SXSW announce first wave of artists for 2025

nme.com:

SXSW) has unveiled its first wave of artists set to perform in Austin, Texas next March.Notably, among the list of names include Irish acts Gurriers and Soda Blonde, both of whom were initially booked for SXSW 2024 but pulled out in protest of the festival’s sponsors, the US military and defence contractor RTX Corporation, who are both reportedly tied to Israel as weapons suppliers.

The festival has since dropped them as sponsors for its 2025 edition, which will take place from March 10 to 15.The list sees a heavy load of up-and-coming artists, including Australian indie rock band Delivery – who are set to release their sophomore album ‘Force Majeure’ in January – British singer-songwriter Emmeline, Irish punk quintet M(h)aol, American multi-instrumentalist Yasmin Williams and Indonesian psych-funk band Ali.It also includes festival favourites Dune Rats, The Ting Tings, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, and Twin Shadow, with the latter set to launch his upcoming sixth album ‘Georgie’ at the festival.Elsewhere in the line-up, Wire‘s Colin Newman will bring the live debut of his sound and art project Immersion – in which he performs alongside Minimal Contact’s Malka Spiel – and their collaboration with instrumental trio SUSS under the Nanocluster series.Ali (Indonesia) Amiture (US) Annie-Claude Deschênes (Canada) Ava Vegas (US) babas tutsipop (Mexico) Bakers Eddy (New Zealand) Bee Blackwell (US) Big Phony (US) Bleary Eyed (US) Boo Seeka (Australia) Bubba Lucky (US) Bummer Camp (US) Caleb De Casper (US) Cap Carter (Australia) Cari Cari (Austria) Carter Vail (US) CDSM (US) Chinese American Bear (US) Cloth (Scotland) corto.alto (Scotland) Cotton Mather (US) Delivery (Australia) Dr.