Even though next year's South by Southwest Music Festival isn't happening until mid-March, the powers have announced the first round lineup, and from the looks of it, this could be one of the largest years in the festival's history.
Of the extensive list (which you can peek below), the highlights include this year's Mercury Prize winner, Alt-J, Australia's Atlas Genius, London's Klaxons, and pop gods The Zombies.
As previously stated, this is just the first round of performers, so stay tuned for an even more extensive list in the following weeks!
SXSW 2013 Lineup (First Round):
Akron/Family (Los Angeles CA)
Albatross (Kathmandu NEPAL)
Alt-J (Cambridge UK-ENGLAND)
Amon Tobin (San Francisco CA)
Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic (Richmond CA)
Andy Mineo (New York NY)
Atlas Genius (Adelaide SA)
Attomica (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
Authorities (Vancouver BC)
Autosalvage (Santa Cruz CA)
BADBADNOTGOOD (Toronto ON)
Baishui (CHINA)
Bastille (London UK-ENGLAND)
Battleme (Portland OR)
Ben Dukes (Hollywood CA)
Bernhoft (Nittedal NORWAY)
Black Pistol Fire (Austin TX)
Blackstone Rangers (Dallas TX)
BNegão & Seletores de Frequência (Rio De Janeiro BRAZIL)
Boats (Winnipeg MB)
Brendan Benson (Nashville TN)
Broncho (Norman OK)
Brothers In Law (Pesaro ITALY)
Brutal Juice (Austin TX)
Brutality Will Prevail (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Buck 65 (Toronto ON)
Campo (Montevideo URUGUAY)
Carolyn Wonderland (Austin TX)
Cave Painting (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Cayucas (San Luis Obisbo CA)
Cello Fury (Pittsburgh PA)
Charlotte Church ( UK-WALES)
Cheers Elephant (Philadelphia PA)
Chris Cohen (Shaftsbury VT)
Churchill (Denver CO)
CINE (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
Civil Twilight (Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA)
Coldcut (London UK-ENGLAND)
Colin Gilmore (Austin TX)
Congo Natty (London UK-ENGLAND)
Constantina (Belo Horizonte BRAZIL)
Crooks (Austin TX)
Current Swell (Victoria BC)
Daniel Bachman (Fredericksburg VA)
Daniel Mustard (New York NY)
Danny Schmidt (Austin TX)
Dash Rip Rock (New Orleans LA)
David Ramirez (Austin TX)
Dels (London UK-ENGLAND)
Derek Minor (Nashville TN)
DJ Edu (London UK-ENGLAND)
Doe Paoro (Brooklyn NY)
Dolores Boys (Brooklyn NY)
Doyle (San Antonio TX)
Driver Friendly (Austin TX)
Drop The Lime (New York NY)
Dusted (Toronto ON)
Eagulls (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
Elias Haslanger (Austin TX)
Emma Louise (Toowong QLD)
Eric Burdon (Brooklyn NY)
Ezra Furman (San Francisco CA)
Fear Of Men (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Fister (St Louis MO)
fo/mo/deep (Columbus OH)
Follakzoid (Santiago CHILE)
Forests (Taipei TAIWAN)
Fredda (Paris FRANCE)
Funeral Suits (Dublin IRELAND)
Galaxy Express (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Gallows (Watford UK-ENGLAND)
Gato 6 (Austin TX)
Ghost to Falco (Portland OR)
GHXST (New York NY)
Glenn White (New York NY)
Gliss (Los Angeles CA)
Gold Fields (Ballarat VIC)
Grace Kelly (Brookline MA)
Guards (New York NY)
Haim (Los Angeles CA)
Hashback Hashish (New Delhi INDIA)
Hawthorne Heights (Dayton OH)
He's My Brother She's My Sister (Los Angeles CA)
Heidi Happy (Luzern SWITZERLAND)
Hexvessel (Helsinki FINLAND)
Highasakite (Oslo NORWAY)
Hiss Golden Messenger (Chapel Hill NC)
Holy Esque (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
HolySexyBastards (Valencia VENEZUELA)
Howling Brothers (Nashville TN)
Hudson Taylor (London UK-ENGLAND)
Huehuetl (Tonala, Guadalajara MEXICO)
Humans (Vancouver BC)
Ian Moore (Seattle WA)
Il Pan del Diavolo (San Lorenzo Colli ITALY)
Immanu El (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
In-Flight Safety (Halifax NS)
Islet (Cardiff UK-WALES)
ITAL (Brooklyn NY)
Jake Stone Garage (Tokyo JAPAN)
Jenn Grant (Halifax NS)
Jess Klein (Austin TX)
Jesse Boykins III (New York NY)
John Cooper Clarke (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Jonathan Toubin (New York NY)
Jung People (Calgary AB)
Klaxons (London UK-ENGLAND)
