The small rectangular cardboard totem top I saw in the middle of the Chappell Roan mob almost certainly wasn’t the first time anyone had ever used the phrase “gayCL.” In fact, I might well have[…]
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ACL Weekend 2, day 2 quick recap: Beaches kick up rock ‘n’ roll sand; Being Dead impresses; Jungle is for the night
“I guess they gave the hottest time slot to the hottest chicks here,” Jordan Miller, lead vocalist and bassist for the Beaches, told their 3:20 crowd in the middle of yet another scorcher at ACL[…]
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ACL Weekend 2, Day 1 quick recap: Santigold makes dozens of dreams come true; “Snorah” easily keeps everyone awake
Care for just a little danger with your ACL? You don’t have to make a bunch of dangerous cuts on the football field. Just see Santigold, who did something I’ve never seen before. The veteran alt-rock[…]
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ACL Weekend 2 Preview: Most notable W2-only artists; picks for the evening sets
When you’re going to Weekend 2 of ACL– and knowing you’ll largely be seeing an encore of what many of your friends and neighbors already got last week — it helps to lean into the[…]
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Shows: Mikky & the Doom, Midnight Daughter and Killer Kaya @ Far Out Lounge
(All photos by Nicole Berlin Photography) If anyone walked into the July 28 show at Far Out Lounge unfamiliar with the nascent work of top-billed Mikky & the Doom, they got a strongly representative taste of[…]
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Shows: DIIV @ Emo’s offers a surprising — and effective — conceptual flair
(All photos by Nicole Berlin Photography) Goes without saying, for probably about anyone reading this, that indie rock + midsize venue doesn’t typically = “show with a conceptual bent.” See an artist of the persuasion[…]
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