SXSW Recap of Recaps & Gigantic Mixtape
Because I have waited so long to write something about SXSW I am going just mention a few of the recaps that I found particularly interesting.
1. A Cool Hunting SXSW Video
Although they don't really capture any crazy street shenanigans, they do film a ton of bands and the sound is pretty good.
2. Gorilla vs. Bear Recap
Chris has a lot of good pics. It seems like he was hanging out with Tapes n' Tapes a lot.
3. Central Village Talks A Lot
If you want to read 2000+ words about the three day music fest – have at it. I could not finish the whole thing.
4. Blue States Always Lose in Texas
I hope you are familiar with the wry commentary of Blue States Lose, which documents hipsters at their worst. If that is not enough for you, see more at The Cobra Snake.
I have compiled a SXSW Mixtape from some of the cool bands on the torrent. Get the 41 song mix and a lesson in downloading after the jump.
Image above stolen from The Cobra Snake
A SXSW Torrent Mix
So for those of you who don't know there was a torrent file (2+ gigs / over 700 mp3s) available for free download before the festival. Here are my picks from that group. If you use Firefox browser (Internet Explorer makes this blog look terrible) you should get the Down Them All Plugin. It allows you to right-click on a page and choose which files you want to download. You can specify .mp3s and it grabs them all at once at a blazing speed. Give it a test run here. Note: This mix is only songs from that torrent. There were a ton of other good bands there and some bands have MP3s on the SXSW website that were not in the torrent.
Amos Lee - Colors
Apollo Sunshine - Today Is The Day
Editors - Munich
Envelopes - Sisters in Love
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Long Walk
Islands - Don’t Call Me Witney Bobby
Jason Collett - We All Lose One Another
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Magnolia Electric Company - Dark Don't Hide It
Man Man - I, Manface
Midlake - Ballon Maker
Mr. Lif - Party Hard
Mystery Jets - You Can't Fool Me Dennis
National Eye - Halo
Okkervil River - No Key, No Plan
Page France - Junkyard
Pink Mountaintops - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy
Rogue Wave - Publish My Love
Sam Champion - Slow Rewind
Shearwater - I Can't Wait
Silversun Pickups - Kissing Families
Tapes 'N Tapes - Cowbell
The Black Hollies - Tell Me What You Want
The Cinematics - Chase
The Czars - Paint The Moon
The Gossip - Standing In The Way of Control
The Grates - Sukkafish
The Juan Maclean - Give Me Every Little Thing
The Mother Hips - Red Tandy EP
The M's - Future Women
The Rakes - Retreat
The Spinto Band - Oh Mandy
The Whigs - Violet Furs
The Young Knives - Weekends & Bleak Days
Tunng - Tale From Black
We Are Scientists - It's A Hit
We Are Wolves - L.L. Romeo
What Made Milwaukee Famous - Mercy, Me
Xiu Xiu - Muppet Face
Comments
What Made Milwaukee Famous is what made my SXSW experience awesome. They rock. Are they signed to anyone?
Posted by: JACK | April 4, 2006 12:47 PM
I don't think WMMF is signed to a label yet. They are doing ok on their own though considering tour, album, cool website, etc.
Posted by: Wes | April 4, 2006 02:09 PM