Goin' South By Southwest

[greatbear]

I have heard of the South by Southwest music and arts festival out of Austin many times, but was always curious as to who performs and what sort of music is played. Well, I guess I dont have to wonder any more, since it appears most of the performers have submitted their music to the festival website, and is available (via Bittorrent) as either a collection of 30-second samples or a whopping 2.6 gigabyte monster file containing complete songs. 750 of them.

This should be interesting. Or a big waste of bandwidth. I'm sure it will be a bit of both.

The page link for the torrents and other info is here. The rest of the story can be gotten from the South by Southwest website.

Comments

[jkusters]

That's pretty cool! I'll have to grab the torrent when I get home tonight.

Thanks!
JOhn.

[texaspenguin.livejournal.com]

Given that I live in Austin, you'd think I would have gone to this by now. But alas, maybe next year. Even though SXSW is going to be next week, which is my Spring Break, plans have already been made and set.

Besides, all my friends are going to be elsewhere, so I'd feel odd going by myself. ;)

COOL!

[disccub.livejournal.com]

I have always heard great things about SXSW. I am definintely going to look into the download when I get home.

FYI, of the bands listed, I have heard/heard of the following:

Melissa Ferrick
Nanci Griffith
Ray LaMontagne
Dayna Kurtz
Phil Roy - saw him in a free concert a few years back
Kevin Hearn (of BNL fame) & Thin Buckle
Duncan Sheik - love him!
Robyn Hitchcock
Sleater-Kinney
Holly Williams
Bottle Rockets
Elvis Costello and the Imposters
Billy Idol - used to be a huge fans of his. Saw him in concert about 4 years ago.