You may not be thinking about it now, but it’s just around the corner and will be here quick enough. You blink and thousands of musicians and industry folks are flooding into town for one of the best weeks of the year.

The folks over @ SXSW just released the latest confirmed acts for the 2009 edition of SXSW just before the holidays got underway. You can find the earlier batch of confirmed and rumored over @ the Do512 blog, and the most recent here.

Who stands out for me? St. Vincent, Dappled Cities, Primal Scream, Black Lips, Beach House, Hansome Furs, just to name a few.

Ra Ra Riot (Syracuse, NY)
Gabriella Cilmi (AUSTRALIA)
Ximena Sariñara (Mexico City, MEXICO)
Primal Scream (Glasgow SCOTLAND/UK)
Friendly Fires (St Albans, ENGLAND/UK)
B.o.B (Atlanta, GA)
Sage Francis (Providence, RI)
Buraka Som Sistema (Lisbon, PORTUGAL)
Arc Angels (Austin, TX)
Courteeners (Manchester, England/UK)
Raul Malo (Nashville, TN)
8Ball & MJG (Memphis, TN)
Reflection Eternal (New York, NY/Cincinnati, OH)
Wale (Washington, DC)
Pete & the Pirates (Reading, ENGLAND/UK)
Ben Harper and Relentless7 (Los Angeles, CA)

This entry was posted on Saturday, December 27th, 2008 at 1:38 pm and is filed under SXSW, touring news.