Rollo & Grady is heading to Austin later this week. Almost 2000 bands are participating this year at South By Southwest, and deciding which shows to attend can be overwhelming. After sampling roughly 1200 bands, we selected 200 bands to check out. Many of these artists we’ve covered in the past, but we’ve also discovered several new groups that we’re excited to share with you. Tomorrow we’re highlighting 25 artists that we feel will generate the biggest buzz at (and after) the festival.

Adam Green (Myspace)
Hometown: New York, New York
Label: Rough Trade / Fat Possum
Adam Green – What Makes Him Act So Bad

Admiral Radley (Website)
Hometown: Sherman Oaks, California
Label: Unsigned

Air Waves (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Catbird Records
Air Waves – Knock Out

Alex Bleeker and The Freaks (Myspace)
Hometown: New Jersey
Label: Underwater Peoples
Alex Bleeker and The Freaks – Animal Tracks

Andy Clockwise (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Little Dictator Music
Andy Clockwise – Cocaine & Champagne

Arborea (Myspace)
Hometown: Maine
Label: Fire Museum Records
Arborea – Dark Is the Night, Cold Is the Wind

Balmorhea (Myspace)

Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Western Vinyl
Balmorhea – Coahuila

Band of Horses (Myspace)
Hometown: Charleston, South Carolina
Label: Sub Pop
Band of Horses – Is There A Ghost

Beach Fossils (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Woodsist, Captured Tracks
Beach Fossils – Daydream

The Belle Brigade (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: WB

Big Star (Myspace)
Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
Label: Rhino/Ardent

The Black Angels (Myspace)

Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Light in the Attic Records
The Black Angels – The First Vietnamese War

The Black Atlantic (Myspace)
Hometown: Groningen, The Netherlands
Label: Beep! Beep! Back up the Truck
The Black Atlantic – Dandelion

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears (Myspace)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Lost Highway
Black Joe Lewis – DC Killa

The Black Keys (Myspace)
Hometown: Akron, Ohio
Label: Nonesuch
The Black Keys – Funk #49

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Vagrant

Blair (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Autumn Tone
Blair – Hello Halo

The Blank Tapes (Myspace)
Hometown: Bay Area, California
Label: White Noise
The Blank Tapes – This Is What’s Inside

Born Ruffians (Myspace)

Hometown: Russia/ Canada
Label: Warp Records
Born Ruffians – Sole Brother

Bowerbirds (Myspace)
Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina
Label: Dead Oceans
Bowerbirds – Northern Lights

Brazos (Myspace)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Autobus Recs
Brazos – Day Glo

Breakestra (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Strut Records
Breakestra – Getcho Soul Together

Broken Bells (Myspace)

Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Columbia

Broken Social Scene (Myspace)
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Label: Arts & Crafts
Broken Social Scene – Alive In 85

Califone (Myspace)
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Label: Dead Oceans
Califone – Alice Marble Gray

Campfires (Myspace)
Hometown: Chicago & Michigan
Label: Mexican Summer
Campfires – Daytime TV

Capsula (Myspace)
Hometown: Bilbao, Spain
Label: BCore
Capsula – Run Run Run (Velvet Underground)

Cate Le Bon (Myspace)
Hometown: Cardiff – UK
Label: The Control Group

The Cave Singers (Myspace)
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Label: Matador Records
The Cave Singers – Summer Light

Cracker (Myspace)
Hometown: California
Label: 429 Records

Cruddy (Myspace)

Hometown: Austin, Texas
Album: TBA
Label: Let’s Pretend Records
Cruddy – Berlin Wall

The Cynics (Myspace)
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Label: Get Hip
The Cynics – I Can’t Get Away from You

Dam-Funk (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles
Label: Stones Throw
Dam-Funk – Hood Pass Intact

Dan the Automator (Myspace)
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Label: Decon

Darker My Love (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Dangerbird Records
Darker My Love – Claws & Paws

