La Doña, Wet Leg, Wolf Eyes, and Chris Patrick Added to SXSW’s 2022 Music Ranks

South by Southwest expands its 2022 music lineup today with over 300 acts including Detroit experimental noise terrorizers Wolf Eyes, feminist reggaeton breakoutt La Doña, the arty, funny folk pop poetry of Cassandra Jenkins, NYC pop ensemble Laundry Day, and versatile rapper Chris Patrick.

Also on deck for the festival, running March 11-20 in Austin: the in-your-head avant-garde musings of Sloppy Jane, striking Polyvinyl-signed indie-pop upsetter Ian Sweet, Texas bedroom pop artist Hannah Jadagu, and the soul stirring work of Ural Thomas & the Pain, whose song “Smoldering Fire” is simply magnificent. Hear for yourself:

British punk trio Big Joanie also earn their free artist backpack (those are coming back, right?), as do Canadian hip-hop duo Cartel Madras, german Afro-hip-hop singer Albi X – whose lyrics hit in Lingala, French, and English, R&B singer-songwriter Bairi, and the thumping vintage British funk group Cymande.

Wet Leg, English duo Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, carry much intrigue from the Isle of Wight. Irresistible pop-sided, Mean Girls-quoting rock track “Chaise Longue” took off on Domino Recordings and landed on Late Night With Seth Meyers,. Recurring off-color cries of “industry plant” on TikTok have only heightened appeal.

Austin makes a strong standing in the latest lineup drop with homegrown blues guitarist Jackie Venson, renowned True Believers singer-songwriter Jon Dee Graham, as well as his music-making son William Harries Graham. Austin’s alexalone, post-rock universe of former Hovvdy and Lomelda bassist Alex Peterson, debuted on Polyvinyl Records last year. The announcement also previewed a number of familiar local music entities as showcase presenters, including Black Fret, EQ Austin, and KUTX’s The Breaks.

The totality of Austin-based announcements reads: Atlas Maior, BabiBoi, Band of Bastards, Beatnik Bandits, Big Wy's Brass Band, BÖNDBREAKR, Bourgeois Mystics, Calliope Musicals, CasinoATX, Darden Smith, Darkbird, David Shabani, Density512, Dominican Jay, Ella Ella, Eyelid Kid, Flyjack, Fuck Money, House of Lepore, Indrajit Banerjee, Jane Leo, Johnny Chops, Kathy McCarty, Magna Carda, Mélat, Miggy & Tje, Motenko, NAGAVALLI, Peelander-Z, Primo the Alien, San Saba County, Shooks, Susannah Joffe, Tetractys New Music, The Western Express, and User Unauthorized.

For the first time, today’s announcement specified that a number of artists – all from China, Japan, and Taiwan – will be performing virtually only during the hybrid festival. Those include Sixties girl group-twisting Osaka ragers Shonen Knife and Taiwanese sibling math rockers Elephant Gym. The announcement said all SXSW Music registrants will receive access to in-person events as well as virtual “SXSW Online programming and networking.”

Here is the full breadth of today’s SXSW artist lineup. Previous artist lists can be found on our SXSW landing page.

