Lovich, alt-rock O.G.’s Urge Overkill, Bauhaus bassist David J, and Brooklyn rock’n’soul hero Garland Jeffreys. Other familiar names include Saint Rich, INVSN, the Men, Eliza Doolittle, and London Grammar. There are a lot of unknowns and also pleasant surprises aplenty. SXSW 2014 runs March 11 to 16. Dive in below.

See These:

Casual Sex (Glasgow, Scotland)
The Chevelles (North Fremantle, WA)
David J (Santa Rosa, CA)
Deidre and the Dark (Brooklyn, NY)
Eliza Doolittle (London, England)
Hollow Jan (Seoul, South Korea)
INVSN (Umea, Sweden)
Garland Jeffreys (New York, NY)
Vance Joy (Melbourne, Australia)
Kaytranada (Montreal, Canada)
Little Jesus (Mexico City, Mexico)
London Grammar (London, England)
Calvin Love (Edmonton, Canada)
Lene Lovich Band (London, England)
The Men (Brooklyn, NY)
Only Real (London, England)
Royal Canoe (Winnipeg, Canada)
Saint Rich (Fredon, NJ)
Teengirl Fantasy (New York, NY)
Urge Overkill (Chicago, IL)

Safe Bets:

Avi Buffalo (Los Angeles, CA)
The Autumn Defense (Chicago, IL)
The Blank Tapes (Los Angeles, CA)
Crossfaith (Osaka, Japan)
Dems (London, England)
Dråpe (Oslo, Norway)
Glass Animals (Oxford, England)
Hopsin (Panorama City, CA)
Jungle (London, England)
Lovely Bad Things (La Mirada, CA)
Eleni Mandell (Los Angeles, CA)
Mibbs (of Pac Div) (Beverly Hills, CA)
mr. Gnome (Cleveland, OH)
NO (Los Angeles, CA)
NONONO (Stockholm, Sweden)
Savoir Adore (Brooklyn, NY)
Shakey Graves (Austin, TX)
Ski Lodge (New York, NY)
Sweet Baboo (Trefriw, Wales)
To Be Frank (Suffolk, England)

Go Rogue:

