Guide to Pitchfork's SXSW 2008 Coverage

We swear we don't actively try to overwhelm our readers with content. But we totally understand if sometimes you can't keep up with quite everything that comes across your RSS reader from this website-- particularly last week, when a bunch of your faithful Pitchforkers journeyed to Austin, Texas for the annual SXSW extravaganza, where we cold binged on live music and embraced our inner insomniacs.

A half-dozen of us also contributed photo-bedecked daily reports to the site, links to which we've happily compiled below for your reference. Whether you want to revisit a particular day, focus on a specific writer's musings, read up on the bands that most interest you, or count how many different ways we can say we <3 Robyn, consider this your jump-off point.

Lists of our personal top five favorite SXSW performances from Pitchfork's SXSW posse follow below as well. And away we go....

SXSW 2008 Coverage Guide:

Wednesday, March 12

- Tyler Grisham (Jeremy Jay, Bjørn Torske, diskJokke, Lindstrøm)
- Matt LeMay (Pattern Is Movement, Shearwater, Upright Citizens Brigade, the Judy's, Okkervil River/Roky Erickson)
- Dave Maher (The Cansecos, Peter and the Wolf, R.E.M., the Lemonheads)
- Amy Phillips (Peter Morén, the Mae Shi, Frightened Rabbit, the Tough Alliance)
- Matthew Solarski (Laura Barrett, Planningtorock, the Russian Futurists, Gowns, Silje Nes)
- Paul Thompson (Phosphorescent, Earlimart, These New Puritans, Times New Viking, musings on a missed Bun B performance)

Thursday, March 13

- Tyler Grisham (Jens Lekman, Yeasayer, Bon Iver, Vampire Weekend, Bodies of Water, Man Man, High Places, El Guincho)
- Matt LeMay (R.E.M., So Many Dynamos, Yo La Tengo, the English Beat)
- Dave Maher (The Duke Spirit, Robyn, Phosphorescent, My Morning Jacket, Dizzee Rascal)
- Amy Phillips (Shout Out Louds, Lou Reed Tribute [Yo La Tengo, Mark Kozelek, My Morning Jacket, Thurston Moore and the New Wave Bandits, Moby, Laura Dawn, Lou Reed himself], Bellafea, the Wombats, Moby, Justice)
- Matthew Solarski (Thurston Moore interviews Steve Reich, the Brother Kite, Secret Shine, Sissy Wish, Retribution Gospel Choir, Mark Kozelek)
- Paul Thompson (No Age, Be Your Own Pet, Soiled Mattress and the Springs, Mike Rep with Times New Viking, Psychedelic Horseshit, High on Fire)

Friday, March 14

- Tyler Grisham (Snowglobe, Fuck Buttons, the Mae Shi)
- Matt LeMay (Portastatic, Chris Brokaw, Yo La Tengo, more Portastatic, She & Him, Destroyer)
- Dave Maher (Matt Walsh and Matt Besser, Human Giant, Be Your Own Pet, Fleet Foxes, Constantines)
- Amy Phillips (The Ting Tings, Santogold, the Kid Sister Pro Nails salon, Mika Miko, Robyn)
- Matthew Solarski (Inca Ore, Grouper, Sera Cahoone, Grand Archives, She & Him)
- Paul Thompson (Mika Miko, Herman Dune, Telepathe, Panther, Kid Sister, Clipse)
- Pitchfork/Windish Austin Bash Photos (High Places, Lykke Li, White Williams, Jay Reatard, Fuck Buttons, Bon Iver, Atlas Sound, Fleet Foxes, Times New Viking, Yeasayer, A Place to Bury Strangers, No Age)

Saturday, March 15

- Tyler Grisham (Rachael Ray party [DJ Efren Ramirez, the Raveonettes], Kevin Barnes, Robyn, the Tough Alliance)
- Matt LeMay (Hard 'N Phirm, Paul F. Tompkins, Brian Posehn, Human Giant, Pissed Jeans, Jay Reatard, Atlas Sound, Crystal Antlers, Mr. Free & the Satellite Freakout!, No Age, Black Mountain, Islands, the Breeders)
- Dave Maher (Slim Cessna's Auto Club, David Bazan, M. Ward, Jim James, Wiz Khalifa, Murs)
- Amy Phillips (Home Blitz, Still Going, Holy Ghost!, go-go dancers, Chester French, N.E.R.D.)
- Matthew Solarski (Noah and the Whale, Laura Marling, Lightspeed Champion, Sons & Daughters, J Mascis, Thurston Moore and the New Wave Bandits, Misha, No Kids, Nadja, White Shoes & the Couples Company)
- Paul Thompson (Throw Me the Statue, Saviours, Ice Cube, Constantines, Jason Collett, Los Campesinos!)

Individual Top 5 Lists:

Megan Davey, General Manager:

1. David Banner
2. David Banner
3. David Banner
4. David Banner
5. David Banner

Tyler Grisham, Assistant Editor:

1. The Tough Alliance
2. El Guincho
3. Fuck Buttons
4. High Places
5. Lindstrøm

Chris Kaskie, Associate Publisher:

1. Fleet Foxes
2. The Dodos
3. Cut Copy
4. Vampire Weekend
5. Fuck Buttons

Nate Hileman, Senior Account Manager:

1. Lykke Li
2. Reggie Watts
3. Atlas Sound
4. Jeremy Jay
5. The Dodos

Matt LeMay, Senior Contributor:

1. Destroyer
2. Shearwater
3. Portastatic
4. Jay Reatard
5. Yo La Tengo

Dave Maher, Lead Reporter:

1. Murs
2. Bon Iver
3. Be Your Own Pet
4. Jim James
5. Peter and the Wolf

Amy Phillips, Senior News Editor:

1. Frightened Rabbit
2. Robyn
3. The Tough Alliance
4. Santogold
5. The Mae Shi

Scott Plagenhoef, Associate Editor-in-Chief:

1. Cut Copy
2. The Dodos
3. Fleet Foxes
4. Fuck Buttons
5. Robyn

Mark Richardson, Managing Editor:

1. Fleet Foxes
2. Simian Mobile Disco
3. The Dodos
4. Ponytail
5. El Guincho

Ryan Schreiber, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher:

1. Fleet Foxes
2. Fuck Buttons
3. The Mae Shi
4. HEALTH
5. Ponytail

Matthew Solarski, News Editor:

1. Gowns
2. Be Your Own Pet
3. Fuck Buttons
4. Mark Kozelek
5. Grouper

Paul Thompson, Lead Reporter:

1. Clipse
2. Robyn
3. Times New Viking
4. Gowns
5. Los Campesinos!