[Watch] Vampire Weekend Debut New Material at SXSW

Last night saw SXSW come to a close, and Vampire Weekend made good use of the occasion, debuting two new songs from Modern Vampires of the City. Watch fan-captured footage of "Diane Young" and "Ya Hey" below.

Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend's third album, is out on May 7th.

[News] SXSW 2013 Announces First Round of Artists

South by Southwest 2013 amps things up with the announcement of first round of artists set to perform during the music portion of the Austin festival, which takes place from March 12th-17th. Included in the first round are Alt-J, Haim, Said The Whale, Thurston Moore, Toddla T, Why?, The Trews, Klaxons, White Lung, Of Mice and Men, and many more. Check out the full lineup after the jump, and head here for more details on the festival.

Akron/Family (Los Angeles CA)
Albatross (Kathmandu NEPAL)
Alt-J (Cambridge UK-ENGLAND)
Lauren Aquilina (Bristol UK-ENGLAND)
Atlas Genius (Adelaide SA)
Attomica (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
Authorities (Vancouver BC)
Autosalvage (Santa Cruz CA)
The Away Days (TURKEY)
Daniel Bachman (Fredericksburg VA)
BADBADNOTGOOD (Toronto ON)
Baishui (CHINA)
Bastille (London UK-ENGLAND)
Battleme (Portland OR)
Bernhoft (Nittedal NORWAY)
The Black and White Years (Austin TX)
The Blackout (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Black Pistol Fire (Austin TX)
Blackstone Rangers (Dallas TX)
The Blue Van (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers (San Francisco CA)
BNegão & Seletores de Frequência (Rio De Janeiro BRAZIL)
Boats (Winnipeg MB)
The Boxing Lesson (Austin TX)
Jesse Boykins III (New York NY)
Brendan Benson (Nashville TN)
Broncho (Norman OK)
Brothers In Law (Pesaro ITALY)
Brutality Will Prevail (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Brutal Juice (Austin TX)
Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown (Nashville TN)
Buck 65 (Toronto ON)
The Bug (London UK-ENGLAND)
Eric Burdon (Brooklyn NY)
Tego Calderon (San Juan PUERTO RICO)
The Calm Blue Sea (Austin TX)
Campo (Montevideo URUGUAY)
Cave Painting (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Cayucas (San Luis Obisbo CA)
Cello Fury (Pittsburgh PA)
Chaos Chaos (Brooklyn NY)
Cheers Elephant (Philadelphia PA)
The Chevelles (North Fremantle WA)
Charlotte Church ( UK-WALES)
Churchill (Denver CO)
CINE (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
Civil Twilight (Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA)
Chris Cohen (Shaftsbury VT)
Coldcut (London UK-ENGLAND)
Congo Natty (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Congregation (Chicago IL)
Constantina (Belo Horizonte BRAZIL)
John Cooper Clarke (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Crooks (Austin TX)
Current Swell (Victoria BC)
Dash Rip Rock (New Orleans LA)
Sammy Decoster (Grenoble FRANCE)
Dels (London UK-ENGLAND)
Mac DeMarco (Montreal QC)
Luther Dickinson (Hernando MS)
DJ Edu (London UK-ENGLAND)
Dolores Boys (Brooklyn NY)
Doyle (San Antonio TX)
Driver Friendly (Austin TX)
Drop The Lime (New York NY)
Ben Dukes (Hollywood CA)
The Dunwells (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
Dusted (Toronto ON)
Eagulls (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
Tim Easton (Nashville TN)
Elias Haslanger (Austin TX)
Ronnie Fauss (Dallas TX)
Fear Of Men (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Fister (St Louis MO)
Follakzoid (Santiago CHILE)
fo/mo/deep (Columbus OH)
Forests (Taipei TAIWAN)
Fredda (Paris FRANCE)
Funeral Suits (Dublin IRELAND)
Ezra Furman (San Francisco CA)
Galaxy Express (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Gallows (Watford UK-ENGLAND)
Gato 6 (Austin TX)
Ghost to Falco (Portland OR)
GHXST (New York NY)
Colin Gilmore (Austin TX)
Gliss (Los Angeles CA)
Gold Fields (Ballarat VIC)
Jenn Grant (Halifax NS)
Guards (New York NY)
Haim (Los Angeles CA)
Hashback Hashish (New Delhi INDIA)
Hawthorne Heights (Dayton OH)
Heidi Happy (Luzern SWITZERLAND)
Ryan Hemsworth (Halifax NS)
He's My Brother She's My Sister (Los Angeles CA)
Hexvessel (Helsinki FINLAND)
Highasakite (Oslo NORWAY)
Hiss Golden Messenger (Chapel Hill NC)
