Austin’s annual South by Southwest music festival has been slowly releasing its list of bands traveling to the Lone Star state this Spring and, yes, Chicago is represented.

On tap to play the 2012 edition are sunny pop rockers Gold Motel, dancehall DJ Chrissy Murderbot, acoustic folker Musikanto, lo-fi ambient poppers U.S. Girls, and Chicago – by way of Philadelphia – dream poppers Mahogany.

Built to Spill, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Talib Kweli, and Thee Oh Sees will also play SXSW this year. And while Broken Social Scene is headed toward hiatus-land, its members will be well-represented with Metric, Stars and Zeus scheduled to appear.

South by Southwest’s 2012 music conference will be held March 13-18.

Well now, via the venue’s website lincolnhallchicago.com, they’ve begun announcing artists that look to be playing the new club in the near future.

A banner in the middle of the page offers artists/band names with photos and the “Coming Soon” tag. There’s still no word on the official opening date of the venue. A complete list of the artists appearing on the promo banner is after the jump.

Art Brut
Do Make Say Think
Ari Hest
Neon indian
Blind Pilot
Edward Sharpe
Elvis Perkins
AA Bondy
J. Tillman
Herman Dune
Mucca Pazza
Numero Group’s Eccentric Soul Review
Liam Finn
The Walkmen
Langhorne Slim
Vic Chesnutt Band
Great Lake Swimmers
Julie Doiron
La Roux