As mentioned on BrooklynVegan, the 2013 ACL Festival (10 4 - 10/6; 10/11 - 10/13) was just announced, with Depeche Mode, The Cure, Muse, Vampire Weekend, The National, Phoenix, Wilco and many more among the acts playing this year. Weekend passes are on sale now and the full line-up is at BV.

Pitchfork will be returning to Austin for a number of SXSW events, including two at Mohawk and two at 1100 Warehouse (1100 E 5th St.).

They've got a SXSW Interactive Official Showcase on Tuesday (3/12) at Mohawk at 8 PM with John Talabot, Cloud Nothings, Marnie Stern, Hundred Waters, Torres, and more; and a Show No Mercy metal show on Wednesday (3/13) at Mohawk at noon with Skeletonwitch, Trash Talk, Pallbearer, Royal Thunder, Pinkish Black, and more.

Then, they'll throw a free day party at 1100 Warehouse on Thursday (3/14) at noon with Youth Lagoon, Toro y Moi, Foxygen, Delorean, Andy Stott, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Mac DeMarco, White Lung, Parquet Courts, Merchandise, Waxahatchee, Autre Ne Veut, Rhye, and more; and an official showcase that night at the same venue at 8 PM with Rustie, Disclosure, Ryan Hemsworth, Savages, Pissed Jeans, and more.

That's the flyer for the Interactive showcase above. The rest of the flyers, full lineups, and set times for all four shows below...

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photos by @griffinshot - Tim Griffin

Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ Mohawk - 2/20/2013

Portland's Unknown Mortal Orchestra are on tour with NYC/LA retro cutups Foxygen and another Portland band,Wampire. Both UMO and Foxygen are supporting new albums out on Jagjaguar. The tour pulled into Austin at Mohawk on February 20 and more pics from the show are below.

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UMO in NYC in 2011 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)

As mentioned on BrooklynVegan, Unknown Mortal Orchestra are releasing their new album, II, on February 5 via Jagjaguwar and supporting on a tour with Foxygen (who also have a new album coming) and Wampire. The tour comes through Texas in February for shows in El Paso at Lowbrow Palace on 2/18, San Antonio at The Korova on 2/19, Austin at Mohawk on 2/20, and Houston at Fitzgerald's on 2/21. The they'll return to TX in March to play Club Dada on 3/12 in Dallas and then make their way back to Austin for SXSW.

Tickets for the Mohawk show are on sale now.

A list of all dates and more at BrooklynVegan.

Savages at BV-CMJ 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

Last month, SXSW revealed its first round of artists for their 2013 festival, which happens from March 12-17, and now they've revealed a second announcement with way more artists. The new announcement includes Allo Darlin', Angel Haze, Audacity, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Blood Diamonds, Bonde Do Role, Deap Vally, Dessa, Eaux, Sky Ferreira, Flatbush Zombies, Foxygen, Girl Unit, Hundred Waters, Hunters, Major Lazer, Ms Mr, Nguzunguzu, Nu Sensae, Palma Violets, Paws, Peace, PS I Love You, Ratking, Rhye, Savages, Shout Out Louds, The Soft Moon, Thee Oh Sees, Toro y Moi, Ume, Wavves, and many more.

Full list below...

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