SXSW 2025
Showcasing artists round 2
SXSW just dropped the second wave of showcasing artists for the 2025 festival, and trust us, it's FLAMES! From legends like Princess Superstar to fresh faces like Teo Glacier, Ashes To Amber, Sam Ryder, Freak Slug, Carpetman, Xavier Omar, and Big Freedia—this lineup is gonna be epic. We've rounded up our TOP 20 picks, but there’s way more talent where that came from. Ready to vibe? Hit this LINK and check out all the sounds of SXSW 2025 on Spotify!
ROUND 2 (full list)
2fox (London UK-ENGLAND)
Adjua (Cardiff UK-WALES)
AHI (Brampton CANADA)
Aiko (Prague CZECHIA)
Ailbhe Reddy (Dublin IRELAND)
Aili (Brussels BELGIUM)
Alix Fernz (Montreal CANADA)
Altre di B (Bologna ITALY)
Archer Oh (Moreno Valley CA)
ARSUN (New York NY)
Ashes to Amber (Orange CA)
AyooLii (Milwaukee WI)
badfocus (Prague CZECHIA)
Beth McCarthy (York UK-ENGLAND)
Big Freedia (New Orleans LA)
Big Special (Walshall UK-ENGLAND)
Big Zeeks (London UK-ENGLAND)
Black Polish (Los Angeles CA)
BLACKGOLD (UK-ENGLAND)
BOLD LOVE (Dublin IRELAND)
Borderline (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
C4 (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND)
Campfire Social (Wrexham UK-WALES)
Candi Jenkins (Lexington KY)
Carpetman (Kyiv UKRAINE)
Catcher (Brooklyn NY)
Chace (Yancheng CHINA)
Chiaki Mayumura (Shibuya-ku JAPAN)
Chlöe's Clue (Valencia SPAIN)
Cliffords (Cork IRELAND)
Cloudy June (Berlin GERMANY)
Coldwave (Adelaide AUSTRALIA)
CONSUMABLES (Brooklyn NY)
Cruzloma (Quito ECUADOR)
CVC (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Cysum (Austin TX)
Damaris Bojor (Hermosillo MEXICO)
Daniela Pes (Tempio Pausania ITALY)
DarkoVibes (Accra GHANA)
Daydream Twins (Austin TX)
Die Heiterkeit (Berlin GERMANY)
Dilettante (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
Dusted (Canning CANADA)
El Culto Casero (Asunción PARAGUAY)
Elephant Kind (Jakarta INDONESIA)
Elín Hall (Reykjavik ICELAND)
Emily Frembgen (Brooklyn NY)
Famous (London UK-ENGLAND)
Fashion Club (Los Angeles CA)
FearDorian (Atlanta GA)
FLAKO STIK (Austin TX)
Flawless Issues (Stuttgart GERMANY)
Flor (Los Angeles CA)
Fourth Daughter (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
Francesca Bono (Bologna ITALY)
Freak Slug (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Frederick Boom (Chicago IL)
Gen and The Degenerates (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Gloin (Toronto CANADA)
Glue Trip (São Paulo BRAZIL)
Go Cactus (Palma SPAIN)
HEAL (Barcelona SPAIN)
Her New Knife (Philadelphia PA)
Her Skin (Bologna ITALY)
Hierba Malita (Houston TX)
Holly Arrowsmith (Ōtautahi/Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
INSXGHT (London UK-ENGLAND)
J’cuuzi (Austin TX)
Jacob Alon (Fife UK-SCOTLAND)
JahleelFaReal (Austin TX)
JaRon Marshall (Austin TX)
Jasmine Wesley (Los Angeles CA)
jasmine.4.t (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Jazz refreshed DJs (London UK-ENGLAND)
JD Clayton (Fort Smith AR)
Jennifer Touch (Berlin GERMANY)
Joan & The Giants (Perth AUSTRALIA)
Joelton Mayfield (Nashville TN)
Jopy (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
JOSEON (Los Angeles CA)
Judy Blank (Utrecht NETHERLANDS)
Karl Benjamin (London UK-ENGLAND)
Ken Pomeroy (Tulsa OK)
Knitting (Montreal CANADA)
Korda Korder (Hastings UK-ENGLAND)
KUČKA (Perth AUSTRALIA)
LAKE (Langley VA)
Lassy-Eskola: Nordic Stew (Helsinki FINLAND)
Last Waltzon (Montreal CANADA)
Little Moon (Provo UT)
Lizzie Berchie (London UK-ENGLAND)
Lola Moxom (Kent UK-ENGLAND)
Loverman (Brussels BELGIUM)
lúpína (Reykjavik ICELAND)
luvis (Kyoto JAPAN)
Mad Madmen (Jakarta INDONESIA)
MAGNA (Medellin COLOMBIA)
Maryze (Montreal CANADA)
Master Peace (London UK-ENGLAND)
Millian (Lagos NIGERIA)
Mint Field (Mexico City MEXICO)
Monsoon (Athens GA)
MORDÁI (Budapest HUNGARY)
Morgan Munroe (London UK-ENGLAND)
My Son The Doctor (Brooklyn NY)
Nektunez (Accra GHANA)
No Windows (Edinburgh UK SCOTLAND)
Ny Oh (Tauranga NEW ZEALAND)
ŒUVAL (Lafayette LA)
OneDa (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Open Head (Kingston NY)
Oreglo (London UK-ENGLAND)
Paisley Fields (Brooklyn NY)
Paris death Hilton (Tokyo JAPAN)
Pavey Ark (Hull UK-ENGLAND)
Plastic Palms (Turin ITALY)
Polo Perks <3 <3 <3 (Harlem NY)
Population II (Montreal CANADA)
Princess Superstar (Los Angeles CA)
