Artist	Song
We Barbarians	Headspace
from Headspace [EP] (2011)
A Place To Bury Strangers	Everything Always Goes Wrong
from Exploding Head (2009)
The Spinto Band	The Cat's Pajamas
from Moonwink (2008)
Eugene Mirman	Divisive Online Banner Ads
from God Is A Twelve-Year-Old Boy With Asperger's (2009)
Beach Fossils	Daydream
from Beach Fossils (2010)
Braids	Plath Heart
from Native Speaker (2011)
DOM	Rude As Jude
from Sun Bronzed Greek Gods (2010)
Sun Airway	Shared Piano
from Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier (2010)
Owen Pallett	Scandal At The Parkade
from A Swedish Love Story (2010)
Bob Nanna (The City On Film)	Come On Eileen
from The City On Film Live at Schubas 08/12/2005 (2010)
David Wax Museum	Born with a Broken Heart
from Everything Is Saved (2011)
Erland And The Carnival	My Name Is Carnival
from Everything Is Saved (2011)
Dolorean	If I Find Love
from The Unfazed (2011)
Baths	Plea
from Cerulean (2010)
Yuck	Get Away
from Yuck (2011)
Sam Amidon	Relief
from I See The Sign (2010)
PS I Love You	Facelove
from I See The Sign (2010)
The Luyas	Too Beautiful To Work
from Too Beautiful To Work (2011)
Royal Bangs	Fireball
from Flux Outside (2011)
Lord Huron	We Went Wild
from Into The Sun EP (2010)
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	How Near How Far
from Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Fang Island	Daisy
from Fang Island (2002)

Comment:

The first of what I hope are many SXSW mixes, as I plan on going every chance I get from here on out. This mix is sequenced in the order that I saw the bands, with a favorite song from the band's set where I was able to remember one.

My recap:
Top 5 Shows
1. Lord Huron -- Beautiful songs and great energy in a super small space.
2. Fang Island -- Started with everbody high fiving everybody else and ended with the perfect "Daisy."
3. A Place To Bury Strangers -- Impressed that they exude a true sense of menace.
4. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead -- Still fighting the good fight for guitar-based indie rock.
5. (tied) We Barbarians and Sam Amidon -- I had no expectations for the former and their energy got my festival off to a great start. The latter featured sun, families on blankets, and the most touching moment of my festival -- Amidon leading the crowd in a sing-a-long to R. Kelly's "Relief."

Worst Show: Puro Instinct - the venue's acoustics did them no favors, but the band was transparently image conscious and out of their depth in such a professional-acting milieu.

Nicest surprise: The Luyas -- I wasn't impressed by their album, but they have a fun energy live.

Biggest Disappointment: Beach Fossils -- The guitars sounded great but the singer was horribly off key

Bands whose albums I like but who ended up leaving little impression: Yuck, Hooray For Earth, Erland & The Carnival

Wanted to see but narrowly missed: Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Oberhofer, Pete And The Pirates

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