The Holydrug Couple (Santiago CHILE)
Holy Esque (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
HolySexyBastards (Valencia VENEZUELA)
Howling Brothers (Nashville TN)
Peggy Hsu (Taipei TAIWAN)
Huehuetl (Tonala, Guadalajara MEXICO)
Humans (Vancouver BC)
Il Pan del Diavolo (San Lorenzo Colli ITALY)
Immanu El (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
In-Flight Safety (Halifax NS)
Tiago Iorc (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
Islet (Cardiff UK-WALES)
ITAL (Brooklyn NY)
Sarah Jaffe (Denton TX)
Jonathan Toubin (New York NY)
Matthew Perryman Jones (Nashville TN)
Jung People (Calgary AB)
Grace Kelly (Brookline MA)
Kill It Kid (Bath UK-ENGLAND)
Klaxons (London UK-ENGLAND)
Jess Klein (Austin TX)
La Chiva Gantiva (Brussels BELGIUM)
La Cuneta Son Machín (Managua NICARAGUA)
Language Room (Austin TX)
Marit Larsen (Oslo NORWAY)
The Last Bison (Chesapeake VA)
League of Extraordinary G’z (Austin TX)
Lecrae (Atlanta GA)
Les Mentettes (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
The Linus Pauling Quartet (Houston TX)
Los Bunkers (Concepcion CHILE)
the Lost Maples (Nashville TN)
Emma Louise (Toowong QLD)
Lu Horta (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
Luke Sital-Singh (London UK-ENGLAND)
Mahogany (Chicago IL)
Massive Scar Era (Cairo EGYPT)
Mavin All Stars (Lagos NIGERIA)
Mike and the Moonpies (Austin TX)
Andy Mineo (New York NY)
Derek Minor (Nashville TN)
Modestep (London UK-ENGLAND)
Mompox (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Monster Cat (Singapore SINGAPORE)
Ian Moore (Seattle WA)
Thurston Moore (Northampton MA)
Daniel Mustard (New York NY)
Muthoni The Drummer Queen (Nairobi KENYA)
My Education (Austin TX)
My Jerusalem (Austin TX)
Nerves Junior (Louisville KY)
NO CEREMONY/// (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Nubes en mi Casa (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Of Mice & Men (Costa Mesa CA)
Pacific Air (San Diego CA)
PAJARO (Gelves SPAIN)
Doe Paoro (Brooklyn NY)
Paper Lions (Charlottetown PE)
Triana Park (Riga LATVIA)
Peterson Brothers Band (Bastrop TX)
Pokey LaFarge (Ballwin MO)
The Postelles (New York NY)
Promise (Toronto ON)
Pumcayo (Guadalajara MEXICO)
Quiet Company (Austin TX)
David Ramirez (Austin TX)
The Relatives (Dallas TX)
Remate (Madrid SPAIN)
Reptile Youth (Copenhagen DENMARK)
The Rocketboys (Austin TX)
Roge (Rio De Janeiro BRAZIL)
Said The Whale (Vancouver BC)
The Sam Willows (Singapore SINGAPORE)
San Cisco (Fremantle WA)
Satchel Grande (Omaha NE)
Danny Schmidt (Austin TX)
Seth Sentry (Melbourne VIC)
Shakey Graves (Austin TX)
Silencio (Pittsburgh PA)
Six60 (Dunedin NEW ZEALAND)
Sizarr (Mannheim GERMANY)
Small Black (Brooklyn NY)
Sahara Smith (Wimberley TX)
Social Studies (Phoenix AZ)
Soley (Reykjavik ICELAND)
Somebody's Darling (Dallas TX)
The Sour Notes (Austin TX)
Spain (Los Angeles CA)
Spindrift (Los Angeles CA)
The Spring Standards (New York NY)
Star & Micey (Memphis TN)
The Staves (London UK-ENGLAND)
Marnie Stern (New York NY)
Jake Stone Garage (Tokyo JAPAN)
Suie Paparude (Bucharest ROMANIA)
Supersubmarina (Madrid SPAIN)
Suuns (Montreal QC)
Swamp Cabbage (Savannah GA)
Swim Deep (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND)
Tako Lako (Copenhagen DENMARK)
TAM (Plateau Mont-Royal QC)
Hudson Taylor (London UK-ENGLAND)
Tedashii (Dallas TX)
Kristian Terzic Band (Rovinj CROATIA)
Tesoro (Tucson AZ)
The Harlequins (Cincinnati OH)
Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic (Richmond CA)
Thi'sl (St Louis MO)
Tipo Uísque ( BRAZIL)
Amon Tobin (San Francisco CA)
Toddla T (Sheffield UK-ENGLAND)
The Trews (Toronto ON)
Truth Universal (New Orleans LA)
Turbina (Mexico City MEXICO)
Turbo Fruits (Nashville TN)
Two Hours Traffic (Charlottetown ON)
Vaudeville Smash (Melbourne VIC)
The Vespers (Nashville TN)
Virals (Worcester UK-ENGLAND)
Zak Waters (Los Angeles CA)
While She Sleeps (Sheffiled UK-ENGLAND)
Glenn White (New York NY)
White Lung (Vancouver BC)
Why? (Cincinnati OH)
Wild Cub (Nashville TN)
Wizkid (Lagos NIGERIA)
Carolyn Wonderland (Austin TX)
WonFu (Taipei TAIWAN)
Woodpigeon (Vienna AB)
Young Von (Houston TX)
The Zombies (St. Albans UK-ENGLAND)

