The first batch of musical acts for the 2005 installment of SXSW Festivals & Conferences have been announced. Notable artists lined up so far are Against Me!, Death From Above 1979, Hella, Hot Hot Heat, Billy Idol, The Kills, Nada Surf, and Sleater-Kinney. The festival runs from March 16th through the 20th in Austin, Texas. You can view the rest of the present line-up by reading on... Against Me! (Gainesville FL) Ambulance Ltd (New York NY) American Music Club (San Francisco CA) Chingo Bling (Houston TX) The Dears (Montreal QC) Death From Above 1979 (Toronto ON) Dogs Die in Hot Cars (Glasgow UK) The Donnas (Palo Alto CA) The Go! Team (Brighton UK) Grand Buffet (Pittsburgh PA) Guitar Wolf (Tokyo JAPAN) Tre Hardson (Los Angeles CA) Hella (Sacramento CA) Robyn Hitchcock (London UK) Hot Hot Heat (Victoria BC) Husky Rescue (Helsinki FINLAND) Billy Idol (Los Angeles CA) Jack Ingram (Dallas TX) Kaiser Chiefs (Leeds UK) The Kills (London UK) The Longcut (Manchester UK) Aimee Mann (Los Angeles CA) Mean Reds (Tuscon AZ) Ronnie Montrose (Sacramento CA) Nada Surf (Brooklyn NY) The Raveonettes (Copenhagen DENMARK) Rolling Blackouts (Torrance CA) Sleater-Kinney (Portland OR) Son Volt (St Louis MO) The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (Gothenberg SWEDEN) 22-20's (Lincoln UK) Visionaries (Los Angeles CA) Saul Williams (Los Angeles CA)