Since 1987 bands have been migrating to Austin, Texas for the annual South by Southwest showcase music festival. Almost all of the 1000 unsigned bands playing at the festival contribute a free song for the SxSw music sampler each year.
I downloaded the 2010 sampler and sifted through the 3.5 gigabytes of music while I was digging. I’ve collected my favorite tunes out of the 2010 sampler into a playlist. Anyway, these are just my favorite jams out of the bunch. Maybe you can find a few gems that I missed in the sampler. I hope you find a couple of new songs that you like on my SxSw Hitlist.
1. Keep on Knocking - Death
2. Lonely Is A Town - Glossary
3. Poor House (SxSw labeled the song incorrectly) - Dustin Welch
4. 004 - The Good The Bad
5. What’s In It For? - Avi Buffalo
6. Humdrum Town - Theophilus London
7. The Tour (ft Gwyn Fowler) - Stella by Starlight
8. Run Baby Run - Noush Skaugen
9. Wind Blows - Yukon Blonde
10. Feel Good Track of Rosemead - Family of the Year
11. Goth Star - Pictureplane
12. Stone Trade - Brisa Roche
13. Sandy - Beaches
14. MEMORY TAPES - Memory Tapes
^The 2nd half of the song makes up for the 1st half of the song. The good stuff starts around the 3:00 mark.
15. At the Laundr-O-mat -Samantha is The Highway Girl
16. Set Guitars to Kill - And So I Watch You From Afar