“Plane issues” was the reason given at ACL Weekend 1 as Kendrick Lamar arrived damagingly late for his Friday headlining set, then blitzed through as many songs as he could in half an hour before[…]
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Author: Joey
Take it from a music-blogging Kansas City Chiefs fan: This Taylor Swift thing is a turn for the surreal
Jason Hanna/Getty Images Several weeks after it began … what is all this, really? Will we get an album from Taylor Swift in the next few years about what CTE does to a man?[…]
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Why yes, of course I have thoughts on the Black Pumas’ new single; plus, Grocery Bag and Half Dream
The first course is here, two months ahead of what can probably be safely characterized as the most widely anticipated main that Austin music has produced in some time. “First course” feels like a more apt[…]
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Shows: Blondshell @ Antone’s Nightclub
In covering Samia’s “Charm You” on Thursday night at Antone’s, Sabrina Teitelbaum — aka Blondshell — sang “I don’t wanna charm anyone this time.” Safe to say, she failed at not doing that. Blondshell’s sold-out[…]
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Shows: Mandy Rowden @ Saxon Pub with Chip Dolan
By now, I’ve most assuredly lost count of the number of times I’ve seen Mandy Rowden perform — whether it be collections of her originals, cover sets in the chillest New Year’s Eve bar setting imaginable,[…]
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Artist interview: Charlie Faye uses her classic sound to become a purveyor and proponent of kid-friendly music
(Top photo by Eryn Brooke) Upheaval, self-reflection and redirection were hallmarks of the pandemic. Some people — seemingly thousands — converted their isolation into sourdough-making class. Others realized their needed professional and spiritual direction and their actual[…]
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