South by Southwest is a 10-day festival devoted to music, film, education, and technology, sprawled across every bar, venue, and public space in Austin, Texas.

SXSW Music is a daunting music festival to cover. Dozens, if not hundreds, of bands are all playing at the exact same time at venues across the entirety of Austin, which forces you to either have a very detailed schedule or throw caution to the wind and wander your way through the festival. In covering SXSW for Nashville Scene, I write daily recaps of the bands and artists I see alongside photo slideshows.