Should it have been surprising to see what appeared to be nearly all of Chance Peña’s sold-out crowd already filled in at 8 p.m., in place at Antone’s one hour before he was scheduled to go on? Perhaps it[…]
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Author: Joey
Ear Traffic’s 10 best albums and HI-35 (best tracks) for 2023
As I effectively said when I did my local best-ofs, for this writer the best thing about 2023 was that it ended. But one of the runners-up, surely, is the collective impact of the year’s[…]
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Shows: Toadies, Local H @ Emo’s
Without benefit of a time machine, the throwback materialized pretty remarkably: it was 1996, maybe ’97, all over again at Emo’s. Unfortunately, there was just a hint of Woodstock ’99 thrown in there, too — but[…]
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Ear Traffic’s best local albums and tracks of 2023
Given that Ear Traffic ATX is — with extremely limited historical exception — just one person’s thoughts on music, a little bit of disclosure and vulnerability seem appropriate here. So here it is: 2023 was an[…]
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ACL Weekend 2 Wrapup: Three days of a needed dis-disillusioning; best sets, song performances and quotes
Opinions on something like the ACL Musical Festival will never be unanimous. Every year, if you take more than about three temperatures on the lineup upon its release, you’ll find a wet blanket — no[…]
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ACL Day 3 Quick Recap: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ fire is still intact; Yves Tumor is an eye-opening vibe; Labrinth’s badass ending
Through the entirety of ACL Weekend Two, no set I saw moved with the lightning speed of the one I anticipated more than any other. Yes, 16 years after I last saw them on a hot,[…]
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