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Lucius
by MPR
Phantogram
by MPR
The Hold Steady
by MPR
Jeremy Messersmith
by MPR
Temples
by MPR
Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn live at the Public Radio Rocks daystage.
Courtesy WFUV

As the overwhelmingly popular South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX draws to a close, we wanted to share videos of our public radio day stage from the Austin Convention Center on March 14.

Some say the festival has gotten too big for its britches, but it's Texas, and as we all know, everything's bigger in Texas, including our day stage. We partnered with WFUV, KXT, KUTX and WXPN to bring together a great array of established and up-and-coming musicians, like Damon Albarn, Lucius, The Hold Steady, Jeremy Messersmith, Phantogram and Temples.

We also teamed up videographers from WFUV with our audio engineer Michael DeMark to bring you these great glimpses into the day-long performance.

Video from Public Radio Rocks, March 14, 2014