Results for Syd Straw
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SXSW 2008
Every year Jim and Greg return from SXSW with a list of“freshman”bands they recommend listeners check out. You can read Jim and Greg's complete SXSW reports here. And check out last year's picks to see where they are now. Here's the 2008 class:
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Featured Songs
- R.E.M., Horse to Water, Accelerate, Warner Bros., 2008
- R.E.M., Living Well is the Best Revenge, Accelerate, Warner Bros., 2008
- R.E.M, Fall on Me (Live at Stubbs), Life's Rich Pageant, I.R.S, 2008
- Yeasayer, Sunrise, All Hour Symbals, We Are Free, 2007
- The Frantic, Fast Girl, Audio and Murder, Empyrean, 2007
- Santogold, L.E.S. Artistes, Creator, Downtown, 2008
- Crystal Castles, Alice Practice, Crystal Castles, Different, 2008
- Los Campesinos, You! Me! Dancing!, Hold on Now, Youngster, Arts & Crafts, 2008
- The Ting Tings, That's Not My Name, We Started Nothing, Columbia, 2008
- Syd Straw, CBGB's, War and Peace, Polygram, 1996
- Monotonix, Deadly Weapon, Body Language EP, Willie Anderson Recordings, 2008
- The Marked Men, A Little Time, Fix My Brain, Swami, 2006
- Trae, Ghetto Queen, Life Goes On, Rap-A-Lot, 2007
- Bootsy Collins, What's a Telephone Bill?, Ahh…The Name is Bootsy, Baby!, Warner Bros., 1977
- Bob Mould, I Apologize (Live on Sound Opinions), New Day Rising, SST, 1985
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Wichita, 2005
- The Arcade Fire, Wake Up, Funeral, Merge, 2004