Kieran Webber
Director and Founder of CLUNK Magazine, CLUNK Events, and other CLUNK affiliate businesses. You’ll probably find me tucked away somewhere sending emails, listening to music, and creating content.
SXSW 2025 has just dropped the first wave of showcasing artists for it’s 29th annual event
SXSW returns to Austin, Texas in 2025 for its 39th annual event and we finally have gotten eyes on the first wave of showcasing artists. As always the festival aims to bring a wide variety of genres, cultures, and art forms from across the globe to the festival and 2025 is already looking incredible.
Within the first wave is Ireland’s post-punk rising stars Gurriers, Middle Eastern-influenced Indonesian psychedelic funk band Ali, Montreal’s angular art-punk ensemble La Sécurité and of course, much more.
Speaking on the announcement VP of the music festival James Minor said: “This announcement is an excellent teaser for what you can expect to see at SXSW 2025.” He continues: “This round includes a range of exceptional artists, from up and coming talent to established legends, and everywhere in between. If you’ve been to SXSW before, you’ll know that this list is more than an eclectic playlist; it’s a guide to discovery, and your first step toward what you’ll experience in March.”
The full list of artists is as follows:
Ali (Jakarta INDONESIA)
Amiture (New York NY)
Annie-Claude Deschênes (Montreal CANADA)
Ava Vegas (Los Angeles CA)
babas tutsipop (Guadalajara MEXICO)
Bakers Eddy (Wellington NEW ZEALAND)
Bee Blackwell (Austin TX)
Big Phony (New York NY)
Bleary Eyed (Philadelphia PA)
Boo Seeka (Dudley AUSTRALIA)
Bubba Lucky (Austin TX)
Bummer Camp (New York NY)
Caleb De Casper (Austin TX)
Cap Carter (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Cari Cari (Vienna AUSTRIA)
Carter Vail (Los Angeles CA)
CDSM (Atlanta GA)
Chinese American Bear (Seattle WA)
Cloth (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
corto.alto (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Cotton Mather (Austin TX)
Delivery (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Dr. Pushkin (Bolgatanga GHANA)
Dune Rats (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
Edgar Alejandro (Guadalajara MÉXICO)
Ellur (Halifax UK-ENGLAND)
Emmeline (London UK-ENGLAND)
Exotic Fruitica (Austin TX)
Fake Dad (Los Angeles CA)
fantasy of a broken heart (Brooklyn NY)
Frankie Venter (Mount Manganui NEW ZEALAND)
GEOGRAPHER (San Francisco CA)
Graham Reynolds (Austin TX)
Guardian Singles (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Gurriers (Dublin IRELAND)
Gus Englehorn (Maui HI)
Hachiku (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
HIMALAYAS (CARDIFF UK-WALES)
Honeyglaze (London UK-ENGLAND)
Housewife (Toronto CANADA)
J.Tajor (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Jad Fair and the Placebos (Austin TX)
John Francis Flynn (Dublin IRELAND)
Julie Nolen (Austin TX)
Justin Morales (Cuernavaca MEXICO)
Kanaan (Oslo NORWAY)
KAP BAMBINO (Bordeaux FRANCE)
Ki! (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Kombilesa Mi (Palenque COLOMBIA)
La Sécurité (Montréal CANADA)
Laura Lee & the Jettes (Berlin GERMANY)
Lauren Lakis (Austin TX)
Letting Up Despite Great Faults (Austin TX)
Levin Goes Lightly (Stuttgart GERMANY)
Los Eclipses (Mexico City MEXICO)
Lucy Sugerman (Canberra AUSTRALIA)
MADELEINE (London UK-ENGLAND)
Mall Girl (Oslo NORWAY)
Man/Woman/Chainsaw (London UK-ENGLAND)
Marry Cherry (Austin TX)
Maruja (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
mary in the junkyard (London UK ENGLAND)
Matching Outfits (Berlin GERMANY)
MELLT (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Meltheads (Antwerp BELGIUM)
Mhaol (Dublin IRELAND)
Midnight Navy (Austin TX)
Miranda and the Beat (New Orleans LA)
Monobloc (New York NY)
