If you’re not familiar with SXSW, it’s a an arts festival with film, music, and interactive arts.  Every year they release a BitTorrent of mp3s several hundred of the attending musicians.  Well, every year I listen to every single mp3 and pick out my favorites.  It usually takes about 3 months.   Here are just 10 of my favorites:

• “To Let Myself Go” by Ane Brun
• “Bet You Never Thought” by Brighton, MA (is that really the band name?)
• “Journal Of A Narcoleptic” by Dan Mangan
• “Etienne D’Aout” by Malajube
• “99%” by “The Mooney Suzuki
• “Much Farther To Go” by Rosie Thomas
• “I Believe In Your Victory” by This Will Destroy You
• “Moving to New York” by The WOMBATS
• “Laundry And Dishes” by Adrienne Pierce
• “Find What You Get There” by Bang Gang

Also check out my SXSW 2006 Picks