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Today, the good people of SXSW announced the complete list of bands that will appear at the festival this year. We at Paste realize that even the biggest music fan may be daunted by the enormity of the list, and we're here to help. Below, find a (very abbreviated) guide to this year's SXSW line-up, and remember to check back here for live updates and daily reviews of the festival.

Angels & Demons:
Bible of the Devil
The Black Angels
Black Top Demon
Evangelicals
The Unholy Two
Demon's Claws
Icy Demons
Kush & Jah Bloodfiyah Angels

Bands with potential anger management issues:
Die! Die! Die!
A Place To Bury Strangers
Between the Buried and Me
Death Sentence: Panda!
TheDeathSet
Deadman
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
The Kills
Let's Go To War
Los Dynamite
Mac Lethal
Public Offenders
This Will Destroy You
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb
The Warriors

Bands with graduate degrees:
Dr. Delay
Dr. Dog

Bands in need of just a little Zoloft:
All Time Low
Damage
The Deadbeat Poets
The End of the World
Hearts of Darknesses
Jack-O & The Tennessee Tearjerkers
The Low Lows
Middle Class Rut
The Panics
The Sadies

Most philosophical bands:
Descartes a Kant
The Strange Death of Liberal England
WHY?

Band that you can smell from a mile away:
17 Hippies

Most... creative band names:
Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears
Care Bears on Fire
Death Sentence: Panda! (again)
Corn Mo and the .357 Lover
Fourcolorzack & Pretty Titt
43 Songs About 43 Presidencies
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds
Kreamy 'Lectric Santa
Screamin' Cyn Cyn & The Pons
Snake & Jet's Amazing Bullit Band

Band that should never be allowed to have children:
Made Out Of Babies

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