Kristian Terzic Band (Rovinj CROATIA)
La Chiva Gantiva (Brussels BELGIUM)
La Cuneta Son Machín (Managua NICARAGUA)
Language Room (Austin TX)
Lauren Aquilina (Bristol UK-ENGLAND)
League of Extraordinary G'z (Austin TX)
Lecrae (Atlanta GA)
Les Mentettes (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Los Bunkers (Concepcion CHILE)
Lu Horta (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
Luke Sital-Singh (London UK-ENGLAND)
Luther Dickinson (Hernando MS)
Mac DeMarco (Montreal QC)
Mahogany (Chicago IL)
Marit Larsen (Oslo NORWAY)
Marnie Stern (New York NY)
Massive Scar Era (Cairo EGYPT)
Matthew Perryman Jones (Nashville TN)
Mavin All Stars (Lagos NIGERIA)
Mike and the Moonpies (Austin TX)
Modestep (London UK-ENGLAND)
Mompox (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Monster Cat (Singapore SINGAPORE)
Muthoni The Drummer Queen (Nairobi KENYA)
My Education (Austin TX)
My Jerusalem (Austin TX)
Nerves Junior (Louisville KY)
Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers (San Francisco CA)
NO CEREMONY/// (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Nubes en mi Casa (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Of Mice & Men (Costa Mesa CA)
Pacific Air (San Diego CA)
PAJARO (Gelves SPAIN)
Paper Lions (Charlottetown PE)
Peggy Hsu (Taipei TAIWAN)
Peterson Brothers Band (Bastrop TX)
Pokey LaFarge (Ballwin MO)
Promise (Toronto ON)
Pumcayo (Guadalajara MEXICO)
Quiet Company (Austin TX)
Remate (Madrid SPAIN)
Reptile Youth (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Roge (Rio De Janeiro BRAZIL)
Ronnie Fauss (Dallas TX)
Ryan Hemsworth (Halifax NS)
Sahara Smith (Wimberley TX)
Said The Whale (Vancouver BC)
Sammy Decoster (Grenoble FRANCE)
San Cisco (Fremantle WA)
Sarah Jaffe (Denton TX)
Satchel Grande (Omaha NE)
Seth Sentry (Melbourne VIC)
Shakey Graves (Austin TX)
Silencio (Pittsburgh PA)
Six60 (Dunedin NEW ZEALAND)
Sizarr (Mannheim GERMANY)
Small Black (Brooklyn NY)
Smoosh (Chaos Chaos) (Brooklyn NY)
Social Studies (Phoenix AZ)
Soley (Reykjavik ICELAND)
Somebody's Darling (Dallas TX)
Spain (Los Angeles CA)
Spindrift (Los Angeles CA)
Star & Micey (Memphis TN)
Suie Paparude (Bucharest ROMANIA)
Supersubmarina (Madrid SPAIN)
Suuns (Montreal QC)
Swamp Cabbage (Savannah GA)
Swim Deep (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND)
Tako Lako (Copenhagen DENMARK)
TAM (Plateau Mont-Royal QC)
Tedashii (Dallas TX)
Tego Calderon (San Juan PUERTO RICO)
Tesoro (Tucson AZ)
The Away Days ( TURKEY)
The Black and White Years (Austin TX)
The Blackout (Cardiff UK-WALES)
The Blue Van (Copenhagen DENMARK)
The Boxing Lesson (Austin TX)
The Bug (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Calm Blue Sea (Austin TX)
The Chevelles (North Fremantle WA)
The Congregation (Chicago IL)
The Dunwells (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
The Harlequins (Cincinnati OH)
The Holydrug Couple (Santiago CHILE)
The Last Bison (Chesapeake VA)
The Linus Pauling Quartet (Houston TX)
the Lost Maples (Nashville TN)
The Postelles (New York NY)
The Relatives (Dallas TX)
The Rocketboys (Austin TX)
The Sam Willows (Singapore SINGAPORE)
The Sour Notes (Austin TX)
The Spring Standards (New York NY)
The Staves (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Trews (Toronto ON)
The Vespers (Nashville TN)
The Zombies (St. Albans UK-ENGLAND)
Thi'sl (St Louis MO)
Thurston Moore (Northampton MA)
Tiago Iorc (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
Tim Easton (Nashville TN)
Tipo Uísque (BRAZIL)
Toddla T (Sheffield UK-ENGLAND)
Triana Park (Riga LATVIA)
Truth Universal (New Orleans LA)
Turbina (Mexico City MEXICO)
Turbo Fruits (Nashville TN)
Two Hours Traffic (Charlottetown ON)
Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown (Nashville TN)
Vaudeville Smash (Melbourne VIC)
Virals (Worcester UK-ENGLAND)
While She Sleeps (Sheffiled UK-ENGLAND)
White Lung (Vancouver BC)
Why? (Cincinnati OH)
Wild Cub (Nashville TN)
Wizkid (Lagos NIGERIA)
WonFu (Taipei TAIWAN)
Woodpigeon (Vienna AB)
Young Von (Houston TX)
Zak Waters (Los Angeles CA)