Happy
SXSW week! It's a long way to Austin, TX for most of us though, so let's substitute thousands of real bands for a few SXSW 2012 dedicated mixes:
Spin's giving away their 'Austin Power' mix of the best acts as selected by them for free here. Featuring Main Attrakionz, Chelsea Wolfe, Thee Oh Sees, Spoek Mathambo and way more.
As usual, NPR is extremely thorough and presents 100 tracks, arranged neatly in alphabetical order according to artist name,
here. Featuring
our picks G-Side, THEESatisfaction and 98 more.
Flavorpill has put together a little mix consisting of artists represented by the all-powerful Windish Agency. Listen to Tanlines, Purity Ring and others below:
Matthewdavid, who is playing SXSW this year, also dropped a free mixtape of beats an' ting that you can grab over at his record label,
Leaving Records.
Same with Big K.R.I.T. [via
Okayplayer]:
Who remembers that
Usher and
Diplo track from
a few weeks ago? It has a video:
Damon Albarn is an unstoppable machine and is producing the inimitable
Bobby Womack's next LP. Here's a track off that:
Let's thank someone for this new
Beach House:
Liars are awesome. Here is a new video from those dudes:
Do you know who else is awesome?
Taz Arnold of Sa-Ra fame. He's giving away something for free too:
And finally, a new video from our adopted Australian,
Aloe Blacc: