Starsailor, Noah and the Whale, Laura Marling, The Grates, and many more announce SXSW shows

James Walsh of Starsailor, originally uploaded by jordanstraussphotography.com.

Other notable bands/artists I'll be checking out in Austin, most of the them just announced.

Florence and the Machine (UK)
Noah and the Whale (UK)
Mumford and Sons (UK)
Wallis Bird (Ireland)
Ed Harcourt (UK)
The Black Hollies (Jersey)
The Bloodsugars (NYC)
Gabriella Cilmi (Australia)
Come On Gang! (Scotland)
White Lies (UK)
Cut Off Your Hands (New Zealand)
The Dead Trees (Portland)
Esser (England)
Explosions in the sky (Austin)
Fanfarlo (UK)
Handsome Furs (Montreal)
Head Automatica (NYC)
Alessi's Ark (UK)
The Little Ones (LA)
Longwave (NYC)
Malajube (Montreal)
Ida Maria (Norway)
Metronomy (UK)
Micachu (UK)
Operahouse (UK)
The Courteeners (UK)
Passion Pit (Boston)
Ra Ra Riot (NYC)
Peter Bjorn and John (Sweden)
St. Vincent (Dallas)
Sandi Thom (UK)
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (Springfield)
Thecocknbullkid (UK)

For All the UK bands/artists check out Showburner http://www.showburner.com/sxsw

For Every confirmed artist according to SXSW visit
http://sxsw.com/music/shows/bands

*More bands will be added to a great lineup at SXSW 2009. Stay Tuned.