Weekly Free Download
This week’s free download is not just one song, but the full collection of music from SXSW. If you were busy slurping umbrella drinks or toiling away at work and didn’t get to SXSW, DON’T PANIC, we have the whole 1038 song collection linked online.
In 2005, the organizers of SXSW uploaded torrents of songs by bands that were scheduled to play the festival as a way of promoting the bands, their music and the event. After the official SXSW music upload ceased in 2008 the partygoers took over and began uploading the songs as one large file. The past five years’ songs have also been posted, but we are only linking you to the 2010 festival music.
There has been no explicit permission granted by the bands, so SXSW cannot officially condone the spread of the music but representatives of bands and SXSW have said that it has become one of the best ways for the smaller acts to get their music into the hands of the people. Check out the special links on MaroonWeekly.com.