Crash Course

For a nice mix of blogosphere-approved artists, check out the feed to Spinner.com's Interface. Each artist link usually includes a full set in both audio and video download formats.

Tear it up, and let me know if any particular artist stands out.

While you're at it, take a look at the massive list of SXSW shows available online. Largehearted Boy, who is a king among music bloggers, will continue to update the list as the festival goes on, so feel free to check back every day or so.

South By 70 West

I swear, the title will make sense in a minute.

First, for everybody who wants a taste of new, live music from the SXSW Festival, check out Largehearted Boy's compilation.

Second, yours truly just added song numero 70,000 on the iTunes library, and it was... (drum roll)... JJ Grey & MOFRO, live at SXSW. See, it all makes sense now, right?

I know it's somewhat arbitrary to commemorate every 10,000 songs, but 70 is pretty important:


That's right. It's the number Joe Hundred Guy gets stuck on trying to count to 100 by 10's, thus cockblocking his shot with the ladies. I didn't make that up.