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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Category: concert review
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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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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Austin Blues Festival recap: Brittany Howard catches up with ATX; damn right Buddy Guy’s still got it; Dumpstaphunk mourns a major loss
(All photos by Steve Levine) Nearly five years have passed since Brittany Howard last graced an Austin stage. Her appearance closing the Austin Blues Festival on Sunday night revealed an artist in a much different[…]
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