I thought I was done with all the previews for SXSW 2012, but clearly, I was wrong. There are actually way too many announcements to make any sense of it all, so I suggest if you’re going, just use the official sxsw.com and figure it all out yourself.

Just quickly, Barsuk Records’ SXSW Showcase is taking place March 15th at Red Eyed Fly. I just saw the sweet, sweet Laura Gibson at 7th Street on Monday, so be sure to see her. Also on the bill: Nada Surf, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Maps & Atlases, Ramona Falls, Say Hi and Yellow Ostrich (which Lara is covering their Minneapolis show on Saturday).

SPIN’S BEST SXSW ACTS 2012

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I know, I keep talking about Spin Magazine, but that’s because I love them and all the free music and content they provide. I can’t say that I’m a fan of their website (it seems to run slow with all the javascripts on my computer), but you have to give them thumbs up for trying to keep up with the times.

And just in time for SXSW, they have put together their playlist: Austin Power: SPIN’s Best SXSW Acts 2012. It is a free download.

□ 2:54 – “Scarlet”
□ Ava Luna – “Ice Level”
□ A.Dd+ – “Sh*t Got Crazy”
□ Bear in Heaven – “Sinful Nature”
□ Bleached – “Searching Through The Past”
□ Blondes – “Wine”
□ Blue Sky Black Death – “Sleeping Children Are…”
□ Chelsea Wolfe – “Tall Bodies”
□ Cities Aviv – “Jaguar”
□ Class Actress – “Weekend”
□ Cloud Nothings – “No Future/No Past”
□ DaVinci – “D.R.E.A.M.”
□ Django Django – “Default”
□ Dope Body – “Lazy Slave”
□ Hospitality – “Betty Wang”
□ Hull – “In Death, Truth”
□ Jacques Greene – “Arrow” ft. Koreless
□ King Tuff – “Wild Desire”
□ La Sera – “Break My Heart”
□ Main Attrakionz – “Bossalinis & Fooliyones pt. 2”

□ Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire – “The Gold Watch”
□ Natural Child – “Ain’t Gonna Stop”
□ Screaming Females – “It All Means Nothing”
□ Sharon Van Etten – “Serpents”
□ Spoek Mathambo – “Let Them Talk”
□ St. Lucia – “We Got It Wrong”
□ Star Slinger – “Dumbin’” ft. Reggie B
□ The Coathangers – “Smother”
□ The War on Drugs – “Baby Missiles” Mbr
□ Thee Oh Sees – “The Dream”
□ Thundercat – “For Love I Come”
□ Torche – “Kicking”
□ Tycho – “Hours”
□ Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “FFunny FFrends”
□ Xray Eyeballs – “Four”
□ White Fence- “Swagger Vets and Double Moon”
□ Widowspeak – “Harsh Realm”
□ Youth Lagoon – “July”
□ Zola Jesus – “Seekir”

THE HYPE HOTEL
hypem.com/hotel

We love The Hype Machine, please add us to your favorites.

You can RSVP to their parties at hypem.com/hotel. If you aren’t (or can’t) attending SXSW, the good news is that you can Livestream.

The schedule listing to the Hype Hotel Schedule is rather funky, I just wish they’d lay it out in a traditional view…. So I’ve stripped out all that fancy playlist/extra information and here is the raw set time and band listing:

Tuesday, March 13 (Night) • The Syndicate’s Conflict of Interest 8 PM Oberhofer 9 PM Incan Abraham 10 PM Little Hurricane 11 PM Miniature Tigers 12 AM Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. 1 AM Delta Spirit	Wednesday, March 14 (Day) • My Old Kentucky Blog & Song, by Toad 1 PM Brown Brogues 2 PM Jonathan Meiburg 3 PM The Twilight Sad 4 PM Micah P. Hinson 5 PM Big Deal 6 PM Blitzen Trapper	Wednesday, March 14 (Night) • Hype Machine & Feed the Beat 10 PM Friends 11 PM Pond 12 AM Miike Snow 1:15 AM Madeon 3 AM Penguin Prison	Thursday, March 15 (Day) • Aquarium Drunkard 1 PM Nick Waterhouse … 2 PM Lee Fields … 3 PM Youth Lagoon 3:45 PM Bass Drum Of Death 4:30 PM Futurebirds 5:15 PM Alabama Shakes 6:15 PM Bleached 6:45 PM Father John Misty Thursday, March 15 (Night) • Gorilla vs. Bear & Yours Truly 10 PM THEESatisfaction 11 PM Korallreven 12 AM Jimmy Cliff 1 AM Kindness 3 AM Jacques Greene
Friday, March 16 (Day) • No Modest Bear & Cream Team 1 PM Young Man 2 PM Caged Animals 3 PM Jonquil 4 PM Blouse 5 PM Korallreven 6 PM Taken By Trees	Friday, March 16 (Night) • I Guess I’m Floating 10 PM Caveman 11 PM White Rabbits 12 AM Lower Dens 1 AM Neon Indian 3 AM Star Slinger	Saturday, March 17 (Day) • Nialler9 1 PM Mmoths 2 PM New Look 3 PM Body Language 4 PM Niki & The Dove 4:30 PM New Build (DJ Set) 5 PM Clock Opera 6 PM Tennis	Saturday, March 17 (Night) • Hype Machine & Feed the Beat 10 PM Fanfarlo 11 PM Best Coast 12 AM Wavves 1 AM XV 2 AM Chiddy Bang 3 AM The Knocks

TUNEIN

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There is a need for people not attending SXSW to get the latest updates and live streams. Tunein is a free service that will be broadcasting SXSW shows.
I did go to the website and was rather confused at where to go. However, according to their blog, there is an app you can download and all you need to do is search “SXSW”.

Full listing shows M. Ward, Howler (from Minneapolis!), Nada Surf, Alabama Shakes, Andrew Bird, Sharon Van Etten, Magnetic Fields, Yellow Ostrich, Of Monsters and Men (from Iceland!), Blitzen Trapper, and “the boss” Bruce Springsteen.

FADER FORT

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The Fader Fort is back SXSW, taking place March 14-17, 2012.

Santigold, all four members of the Black Hippy collective and Zola Jesus will perform.
More performers will be announced next week, I’m sure announcements will be made via @thefader. You can watch it all live at fuse.tv/thefaderfort

The FADER FORT Presented by Converse is made possible this year by Nokia, Bushmills Irish Honey, vitaminwater, Beats by Dre, Votiv, Roberta’s Pizza, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, SiriusXMU and Southwest Airlines.