Free Legal Downloads: SXSW Edition
So last week was the massive SXSW festival and for those of us who have issues with crossing the Texas border, (I'm talking to you, Okie McFencejumper), and didn't get to go there are plenty of ways to take a piece for yourself. So gather up enough knowledge and pretend you were there. You saved yourself hundreds of dollars and the frustration of trying to hear your favorite band over a room full of talking industry types and Texan frat boys.
I've got two ways you can experience a small portion of the swollen beast that was SXSW
sxsw.com lists 6 pages of bands that played, most of which have a free song to download. Just look for the green cassette (oh, cassettes, how I've missed your plasticy smell and hissing sound. The way I use to rewind you by twirling you around a pencil when my tape deck broke) next to the artist to indicate downloads. There's an assload, by the way.
Visit npr.org/music. The crew from All Songs Considered hosted several shows there and streamed several of them live. They have since offered some of these as podcasts. You can get 30-40 minutes of some kick ass performances at the podcast directory on npr.org or just snag them from iTunes. Again they are all free.
Here is a list of the SXSW shows featured:
Don't break the law, kids. On top of hurting your ma & pa, you'll have to pay some already rich bastards a shit ton of your hard earned money.
One more thing. There was also a film festival going on at the same time. This featured a cool film shot and made in OKC called Rainbow around the Sun. So keep an eye out for that to come your way soon (It's playing in OKC this summer, I'm told). I hear it's pretty rad.
There was also a cool video made by a guy named Mike Hedge. It follows a goup of filmmakers doing some awesome stuff as well. So keep an eye out for them too. The song they used for this video kicks ass and the video itself is a series of photos used for only 3 frames each.
Just check it out for yourself (After hitting play, pause and give it a few seconds to load. You don't want it to freeze or you'll miss the full effect):
SXSW 2008 from mikehedge on Vimeo.
I've got two ways you can experience a small portion of the swollen beast that was SXSWOPTION 1
sxsw.com lists 6 pages of bands that played, most of which have a free song to download. Just look for the green cassette (oh, cassettes, how I've missed your plasticy smell and hissing sound. The way I use to rewind you by twirling you around a pencil when my tape deck broke) next to the artist to indicate downloads. There's an assload, by the way.
OPTION 2
Visit npr.org/music. The crew from All Songs Considered hosted several shows there and streamed several of them live. They have since offered some of these as podcasts. You can get 30-40 minutes of some kick ass performances at the podcast directory on npr.org or just snag them from iTunes. Again they are all free.
Here is a list of the SXSW shows featured:
- Lightspeed Champion
- Yeasayer
- Bon Iver
- Jens Lekman
- Shout Out Louds
Don't break the law, kids. On top of hurting your ma & pa, you'll have to pay some already rich bastards a shit ton of your hard earned money.
One more thing. There was also a film festival going on at the same time. This featured a cool film shot and made in OKC called Rainbow around the Sun. So keep an eye out for that to come your way soon (It's playing in OKC this summer, I'm told). I hear it's pretty rad.
There was also a cool video made by a guy named Mike Hedge. It follows a goup of filmmakers doing some awesome stuff as well. So keep an eye out for them too. The song they used for this video kicks ass and the video itself is a series of photos used for only 3 frames each.
Just check it out for yourself (After hitting play, pause and give it a few seconds to load. You don't want it to freeze or you'll miss the full effect):
SXSW 2008 from mikehedge on Vimeo.
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nice. thanks for posting!
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