SXSW Review : All Songs Considered All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen, NPR's Song of the Day curator Stephen Thompson and Carrie Brownstein, Monitor Mix blogger and former guitarist for Sleater-Kinney, review their week at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX. They discovered and saw a lot of great bands including My Morning Jacket and a dozen other acts webcast Live by NPR Music. On this edition of All Songs Considered they share their most memorable moments.

SXSW Review

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All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen, NPR's Song of the Day curator Stephen Thompson and Carrie Brownstein, Monitor Mix blogger and former guitarist for Sleater-Kinney, review their week at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX. They discovered and saw a lot of great bands including My Morning Jacket and a dozen other acts, some of them webcast Live by NPR Music. On this edition of All Songs Considered they share their most memorable moments, including a video shoot with Lightspeed Champion.

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SXSW Review

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Skinny Love

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Bon Iver

  • Song: Skinny Love
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This version of "Skinny Love" was recorded live by NPR at the Parish in Austin, TX.

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Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five

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Shearwater

  • Song: Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five
  • from Palo Santo [Expanded Edition]
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You Don't Have to Kick It

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We Versus the Shark

  • Song: You Don't Have to Kick It
  • from Ruin Everything!
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Robot Ponies

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Laura Barrett

  • Song: Robot Ponies
  • from Earth Sciences
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Lightspeed Champion

  • Song: Tell Me What It's Worth
  • from Falling Off the Lavender Bridge

This version of "Tell Me What It's Worth" was recorded live by NPR in Austin, TX.

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Jaymay

  • Song: Gray or Blue
  • from Autumn Fallin'

This version of "Gray or Blue" was recorded live by NPR in Austin, TX.

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Caught Licking Leather

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Pissed Jeans

  • Song: Caught Licking Leather
  • from Hope for Men
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Change Is Hard

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She & Him

  • Song: Change Is Hard
  • from Volume One
  • by She And Him

This version of "Change is Hard" was recorded live by NPR in Austin, TX.

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Great DJ

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The Ting Tings

  • Song: Great DJ
  • from Great DJ (EP)

This song is only available as a single from iTunes.

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Smokin' from Shootin'

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Jim James

  • Song: Smokin' from Shootin'
  • from Live from St. David's Church

This is a solo, acoustic version of "Smokin' from Shootin'" from the upcoming My Morning Jacket album Evil Urges, performed live by Jim James at St. David's Church in Austin, TX.