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Preview: SXSW 25 Music Festival 3/12-3/15 in Austin, Texas
Rock/Indie/Punk – Part 2
~Dagmar

Part 2 of Rock/Indie/Punk music closes out my preview of SXSW 2025. Look for bands such as English brother-sister combo Mathew Cartlidge & Issey Cartlidge, and Meltheads to provide high-speed punk, while Italian band Weird Bloom (whose track “Summer Be My Hammer” manages to contain several varied genres) will also be at SXSW.

Meltheads
Belgium
punk/post-punk
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Meltheads – photo from their Instagram

The Molotovs
England
punk/indie rock
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The Molotovs – photo from their Instagram

Population II
Canada
rock/psych
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Population II – photo by Didier Pigeon-Perreault

Sierra Spirit
United States
alt country/indie rock
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Sierra Spirit

Artwork for “American Pie” – click on photo to see video

Sunflower Bean
United States
rock/indie rock
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Sunflower Bean

Screenshot of Sunflower Bean’s video of “Nothing Romantic.” Click on photo to see it.

*Seattle people: Sunflower Bean plays at Madame Lou’s on June 10th*

Sweet Spine
United States
rock/alternative
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Sweet Spine

*Seattle people: Sweet Spine plays the Crocodile on April 2nd.*

Weird Bloom
Italy
rock/psych
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Weird Bloom

Preview: SXSW 25 Music Festival 3/10-3/15 in Austin, Texas
Electronic, Dance & DJ
~Dagmar

As we head on to several electronic, dance, or DJ artists, watch for several Japanese acts plus a strong European contingent. Germans David Bay, Caro van Ee and Hungarian Hien will appear at the Speakeasy Kabaret (nice!), and be patient for Japan’s tiger bae and tamanaramen schedules to go up.

badfocus
Czechoslovakia
electronic/alternative
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badfocus – photo by @natytheninja

David Bay
Germany
pop/electronic
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David Bay

bollyflow
Texas, USA
dance
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bollyflow – photo from VoyageAustin

Niklas Dee
Germany
dance/house/techno
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Niklas Dee – photo from his Instagram

Fourth Daughter
Scotland
dance
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Fourth Daughter
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fudasca
Italy
dj/lo-fi
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fudasca – photo from RapAdvisor.it

Hien
Hungary
electronic/pop
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Hien – photo from her Instagram

Arushi Jain
India
electronic
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Arushi Jain – photo by Zara Saraon

Levin Goes Lightly
Germany
electronic
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Paris death Hilton
Japan
electronic/indie-pop
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Paris death Hilton – photo by Aki Music Photo (Akiko Sakuragi)

tamanaramen
Japan
electronic/indie pop
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tamanaramen photo by Mathias Adam

tiger bae
Japan
dance/disco
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tiger bae

Caro van Ee
Germany
Dance/House/Techno
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Caro van Ee – photo from her Instagram

Preview: SXSW 25 Music Festival 3/10-3/15 in Austin, Texas
Pop Music, Part 2
~Dagmar

Pop Music recommendations for SXSW continues with part 2. More great acts to check out, several coming from Asia and loads of female musicians to catch. Most schedules should now be up to date, with a just-announced Sam Ryder show time.
~Dagmar

miso808
China
pop/alternative
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miso808

Psychic Fever
Japan
pop/J-Pop
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Psychic Fever

Runyu Qian
China
pop/R&B
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Runyu Qian

Sofia Reyes
United States
pop/r&b
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Sofia Reyes

Click on photo to view video for “BI”

Sofia Royer
Austria
pop/indie pop
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Sofie Royer – photo by Jasmin Baumgartner

Sam Ryder
UK
pop/soul
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Sam Ryder

Click on photo for video of “All The Way Over”

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Sedona
United States
pop/indie rock
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Sedona

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sunnbrella
UK
pop/shoegaze
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sunnbrella

Click on photo to see video for “kiss on credit”

Ava Vegas
Germany
pop
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Ava Vegas

Click on photo for the video of “Real High”

Frankie Venter
New Zealand
pop
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Frankie Venter

Click on photo (from Frankie Venter’s Instagram) to see video of “Backseat Driving”

xamiya
Japan
pop/indie rock
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Xamiya

Yndling
Norway
pop/dream pop
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Yndling – photo by Lene Nordfjord

Click on photo for video of “Careful”

Preview: SXSW 25 Music Festival 3/10-3/15 in Austin, Texas
Pop Music, Part 1
~Dagmar

Photographer Kirk Stauffer will attend SXSW again this year! We’re so appreciative of them letting us cover the annual event, which finds bands from all over the world descending on Austin, Texas. For the 2025 acts I’ve gathered for some particular love (but as always, whatever you check out, you’ll have fun), I organized them by SXSW’s genre specifications. The pop music genre will be in two parts.

Aiko
Czech Republic
pop/rock
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