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Brendan Polmer: Texas is where it's at, baby

South by Southwest is unlike any sort of music festival you have ever heard of before.

Ben Doak: Texas is where it's at, baby

For music, the four days of South by Southwest offer the breeding ground for the hype machine.

SXSW Band Feature: Bowerbirds

Debauchery hung in the Austin air like a clouting miasma, so when we stepped into Central Presbyterian Church for the Bowerbirds performance, we felt an equal hand of guilt and relief.

SXSW Band Feature: Times New Viking

At the Times New Viking showcase at South by Southwest, the floor was shaking. It was literally shaking. And it wasn't on solid ground, either.

South by Southwest: Born to ryhme live

Bay Area rapper Lyrics Born has a fresh new band and new music for SXSW fans

A gifted rapper with Japanese and Italian roots, Lyrics Born (whose real name is Tom Shimura) has seven albums to his name, not to mention numerous guest appearances, production spots and mix tapes.

South by Southwest: Best of the Best

Of all the bands we saw at this year's South by Southwest music festival, these bands had the biggest impression on us.