Dawes (Myspace)
Hometown: North Hills, California
Label: ATO Records

Dead Confederate (Myspace)
Hometown: Athens, Georgia
Label: The Artists Organization
Dead Confederate – Heavy Petting

Death (Myspace)

Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Label: Drag City
Death – Keep On Knocking

Deer Tick (Myspace)
Hometown: Providence, Rhode Island
Label: Partisan Records
Deer Tick – Friday XIII

Delta Spirit (Myspace)
Hometown: Long Beach, California
Label: Rounder Records

Dengue Fever (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: M80 Music / Birdman
Dengue Fever – Tiger Phone Card

The Diplomats of Solid Sound (Myspace)

Hometown: Iowa City, Iowa
Label: Record Kicks
The Diplomats Of Solid Sound – Plenty Nasty

Dios (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Buddyhead Records
Dios – Puttin It Down

Dinosaur Feathers (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Unsigned
Dinosaur Feathers – Vendela Vida

Diplo (Myspace)
Hometown: Trinidad and Tobago
Label: Mad Decent

DJ Evil Dee (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Pandemonium Wrekordz
Black Moon – How Many Emcee’s (DJ Evil Dee Remix)

Dr. Dog (Myspace)
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Label: Anti
Dr. Dog – Heart it Races

Drive-By Truckers (Myspace)
Hometown: Athens, Georgia
Label: ATO Records
Drive-By Truckers – The Righteous Path

Dum Dum Girls (Myspace)

Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Sub Pop
Dum Dum Girls – Baby Don’t Go

Dutchess and the Duke (Myspace)
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Label: Boom Boom / Hardly Art / Hozac
The Dutchess and The Duke – Reservoir Park

Electric Tickle Machine (Myspace)
Hometown: East Village, New York
Label: Unsigned
Electric Tickle Machine – Gimme Money

The Entrance Band (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Ecstatic Peace!
The Entrance Band – M.L.K.

The Ettes (Myspace)
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Label: Sympathy
The Ettes – Love Lies Bleeding

Ezra Furman and the Harpoons (Myspace)
Hometown: New York, New York
Label: Minty Fresh
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons – Take Off Your Sunglasses

Family of The Year (Myspace)

Hometown: Silverlake, California
Label: Washashore Records
Family Of The Year – Surprise

Family Portrait (Myspace)
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Label: Underwater Peoples
Family Portrait – Mega Secrets

Fergus & Geronimo (Myspace)
Hometown: Denton, Texas
Label: Woodsist
Fergus & Geronimo – Harder Than It’s Ever Been

Floating Action (Myspace)
Hometown: Black Mountain, North Carolina
Label: Park The Van
Floating Action – Absolute Sway

Fool’s Gold (Myspace)

Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: IAMSOUND Records
Fool’s Gold – Surprise Hotel

Frankie Rose and the Outs (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Slumberland Records
Frankie Rose and The Outs – Hollow Life

The Fresh & Onlys (Myspace)
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Label: Woodsist
The Fresh & Onlys – Peacock and Wing

Generationals (Myspace)
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Label: Park The Van
Generationals – When They Fight, They Fight

Gift Horse (Myspace)

Hometown: Athens, Georgia
Label: Unsigned
Gift Horse – Missionaries

Golden Triangle (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Mexican Summer
Golden Triangle – Neon Noose

Grant Hart (Myspace)
Hometown: South St. Paul, Minnesota
Label: Con D’or
Grant Hart – You’re the Reflection Of The Moon On The Water

Garotas Suecas (Myspace)
Hometown: São Paulo, Brazil
Label: Unsigned
Garotas Suecas – Ghostwriter

Gruff Rhys (Myspace)
Hometown: Bethesda, Wales
Label: Boom Bip
Gruff Rhys – Beacon in the Darkness

Guitar Shorty (Myspace)
Hometown: Harlingen, Texas
Label: Alligator Records
Guitar Shorty – Too Late

Gun Outfit (Myspace)
Hometown: Boca Raton, Florida
Label: PPM
Gun Outfit – Work Experience