PYPY (Montreal CANADA)
Quinn (Baltimore MD)
redolent (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
Ribbon Skirt (Montreal CANADA)
Sam Ryder (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sex Week (Brooklyn NY)
Shallowater (Houston TX)
Sierra Spirit (Tulsa OK)
simmcat (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Skateland (Austin TX)
Slash Need (Toronto CANADA)
Sly Withers (Perth AUSTRALIA)
Somebody Someone (Austin TX)
SoundMass (Austin TX)
Squid The Kid (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Steam Down (London UK-ENGLAND)
STEEF (New Orleans LA)
Stella Bridie (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Steve Wynn (New York NY)
Strawberry Launch (New York NY)
Sunna Margrét (Reykjavík ICELAND)
sunnbrella (London UK-ENGLAND)
SWEET SPINE (Greenville SC)
T Mulla (Hackney UK-ENGLAND)
Tagua Tagua (São Paulo BRAZIL)
tamanaramen (Tokyo JAPAN)
Tami Hart (Brooklyn NY)
Taxidermists (Hadley MA)
TEll A ViSiON (Berlin GERMANY)
Teo Glacier (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
The Courettes (Aalborg DENMARK)
The Criticals (Nashville TN)
The OBGMs (Toronto CANADA)
The Tiarras (Austin TX)
Total Fucking Darkness (Montreal CANADA)
Truck Violence (Montreal CANADA)
Vines (Brooklyn NY)
Vintage Jay (Austin TX)
Vraell (London UK-ENGLAND)
Wade Forster (Winton AUSTRALIA)
Weird Bloom (Rome ITALY)
Wes Denzel (Austin TX)
West Texas Exiles (Austin TX)
Winnie Ama (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND)
Wynona Bleach (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND)
Xavier Omar (San Antonio TX)
Yung D3mz (Tema GHANA)
Zach Edwards & The Medicine (Lafayette LA)
Zamaera (Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA)
Showcasing artists round 1
SXSW just dropped the first wave of showcasing artists for the 2025 Music Festival, and it’s a lineup you won't want to miss! Featuring talents like Justin Morales, The Ting Tings, Twin Shadow, Carter Vail, and 112 more, this year's festival is shaping up to be epic. Check out our TOP 20 picks below, along with the full list of showcasing artists. Ready to vibe? Click HERE to dive into all of the sounds of SXSW 2025 on Spotify!
ROUND 1 (full list)
Ali — Jakarta, Indonesia
Amiture — New York, NY
Annie-Claude Deschênes — Montreal, QC
Ava Vegas — Los Angeles, CA
Babas Tutsipop — Guadalajara
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, Scotland
Corto.alto — Glasgow, Scotland
Cotton Mather — Austin, TX
Delivery — Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Pushkin — Bolgatanga, Ghana
Dune Rats — Brisbane, Australia
Edgar Alejandro — Guadalajara, Mexico
Ellur — Halifax, England
Emmeline — London, 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, Wales
Honeyglaze — London, England
Housewife — Toronto, ON
Jad Fair and the Placebos — Austin, TX
John Francis Flynn — Dublin, Ireland
J.Tajor — Melbourne, Australia
Julie Nolen — Austin, TX
Justin Morales — Cuernavaca, Mexico
Kanaan — Oslo, Norway
Kap Bambino — Bordeaux, France
Ki! — Copenhagen, Denmark
Kombilesa Mi — Palenque, Colombia
La Sécurité — Montreal, QC
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, England
Mall Girl — Oslo, Norway
Man/Woman/Chainsaw — London, England
Marry Cherry — Austin, TX
Maruja — Manchester, England
Mary in the Junkyard — London, England
Matching Outfits — Berlin, Germany
Mellt — Cardiff, 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, England
Nature TV — Brighton, 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
The Philharmonik — Sacramento, CA
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, England
Shiho Yabuki — Hadasu, Japan
Shishi — Vilnius, Lithuania
Sir Jude — Melbourne, Australia
Sly5thAve — Austin, TX
Soda Blonde — Dublin, Ireland
Sofia Grant — London, England
Sultanes del Yonke — El Paso, TX
Summer Pearl — London, England
Surely Shirley — Kiama, Australia
Susobrino — Brussels, Belgium
Tesfaye Taye Gebeyehu / Yaho Ethiopian Cultural Band — Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tiger Bae — Harumi, Japan
The Ting Tings — Manchester, England
TVOD — Brooklyn, NY
Twin Shadow — Los Angeles, CA
Twst — Barry, Wales
Vanessa Zamora — San Diego, CA
The Vanns — Wollongong, Australia
Venus Grrrls — Leeds, 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, QC
Yuuf — London, England