Anybody else out there viewing just about every single piece of entertainment through the lens of what we’re dealing with right now? Whether it’s a show, the printed word or a song, every reference I[…]
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Category: album review
Traffic Jam: Stuff I’m listening to while social distancing, part 1 of who-knows-how-many
Quarantine is suboptimal, it’s harder than you’d think to write while stuck between four walls, blah blah blah. I could write a bloated, unnecessary intro about how I’ve been feeling for the past four to[…]
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Album review: Teenage Cavegirl, Candy Cigarettes
Am I about to overrate this record based on personal taste? Possibly. Some music reviewers probably feel a need to account for their own biases, to “normalize” their evaluations and ratings of albums for their perception[…]
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Album review: Los Coast, Samsara
It surprised me a little to learn this was Los Coast’s debut album, because it seems we’ve been hearing about them around here for forever, or forever-ish, at least. Formed way back in the simpler times[…]
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Review: Walker Lukens, Adult
One of Austin’s quirkiest and most intriguing solo artists, Walker Lukens really seems to love sounds. He loves creating them, and he loves mashing them together and molding them into something reminiscent of his diverse[…]
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Review: Charlie Faye and the Fayettes, The Whole Shebang
Charlie Faye & the Fayettes either have potential, or their potential’s already been realized. After two albums, it’s honestly hard to say, but I lean toward the former. So far, the Austin vocal trio has[…]
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