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The South By Southwest music conference and festival has announced their lineup of bands that will play showcases over five nights in March. Among the thousand–plus acts that may take one of nearly 70 stages, you'll find groups like the Carbon/Silicon, the Weakerthans, the Constantines, World/Inferno Friendship Society, the English Beat, Fucked Up, the Gaslight Anthem, Lucero, Parts & Labor, Jay Reatard, Rx Bandits, the Slits, Kevin Shields, Attack In Black, the Sadies, the Aggrolites, the Bad Rackets, Black Diamond Heavies, Elliott Brood, City and Colour, CPC Gangbangs, Demon's Claws, Destroyer, the Flatliners, Kaddisfly, the Kills, Krum Bums, the Matches, Nekromantix, the Ravonettes, Supersuckers, Akron/Family, the Acorn, Ultimate Power Duo, and literally hundreds of others. You can find the entire list, subject to change of course, at SXSW's website.