MetroWize presents a brief gallery of up and coming bands that managed to grab our attention as we walked down the street. Part of the magic of SXSW is that you can be heading in one direction, when suddenly you hear a howling harmony of boys a block away, or there's a garage band playing in the middle of a huddle on the sidewalk. Here are some of our accidental favorites we stumbled across. Click here to see the photos. The bands featured, in order of appearance:

Audacity

TV Ghost

General Fiasco

Ear Pwr

The Howlies

Juliette Lewis and the Licks

Lucky Dragons

Semi Precious Weapons

Wild Beasts