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The Mix: The Austin 100

Molly Hamilton of Widowspeak is one of the 100 acts with songs in our annual SXSW sampler.
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Molly Hamilton of Widowspeak is one of the 100 acts with songs in our annual SXSW sampler.

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It says a lot about SXSW's size and scope that this "sampler" of the annual music festival spans six and a half hours, but here we are: 100 songs by 100 artists worth discovering at this year's big event.

Handpicked from among thousands of artists, this genre-traversing playlist picks highlights, discoveries and future thrills from this year's festival � and, for the next 30 days, it's available for free download in its entirety, as one 813 MB zip file, right here. Of course, for those without that much hard-drive space, you can download each song individually, as well as stream The Austin 100 on this page and through NPR Music's various mobile devices.

Come back to for live showcases, photos, videos and podcasts from this year's festival. On March 13, starting at 8:45 p.m. ET, we'll present a from Stubb's in Austin, featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Cafe Tacvba, Alt-J, Youth Lagoon, Waxahatcheeand Le1f.Information on how to enter for tickets is at . On March 14, watch Dave Grohl's live at noon ET and enjoy NPR's at Auditorium Shores with Cafe Tacvba, Molotov and Bajofondo. Doors are at 5 p.m. ET. We'll be recording the show, so check for highlights later.

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THE AUSTIN 100

, "America's Son" , "You Know Me" , "Tessellate" , "Numb" , "Dressing Room" , "Pide Piso" , "Shine On (Feat. Bun B)" , "Elephants" , "Little Numbers" , "Shake, Shake, Shake" , "Late Nights" , "Mary Ann Nichols" , "In The City" , "High School Lover" , "Among The Grey" , "Days And Days" , "Magic Clap" , "Lake Charlevoix" , "With Signs Following" , "The Beekeeper" , "How Long Have You Known" , "Property Lines" , "The Match" , "Heavy Moon" , "Boy" , "Don't Tell Me" , "James" , "I Am Not Waiting Anymore" , "Matter Of Time" , "San Francisco" , "State Hospital" , "Que Voy A Hacer" , "Silver Lining" , "Bad Reputation" , "Ode To Mom" , "Bright Stars Burning" , "Boreal" , "Born To Win (Part One)" , "De Thelo Pia Na Xanarthis" , "I Am Haunted" , "Running For Cover" , "Love For Long" , "Born To" , "Nomads" , "You're A Animal" , "Joy To You Baby" , "Julie (Come Out Of The Rain)" , "This Ladder Is Ours" , "Plant White Roses" , "You're The Gold" , "Untitled (feat. Scar)" , "Heartbeat" , "La Negra" , "Coins (produced by Drippin & Souldrop)" , "Is Your Love Big Enough?" , "Roman Ruins" , "Two Sides Of Lonely" , "Turn It Around" , "Can't Change Me" , "Year Of The Glad" , "Headache" , "Take Off That Dress For Me" , "Shout It Out" , "Snake Eyes" , "Dirty Summer" , "San Francisco (Remix)" , "Roboter Hohlenbewohner" , "Ramona" , "What's Your Name" , "Old Skin" , "Ghosts" , "Stoned And Starving" , "Song For Zula" , "You Don't Know Me" , "The Emasculated Man And The City That Swallowed Him" , "Shruggy Ji" , "Open" , "Robert Raimon Roy" , "Loveless" , "Joe's Cult" , "Illusions" , "Warm Spell" , "This Horrifying Force (The Desire To Kill)" , "Rollin' Over" , "I Know It (I Feel It, Too)" , "I Want To Be Relieved" , "Mexico" , "Ghosts And Creatures" , "Holy Roller" , "Born To Kill" , "But We Did" , "We Will Meet Again" , "Yoshua Alikuti" , "Peace And Quiet" , "Sandy" , "Ballad Of The Golden Hour"
, "Tale Of You & Me" , "Three Car Garage" , "Dropla" , "Slyd"

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Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)
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