Rufus Wainwright, The Rapture, St. Etienne i Beirut destaquen entre els nous artistes confirmats pel Primavera Sound 2012.

També s’han confirmat alguns dels triomfadors en les llistes de millors discos de 2011 com Atlas Sound, Real Estate, The Field o Girls.

Pel que fa als clàssics, destaquen Afrocubism (supergrup de músics maliencs i cubans del que ja hem pogut gaudir a Barcelona), The Chameleons, Afghan Whigs, Lee Ranaldo de Sonic Youth i Nick Garrie, tocant el clàssic ‘The nightmare of J.B. Stanislas’ (també ja sentit a Barcelona, al Minifestival).

Nacho Vegas, Christina Rosenvinge, Bigott, Grupo de Expertos Solynieve, i els catalans Refree, Anímic, Joe Crepúsculo, La Estrella de David i John Talabot, també s’afgeixen al cartell. Rosenvinge i Refree faran concerts de grans èxits.

La llista completa d’artistes confirmats és la següent:
A.A BONDY – A$AP ROCKY – AEROPLANE – THE AFGHAN WHIGS – AFROCUBISM – ANÍMIC – ARAABMUZIK – ARCHERS OF LOAF – ATLAS SOUND – ATLETA – BAXTER DURY – BEACH BEACH – BEACH HOUSE – BEIRUT – BENGA LIVE – BIG STAR’S THIRD – BIGOTT – BJÖRK – BLACK LIPS – BLEACHED – BOMBINO- BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE – THE CHAMELEONS – CHAVEZ – CHRISTINA ROSENVINGE – CODEINE – THE CURE – DANNY BROWN – DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE – DEATH GRIPS – DEATH IN VEGAS – DEMDIKE STARE – DIRTY BEACHES – DIRTY THREE – DOBLE PLETINA – DOMINANT LEGS – THE DRUMS – EROL ALKAN – FASENUOVA – FATHER JOHN MISTY – THE FIELD – FIELD MUSIC – FRANZ FERDINAND – FRIENDS – GIRLS – GIRLS NAMES – GODFLESH – GRIMES – GRUPO DE EXPERTOS SOLYNIEVE – HANNI EL KHATIB – HARVEY MILK – HYPE WILLIAMS – I BREAK HORSES – ICEAGE – JAMES FERRARO – JAPANDROIDS – JEFF MANGUM (NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL) – JEREMY JAY – JOE CREPÚSCULO – JOHN TALABOT LIVE – JOSH T. PEARSON – JUSTICE LIVE – KINGS OF CONVENIENCE – KLEENEX GIRL WONDER – LA ESTRELLA DE DAVID – LAURA MARLING – LEE RANALDO – LISABÖ – LITURGY – LOWER DENS – MAIN – MATÍAS AGUAYO – MAYHEM – MAZZY STAR – MELVINS – MICHAEL GIRA – MILAGRES – MILK MUSIC – MUDHONEY – MUJERES – NACHO VEGAS – NAPALM DEATH – NEON INDIAN – NICK GARRIE PLAYS THE NIGHTMARE OF J.B. STANISLAS – NUMBERS SHOWCASE: JACKMASTER, ONEMAN, DEADBOY, SPENCER, REDINHO – OBITS – OFF! – THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL – ORTHODOX – OTHER LIVES – PEGASVS – PETER WOLF CRIER – PICORE – PIONAL LIVE – THE POP GROUP – THE RAPTURE – REAL ESTATE – REBOLLEDO – REFREE – REFUSED – THE RIGHT ONS – RUFUS WAINWRIGHT – RUSTIE – SANDRO PERRI – SBTRKT – SCUBA – SENIOR I EL COR BRUTAL – SHARON VAN ETTEN – SHELLAC – SISKIYOU – SLEEP – SLEEPY SUN – SPIRITUALIZED – SR. CHINARRO – ST. ETIENNE – TALL FIRS – THEE OH SEES – TRASH TALK – UNICORNIBOT – VERONICA FALLS – THE WAR ON DRUGS – WASHED OUT – WAVVES – THE WEDDING PRESENT PLAYS SEAMONSTERS – WHITE DENIM – WILCO – WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM – THE XX – YANN TIERSEN – YO LA TENGO