Yukon Blonde – Tiger Talk [Album Review + Chicago Ticket Giveaway]

March 27, 2012

Vancouver band Yukon Blonde performed sets at SXSW that can turn casual bystanders into fans for life. A good friend of ours, affectionately known as SafariMan, rode his rented bike across town to catch them at The San Jose and declared that it would be his best set of SXSW. And that was on Thursday [...]

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Lucero – Women & Work [Album Review]

March 26, 2012

As you get older, your tastes change. For example, I used to watch ESPN religiously. Now I would much rather watch The Travel Channel and shows like No Reservations, Man vs. Food and Weird Foods. For Lucero, they have embraced the sound of their hometown of Memphis; a sound that their earlier albums rebelled against. [...]

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John Fulbright – From The Ground Up (May 8th)

March 23, 2012

This was one act I was disappointed to miss in Austin. Lot of good things being spoken about John Fulbright. From the PR machine. After thrilling crowds at SXSW, 23-year-old John Fullbright has confirmed the May 8 release of his debut album ‘From the Ground Up’ (Blue Dirt/Thirty Tigers) and a national spring tour, including [...]

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Field Report

March 23, 2012

Normal programming will resume next week but in the meantime here are two tracks from one of my favorite new discoveries of SXSW ’12. Shirk saw these guys open up for Megafaun this past week in Chicago and also came away very impressed. Prepare to hear plenty about these guys moving forward. So get on [...]

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SXSW Day 4 Recap – Comfort Food

March 22, 2012

As Jefe and I were trying to coordinate a gameplan for our Saturday afternoon, I stumbled across the news that Okkervil River was a last minute addition to the Brooklyn Vegan party in East Austin that already included J. Roddy, Heartless Bastards, Diamond Rugs and Lucero. By the last day, I was exhausted and the [...]

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SXSW Day 3 Recap – South Congress

March 18, 2012

Couldn’t quite muster the Day Three Recap yesterday. Was battling an acute case of a hangover. Day Three started off with Jefe, Shirk and I guzzling salty dogs at Guero’s and ended with Jefe being politely asked to leave Antone’s. Here’s what happened in between. As always, there is zero fact-checking and moderate effort put [...]

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SXSW Day Two Recap – Waterloo, SxSweetwood, etc.

March 16, 2012

Jefe started off the day by stuffing our face with Tex-Mex and drinking some Tito’s to make the pain go away. Our plan worked to perfection as we had quite the nice day of rocking. We made our way over to Waterloo Records to catch Blitzen Trapper. For a noon set, it was pretty crowded [...]

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SXSW Day One Recap – The Day HearYa Found Its Soul

March 15, 2012

I’m hungover, sleep deprived and have a burrito doing somersaults in my stomach. I’ve done zero fact-checking and Jefe just soiled our bathroom. With that, here is the day one recap. Day One started off with Oz and I catching a couple of sets at Antone’s. First up was Bahamas whom Oz and SafariMan always [...]

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SXSW – Under The Radar Bands

March 12, 2012

While it is always fun to chase the latest buzz band and/or catch one of your favorites down at SXSW, the best part is always finding some new band. So here are some bands flying under the radar that will make it worth your while. The Preservation – A five piece based out of Austin. [...]

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WATERS, Live Session #99

March 8, 2012

Port O’Brien were one of those bands that resonated with us. We had a real connection with them from the first time we heard “I Woke Up Today.” They had a Neil Young-inspired folk-rock sound that was at times rocking and electric, other times organic and acoustic, and sometimes tribal and trippy. Over the years [...]

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