Auditorium Shores during SXSW 2012

We are T-minus three months (roughly) from the South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, TX. I thought I’d be busy scrambling to find last-minute gifts for my loved ones and quaffing fancy-ass mulled wine right about now. Nope. SXSW has other plans. Earlier this month, SXSW updated its list of bands confirmed to play in official showcases and nine of them (so far) are from Japan.

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