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YOU GOTTA ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE IN THIS TOWER OF SONG-SO DON’T LET IT GET YOU DOWN
It’s kind of like déjà vu all over again to look at the opening paragraph from my last year’s review and see the following: Reflecting on a year (let next year not be yet another one) marked by terrorism … Continue reading
Posted in austin, indie, music, punk, sxsw, Uncategorized
Tagged beat kitchen, charles bradley, coachella, diet cig, Empty Bottle, glenn branca, Guns N roses, haelos, Hideout, King Khan, King Sunny Ade, LCD Soundsystem, Lollapalooza, matchbox, Negative Scanner, nighbeats, party static, Ponys, sleater-kinney, sxsw, The Mekons, The Specials, thee oh sees, wicker park fest
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EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON, OR NOT AT ALL
There is a reason why events unnerve anyone. At SXSW everyone can find a different story. And that story plays out differently with every choice you make. Imagine: when you choose to eat at one restaurant you are turning down … Continue reading
Posted in austin, indie, music, punk, sxsw, Uncategorized
Tagged charles bradley, Cosmonauts, Death Valley Girls, diet cig, downtown boys, Fear of Men, haelos, Iggy Pop, jon dwyer, joy division, matador records, oscar, party static, sxsw, The Foreign Resort, thee oh sees
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EXHUMING MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES TO BURY OUR 2015
Reflecting on a year marked by terrorism and racial tension, it is sometimes hard to divert focus from the dark side of the force and concentrate on the things that have made this a very good year. A family gathering. … Continue reading
Posted in indie, music, punk, sxsw
Tagged Algiers, Andy Gill, Chicago, Constellation, Corin Tucker, Empty Bottle, Follokzoid, gang of four, Hideout, Iggy Pop, jon langford, Julie Ruin, Kathleen Hanna, Lollapalooza, Lu Edmonds, matador records, Mekons, MPV, music, Negative Scanner, Nels Cline, Pitchfork, Public Image, Riotfest, Sally Timms, Schubas, sleater-kinney, sxsw, The Foreign Resort, widowspeak, Wire
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IN A BATTLE OF TITANS, ART BEATS COMMERCE IN A SHOOTOUT @ SXSW 2015
“To Hell With Poverty,” the Gang of Four tells us, “we’ll get drunk on cheap wine.” In 1981, when the song was first recorded, the literal context was king in that Margaret Thatcher had been Prime Minister for 2 years … Continue reading
Posted in austin, indie, music, punk, sxsw
Tagged Alvvays, Andy Gill, Best Coast, Death Valley Girls, gang of four, Kay Odyssey, Lust for Youth, Metz, No Age, Prince Rama, Public Service Broadcasting, Rat Fist, Shivas, Songhoy Blues, sxsw, The Damned, The Lemons, The Zombies, Twin Peaks
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