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"facebook dialogPinterest\n\nNext week, I'm heading west. (South by South)west. The music part of the annual Austin, Texas, festival (which has digital and film concentrations as well) is running this year from March 16 through the 20th. For the past week or two, I'd estimate that 75 percent of the e-mails I've gotten at work have been SXSW-related. Tomorrow, my plan is to sit down and sort through them all, in an attempt to put together a schedule.\n\nSXSW is important because it gives thousands of young acts the chance to be seen by those from all sides of the music industry and the media--in addition to the swarms of fans who attend every year to enjoy some new rock, pop, rap, and more. In previous years, I was introduced to Laura Marling, Mumford &amp;amp; Sons, Rye Rye, The Antlers, VV Brown, Fitz &amp;amp; the Tantrums, The Lonely Forest, The Temper Trap, Dawes, Local Natives, and even, seriously, Katy Perry--she played to a room of about 100 in 2008--through SXSW.\n\nWhile I get my schedule together, here are some must-see-at-SXSW lists from around the Web. (And remember: You don't need to attend the fest to check out these new artists):\n\nSPIN magazine picks 35 Must-See Acts including Cults, Prince Rama, Esben and the Witch, Fences, and Grouplove. (I think SPIN and I are going to see a lot of each other. These five are on my list to check out as well.)\n\nPaste is calling their list 20 SXSW Bands You Might Not Know but Should. They include: River City Extension, Generationals, and Army/Navy.\n\nPitchfork has rounded up a bunch of sites that are streaming most (or all) of the SXSW bands, if you want to get a sense of how some artists sound but don't feel like pulling them up one by one.\n\nMake sure to visit Musicblogger next week for daily blog posts straight from SXSW and follow @TeenVogueLeigh for music news and updates!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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