Music From Ireland have announced the lineup of Irish bands who will be travelling to SXSW in Austin and Toronto for Canadian Music Week this March. Full times and lineups are on the MFI site. Acts are chosen by each festival not Music From Ireland or First Music Contact.
They are:
SXSW
And So I Watch You From Afar
Patrick Kelleher + His Cold Dead Hands
The Minutes
Cashier No 9
Mmoths
Squarehead
Foy Vance
Li
Wonder Villians
General Fiasco
Canadian Music Week
Cloud Castle Lake
The Rubberbandits
Squarehead
Daithí
Fred
Marc O’ Reilly
Windings
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
