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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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