In these parts, South by Southwest is primarily known as a five-day, alcohol-fueled music festival, where thousands of artists take to music venues, pizza shops, and even – uh – restrooms for a shot at music blog stardom. In fact, it was the best music festival of ‘em all last year. But South by Southwest is also a showcase for new films and documentaries, many of which focus on music-related topics. Today, the 2012 film schedule was revealed and Girl Talk, Big Star, Paul Simon, and Bad Brains are all featured subjects. These films and more, with their accompanying descriptions, via SXSW.com:

– Girl Walk // All Day: A feature-length dance music film that combines freestyle dance with the daily chaos of New York City, set to Girl Talk’s recent mashup album, All.

– Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me: A feature-length documentary about the massive critical acclaim, dismal commercial failure, and enduring legacy of pop music’s greatest cult phenomenon, Big Star. (Work in Progress)

– Under African Skies: Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the incredible journey of his historic Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime.

– Bad Brains: Band in DC: How four young men from DC changed music forever. (World Premiere)

– The Comedy: Indifferent even to the prospects of inheriting his father’s estate, Swanson (Tim Heidecker), a desensitized, aging Brooklyn hipster, strays into a series of reckless situations that may offer the promise of redemption or the threat of retribution. Also starring Eric Wareheim and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy

– Uprising: Hip Hop & The LA Riots: 20 years after riots ripped through Los Angeles, Uprising documents how hip hop forecasted – and some say ignited – the worst civil unrest of the 20th century. (World Premiere)

– An Evening With Sacred Bones Records: Brooklyn-based record label Sacred Bones presents an evening of original and curated programming of music videos, short films, works in progress, and a rare screening of their first film production, Twelve Dark Noons. (World Premiere)

– Charles Bradley: Soul of America:  The incredible late-in-life rise of 62-year-old aspiring soul singer Charles Bradley. (World Premiere)

– Rock ‘N’ Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen: Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry, Yoko Ono, Alice Cooper, Billie Joe Armstrong and others discuss the incredible life and work of the world’s foremost rock ‘n’ roll photographer, Bob Gruen. (North American Premiere)

– Grandma Lo-fi: The Basement Tapes of Sigrídur Níelsdóttir: At the tender age of 70 she started making music – and then she couldn’t stop! A tribute to the Danish/Icelandic artist and late bloomer Sigrídur Níelsdóttir.

– Sunset Strip: The 100-year history of the loudest street on the planet, The Sunset Strip. (World Premiere)

As for the music portion, a number of new acts have been added (or re-added) to the schedule in recent days, including The Shins, Best Coast, Kasabian, Miike Snow, Neon Indian, OFF!, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Big Star’s Third, Sharon Van Etten, Deerhoof, Japandroids, Matthew Dear, Nneka, Rachel Yamagata, Shearwater, Murs, Tennis, Diamond Rugs, Cancer Bats, Caveman, Fake Problems, Fanfarlo, Gary Clark Jr., Doldrums, Machinedrum, Princeton, Cities Aviv, Eternal Summers, and James Husband. Check out a more complete list at Festival Outlook.

Badges are available via sxsw.com

As LiveDaily.com reports, “The Economy Sucks, Let’s Party Tour” kicks off January 12th In Detroit, works its way through everywhere but Canada (take that, hosers), and winds itself down in the band’s hometown of Pittsburgh on February 6th. The tour will be supported by the post-hardcore band Aiden and the Toronto band Cancer Bats, who will soon be releasing an album entitled Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones. Yep, you can’t make that stuff up.

Anti-Flag will be touring behind its June 2009 release The People or the Gun. Their ninth studio album, the effort is the Pittsburgh rockers return to the indie label world after their two album RCA deal (2006′s For Blood and Empire and 2008′s The Bright Lights of America).

Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster.com.

Anti-Flag “The Economy Sucks, Let’s Party Tour” 2010 Tour Dates:
01/12 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
01/13 – Chicago, Il @ Bottom Lounge
01/14 – St Paul, MN @ Station 4
01/15 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
01/16 – Denver, CO @ Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
01/19 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
01/20 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
01/21 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
01/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre
01/23 – San Diego, CA @ Soma
01/24 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
01/25 – Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse
01/27 – Austin, TX @ Red 7
01/29 – Covington, KY @ Mad Hatter Club
01/30 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
01/31 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
02/01 – Albany, NY @ Northern Lights
02/02 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
02/03 – Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Theatre
02/04 – New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
02/05 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
02/06 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Smalls Thea