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As spring music week draws to a close, we reluctantly reveal the songs that make us cry, in the latest installment of our Definitive Mixlist Series.

The Onion watches 70 bands, drinks free beer, and looks for metaphors in the music world's biggest industry conference. Every...

On the surface, the music industry seems to live in terror, staring down the well-publicized threats of Internet...

The A.V. Club reports from Austin, Texas, music capital of the world. (Four days out of the year, anyway.)

Four days and 700+ bands bring out the best and worst in a music industry that's lost its direction. Chances are pretty good that if you're a devoted music fan, you've spent a lot of time complaining about the...

Most serious music fans decry the state of the music industry, and with good reason: It's a world marred by an...

It's easy to quantify the scope of South By Southwest, the massive annual music-industry showcase that overtook Austin, Texas, during the exhausting extended weekend of March...

Generally speaking, modern music tends to reflect the mood of the times, from rebellion in the '60s to hedonism in the '70s to excess in the '80s. But rarely has the music business—the industry rather than the songs...

A week-long look at new music continues.