I hope that in the future, Canadian Music Week or NXNE adopts this wonderful idea: SXSW 2006 has put up torrents with MP3s of every band playing the festival. There are also trailers for the film portion of the festival, if you’re also a cinephile. As much as I enjoy paging through the alt.weeklies in advance of NXNE, I never actually go to the shows because I’m never convinced enough by anything the reviewers say to show up and take a chance (having to find a place to crash or take a long taxi home to Thornhill doesn’t help, either). But listening to all the bands before you plan your itinerary? Genius!