When I caught up with Seattle’s Thunderpussy shortly after their set at Austin City Limits Weekend Two, singer Molly Sides answered one question with a reference, just in passing, to “the world of Thunderpussy.” That[…]
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Month: October 2018
ACL Weekend 2 final recap: Music, nonstop civic peer pressure, and more
Let’s just say that if you attended Weekend 2 of Austin City Limits 2018 and subsequently decide not to vote, you’re not very susceptible to the incessant urgings of your favorite musicians. In fact, I’d[…]
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Quick reaction: ACL Weekend 2, Day 2
Back at a now-defunct festival in Kansas in the summer of 2011, I saw OK Go. With the temperature somewhere in the neighborhood of 95 degrees, the entire band was dressed in colorful ’60s mod-type suits. I[…]
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Quick reaction: ACL Weekend 2, Day 1 — Best song performances
It’s Saturday morning as I finish this up, and it’s raining outside as we prepare to set out for Day 2 of ACL. Superb. I’ll have complete thoughts on everything I’ve seen once the festival is[…]
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Album review: Paul McCartney, Egypt Station
I don’t listen to many albums by septuagenarians. In fact, unless I finally get around to listening to John Prine’s album from earlier this year, Paul McCartney’s Egypt Station will likely be the only album[…]
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