South by Southwest does a great job of letting attendees (and everybody else) do some homework before the shows and preview tracks by showcased bands. Here are a bunch of our faves.

• The Asteroid #4 – “These Flowers of Ours” (web, sxsw)

• Black Lips – “O Katrina!” (web, sxsw)

• The Dollyrots – “My Best Friend’s Hot” (web, sxsw)

• Earlimart – “Face Down In The Right Town” (web, sxsw)

• The Evaporators – “You Got Me Into This, Now You Get Me Out!” (web, sxsw)

Listen to the rest after the jump…

• Fastball – “Always Never” (myspace, sxsw)

• Sage Francis – “Conspiracy to Riot” (web, sxsw)

• Gordon Gano and The Ryan Brothers – “Wave and Water” (web, sxsw)

• Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs – “Gettin’ High for Jesus” (web, sxsw)

• The Handsome Family – “Weightless Again” (web, sxsw)

• The Hard Lessons – “Talk it Over” (web, sxsw)

• A Hawk And A Hacksaw – “Kertész” (web, sxsw)

• Daniel Johnston – “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on Your Grievances” (web, sxsw)

• Wayne Kramer – “Chasing A Fire Engine” (web, sxsw)

• Jon Langford And The Pine Valley Cosmonauts – “Girl at the End of the Bar” (web, sxsw)

• Jack Oblivian and the Tennessee Tearjerkers – “Flash Cube” (myspace, sxsw)

• The Proclaimers – “Life With You” (web, sxsw)

• Shelley Short – “Swimming” (web, sxsw)

• Joe Jack Talcum – “Sex Sting” (web, sxsw) – We’ve posted this one before, but it’s a great song that deserves attention…especially from Dead Milkmen fans.

• Tokyo Sex Destruction – “Power to the People” (myspace, sxsw)

• Von Bondies – “This Is Our Perfect Crime” (web, sxsw)

The SXSW Music conference takes place on March 18-22, 2009 in Austin. Did we miss any good songs? If you’re going this year, who are you looking forward to seeing?