It's easy to think of the Golden Filter primarily as a remix project because they do a lot of them. That said, the New York "discopop" duo of Penelope and Stephen (and other live folks) sound good doing their own stuff, too. Take a listen to "Thunderbird," for instance. Their label notes: The Thunderbird of the title refers to a bird of Native ...

Jona and Clare magically make "New Moon Rising" sound much less like an overblown Lenny Kravitz outtake. You can download it, along with Fontän and Riton's Cosmic Egg cracks, at Filter.

Canadian songstress Serena Ryder's had a productive decade, releasing four albums and three EPs of original material, alongside working as a lead vocalist on this year's Great Lake Swimmers LP Lost Channels, since debuting in 1999. She's marking ten years in the recorded-music business with a fittingly far-flung four-track covers EP, filtering K...

Thursday it'll be worth the cab fare (or long walk, aka my plan) to check out Gorilla Vs. Booze, where a bunch of the "buzz" bands playing multiple SXSW sets can be seen together: Here We Go Magic, the Golden Filter, Outsider/Insider Wavves, and Vivian Girls, among others. If you want to stick closer to the strip, stop by Vaya Con Tacos for My O...