SXSW 2014: The winners and losers at the Texas music festival

Critic's Notebook: Lady Gaga and the rest of the music-marketing crowd are the losers at South by Southwest, while the indie showcases, the coolly uncool and the Lou Reed saluters are the winners.AUSTIN, Texas — Here's to bad vibes, colored vomit and off-years. Go ahead and toast those who prevailed at South by Southwest by getting signed, licensed or folded into a future marketing plan, but the losers in this vicious cycle earned more respect.    

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