The First Wave of Bands: Australia and New Zealand Strike SXSW05

I caught Australian act Gelbison at the 2004 festival twice and fell in love with them. I’m excited to discover some new favorites in this crop of Australian and New Zealand bands attending in March:

With many more still to be evaluated and invited to showcase in prestige concert slots at the world’s largest Music Festival and Conferences–South by Southwest in Austin Texas March 16-20–the first 20 Australian and New Zealand artists who have been chosen can now be revealed. Up to 30 Australian and 10 New Zealand artists in total will be offered showcase opportunities in the coming weeks.

Australian Artists Invited

Architecture in Helsinki
Avalanches
Sarah Blasko
Bumblebeez 81
John Butler Trio
Cut Copy
Delta Goodrem
Dan Kelly & the Alpha Males
End of Fashion
Ben Lee
Little Birdy
Machine Translations
The Morning After Girls
Neon
Old Man River
The Panda Band
Rocket Science
Xavier Rudd
Starky
Holly Throsby
Wolfmother

New Zealand Artists Invited

The Coolies
The Have
The Mint Chicks
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