The South By Southwest (SxSW) conferences and festival begin March 13 in Austin, Texas, and will go on until March 22. DMW is happy to once again bring you the hottest list of buzz bands, courtesy of music publicist Fiona Bloom (after the break). If you can't attend, make sure to check out some of these bands and other news from SxSW on the official SxSW YouTube channel. Enjoy!

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I am very impressed with the amount of great quality music this year. The line ups on these showcases are stellar and some of the indie indie unsigned acts this year are poised to be stars. I had a rough time shaving down this list of several hundred to my top 50 was virtually impossible so I’ve come up with SEVERE 70(HOT TO DEATH). I’ve had a running list for a few years now and these are always printed and spotted at several shows amongst audience members...Love it!

In no particular order:

U.N.I (LA)
Round Table Knights-  Switzerland
Skibunny- Ireland
NoKids- Vancouver
Loch Lomond – Portland, OR

Eli Paperboy Reed & The True Loves

Ashu-   Mumbai, India

Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head- Seattle

Steed Lord- Iceland
Boysnoize- Berlin, Germany

SFDK- Sevilla, Spain

Afrodita-  Mexico

Diva Gash- Colombia

Wayna- D.C
Maya Azucena-  NY
Shout Out Out Out Out- Canada
Kissy Sell Out- London

Aun- Montreal
Tokyo Sex Destruction- Spain
Oye – Brazil-
Starfucking Hipsters- NY
Codebreaker-  Milwaukee
Bomba Estereo- Colombia
Midnight Peacocks- Tel A Viv- Israel
Mickey Factz- NY
Klever- Atlanta
Janelle Monae- Atlanta
The Decemberists
The Von Bondies
Kid Cudi- Cleveland
Big Boi- Atlanta

Kudu- NY
33Hz- NY
Thunderheist- Montreal

Black Lips- Atlanta

Virgin Passages- London

The Bar-Kays

Blue Aeroplanes- Bristol
Colin Munroe- Toronto

Little Boots- London
That Petrol Emotion- London
DataRock- Norway

P.O.S- Minneapolis

Empire Isis- Montreal

Brother Ali-  Minneapolis

Alice Russell- UK

Blue-  LA
Casio Kings-  Norway

J*Davey-  LA
John Forte
Magnifico- Slovenia

Amp Live – Cali
Yarah Bravo- Berlin/NY

DEVO
Steve Aoki- LA
Supersonic- Hungary

LazyWall- Morocco

Pete Philly and Perquisite- Holland

Hollywood Holt- Chicago

The Japanese Motors- California

Chikita Violenta Band- Mexico City

PJ Harvey and John Parrish

Keys N Krates
Bazaar Royale
Kidz In The Hall
Poetic Pilgrimage- UK
Truth Universal- New Orleans
Zaki Ibrahim- Toronto
Japanther- NY

My favorite name for a band-----

Starfucking Hipsters

The Blue Aeroplanes-  I snuck on their tour bus years ago when they were on tour with R.E.M.  No I wasn’t a groupie-just wanted to interview Stipe for my radio show.

That Petrol Emotion-  ‘Manic Pop Thrill’ was one of my fave mid 80’s albums ever to come out!!! I worshipped them!

Fiona Bloom

With over 15+ years in the entertainment industry, The Bloom Effect is a unique one stop shop for artists, labels, and lifestyle marketers. Created by music industry maven Fiona Bloom, The Bloom Effect brings a huge rolodex of global contacts from around the world to its clients providing a wealth of insight/knowledge and consultation for getting your project seen and heard. For frequent updates from Fiona on music and lifestyle, check out The Bloom Effect Blog here.