It's that time of year again for the South by South West Festival (SxSW - March 10th - 19th) in Austin Texas. I first heard about SxSW last year when I started tuning into BBC Radio 6 a bit more frequently (Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone to be precise). The festival has a fairly electic schedule of bands playing and it was where (on radio 6) I first heard what has become one of my favourite bands - The American Analogue Set. You should checkout radio 6 next week for ongoing coverage. Next year I'll maybe make it over there and also to another festival in the states I've wanted to attend for years.