Amy Winehouse at SXSW in 2007 photographed by Kenn Verstraeten
If you've got obnoxious friends that work in the music industry or just know some people who live in Texas, by now you're probably sick of reading tweets about what they're doing at indie rock circle jerk, South By Southwest (SXSW). Though more or less irrelevant to the casual music fan, the annual festival held every March in Austin, TX has managed to monopolize spring music coverage the internets over, journalists and A&R's both practicing and aspiring, racing to be the first to tout the next big thing in indie music.
And while the festival also hosts appearances from bigger names like this year's highly anticipated Broken Bells show, it's long been a chance for bands on the come up (of which there are one thousand plus participating) to make a name for themselves. Many have tried, but here are 10 artists who can say they blew up at SXSW...
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