As SXSW grows, Austin unaffordability dims famed music scene

AUSTIN, Texas — As the music universe orbits Austin again this week for SXSW, the “Live Music Capital of the World” is losing its cool — or at any rate, fretting about losing the bands and clubs that make it such. Anxiety is rising among politicians, SXSW organizers and $5-cover venues over runaway rent prices […]