Well, we're off to Austin, TX, for SXSW. Check in next week for some of our live coverage from the conference. While you wait, here's what you may have missed this week:

• We reviewed a handful of bands playing SXSW: Fire Flies, GG Elvis, Iglu & Hartley, Fuck Buttons.


• Nick Cave, St Vincent and many others played the Plug Awards


• Unknown Boston group Stem rocked The Annex


• The Whitney's Biennial is featuring a diverse spectrum of art.


• We said goodbye to Jeff Healey.