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SXSW 2012 Preview : All Songs Considered On this week's show, host Bob Boilen, producer Robin Hilton, editor Stephen Thompson and NPR Music critic Ann Powers talk about the bands they're most excited to see this year at South by Southwest.

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All Songs Considered is Austin-bound! On this week's show, host Bob Boilen, producer and co-host Robin Hilton, editor Stephen Thompson and NPR Music critic Ann Powers talk about the bands they're most excited to see this year at South by Southwest. The four-day music festival kicks off on Wednesday, March 14 in Austin, Texas, and features roughly 2,000 artists, spanning countless genres.

Head to our SXSW page for NPR Music's full coverage of this year's festival. See a list of bands we'll feature live and set times for when they're playing, and hear our Austin 100 stream — 100 songs from 100 bands performing at this year's festival.

SXSW 2012 Preview

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Can't Just Be Friends

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Bad Sports

  • Song: Can't Just Be Friends
  • from Kings of the Weekend

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Lego

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Lady Leshurr

  • Song: Lego
  • from Lego Single

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Colony Collapse

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Filastine

  • Song: Colony Collapse
  • from Loot

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You, Me, & the Boatman

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Quiet Company

  • Song: You, Me, & the Boatman
  • from We Are All Where We Belong

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Quiet Company
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Quiet Company
Released
2011

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House of Circles

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Mr. Gnome

  • Song: House of Circles
  • from Madness in Miniature

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Madness in Miniature
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El Marko Records

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Let's Groove

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Teen Daze

  • Song: Let's Groove
  • from Let's Groove Single

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Travelers

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Bright Moments

  • Song: Travelers
  • from Natives

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Natives
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Bright Moments
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Luaka Bop
Released
2012

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We Will Never Be Discovered

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The City and Horses

  • Song: We Will Never Be Discovered
  • from We Will Never Be Discovered

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Stay with Me

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No

  • Song: Stay with Me
  • from Don't Worry, You'll Be Here

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Soma Kijana

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Sauti Sol

  • Song: Soma Kijana
  • from Sol Filosofia

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Landfill

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Daughter

  • Song: Landfill
  • from His Young Heart EP

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There Will Be Violence

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Impending Doom

  • Song: There Will Be Violence
  • from There Will Be Violence

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There Will Be Violence
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Impending Doom
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Facedown
Released
2010

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Up!

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The Black and White Years

  • Song: Up!
  • from Patterns

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No Death

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Mirel Wagner

  • Song: No Death

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Label
Kioski
Released
2012

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Violet

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Deafheaven

  • Song: Violet
  • from Roads to Judah

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Roads to Judah
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Deafheaven
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Deathwish Records
Released
2011

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LSD Trippple Nippples

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Trippple Nippples

  • Song: LSD Trippple Nippples
  • from TRIPPPLE NIPPPLES DEMOS

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A Man with a Gun Lives Here

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Line Upon Line Percussion

  • Song: A Man with a Gun Lives Here

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The Ballad of Ed Gein

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Clyde and Clem's Whiskey Business

  • Song: The Ballad of Ed Gein
  • from Studio Demos

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Floating in Blue

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Young Prisms

  • Song: Floating in Blue
  • from In Between

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Young Prisms
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Kanine Records
Released
2012

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Letter to My Competition

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Sore Losers

  • Song: Letter to My Competition
  • from We Are Sore Losers EP

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Criminal

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ZZ Ward

  • Song: Criminal
  • from "Eleven Roses" Mixtape

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Bright Whites

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Kishi Bashi

  • Song: Bright Whites
  • from 151A

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151A
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Kishi Bashi
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Joyful Noise
Released
2012

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