Nanocluster [Immersion | SUSS] (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Nature TV (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Nemegata (Austin TX)
Nilipek. (Istanbul TURKEY)
Nive Nielsen (Nuuk GREENLAND)
o’summer vacation (Kobe JAPAN)
Parker Woodland (Austin TX)
Paula Prieto (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Perennial (Vernon CT)
Personal Trainer (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
Pug Johnson (Beaumont TX)
Edgar Alejandro (Guadalajara MÉXICO)
Ellur (Halifax UK-ENGLAND)
Emmeline (London UK-ENGLAND)
Exotic Fruitica (Austin TX)
Fake Dad (Los Angeles CA)
fantasy of a broken heart (Brooklyn NY)
Frankie Venter (Mount Manganui NEW ZEALAND)
GEOGRAPHER (San Francisco CA)
Graham Reynolds (Austin TX)
Guardian Singles (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Gurriers (Dublin IRELAND)
Gus Englehorn (Maui HI)
Hachiku (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
HIMALAYAS (CARDIFF UK-WALES)
Honeyglaze (London UK-ENGLAND)
Housewife (Toronto CANADA)
J.Tajor (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Jad Fair and the Placebos (Austin TX)
John Francis Flynn (Dublin IRELAND)
Julie Nolen (Austin TX)
Justin Morales (Cuernavaca MEXICO)
Kanaan (Oslo NORWAY)
KAP BAMBINO (Bordeaux FRANCE)
Ki! (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Kombilesa Mi (Palenque COLOMBIA)
La Sécurité (Montréal CANADA)
Laura Lee & the Jettes (Berlin GERMANY)
Lauren Lakis (Austin TX)
Letting Up Despite Great Faults (Austin TX)
Levin Goes Lightly (Stuttgart GERMANY)
Los Eclipses (Mexico City MEXICO)
Lucy Sugerman (Canberra AUSTRALIA)
MADELEINE (London UK-ENGLAND)
Mall Girl (Oslo NORWAY)
Man/Woman/Chainsaw (London UK-ENGLAND)
Marry Cherry (Austin TX)
Maruja (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
mary in the junkyard (London UK-ENGLAND)
Matching Outfits (Berlin GERMANY)
MELLT (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Meltheads (Antwerp BELGIUM)
Mhaol (Dublin IRELAND)
Midnight Navy (Austin TX)
Miranda and the Beat (New Orleans LA)
Monobloc (New York NY)
Nanocluster [Immersion | SUSS] (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Nature TV (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Nemegata (Austin TX)
Nilipek. (Istanbul TURKEY)
Nive Nielsen (Nuuk GREENLAND)
o’summer vacation (Kobe JAPAN)
Parker Woodland (Austin TX)
Paula Prieto (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Perennial (Vernon CT)
Personal Trainer (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
Pug Johnson (Beaumont TX)
Quiet Money Dot (Houston TX)
Really Good Time (Dublin IRELAND)
Rowena Wise (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Sarah Klang (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
Scarlet House (Charlotte NC)
Shao Dow (London UK-ENGLAND)
Shiho Yabuki (Hadasu JAPAN)
Shishi (Vilnius LITHUANIA)
Sir Jude (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Sly5thAve (Austin TX)
Soda Blonde (Dublin IRELAND)
Sofia Grant (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sultanes del Yonke (El Paso TX)
Summer Pearl (London UK-ENGLAND)
Surely Shirley (Kiama AUSTRALIA)
Susobrino (Brussel BELGIUM)
Tesfaye Taye Gebeyehu / Yaho Ethiopian Cultural Band/ (Addis Ababa ETHIOPIA)
The Philharmonik (Sacramento CA)
The Ting Tings (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
The VANNS (Wollongong AUSTRALIA)
tiger bae (Harumi JAPAN)
TVOD (Brooklyn NY)
Twin Shadow (Los Angeles CA)
twst (Barry UK-WALES)
Vanessa Zamora (San Diego CA)
Venus Grrrls (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
Volcan (San Antonio TX)
Vv Pete (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Water Damage (Austin TX)
Woomb (Sofia BULGARIA)
XAMIYA (Tokyo JAPAN)
Xixa (Tucson AZ)
Yasmin Williams (Woodbridge VA)
Yndling (Bergen NORWAY)
Yoo Doo Right (Montreal CANADA)
Yuuf (London UK-ENGLAND