Pitchfork

You've had your 2006 calendar turned to March for the past few weeks, with "SXSW" written in red marker with big hearts around it on the 15-19. You've been pissing off your friends, your cat, and your webcam viewers with all your bragging about how you, yes, you, will be heading to Austin, Texas to attend one of the most comprehensive music festivals of the year. Hey, who can blame you?

In December, we announced South by Southwest's hefty initial lineup, but you knew it wouldn't stop there, especially since "preliminary" was included in the story's headline. Since then, a slew... no, a ton... no, a landslide of bands have beefed up the schedule. We've taken the liberty of selecting the following noteworthy bands added to the mega-list of over 850 artists on SXSW's official website:

Adult.,Aloha, Animal Collective, the Apples in Stereo, Arab Strap, Art Brut, the Avalanches, Belong, Black Dice, Black Heart Procession, Brakes, Brazilian Girls, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Buck 65, Chin Up Chin Up, Clem Snide, the Concretes, Cut Copy, Dirty Projectors, DMBQ, Dosh, Earlimart, Echo & The Bunnymen, Editors, Goblin Cock, Gogol Bordello, Goldfrapp, the Gossip, the Go! Team, Great Lake Swimmers, the Hidden Cameras, His Name Is Alive, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Islands, the Juan Maclean, Damien Jurado, k-os, Ladytron, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, the Magic Numbers, Magnolia Electric Company, Mates of State, Mazarin, the Minus 5, Minus the Bear, Mogwai, the New Pornographers, Of Montreal, OK GO, Beth Orton, Oxford Collapse, Peaches, Ariel Pink, Pit er Pat, Robert Pollard, Josh Ritter, the Secret Machines, Serena Maneesh, the Spinto Band, Test Icicles, Thunderbirds Are Now!, John Vanderslice, We Are Scientists, Whitehouse, WHY?, Wooden Wand, Xiu Xiu

The most overwhelming part? This isn't anywhere near the final lineup. Goddamn.