Yesterday me and ex-Radar Ed Alex Miller had some Mexican brunch then took a cab out of town to one of a chain of big camp, kitsch Hispanic eateries called Baby Acapulco. It felt like where Rip Taylor would go for his Burritos. It had a massive water feature in the middle of the room and gigantic shiny plastic palm trees everywhere.

Baby Acapulcos

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Well, I've just flown in from South By Southwest, and boy is my liver tired. (Yes, I use that joke every year. It never gets old. Unlike my liver...)

SXSW--Austin, Texas's four-day spree of beer, BBQ, and bands--was last week, and I of course wasted no time indulging in all three B's. But along the way I managed to incorporate another B, blogging.

I naturally attended, and wrote about, a couple big bashes (Playboy's Rock The Rabbit event with Jane's Addiction, and Perez Hilton's diva-themed "One Night In Austin" soiree with Ladyhawke, Little Boots, Solange, et al).

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Radar Editor Jaimie Hodgson writes:

Today I decided to venture further afar. In fact that's a total lie, I just had no idea how far away the venue I wanted to go to was. I should have guessed really, as Club 1808 is called that because it's number 1808, 12th Street, and well, 1808, that's a pretty high number, right? And I'm at like number 1. Anyway, after borrowing $2 from a kindly ex-marine at a bus stop cos I had no cash nor any idea where I was going (no joke, cheers Zack! whataguy!) I made it down just in time to catch Golden Triangle.

The venue was the type I'm learning is the funnest, one that feels kinda like someone's house. It was pretty idyllic, drenched in sunlight watching these dual-lady-fronted yelping new wavers go at it on the makeshift bandstand before us. They were pretty good actually, there's a lot of bands here that are a bit garagey, pretty perky, a bit silly and have recurring refrains that sound like 'Hey Mickey', but these guys do so with a Brooklyn-punk-Pipettes vigour that out-chirps anyone else I've seen on the trip. Oddly their drummer, bassist and guitarist seemed to have came fancy-dressed as clumsy racial stereotypes: Arab, Mexican, Chinaman.

The back yard of Club 1808, check the impromptu hoola-hooper in the back. I mean, the vibe-ometer is off the richter scale here, right? DING DING!

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It's just starting to sink in. Last night's G.O.O.D. showcase was massive.

But it all started at 1pm. Kanye wanted a production meeting with the band and the artists to go through the running of the show, it was like a scene from 'The Godfather'.

It's this kind of planning and attention to detail that got Kanye where he is today.

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Mr Hudson recently signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D Music label. The pair are set to appear onstage together at SXSW. This is Mr Hudson's blog from the event.

So after eight hours in the air, and a four-hour delay in Washington waiting for a connecting flight, we finally land in Texas. We head straight to the venue for soundcheck with Kanye's band.

We're performing at the Fader Fort, a big stage in a huge marquee, away from the rest of the other venues at SXSW. It's my first time at SXSW, and within 20 minutes of touching down on the runway, I'm on stage doing a soundcheck.

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It's sometimes difficult to make sense of the sheer volume of new band recommendations that come flooding back from SXSW.

For that reason, and to save you having to Google endless band Myspaces, we've put together this We7 playlist of all the buzz acts playing this year's festival (as well as a few familiar faces such as White Lies, Future Of The Left, Lovvers and Frank Turner), for your streaming pleasure.

[Listen to our We7 SXSW playlist]