Long Lines and Crossed Wires
During the course of the festival, I kept hearing a lot of the same names: So-and-so was amazing! Such-and-such was playing its single, and Pete Townshend hopped on stage! Many breakthrough acts made a lot of strong impressions on a lot of people, and... well, I didn't see them. But I thought I was going to, so I had our audio guys create streams for their songs before I left. Here are a few tracks by acts who 1) drew Gnarls Barkley-sized buzz at SXSW this year; and 2) went unseen by me, probably because I took one look at the line outside and said, "Pffft."
The Fratellis, "Flathead" (audio)
Lily Allen, "LDN" (audio)
Amy Winehouse, "Rehab" (audio)
1:21 PM ET | 03-18-2007 | permalink
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