Primal Scream join line-up for SXSW 2009

SXSW, the Texan music industry showcase, has announced the bands making their way over of the event with Primal Scream and White Lies joining the ranks. 

South By Southwest will see a good contingent of British bands this year including White Lies, The Courteeners, Future Of The Left and Danananaykroyd.

Other include Swedish popsters Peter, Bjorn And John, Ida Maria, one of our tips for 2009 The Temper Trap and LA based Crystal Method. 

The line-up so far is:

Akron/Family (Williamsport, PA),

Asobi Seksu (Brooklyn, NY)

Astrid Williamson (Shetland Islands, SCOTLAND)

Banda de Turistas (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Bar-Kays (Memphis, TN)

Ben Kweller (Austin, TX)

Benny Gallagher (West Wickham, ENGLAND)

Black Cherry (London, ENGLAND)

Buck 65 (Halifax, NS)

Chris T-T (Brighton, ENGLAND)

Come On Gang! (Edinburgh, SCOTLAND)

Crystal Method (Los Angeles, CA)

Dananananaykroyd (Glasgow, Scotland)

Dead Prez (New York, NY)

Dirtblonde (Liverpool, ENGLAND)

EBONY BONES! (London, ENGLAND)

Ella (Bristol, ENGLAND)

Explosions in the Sky (Austin, TX)

Flood of Red (Glasgow, SCOTLAND)

Ida Maria (Stockholm, Sweden)

Kid Sister (Chicago, IL)

Manana (Basil, SWITZERLAND)

Mandi Perkins (Los Angeles, CA)

Mexican Institute of Sound (Mexico City, Mexico)

Micachu (London, ENGLAND)

My Federation (Hove, ENGLAND)

Peter Bjorn & John (Stockholm, Sweden)

Peter Rosenberg (New York, NY)

Primal Scream (Glasgow, Scotland)

Suzy & Los Quattro (Barcelona, Spain)

The Courteneers (Manchester, UK)

The deBretts (London, ENGLAND)

The Sonics (Seattle, WA)

The Temper Trap (Nth Fitzroy, AUSTRALIA)

thecocknbullkid (London, ENGLAND)

Virgin Passages (London, ENGLAND)

Volodja Balzalorsky (Ljubljana, SLOVENIA)

WAZ (Los Angeles, CA)

We Have Band (London, ENGLAND)

We Should Be Dead (Limerick, IRELAND)

White Lies (London, ENGLAND)

South By Southwest takes place in Austin, Texas, between March 18-22