SXSW 2008
The South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, features hip bloggers, rocking parties, people at the cutting edge of interactive technology, and more. CNET News.com, Download.com Music, and CNET TV staff are on hand to take in the fest's unique blend of music, technology, film, and art. And regardless of whether you're going to Austin, Texas, it's always good to update your music collection with bands appearing at the annual South by Southwest music conference and festival, so we've got some killer playlists for you to check out, in addition to the latest reports from SXSW 2008.
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Crossfade TV: The Best of SXSW 2008
This week on Crossfade TV, the Download Music crew highlights the best of SXSW 2008.
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SXSW 2008: Modey Lemon
Modey Lemon at SXSW was dirty, messy, fuzzed-out, and loud as #$@&.
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SXSW 2008: Crystal Castles @ Emo's
Crystal Castles performed at Emo's during SXSW 2008.
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SXSW 2008: Norwegian metal
Norwegian metal bands Enslaved and 1349 blew away fans and novices alike at SXSW 2008.
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SXSW: Digitalism, Chromeo at the Vice party
SXSW 2008: Digitalism, Chromeo @ the Vice party
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SXSW: Lou Reed, Moby at the Levi's/FADER Fort
SXSW: Lou Reed, Moby at the Levi's/FADER Fort
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SXSW: Grand Ole Party at the Levi's/FADER Fort
SXSW: Grand Ole Party at the Levi's/FADER Fort
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SXSW 2008: Duffy
"Mercy" singer Duffy played her first U.S. gigs at this year's SXSW festival.
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SXSW day 2: The Whip, Boys Noize, Steve Aoki
Day 2 at the Sansa Playground showcase in partnership with BPM, Dim Mak, and Magnum PR.
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SXSW day 1: The Black Ghosts, Cut Copy
The Modular showcase featuring the Black Ghosts and Cut Copy.
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SXSW 2008: These Are Powers
These Are Powers made a joyful racket at SXSW Saturday night.
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SXSW 2008: The after-party
Bands and artists to look out for in 2008.
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SXSW 2008: Keynote speakers Ice Cube and DJ Pooh
Ice Cube and DJ Pooh discuss their new online streaming network, http://www.uvntv.com.
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Best of SXSW: AA Bondy
Best of SXSW: AA Bondy
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SXSW 2008: N.E.R.D.
N.E.R.D. rocks SXSW @ Stubbs.
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SXSW 2008: 'Secret Agent Man' Johnny Rivers
Mr. "Secret Agent Man" was took the stage for an interview and also played a short set with Buddy Miller at SXSW 2008.
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SXSW 2008: Devin The Dude
Texas based rapper Devin The Dude moves the crowd at SXSW.
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Motorhead
Metal mavens Motorhead made their SXSW debut this year
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Naked Raygun at SXSW
The seminal hardcore band is back on tour again with original members and a live show that's as strong as ever.
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Best of SXSW: Yeasayer
Best of SXSW: Yeasayer
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News
Sarah Lacy takes on Gnomedex
Months after her infamous South by Southwest interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the tech journalist faces another geek conference audience.
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The green(er)ing of Web 2.0 Expo
A tech-centric conference makes the decision to try to do a better job of being environmentally conscious.
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Championship Gaming Series to open training center in China
Young video game league thinks it can build big interest in its sport by training new players at a facility that can also seat more than 1,000 people for matches.
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SXSWi: Learning the lessons of 'people-powered' companies
In Austin, leaders of companies like CafePress, Moo, and 8020 Publishing got together to see how they could work together to solve the problems facing them all.
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Jane McGonigal at SXSWi: Game developers can induce happiness
In her Tuesday keynote, the world-famous designer of alternate-reality games suggests a road map to a better quality of life.
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Designed for disaster: SXSW's Zuckerberg keynote discussion
Chelsea Holden Baker, of frog design, looks at how better planning and a different design choice could have changed the outcome of the now-infamous 2008 SXSW discussion between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and reporter Sarah Lacy.
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Oh, wait! SXSWi had Web Awards, too
Despite the fact that the day's Mark Zuckerberg interview dominated the press, Sunday's SXSWi Web Awards took place, too, and a few cool start-ups were honored.
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At SXSWi, Jane McGonigal talks about 'The Lost Ring'
One of the world's leading designers of alternate-reality games tells CNET News.com about how her new Olympics-themed project came to be and what players can learn from it.
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Cuban, Eisner at SXSWi: Net's still a video jungle
Billionaire entrepreneur interviews the former Disney CEO at South by Southwest Interactive about his new Web endeavor, The All-for-Nots. And Eisner even has kind words for Steve Jobs.
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At SXSWi, the new Twitter is...Twitter
Twitter was the hot thing last year at SXSW, and this year the hot thing is Twitter again.
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At Developer Garage, Zuckerberg talks data portability, challenges abroad
The day after a rough keynote interview, the Facebook CEO shows up to a developer gathering at SXSWi to field questions about building on the site's platform.
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Viscosity may be the coolest thing you've ever seen
Make great looking abstract art the easy way with Viscosity.
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PostSecret's Frank Warren brings tears to SXSWi crowd
The founder of the PostSecret project has many people in his audience tearing up with tales of the courage behind the secrets put on the postcards sent to him.
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Zuckerberg talks about Facebook's future with News.com
After an arguably disastrous SXSWi interview, Facebook's founder sits down with CNET News.com's Caroline McCarthy to clear the air and talk about the site's future.
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Twiddla takes home SXSW award despite sluggish performance
Work together for free with Twiddla
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SXSWi: Zuckerberg may get a do-over (update)
The Facebook CEO will speak at a Developer Garage event Monday afternoon, in a planned event that comes a day after the "train wreck" at his Sunday keynote address.
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Check out SXSWi on CNET TV
While CNET News.com has been all over South by Southwest Interactive, CNET TV has had its cameras out as well. Come see what they've been covering.
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Zuckerberg SXSWi interviewer fans fire with Twitter post
In a response to the SXSWi community's ire at her for the style of her interview with the Facebook CEO, his interviewer lashed out in the very forum that the community uses to organize itself.
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Journalist becomes the story at Mark Zuckerberg SXSWi keynote
In one of the ugliest scenes at a conference I've seen, a capacity audience turned on Zuckerberg's interviewer and it only went downhill from there.
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Zuckerberg's keynote at SXSWi results in talk of changing the world--and heckling
The 23-year-old Facebook CEO is interviewed by BusinessWeek writer Sarah Lacy at SXSWi, but an impatient audience wouldn't put up with the lack of stuff they hadn't heard before, not to mention a lack of tough questions overall.
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Pictures
Old-school tech at SXSW
We visited the SXSW 2007 trade show, and then checked out how various artists use some old-school instruments to make modern electronic music and other cool tunes.
SXSW 2007: Music preparty
We started the party early with this slide show of bands that we looked forward to seeing last year.
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Videos
SXSW Interactive 2008: Breakup 2.0
At SXSW Interactive 2008, Brian Tong shows us how social networking has changed the way we look at our relationships.
SXSW Interactive 2008; Accessibility the Star Wars way
At SXSW Interactive 2008, Brian Tong talks to Derek Featherstone about how he made the topic of Web site accessibility a little more interesting.
Quit your day job and Vlog!
At SXSW Interactive 2008, Brian Tong talks to pro Vloggers and gets tips on how to be successful doing it.
SXSW 2008
At South by Southwest 2008, Brian Tong tells us what this interactive festival is about.
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