SXSW’s closing ceremonies for OEB was curated through a solo acoustic Iron & Wine set that turned into a most magical hour at Central Presbyterian Church tonight. After a couple of new tracks from the upcoming Ghost on Ghost, Sam Beam opened up the rest of the set to audience requests, leading to some brilliant deep cuts (“Lion’s Mane”, “Jesus the Mexican Boy”), a dynamic performance of “The Trapeze Swinger” as the third song of the set and a rare performance of The Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights”.

Seth Sentry just killed it at Maggie Mae’s. One of the best hip hop sets I’ve ever seen at SXSW.

Want to know where breezy Cali pop and blissed out ambience meet? Check out WALL., who are current lulling the Central Pres. crowd into a hushed, engaged mass.

I missed posting this set last night - here’s Little Green Cars bringing their rootsy, rock harmonies to Antone’s Friday night.

Dustin Wong fills Central Presbyterian with psychedelic electric loops on the last night of SXSW.

Lord Huron floors the OEB crew at Antone’s.

OEB favorite Lissie’s SXSW showcase at Stubb’s last night was criminally cut short (they gave the band a surprising ‘one song left’ after only about 4 songs), but powerful highlights still came in the form of a couple tracks from Lissie’s upcoming sophomore record. This is some of Lissie’s fullest, band-centric songwriting yet.

Walk Off The Earth played a punchy set of indie pop at Stubb’s on Friday night, though their songwriting fizzled a bit as compared to prior band The Mowgli’s. After opening with their strongest sounding track, Walk Off The Earth closed out with their famous musical gimmick - Gotye’s hit song reinterpreted with all five musicians playing on one guitar.

Lord Huron floors the OEB crew at Antone’s.

The Mowgli’s hit the big stage at Stubb’s - sounds like the next evolution of the Head and the Heart.