Download: 100 Bands We Can't Wait To See At SXSW

Watch a documentary on Mali's Festival in the Desert, stream the new Heems album.

The Austin 100 To get ready for SXSW, we listened to thousands of songs. Check out the app we made — and use it to make your own mix! Stream the mix MUSIC DOCUMENTARIES Latitudes: Stream The Film 'The Last Song Before The War' Watch a great music documentary that wasn't supposed to be about music. All too quickly, this chronicle of Mali's Festival in the Desert became a memento of vanished joy. Watch the movie MICROPHONE CHECK Big Sean: 'I Stuck With My Gut' "I made a promise to myself," says the Detroit rapper. "I would never ever not follow my heart again. That way if I rise or fall, sink or swim, it's by my own choice and my own decisions." Read this story FIRST LISTEN First Listen: Heems, 'Eat Pray Thug' Binary thinkers beware: If you're the type who's uncomfortable with contradiction, or would rather deal in stereotypes than nuance, then rapper Heems and his new album are not for you. Stream the album THE RECORD Sympathy For The Devils From Lana Del Rey to Father John Misty, musicians in the current pop moment who expose themselves, warts and all, do so in isolation, without support or challenge from a like-minded community. Read this story