• Adam Kraft (San Francisco CA)
• Adrian Daniel (Brooklyn NY)
• AKEEM Music (Porto Alegre BRAZIL)
• Albi X (Cologne GERMANY)
• alexalone (Austin TX)
• Alisa Amador (Cambridge MA)
• Amra (Ulaanbaatar MONGOLIA)
• Andrew Sa (Chicago IL)
• Andy Jenkins (Richmond VA)
• Angel Cintron (San Antonio TX)
• Annie DiRusso (Croton On Hudson NY)
• Annika Bennett (Los Angeles CA)
• Argonaut & Wasp (New York NY)
• ATALHOS (São Paulo BRAZIL)
• Atlas Maior (Austin TX)
• Attalie (Kinshasa CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE)
• BabiBoi (Austin TX)
• Baby Kahlo (Baltimore MD)
• Bairi (Hershey PA)
• Balming Tiger (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
• Band of Bastards (Austin TX)
• Barrie (Brookyln NY)
• Beatnik Bandits (Austin TX)
• BeBe Deluxe (Jacksonville FL)
• Begonia (Winnipeg CANADA)
• Belen Cuturi (Montevideo URUGUAY)
• Ber (Bemidji MN)
• Best Move (Sacramento CA)
• Big Joanie (London UK-ENGLAND)
• Big Wy's Brass Band (Rollingwood TX)
• Billy Star (Dallas TX)
• BIVOLT (São Paulo BRAZIL)
• Blackwater Brass (Ocean Springs MS)
• Blato Zlato (New Orleans LA)
• Blvck Hippie (Memphis TN)
• BÖNDBREAKR (Austin TX)
• bottoms (Brooklyn NY)
• Bourgeois Mystics (Austin TX)
• Branson Anderson (Logandale UT)
• Bridget Rian (Nashville TN)
• Buffalo Rose (Pittsburgh PA)
• Calliope Musicals (Austin TX)
• Cara Hammond (London UK-ENGLAND)
• Cartel Madras (Calgary CANADA)
• Casii Stephan and the Midnight Sun (Tulsa OK)
• CasinoATX (Austin TX)
• Cassandra Jenkins (New York NY)
• catchtwentytwo (Miami FL)
• Caution (Washington DC)
• Ceramic Animal (Doylestown PA)
• ChihiroYamazaki +ROUTE14band (Kawasaki JAPAN)
• Choses Sauvages (Montreal CANADA)
• Chris Berardo (Silvermine CT)
• Chris Patrick (East Orange NJ)
• Christopher Royal King & Nico Rosenberg (Los Angeles CA)
• CIFIKA (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
• Collapsing Stars (Minneapolis MN)
• Coogie (Daejeon SOUTH KOREA)
• Corduroy Egg (Los Angeles CA)
• Coyle Girelli (New York NY)
• Crows (London UK-ENGLAND)
• Cymande (London UK-ENGLAND)
• Daisha McBride (Nashville TN)
• Damien McFly (Padova ITALY)
• DANA (Columbus OH)
• Dani Larkin (Belfast IRELAND)
• Darden Smith (Austin TX)
• Darkbird (Austin TX)
• David Shabani (Austin TX)
• Deau Eyes (Richmond VA)
• Debbie Sings (Copenhagen DENMARK)
• Density512 (Austin TX)
• DeVita (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
• DJ Five Venoms (Miami FL)
• DJ Hol Up (New Rochelle NY)
• DJ QuestionMark (Taipei TAIWAN) *
• DJ Wegun (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
• Dominican Jay (Austin TX)
• Dustin Welch (Lockhart TX)
• Eamon McGrath (Toronto CANADA)
• Eddie Clendening (Las Vegas NV)
• EDICA+ (Corpus Christi TX)
• Ehsan Matoori / Borderless Band (Dallas TX)
• El Dusty (Corpus Christi TX)
• Elephant Gym (Kaohsiung TAIWAN) *
• Elis Paprika (Guadalajara MEXICO)
• Eliza Shaddad (Cornwall UK-ENGLAND)
• Ella Ella (Austin TX)
• Elujay (Oakland CA)
• Emmett Mulrooney (Milwaukee WI)
• Eyelid Kid (Austin TX)
• Fabiola Roudha (Guatemala City GUATEMALA)
• Fake Fruit (San Francisco CA)
• Fake Gentle (Chengdu CHINA) *
• fanclubwallet (Ottawa CANADA)
• Faux Real (Paris FRANCE)
• Felecia Cruz (Glen Cove NY)
• Finn Matthews (Los Angeles CA)
• FLWRSHRK (The Bronx NY)
• Fly Anakin (Richmond VA)
• Flyjack (Austin TX)
• FlySiifu (Los Angeles CA)
• Forty Feet Tall (Los Angeles CA)