GZA (Myspace)
Hometown: New York, New York
Label: Fontana Geffen
Mocky – Birds Of A Feather (Feat. GZA)

Hacienda (Myspace)
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Label: Alive Natural Sound Records
Hacienda – She’s Got A Hold On Me

Happy Birthday (Myspace)

Hometown: Brattleboro, Vermont
Label: Sub Pop
Happy Birthday – Girls FM

Happy Hollows (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Unsigned
The Happy Hollows – Death to Vivek Kemp

Harper Simon (Myspace)
Hometown: New York
Label: Tulsi Records
Harper Simon – Wishes and Stars

The Henry Clay People (Myspace)
Hometown: Echo Park, California
Label: TBD Records
The Henry Clay People – Something In the Water

Here We Go Magic (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Secretly Canadian | Western Vinyl
Here We Go Magic – Only Pieces

Holiday Shores (Myspace)
Hometown: Tallahassee, Florida
Label: twosyllable Records
Holiday Shores – Your Motion Says (Arthur Russell)

Holly Miranda (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: XL Recordings
Holly Miranda – Waves

Horse Feathers (Myspace)
Hometown: Portland, Washington
Label: Kill Rock Stars
Horse Feathers – Working Poor

Imaad Wasif (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Tee Pee Records
Imaad Wasif – Oceanic

J Mascis (Myspace)

Hometown: Amherst, Mass
Label: Bake Good Records
J Mascis – The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (The Smiths Cover)

Japandroids (Myspace)
Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
Label: Unfamiliar, Polyvinyl
Japandroids – Crazy/Forever

jj (Myspace)
Hometown: Gothenburg, Sweden
Label: Secretly Canadian
jj – Things Will Never Be The Same Again

Justin Townes Earle (Myspace)
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Label: Bloodshot Records
Justin Townes Earle and Dawn Landes – Do I Ever Cross Your Mind

Kings Go Forth (Myspace)
Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Label: Luaka Bop
Kings Go Forth – One Day

Little Fish (Myspace)
Hometown: Oxford/London – UK
Label: Custard Records
Little Fish – Darling Dear

Lissie (Myspace)
Hometown: Ojai, California
Label: Fat Possum
Lissie – Everywhere I Go

The Living Sisters (Myspace)

Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Vanguard Records
Greyboy All-Stars & The Living Sisters – How Glad I Am

Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez (Myspace)
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Label: Carpark Records
Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez – Pinecone Eyes

Lost In The Trees (Mysapce)
Hometown: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Label: ANTI
Lost in the Trees – Fireplace

The Love Language (Myspace)
Hometown: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Label: Merge

Lovvers (Myspace)
Hometown: United Kingdom
Label: Wichita Recordings

The Low Anthem (Myspace)

Hometown: Rhode Island
Label: Nonesuch
The Low Anthem – To Ohio

Lucero (Myspace)
Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
Label: Universal/Republic
Lucero – The Mountain

Lyrics Born (Myspace)
Hometown: Berkeley. California
Label: Anti
Lyrics Born – I Changed My Mind (Stereo MCs Remix)

Madlib (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Stones Throw
Madlib – Movie Finale

Magic Wands (Myspace)
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Label: Ark Recordings
Magic Wands – Kaleidoscope Hearts

The Mantles (Myspace)

Hometown: San Francisco, California
Label: Dulc-I-Tone Records / Mt St Mtn / Siltbreeze
The Mantles – Don’t Lie

Mayer Hawthorne & The County (Myspace)
Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Label: Stones Throw
Mayer Hawthorne – Maybe So, Maybe No

Memory Tapes (Myspace)
Hometown: Medford Lakes, Pennsylvania
Label: Unsigned
Memory Tapes – Plain Material

Metric (Myspace)
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Label: Last Gang Records
Metric – Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right (Bob Dylan Cover)

MG&V (Deer Tick, Dawes, and Delta Spirit)

Moon Duo (Myspace)
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Label: Sick Thirst, Sacred Bones, Woodsist
Moon Duo – Stumbling 22nd St

