Countdown to SXSW: Sorting Out an Eight Band Clash

Taking any excuse to put up an image from Clash of the Titans, the 1981 original.
Our editor will take any excuse to put up an image from Clash of the Titans, the 1981 original.

Watching bands get announced for SXSW is always fun. These giant lists, featuring hundreds of bands each, get released, and if you’ve heard of a handful of them before seeing the list, you deserve a prize. So what I do is start throwing the bands that sound promising into a giant playlist, and weed these thousand-or-so bands into a few dozen. Then I add them to My Schedule on the SXSW site, and as their showcases get announced, the website sorts them by time and date for me. Thanks, website!  Continue reading “Countdown to SXSW: Sorting Out an Eight Band Clash”