South by Southwest does a great job of letting attendees (and everybody else) do some homework before the shows and preview tracks by showcased bands. Here are a bunch of our faves. • The Asteroid #4 - "These Flowers of......

FATAL OWLS & LETHAL LIPGLOSS: SEVEN GREAT SONGS So, unsurprisingly, nobody has invited me to do this weblog-meme Seven Songs thing (1, 2, etc.). That’s probably because I don’t have many ‘blogger friends’. But hang on a minute – if I don’t have many blogger friends, does that mean I’m ...

PRIMAVERA: Friday Friday’s music begins for me creeping into the darkened indoor auditorium to catch the last half of the set by Holly Golightly & The Broke Offs. Holly seems a little distant and uncomfortable in such a huge space, but, her music being what it is - namely all that feels right and ...