The Morning Benders (Myspace)
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Label: Rough Trade Records
The Morning Benders – Dreams (Fleetwood Mac Cover)

Mountain Man (Myspace)
Hometown: Bennington, Vermont
Label: Underwater Peoples
Mountain Man – Honeybee

Neon Indian (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY & Austin, TX
Label: Lefse
Neon Indian – Should Have Taken Acid With You

Okamoto’s (Myspace)

Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Label: Unsigned
Okamoto’s – Boogie Chudoku

Ola Podrida (Myspace)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Western Vinyl
Ola Podrida – Your Father’s Basement

Outasight (Myspace)
Hometown: Yonkers, New York
Label: Select Records
Outasight – Catch Me If You Can

Ozomatli (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Downtown Records
Ozomatli – Cut Chemist Suite

Paleo (Myspace)
Hometown: Elgin, Illinois
Label: Unsigned
Paleo – Your Kings

Pearl Harbor (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Unsigned
Pearl Harbor – Luv Goon

People Under The Stairs (Myspace)

Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Om Records
People Under the Stairs – Acid Raindrops

Peter Wolf Crier (Myspace)
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Label: Jagjaguwar
Peter Wolf Crier – Crutch & Cane

Pill Wonder (Myspace)
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Label: Underwater Peoples
Pill Wonder – Restless

Pure Ecstasy (Myspace)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Unsigned
Pure Ecstasy – Pressure Drop

Quantic (Myspace)

Hometown: Cali, Columbia
Label: Tru Thoughts
Quantic – Westbound Train

Rainbow Bridge (Myspace)
Hometown: Olympia/Portland
Label: Drum Lessons
Rainbow Bridge – Big Wave Rider

Ray Davies (Myspace)
Hometown: London
Label: Universal

Real Estate (Myspace)
Hometown: Ridgewood, New Jersey
Label: Woodsist, Mexican Summer, Underwater Peoples
Real Estate – Beach Comber

Real Vocal String Quartet (Myspace)

Hometown: San Francisco, California
Label: Unsigned
Real Vocal String Quartet – Talking String Talking Drum

Restavrant (Myspace)
Hometown: Victoria, Texas
Label: Unsigned
Restavrant – The Future Strikes Back

Robert Francis (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Atlantic
Robert Francis – One by One

Rocky Votolato (Myspace)
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Label: Barsuk / Second Nature
Rocky Votolato – Postcard From Kentucky

Roky Erickson & Okkervil River (Myspace)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: ANTI

Royal Bangs (Myspace)
Hometown: Knoxsville, Tennessee
Label: Audio Eagle
Royal Bangs – My Car is Haunted

Rhymefest (Myspace)
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Label: Allido Records/J Records
Rhymefest – Chicago

The Saffron Sect (Myspace)

Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Label: The Red Bricks
The Saffron Sect – Phosphorous Flash

The Sandwitches (Myspace)
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Label: Turn Up
The Sandwitches – Kiss Your Feet

Say Hi (Myspace)
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Label: Barsuk
Say Hi to Your Mom – Laundry

School of Seven Bells (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Vagrant

Scott H. Biram (Myspace)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Bloodshot Records
Scott H. Biram – Sinkin’ Down

Serena-Maneesh (Myspace)

Hometown: Oslo, Norway
Label: 4AD
Serena Maneesh – Drain Cosmetics

The Shaky Hands (Myspace)
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Label: Kill Rock Stars
The Shaky Hands – Maker Make

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Daptone Records
Sharon Jones – I Just Dropped In to See What Condition My Condition Is In

She & Him (Myspace)
Hometown: US
Label: Merge
She & Him – Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?

