01) Gordi - Heaven I Know 00:00 02) Aisha Badru - Bridges 05:11 03) Chris Bathgate - No Silver 08:30 04) Makana - Napo'o Ka La 11:22 05) Dead Horses - Turntable 15:20 06) SYML - Where's My Love 18:31 07) Collapsing Stars - The Storm 21:54 08) The Eastern Sea - The Match 25:48 09) Lightouts - Want 30:42 10) High Highs - Open Season 35:20 11) Houses - Soak It Up 39:03 12) Sudan Archives - Come Meh Way 43:04 13) Hot Sugar - The girl who stole my Tamogatchi 45:29 14) Hundred Waters - Boreal 49:02 15) Majical Cloudz - Turns Turns Turns 52:56 16) Adrian Daniel - This City 56:37 17) Nassau - Whatever Brings You Peace Of Mind 60:37 18) Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place 65:13 19) Beacon - Bring You...
01) Gordi - Heaven I Know 00:00 02) Aisha Badru - Bridges 05:11 03) Chris Bathgate - No Silver 08:30 04) Makana - Napo'o Ka La 11:22 05) Dead Horses - Turntable 15:20 06) SYML - Where's My Love 18:31 07) Collapsing Stars - The Storm 21:54 08) The Eastern Sea - The Match 25:48 09) Lightouts - Want 30:42 10) High Highs - Open Season 35:20 11) Houses - Soak It Up 39:03 12) Sudan Archives - Come Meh Way 43:04 13) Hot Sugar - The girl who stole my Tamogatchi 45:29 14) Hundred Waters - Boreal 49:02 15) Majical Cloudz - Turns Turns Turns 52:56 16) Adrian Daniel - This City 56:37 17) Nassau - Whatever Brings You Peace Of Mind 60:37 18) Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place 65:13 19) Beacon - Bring You Back 69:00 20) Lucy Spraggan - Fight For It 73:13 21) Dermot Kennedy - Moments Passed 76:46 22) Sage Francis - The Best of Times 81:07
According to Google, the Austin TX SXSW festival was first fielded in 1987, which by now equals 30 years of cool, making it older than many of the attendees. At some point, NPR (& SPIN in 2011) started making available 100 songs by artists who performed each year; I heard about that bounty in 2009, and occasionally downloaded the SXSW100, but never crafted a set out of those tunes, so I’m correcting that oversight now.
Out of 3 years’ worth of music (2011, 13 & 18), I selected 22 tracks that give an idea of what attendees (and of course, NPR listeners) could hear. (Each 100 also included some hard rock/shredding for those who would seek it out, but none of that made the cut here.) Except for Julianna Barwick, there wasn’t an artist I'd heard before, which is odd b/c it’s an impressive bunch ... oh & btw, where else but SXSW could you expect to hear a pop tune based on the legend of Orpheus & Eurydice?