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Our week in music looks to some of the standout artists seen at this year's SXSW festival

Big Huge: At The Movies Self-described as “a frightful/delightful five-piece of ditty pumpers with a heart that bleeds for the wild child, the mood swinger and the lost thought found again,” NYC-based Big Huge and their garage-pop sound is a legitimate gang of devoted shredders. The eccentric band took their rock’n’roll show on the road to SXSW this week, where they performed songs to the …

Already Alive: The Bonnaroo Experience

A powerful montage short chronicling the power of the Tennessee music festival

At just under four minutes long, balanced between the frenetic and the meditative, filmmaking collective and storytelling studio’s Already Alive delivers a powerful, visually stunning trip into famed music festival Bonnaroo, now in its 13th year. This short film (commissioned, but not dictated, by the festival) captures both the spirit of the annual event while creating a dream-like state; functioning much the same way our …

Scene, by All: 2013 Newport Folk Festival

A selection of the best socially shared photos from the Northeast's classic music festival

The Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island is a cultural institution that has been running off and on since 1959 and in its time has featured major acts from Johnny Cash to Muddy Waters. The vibe at Newport this year was quite different from previous festival experiences; with plenty of space and a friendly staff there was no jockeying for position to get a …