The Gorilla Vs Bear blog has pretty much held hegemony over mp3 blogs as of late. Its output has included exclusive first leaks of everything from The Knife’s new Darwin orientated operatics to snippets of Joanna Newsom’s new 3xLP epicness.

Now they have decided that they aren’t content with just the online world when it comes to breaking the most cutting edge and innovative music. They’re now dipping their paws into the world of showcasing. And with this South By South West bill lined up, they’ve pretty much sullied whatever else could be happening in that dust and spurs laden A&Rhole..

Acts like Washed Out, JJ and Memory Tapes made it onto many an end of 2009 best of list, so expect their entire bill to be just as great!

You can check out Gorilla vs Bear here

This year’s SXSW looks to feature a large turnout of British bands, including tons of acts that played Offset ‘08 – (deep breath…) Baddies, Brigade, Electricity In Our Homes, Future Of The Left, Fight Like Apes, The Ghost Frequency, Gloria Cycles, Ipso Facto, Johnny Foreigner, Metronomy, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, Operahouse, Slaves to Gravity, Slow Club and To The Bones (phew!).

Read on for the full list and, erm, be proud of our glorious nation.

SxSW have announced an amazing list of bands, including a few of our favourite bookings from previous TMF events. We’ll give you a run-down of some of these artists in the next few weeks, in the meantime, read on for the list.