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Playing at full volume at South by Southwest

Joy and fatigue amid festival’s large crowds and loud music

The first truth about South by Southwest is the hardest one to accept. You cannot see and hear it all. This five-day music conference and festival is designed to overwhelm the senses. You might want to see Fiona Apple, but then you’d be missing the Shins playing down by a lake. It’s the nature of this beast, which wrapped up yesterday. James Reed rounds up a week’s worth of highlights from the annual event.

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