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:

• “Shooting Star” by Air Traffic
• “Julianna” by Audyre Sessions
• “All Our Memories” by Edison Glass
• “Wine Red” by The Hush Sound
• “Cinderella (Has Nothing On You)” by Birds of Wales
• “Pluto” by Clare & The Reasons
• “westport” by Joshua Morrison
• “Golden Train” by Justin Nozuka
• “Pull Me Out Alive” by Kaki King
• “Summer Romance” by The Redwalls

Also check out my SXSW 2007 Picks