Aer (Wayland, MA)
Kyle Andrews (Nashville, TN)
Atlanter (Oslo, Norway)
Atomix (Mixcoac, Mexico)
Belle Adair (Muscle Shoals, AL)
Betunizer (Valencia, Spain)
The Black and White Years (Austin, TX)
Jeff Black (Nashville, TN)
Black Taxi (Brooklyn, NY)
The Black Watch (Los Angeles, CA)
The Boxing Lesson (Austin, TX)
Boyfrndz (Austin, TX)
Bring Me The Horizon (Sheffield, England)
Bugs of Phonon (Tainan, Taiwan)
Burgess Meredith (Austin, TX)
Allysen Callery (Bristol, RI)
Capsula (Bilbao, Spain)
[Champagne] (Tokyo, Japan)
CHRISTEENE (Austin, TX)
Shawn Chrystopher (Los Angeles, CA)
Cinco Doce (Austin, TX)
Amy Cook (Austin, TX)
Rodney Crowell (Crosby, TX)
Current Swell (Victoria, Canada)
DeLorean (Houston, TX)
Desert (Barcelona, Spain)
The Devil Makes Three (Santa Cruz, CA)
Division Minuscula (Matamoros, Mexico)
Doughbeezy (Houston, TX)
Drenge (Castleton, England)
Dumb Waiter (Richmond VA)
The Dunwells (Leeds, England)
Lincoln Durham (Austin, TX)
Dusty Stray (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
East Cameron Folkcore (Austin, TX)
East Forest (Portland, OR)
Andrea Echeverri (Bogota, Colombia)
E-Dubble (Baltimore, MD)
Robert Ellis (Houston, TX)
Sean Falyon (Atlanta, GA)
Feathers (Austin, TX)
Folly and the Hunter (Montreal, Canada)
Ghost Loft (Los Angeles, CA)
Ariana Gillis (Toronto, ON)
The Great Wilderness (San Jose, Costa Rica)
Gungor (Denver, CO)
Hamell On Trial (Ossining, NY)
Elias Haslanger (Austin, TX)
Hey Ocean! (Vancouver, Canada)
Hyenaz (Berlin, Germany)
Il Pan del Diavolo (Palermo, Italy)
Jonzieeee (Houston, TX)
June (San Francisco, CA)
K Camp (Atlanta, GA)
Killa Kyleon (Houston, TX)
Kins (Brighton, England)
Kira Kira (Mosfellsbær, Iceland)
Kristal and Jonny Boy (Rättvik/Stockholm, Sweden)
La Orquesta Vulgar (Juarez, Mexico)
Kieran Leonard (London, England)
Like Swimming (Stockholm, Sweden)
Lil Ray/Wheels Up (Houston, TX)
Lions In The Street (Vancouver, Canada)
Little Daylight (Brooklyn, NY)
Grace London (Austin, TX)
Lord Buffalo (Austin, TX)
Los Lonely Boys (San Angelo, TX)
Lost Tapes (Barcelona, Spain)
Love X Stereo (Seoul, South Korea)
Marigold (Borlänge, Sweden)
Jessica Lea Mayfield (Kent, OH)
Micah P. Hinson (Denison, TX)
Mighty Oaks (Berlin, Germany)
Fernando Milagros (Santiago, Chile)
The Ben Miller Band (Joplin MO)
Mirror Travel (Austin, TX)
Mise en Scene (Winnipeg, Canada)
Money For Rope (Melbourne, Australia)
Mon Laferte (Escandon, Mexico)
Mono Inc. (Schönberg, Germany)
Angelo Moore & The Brand New Step (Los Angeles, CA)
Mozes And The Firstborn (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Neulore (Nashville, TN)
Nive Nielsen & The Deer Children (Nuuk, Denmark)
Nightmare Air (Los Angeles, CA)
Kurt Nilsen (Oslo, Norway)
OBN III’s (Austin, TX)
Palmbomen (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Panama Wedding (New York, NY)
PapaNegro (Santiago, Chile)
PEDALJETS (Kansas City, MO)
Penny & Sparrow (Austin, TX)
People of Letters (Melbourne, Australia)
the Pepper Pots (Girona, Spain)
Juan Perro (Madrid, Spain)
Phonalex (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Pompeya (Moscow, Russia)
Porter (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Propain (Houston, TX)
Pure Love (Hemel Hempstead, England)
Que (Atlanta, GA)
Random (Mega Ran) (Phoenix, AZ)
The Rocketboys (Austin, TX)
Raina Rose (Austin, TX)
ROXY ROCA (Austin, TX)
Rusty Maples (Las Vegas, NV)
Josef Salvat (Sydney, Australia)
Saor Patrol (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Jack Savoretti (London, England)
Sigmun (Bandung, Indonesia)
Sisu (Los Angeles, CA)
Soldout (Bruxelles, Belgium)
The Sour Notes (Austin, TX)
Speak (Austin, TX)
The Spring Standards (New York, NY)
Starlight Girls (Brooklyn, NY)
The Suffers (Houston, TX)
The Swiss (Sydney, Australia)
SwizZz (Los Angeles, CA)
Dudu Tassa (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Kristian Terzic Band (Rovinj, Croatia)
Jonathan Toubin (New York, NY)
Truth Universal (New Orleans LA)
Ume (Austin, TX)
Vampillia (Tenjinmachi, Japan)
Vida Boulevard (Guadalajara, Mexico)
V.I.P (Austin, TX)
Vockah Redu (New Orleans LA)
We Butter The Bread With Butter (Berlin, Germany)
Taj Weekes & Adowa (Castries, Saint Lucia)
Wes Fif (Orlando, FL)
Whiskey Shivers (Austin, TX)
Dot Wiggin Band (Brooklyn, NY)
Wild Child (Austin, TX)
Wild Moccasins (Houston, TX)
Wild Ones (Portland, OR)
Roosh Williams (Houston, TX)
WonFu (Taipei, Taiwan)
Dizzy Wright (Las Vegas, NV)
Yip Deceiver (Athens, GA)
Gabby Young and Other Animals (London, England)
Zefirina (João Pessoa, Brazil)