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SXSW 2008

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.

Download.com Music: Crossfade blogs

Crossfade TV: The Best of SXSW 2008

This week on Crossfade TV, the Download Music crew highlights the best of SXSW 2008. (Read more)
Posted By: CNET Download Music staff Mar 21 2008

SXSW 2008: Modey Lemon

Modey Lemon at SXSW was dirty, messy, fuzzed-out, and loud as #$@&. (Read more)
Posted By: Kurt Wolff Mar 21 2008

SXSW 2008: Crystal Castles @ Emo's

Crystal Castles performed at Emo's during SXSW 2008. (Read more)
Posted By: Anngie Dehoyos Mar 21 2008

SXSW 2008: Norwegian metal

Norwegian metal bands Enslaved and 1349 blew away fans and novices alike at SXSW 2008. (Read more)
Posted By: Kurt Wolff Mar 20 2008

SXSW: Digitalism, Chromeo at the Vice party

SXSW 2008: Digitalism, Chromeo @ the Vice party (Read more)
Posted By: Anngie Dehoyos Mar 19 2008

SXSW: Lou Reed, Moby at the Levi's/FADER Fort

SXSW: Lou Reed, Moby at the Levi's/FADER Fort (Read more)
Posted By: Anngie Dehoyos Mar 18 2008

SXSW: Grand Ole Party at the Levi's/FADER Fort

SXSW: Grand Ole Party at the Levi's/FADER Fort (Read more)
Posted By: Anngie Dehoyos Mar 18 2008

SXSW 2008: Duffy

"Mercy" singer Duffy played her first U.S. gigs at this year's SXSW festival. (Read more)
Posted By: Kurt Wolff Mar 18 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Anngie Dehoyos Mar 18 2008

SXSW day 1: The Black Ghosts, Cut Copy

The Modular showcase featuring the Black Ghosts and Cut Copy. (Read more)
Posted By: Anngie Dehoyos Mar 18 2008

SXSW 2008: These Are Powers

These Are Powers made a joyful racket at SXSW Saturday night. (Read more)
Posted By: Kurt Wolff Mar 17 2008

SXSW 2008: The after-party

Bands and artists to look out for in 2008. (Read more)
Posted By: Mike Tao Mar 17 2008

SXSW 2008: Keynote speakers Ice Cube and DJ Pooh

Ice Cube and DJ Pooh discuss their new online streaming network, http://www.uvntv.com. (Read more)
Posted By: Mike Tao Mar 16 2008

Best of SXSW: AA Bondy

Best of SXSW: AA Bondy (Read more)
Posted By: Peter Gavin Mar 15 2008

SXSW 2008: N.E.R.D.

N.E.R.D. rocks SXSW @ Stubbs. (Read more)
Posted By: Mike Tao Mar 15 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Kurt Wolff Mar 14 2008

SXSW 2008: Devin The Dude

Texas based rapper Devin The Dude moves the crowd at SXSW. (Read more)
Posted By: Mike Tao Mar 14 2008

Motorhead

Metal mavens Motorhead made their SXSW debut this year (Read more)
Posted By: Kurt Wolff Mar 14 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Kurt Wolff Mar 14 2008

Best of SXSW: Yeasayer

Best of SXSW: Yeasayer (Read more)
Posted By: Peter Gavin Mar 14 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Daniel Terdiman Aug 23 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Daniel Terdiman Apr 3 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Daniel Terdiman Mar 31 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Daniel Terdiman Mar 14 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Daniel Terdiman Mar 12 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Tim Leberecht Mar 11 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Caroline McCarthy Mar 11 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Daniel Terdiman Mar 11 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Caroline McCarthy Mar 11 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Daniel Terdiman Mar 11 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Caroline McCarthy Mar 10 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Daniel Terdiman Mar 10 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Caroline McCarthy Mar 10 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Daniel Terdiman Mar 10 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Daniel Terdiman Mar 10 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Daniel Terdiman Mar 9 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Daniel Terdiman Mar 9 2008

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. (Read more)
Posted By: Caroline McCarthy Mar 9 2008

SXSWi: What makes you Internet-famous?

A "conversation" at the digital-culture festival touched upon what exactly constitutes Internet celebrity, and plenty of Web-famous personalities dropped by to talk about it. (Read more)
Posted By: Caroline McCarthy Mar 9 2008

SXSWi party lines best evidence of event's massive growth

Though it was known that this year's SXSWi would be bigger than before, the lines outside the parties are the most visceral proof of just how much bigger. (Read more)
Posted By: Daniel Terdiman Mar 9 2008

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Videos

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Kill your mouse

Brian Tong looks at how motion is bringing new life to computing.

SXSW 2008

SXSW 2008

At South by Southwest 2008, Brian Tong tells us what this interactive festival is about.