SXSW 2015: Courtney Barnett, Thee Oh Sees, Edward Sharpe, Spoon, Speedy Ortiz, Moon Duo, The Vaccines, Girlpool, of Montreal, Deerhoof, Title Fight, Boris, Roky Erickson, The Zombies, Twerps, Girl Band, Alex G . . . . . -Win Flaming Lips/Future Islands Tickets

March 17th Update
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The music portion of this year’s SXSW runs from Tuesday, March 17th through Sunday, March 22nd. There’s already been thousands of artists officially announced – far too many to read through a complete list without hurting your eyes; thus the below condensed list of the hottest acts. Keep in mind some of the biggest names still haven’t been announced. One of the most anticipated shows will predate most of the other shows: The Flaming Lips and Future Islands at the Moody Theater on Sunday, March 15th (win VIP passes by following Spredfast on twitter/ instagram and sharing a photo with the hashtag ‪#‎soSpredfast‬; follow the links here to enter through facebook; deadline is March 11th and official rules are here).

The Flaming Lips (Oklahoma City OK)
Spoon (Austin, TX)
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (Los Angeles CA)
Deerhoof (San Francisco, CA)
of Montreal (Athens, GA)
Portugal. The Man (Anchorage, AK)
The Vaccines (London UK-ENGLAND)
DJ Windows 98 (aka Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler) (Montreal CANADA)
Will Butler (Montreal CANADA)
Courtney Barnett (Melbourne, Australia)
Thee Oh Sees (Los Angeles, CA)
TV on the Radio (New York, NY)
Julianna Barwick (New York, NY)
Gang of Four (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Zombies (St Albans, UK-ENGLAND)
The Octopus Project (Austin, TX)
Stardeath and White Dwarfs (Oklahoma City OK)
Moon Duo (Portland, OR)
Diarrhea Planet (Nashville TN)
Alex G (Philadelphia PA)
New Fumes (Dallas, TX)
Future Islands (Baltimore, MD)
Treasure MammaL (Phoenix, AZ.)
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires (New York, NY)
Alvvays (Toronto, ON, CANADA)
King Tuff (Brattleboro, VT)
Cloud Nothings (Cleveland, OH)
Jacco Gardner (Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS)
Twin Shadow (Los Angeles, CA)
The Pop Group (London, UK-England)
The Dodos (San Francisco, CA)
Ben Kweller (Austin, TX)
Ryan Bingham (Los Angeles, CA)
Delta Spirit (Brooklyn, NY)
The Twilight Sad (Glasgow, UK-Scotland)
Twin Peaks (Chicago, IL)
Turbo Fruits (Nashville, TN)
Wand (Los Angeles, CA)
Jessie Ware (London, UK-England)
Run The Jewels (Brooklyn NY)
Milo Greene (Los Angeles CA)
AWOLNATION (Los Angeles, CA)
Surfer Blood (West Palm Beach, FL)
JEFF the Brotherhood (Nashville TN)
Marina and the Diamonds (London UK-ENGLAND)
Best Coast (Los Angeles, CA)
Natalie Prass (Nashville TN)
Prince Rama (New York NY)
The Residents (San Francisco, Calif.)
BRONCHO (Norman OK)
Meatbodies (Los Angeles, Calif.)
BP Fallon (Dublin IRELAND)
Rubblebucket (Brooklyn NY)
Viet Cong (Calgary, AB, CANADA)
Chadwick Stokes (Jamaica Plain MA)
Brother Ali (Minneapoils MN)
Dan Mangan + Blacksmith (Vancouver CANADA)
Ex Cops (Brooklyn, NY.)
Bleachers (New York NY)
Ava Luna (New York NY)
Waco Brothers (Chicago IL)
The Sheepdogs (Saskatoon CANADA)
THEESatisfaction (Seattle WA)
ZZ Ward (Los Angeles CA)
Matthew E. White (Richmond VA)
Heartless Bastards (Austin)
Jad Fair (Coldwater, MI.)
Steve Earle (San Antonio)
Earl Sweatshirt (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Robert Earl Keen (Kerrville)
Juliana Hatfield (Cambridge, MA.)
Raekwon (Staten Island, NY.)