Next week, music fans from across the country will converge on Austin, TX for the 2009 South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival. (Even COED will be there!) But regardless of whether or not you’ll be able to attend, imeem.com has put together the ultimate guide to this year’s festival by compiling tracks from over 1800 bands into embedable playlists, and organized them into an easy-to-navigate format. So whether you’ll be attending but need help planning out which showcases to see, or just want to discover some kick ass new bands, this is the place you want to go. And don’t forget to check back next week for all of COED’s SXSW coverage!

Check out imeem’s Ulitimate Guide to SXSW, here!

In England, they monitor everything. You’re practically lucky to take a crap without people catching a glimpse on CCTV. But sometimes, having ubiquitous surveillance allows for some pretty incredible things to be caught on tape – like this guy who damn-near goes and gets himself hit by a g*ddamn train!

The blog-universe has been giving the seal of approval to Britney’s leaked songs since early this week – have I been listening to the wrong ones?

These tracks are complete tripe. There is no way somebody with working eardrums can possibly give a “thumbs-upâ€? to Brit’s latest batch of bimbo-pop.

Even hipsters looking for their next bastion of irony will be thoroughly disappointed.

The three songs – “Gimme More,â€? “Cold as Fire,â€? “Baby Boyâ€? – each have flat, lifeless production left over from the last millennium. This major mistake could’ve been easily remedied with the right collaborators (hint, hint).

Check out Britney Spears’ new tracks after the jump.

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