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"I recently downloaded the SXSW 2008 torrent file, which contains nearly 48 continuous hours of music from 763 acts appearing this week at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas (these bands elected to give away MP3s; they represent less than half of the total number of acts). I found myself wondering how to locate the songs worth hearing, and imagined that others were having the same problem. Thus, the 763 reviews you’ll find below. For brevity, I kept each to exactly six words."

Austin's young population (75% are under 45) fuels a white-hot entertainment industry. The South by Southwest festival draws thousands of media professionals to the "live-music capital of the world" (1,580 bands! 70 venues!)

1 Bit Audio Player is a very simple and lightweight Adobe Flash MP3 player with automatic JavaScript insertion. It's main purpose is to act as a quick in-page preview for audio files

We’re bringin’ it back folks…this time with a little different sound. We’re pleased to present the Son’s of Peaches featuring: Frank Meyer Marvin Dykhuis Richard Bowden Karen (Peaches)

Come hang out at the coolest day party on south congress. We’ll have beer, coffee, food, and local vendors with lots of cool stuff from records to screen printed tee shirts.

8:14 — It's a sign of how far pop culture has shifted in the past four years that the Dixie Chicks, once reviled for singer Natalie Maines' comment about the shame of sharing a home state with President Bush, are now on TV during the music industry's bi

Get the blow-by-blow of all the awards show action -- as it happens.

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The Austin Chronicles Best Austin Music poll

Austin Chronicle Music Poll 2006-2007 opens today “After 26 years, you know the drill,” says the Chronicle. “This is your chance to duct-tape the critics’ mouths shut and speak up about Austin music. Not sure who to vote for? Turn on the radio,

Downtown Jo’s Music!!! Thursday, January 25 at 8 pm - Alice Spencer and her Monkey Butlers plus Ethan and Melissa Friday, January 26 at 8 pm - Balmorhea Sunday, January 28 at 12:30 pm - Andrew Nafziger Trio Monday, January 29 at 8 pm - Balmorhea

Amy Cook’s new album, which will be officially released on February 16th, is featured on the Famecast “Show the World Your Talent” website. User comments on Famecast included “dreamy and beautiful”, “breathtaking video”, fabulous photograph

Amy Cook’s new album, which will be officially released on February 16th, is featured on the Famecast “Show the World Your Talent” website. User comments on Famecast included “dreamy and beautiful”, “breathtaking video”, fabulous photograph

Amy Cook’s new album, which will be officially released on February 16th, is featured on the Famecast “Show the World Your Talent” website. User comments on Famecast included “dreamy and beautiful”, “breathtaking video”, fabulous photograph

Amy Cook’s new album, which will be officially released on February 16th, is featured on the Famecast “Show the World Your Talent” website. User comments on Famecast included “dreamy and beautiful”, “breathtaking video”, fabulous photograph

Amy Cook on Famecast, the American Idol for songsters. Vote for Amy

Publish any number of Artists, Albums, Playlists or even your entire iTunes Music Library with 1-Click, then listen to your music via your web browser, Sony PSP or web enabled phone. You can even stream your tracks to your website or MySpace page with our

Hundred Years

Amy Cook is a singer songwriter living and working in Austin and Marfa, Texas. Her music has appeared in a variety of films and TV shows including Laguna Beach, The L Word, Veronica Mars, Felicity and Dawson’s Creek. She also wrote and performed origina

balmorhea live performances at jo’s downtown

Jo's Coffee South Austin Texas "By this I mean that its energies have been compressed into an incredibly dense morsel that contains all of the trappings that a larger shop would, but they occupy little to no space, which in turn causes the space next to t

Alice Spencer & Her Monkey Butlers perform jazz and blues from the 1920’s and 1930’s, as well as original material. The band is led by singer Alice Spencer with Mark Rubin on the helicon (Bad Livers, Klezmer Brass All-Stars), Pops Bayless on “Chica

I focused more on composer rather than performer data. Because the sources are readily available through academic music libraries, I paid less attention to free and subscription-based bibliographic databases and print reference sources such as The Music I

guitar solo by Bob Nagy

Friday, March 9, 2007 Film & Interactive Registration Film Opening Party Film Festival