[Watch] Jay-Z's SXSW American Express Sync Show

As you're all probably aware, the next week is a musical extravaganza in Austin, TX as thousands of music revellers and bands take to the streets for the worlds biggest music festival. To get things kicked off in style, Jay-Z performed a show in partnership with American Express and the entire show in turn was streamed online. Now Mr. Worldpremire.net has uploaded the entire show for us all to enjoy again and again. He blasts through a greatest hits set including "99 Problems", "Hard Knock Life" and "I'm a Hustler Baby". Part one is at the top with the remainder of the show being up for viewing after the jump.

[News] South by Southwest 2012 Announces Initial Lineup

From March 13-18, Austin will play host to hundreds upon hundreds of bands for the South by Southwest 2012 music portion. It may seem like a ways away, but time flies, and today the festival's initial lineup was announced. You may want to start thinking about booking a hotel.

Some noteworthy appearances on the announced list include VHS or Beta, Yukon Blonde, Shout Out Out Out Out, Com Truise, Library Voices, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, ANR, Yuksek, Chelsea Wolfe, Against Me! and SPEAK. You can check out the entire lineup at the official SXSW website.

[Watch] Trailer for Arcade Fire/Spike Jonze Film

Scenes From The Suburbs, Spike Jonze's companion short film to his music video for Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs," now has an official trailer. The film is set to premiere this week at South by Southwest's film festival, so watch the trailer after the jump, sit back, and enjoy! And remember, licking a car window may not be the most sanitary thing to do.

[Listen] Astronautalis - "Midday Moon"

Another little gift for your Thursday Afternoon in the form of  an Astronautalis track titled "Midday Moon". The track is mega chilled and a perfect wind down to a hectic day. A nice rising start into the mellow first verse and it's all good from there in. Check it out for yourself below or if you happen to be at SXSW in a few weeks why not hit up our Axis of Audio party and see the man in the flesh, you know you want to. For more details of the show head on over here or to RSVP you can do so here. Either way check out the track above, sitback and enjoy. To grab a copy of "Midday Moon" to spin as much as you want, whenever you want, just hit up Astro's Bandcamp page.

Astronautalis - "Midday Moon" by Some Kind of Awesome

Choir Of Young Believers To Tour US, Release "Claustrophobia" + Remixes

courtesy of Jason Williamson

Ghostly International will be releasing the third single on March 9, 2010 from Denmark's Choir Of Young Believers, entitled "Claustrophobia", from their release This Is for the White in Your Eyes released last August. 

Included with the release are remixes and covers from Sian Alice Group (The Social Registry) and Peter Silberman of The Antlers (Frenchkiss).

Last year, Denmark's Choir of Young Believers toured overseas with Mew and headlined their own US tour. In January, they headlined across the UK and continental Europe. This March, the choir arrive in America for a brief string of dates (including appearances at SXSW) in a four-piece lineup.

The dates are as follows:

3/10 New York, NY @ Union Hall 
3/11 New York, NY @ Pianos 
3/13 Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theatre
3/17 Austin, TX @ Red 7 (Terrorbird Day Party) 
3/17 Austin, TX @ The Galaxy Room Patio (KCRW Showcase)

Please enjoy the download below: 

Choir Of Young Believers "Claustrophobia (Peter Antlers remix)"