Yesterday we posted a preview of over 180 bands that we feel are worth checking out at South by Southwest. Today we focus on 25 artists that are among the best of the 2000+ participating bands at SXSW. The futures of these bands are bright, and we certainly recommend seeing them play at least once during the festival in Austin this weekend.

Allo, Darlin’ (Myspace)

Hometown: London, England
Label: WeePop, Fortuna Pop
Allo, Darlin’ – Dear Stephen Hawking
Allo, Darlin’ – Will You Please Spend New Year’s With Me?

Avi Buffalo (Myspace)

Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Sub Pop
Avi Buffalo – What’s In It For
Avi Buffalo – Margaux Home Rec

Best Coast (Myspace)

Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Group Tightener / PPM / Art Fag
Best Coast – When I’m With You
Best Coast – This Is Real

Codeine Velvet Club (Myspace)

Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland
Label: Dangerbird Records
Codeine Velvet Club – I Am The Resurrection (Stones Roses Cover)

Crayon Fields (Myspace)

Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
Label: Chapter Music
Crayon Fields – All The Pleasures Of The World
Crayon Fields – Graceless

Futurebirds (Myspace)

Hometown: Athens, Georgia
Label: Unsigned
Futurebirds – Dirty D
Futurebirds – Americle

Ganglians (Myspace)

Hometown: Sacramento, California
Label: Weird Forest / Woodsist / Captured Tracks
Ganglians – Blood On the Sand
Ganglians – Cryin’ Smoke

Grand Analog (Myspace)

Hometown: Winnipeg, Canada
Label: URBNET Records
Grand Analog – I’ll Walk Alone
Grand Analog – Electric City (featuring Shad)

Grass Widow (Myspace)

Hometown: San Francisco, California
Label: Make A Mess / Captured Tracks / Kill Rock Stars
Grass Widow – To Where
Grass Widow – Rattled Call

The Growlers (Myspace)

Hometown: Costa Mesa, California
Label: Everloving Records
The Growlers – Average Man
The Growlers – Killed My Woman

Harlem (Myspace)

Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Matador Records
Harlem – South of France
Harlem – Gay Human Bones

Jeff The Brotherhood (Myspace)

Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Label: Infinity Cat
Jeff The Brotherhood – Bone Jam
Jeff The Brotherhood – Dreamscape

The Jim Jones Revue (Myspace)

Hometown: London, England
Label: Punk Rock Blues
The Jim Jones Revue – 512
The Jim Jones Revue – Hey Hey Hey Hey

Let’s Wrestle (Myspace)

Hometown: London, England
Label: Merge
Let’s Wrestle – Music Is My Girlfriend
Let’s Wrestle – We Are the Men You’ll Grow to Love Soon

The Megaphonic Thrift (Myspace)

Hometown: Bergen, Norway
Label: Spoon Train Audio / Deadly Records / Sounds Gold
The Megaphonic Thrift – Acid Blues
The Megaphonic Thrift – Mad Mary

The Middle East (Myspace)

Hometown: Townsville, Queensland Australia
Label: Spunk (AU)
The Middle East – Blood
The Middle East – The Darkest Side

The Peelies (Myspace)

Hometown: Montreal, Quebec
Label: Unsigned
The Peelies – Merde in French
The Peelies – Does & Hoes

Sharon Van Etten (Myspace)

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Language of Stone / Infinite Best
Sharon Van Etten – I Fold
Sharon Van Etten – Love More

Sonny and The Sunsets (Myspace)

Hometown: San Francisco, California
Label: Soft Abuse
Sonny and The Sunsets – Too Young to Burn
Sonny and The Sunsets – Stranded

The Splinters (Myspace)

Hometown: Berkley and Oakland, California
Label: Double Negative
The Splinters – Mysterious
The Splinters – Splintered Bridges

The Strange Boys (Myspace)

Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Rough Trade / In The Red Records
The Strange Boys – This Girl Taught Me a Dance
Strange Boys – Night Might

Thee Vicars (Myspace)

Hometown: Bury St Edmunds, England
Label: Dirty Water
Thee Vicars – Feel So Good
Thee Vicars – The Beat

Those Darlins (Myspace)

Hometown: Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Label: Oh Wow Dang
Those Darlins – Red Light Love
Those Darlins – Wild One

T.V. Torso (Website)

Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Visible Hand
TV Torso – The Black Mask
TV Torso – I Can See Your Face

Warpaint (Myspace)

Hometown: Echo Park, California
Label: Rough Trade / Manimal Vinyl
Warpaint – Billie Holiday
Warpaint – Elephants

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