It’s that time of year again, when tens of thousands of music industry miscreatens will decend on Austin, TX to burn through what’s left of expense accounts while quaffing drinks from sponsored open bars and texting manically about what legendary act they’re going to wait in line for an hour to catch when they’re supposed to be searching for new music.

Of course, URB never falls for such ape-ish industry behavior, which is why we’re taking the time right now to gather up a list of the hot new(ish) acts playing SXSW this year. You can take our advice and find out where these artist are performing here. Oh, and if you find out what’s up with the secret Danger Mouse/Iggy Pop/David Byrne afterhours party is, please shoot us a text. Thanks.

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