I've been slowly going through the SXSW Festival's torrent.  There's about 1200 tracks in all, and I'm probably keeping about 1 out of every 10 songs for future listening pleasure.  I'm on "M" now, and it's becoming a bit of a slog to keep going.  Some thoughts:
 

• Nothing pulls me out of a song more than terrible singing.
• Most of these singers cannot sing.
• Indie bands with a female lead singer all sound exactly the same.
• Garage bands from the UK all sound exactly the same.
• So I guess Metal has gone the way of growling and screaming, huh?
• What the hell are MC Frontalot and MegaRan doing here?
• I wish there was more blues.
• Would I pay to see a chiptunes band?  Nah....
• I bet all the Fox Searchlight guys hang out here to build their soundtracks.
• Do all these bands sing in the same tunnel to get that echo?
• Nope, still don't like rap.
• I wish I spoke Spanish.  Some of these foreign songs are good!
• Why aren't there more party tracks in here?  Is it a requirement that bands in SXSW are mopey?
• Huh, there is a Rock Band song in here (White Falcon Fuzz by The Mother Hips)