• Free Radicals (Houston TX)
• Freetown Collective (Belmont TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO)
• Fuck Money (Austin TX)
• Gabriel Gonti (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
• Ginger Root (Los Angeles CA)
• Girl Dick (New York NY)
• Goldy (Santa Barbara CA)
• GOODING (Nashville TN)
• Grant Pavol (Philadelphia PA)
• Grey DeLisle (Los Angeles CA)
• Half Gringa (Chicago IL)
• Hamond (Houston TX)
• Hannah Jadagu (Mesquite TX)
• Harleighblu (Nottingham UK-ENGLAND)
• Henry Hall (Los Angeles CA)
• HINO (Tepic MEXICO)
• Holy Boy (Los Angeles CA)
• House of Lepore (Austin TX)
• Housekeys (New York NY)
• HOWLING STAR (Atlanta GA)
• IAN SWEET (Los Angeles CA)
• Icaro del Sol (Santiago CHILE)
• Indrajit Banerjee (Austin TX)
• Jack Gray (Mackay AUSTRALIA)
• Jackie Venson (Austin TX)
• Jane Leo (Austin TX)
• Jay Wile (San Antonio TX)
• Jeffrey Silverstein (Portland OR)
• Jemere Morgan (Atlanta GA)
• Jimmy October (Sangre Grande TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO)
• Jinsang (Los Angeles CA)
• John Moods (Berlin GERMANY)
• John-Robert (Edinburg VA)
• Johnny Aries (of the Drums) (Margate UK-ENGLAND)
• Johnny Chops (Austin TX)
• Jon Dee Graham (Austin TX)
• Josh Savage (Berlin UK-ENGLAND)
• Julie Odell (New Orleans LA)
• Kaien Cruz (Pietermaritzburg SOUTH AFRICA)
• KALI (Los Angeles CA)
• Kalpee (Chaguanas TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO)
• Kansado (New York NY)
• Karen Jonas (Fredericksburg VA)
• Kathy McCarty (Austin TX)
• Katie Toupin (Louisville KY)
• kelz (Westminster CA)
• Kevin Daniel (Asheville NC)
• Kiltro (Denver CO)
• Klein Zage (Hudson NY)
• Komorebi (Delhi INDIA)
• Kosha Dillz (Brooklyn NY)
• La Doña (San Francisco CA)
• La Paloma (Madrid SPAIN)
• Lachi (New York NY)
• Larkins (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
• LAUNDRY DAY (New York City NY)
• Leesuho (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
• Lesibu Grand (Atlanta GA)
• Lex Records (London UK-ENGLAND)
• Liah Alonso (San Miguel De Allende MEXICO)
• Liam Kazar (Chicago IL)
• Lil Cherry & GOLDBUUDA (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
• Lilly Aviana (Houston TX)
• Lizzie and The Makers (Brooklyn NY)
• Lola Brooke (Brooklyn NY)
• Lolita No.18 (Tokyo JAPAN) *
• Los Nasdrovia (Nogales MEXICO)
• Madison McFerrin (Brooklyn NY)
• Magi Merlin (Montreal CANADA)
• Magna Carda (Austin TX)
• Mahealane (Los Angeles CA)
• Mass Minor (Austin TX)
• MAVICA (Madrid SPAIN)
• May Rio (New York NY)
• MC Bravado (Baltimore MD)
• Mélat (Austin TX)
• Mercy Bell (Nashville TN)
• MEYY (Brussels BELGIUM)
• Michael Bernard Fitzgerald (Calgary CANADA)
• Miggy & Tje (Austin TX)
• Mikey Erg (Old Bridge NJ)
• Miki Ratsula (Santa Ana CA)
• MILDEW (Beijing CHINA) *
• Miller Campbell (Seattle WA)
• Minimal Schlager (Berlin GERMANY)
• Minor Moon (Chicago IL)
• Miro Shot (London UK-ENGLAND)
• Mitch Davis (Montreal CANADA)
• Mo Lowda & The Humble (Philadelphia PA)
• Mong Tong (Taipei TAIWAN) *
• Moody Banks (Los Angeles CA)
• Moon Kissed (New York NY)
• Moonchild Sanelly (Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA)
• Moris Blak (Boston MA)
• Morris Mills (Chicago IL)
• Motenko (Austin TX)
• MR. HE (Brooklyn NY)
• Mudd the student (Busan SOUTH KOREA)
• musclecars (Brooklyn NY)
• Mz Neon (New York NY)
• NAGAVALLI (Austin TX)
• Naima Bock (London UK-ENGLAND)