She Keeps Bees (Myspace)

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Names
She Keeps Bees – Gimme

Slow Club (Myspace)
Hometown: United Kingdom
Label: Moshi Moshi

So Cow (Myspace)
Hometown: Taum, Ireland
Label: Tic Tac Totally

The Soft Pack (Myspace)

Hometown: San Diego and Los Angeles, California
Label: Kemado Records / Heavenly Recordings
The Soft Pack – C’mon

Small Black (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Jagjaguwar

Smith Westerns (Myspace)
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Label: Hozac/Transparent/Bachelor
Smith Westerns – Boys Are Fine

Spoon (Myspace)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Merge Records
Spoon – Got Nuffin

Stricken City (Myspace)
Hometown: London – UK
Label: Puregroove / The Kora Records
Stricken City – Small Things

Superdrag (Myspace)
Hometown: Tennessee
Label: Superdrag Sound Laboratories
Superdrag – Filthy & Afraid

Surf City (Myspace)

Hometown: New Zealand
Label: Arch Hill, Pop Frenzy, Morr Music
Surf City – Records of a Flagpole Skater

Surfer Blood (Myspace)
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Label: Kanine Records
Surfer Blood – Catholic Pagans

Sweet Apple (Myspace)
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Records: Tee Pee Records

Tamaryn (Myspace)
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Label: True Panther

Thee Oh Sees (Myspace)
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Label: In The Red
Thee Oh Sees – Enemy Destruct

Thurston Moore (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Ecstatic Peace
Thurston Moore – Just Tell Her That I Really Like Her

Timber Timbre (Myspace)
Hometown: Toronto Canada
Label: Arts & Crafts

Twin Sister (Myspace)

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Infinite Best Records
Twin Sister – I Want A House

Twin Tigers (Myspace)
Hometown: Athens. Georgia
Label: Old Flame
Twin Tigers – Everyday

Ty Segall (Myspace)
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Label: Goner
Ty Segall – Die Tonight

Tyvek (Myspace)
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Label: Unsigned

Tyler Ramsey (Myspace)
Hometown: Asheville, North Carolina
Label: Echo Mountain Records
Tyler Ramsey – A Long Dream

The Ugly Beats (Myspace)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Get Hip

Ume (Myspace)
Hometown: Austin Texas
Label: Unsigned
Ume – Hurricane

The Upsidedown (Myspace)
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Label: Beat Records
The Upsidedown – Airplane Eyes

The Very Best (Myspace)

Hometown: Lilongwe – Malawi to London via France & Sweden – United Kingdom
Label: Green Owl / Moshi Moshi / Ghettopop
The Very Best – Mfumu

The Veils (Myspace)
Hometown: Bath, England
Label: Rough Trade Records
The Veils – Three Sisters

Videohippos (Myspace)
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Label: Monitor

Vivian Girls (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: In The Red, Wild World, Woodsist
Vivian Girls – Where Do You Run To

The Wailin’ Yeahs (Myspace)
Hometown: Bury St Edmunds, England
Label: Holy Twist Records
The Wailin’ Yeahs – I Caught Her

The Walkmen (Myspace)
Hometown: New York, New York
Label: Fat Possum Records

We Are Country Mice (Myspace)

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Unsigned
We Are Country Mice – A Good Old Fashioned Barn Raising

Weed Diamond (Myspace)
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Label: Transparent, Mirror Universe
Weed Diamond – Let’s Burn One Down

The Whigs (Myspace)
Hometown: Athens, Georgia
Label: ATO Records
The Whigs – Right Hand Over My Heart

White Denim (Myspace)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Downtown Records
White Denim – ShakeShakeShake

Woods (Myspace)

Hometown: Warwick, New York
Label: Woodsist
Woods – Rain On

Woodsman (Myspace)
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Label: Lefse, Mexican Summer, Fire Talk
Woodsman – Sunglass

Woven Bones (Myspace)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Unsigned

The xx (Myspace)
Hometown: Southwest London, UK
Label: Young Turks
The xx – VCR

YellowFever (Myspace)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Label: Wild World, Hugpatch
YellowFever – Ratcatcher

Young Prisms (Myspace)

Hometown: San Francisco
Label: Unsigned
Young Prisms – Gone to Clear Lake

Zaza (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Kanine Records
Zaza – Sooner or Later

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