• Nana Grizol (Athens GA)
• Nanna.B (Copenhagen DENMARK)
• Nari (San Pablo CA)
• Nathan Graham (Chicago IL)
• Neblinna (Maracaibo VENEZUELA)
• Olivia Kaplan (Los Angeles CA)
• Olivia Tsao (Tainan TAIWAN) *
• Omega Sapien (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
• Order of the Static Temple (Bozeman MT)
• Orestes Gomez (Mexico City MEXICO)
• Palmasur (Puebla MEXICO)
• Panchiko (Nottingham UK-ENGLAND)
• Panic Priest (Chicago IL)
• Papazian (Beirut LEBANON)
• Park Jiha (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
• Pat Byrne (Borris IRELAND)
• Paupière (Montréal CANADA)
• Peelander-Z (Austin TX)
• Pet Deaths (London UK-ENGLAND)
• Petty Booka (Tokyo JAPAN) *
• Pillow Queens (Dublin IRELAND)
• Planet Giza (Montreal CANADA)
• Pom Pom Squad (Brooklyn NY)
• Primo the Alien (Austin TX)
• PUNX (Beijing CHINA) *
• Puta Kahlo (El Paso TX)
• QUANNA (Savannah GA)
• Queralt Lahoz (Barcelona SPAIN)
• RADS Krusaders (Houston TX)
• Ragamuffs (Honolulu HI)
• Rosie Darling (Canton MA)
• Runnner (Los Angeles CA)
• S. Raekwon (New York NY)
• S.C.A.B. (Ridgewood NY)
• S.G. Goodman (Hickman KY)
• Sabrina Song (Brooklyn NY)
• Sada Baby (Detroit MI)
• Sadurn (Philadelphia PA)
• Salem Ofax (El Paso TX)
• Sam Doores (New Orleans LA)
• Sam Johnston (Nashville TN)
• San Saba County (Austin TX)
• Seratones (Shreveport LA)
• Shell of a Shell (Nashville TN)
• Shonen Knife (Osaka JAPAN) *
• Shooks (Austin TX)
• Sierra León (Tepic MEXICO)
• Sister Ray (Edmonton CANADA)
• Sleeping Brain (Taipei TAIWAN) *
• Sloppy Jane (Los Angeles CA)
• Snõõper (Nashville TN)
• Sofia Macchi (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
• sogumm (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
• Sorry Youth (Taipei TAIWAN) *
• Soulfiya (Galveston TX)
• Speckled Bird (Florence AL)
• Spencer Hoffman (Los Angeles CA)
• Spiritual Cramp (San Francisco CA)
• SpivOberta (Dobropillia UKRAINE)
• Steele FC (New York NY)
• Stereo Jane (Los Angeles CA)
• Steve Gunn (Brooklyn NY)
• Stone Cold Jzzle (New Orleans LA)
• Stop the Presses (Brooklyn NY)
• Susannah Joffe (Austin TX)
• SUSS (New York NY)
• Taiga (Chengdu CHINA) *
• Tami Neilson (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
• Teddy and the Rough Riders (Nashville TN)
• Tetractys New Music (Austin TX)
• Tettix Hexer (Copenhagen DENMARK)
• The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine & Roses 40th Anniversary (New York NY)
• The Heavy Hours (Cincinnati OH)
• The Kernal (Jackson TN)
• The LYONZ (Montreal CANADA)
• The Slaps (Lexington KY)
• The Suffers (Houston TX)
• The Velveteins (Edmonton CANADA)
• The Western Express (Austin TX)
• THEakasha (Jersey City NJ)
• Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra (Queens Village NY)
• Tim Arnold (London UK-ENGLAND)
• Tokyo Shoki Syodo (Tokyo JAPAN) *
• TÖME (Toronto CANADA)
• tomppabeats (Helsinki FINLAND)
• TONE (London UK-ENGLAND)
• Ural Thomas and the Pain (Portland OR)
• URCHN (Los Angeles CA)
• User Unauthorized (Austin TX)
• Virgen Maria (Madrid SPAIN)
• Voka Gentle (London UK-ENGLAND)
• waveform* (Monroe CT)
• Wet Leg (Isle Of Wight UK-ENGLAND)
• William Harries Graham (Austin TX)
• wnjn (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
• Wolf Eyes (Pontiac MI)
• Woo (우원재) (Gyeongju SOUTH KOREA)
• Ximbo (México City MEXICO)
• YAYOI DAIMON (Osaka JAPAN)
• Yung D3mz (Accra GHANA)
• YUNGMORPHEUS (Miami FL)