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SXSW Friday: Wet Leg, Best Coast, Ritt Momney

March 22, 2022April 24, 2022 Joeyconcert review

On Thursday, just as my South by Southwest 2022 music experience was getting started, I got notice from Spotify that I was a piece of pioneering music history. It seemed Cardi B and Megan Thee[…]

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SXSW Thursday: Yard Act and We Were Promised Jetpacks give Brooklyn Vegan some British variety

March 20, 2022March 20, 2022 Joeyconcert review

It was a heavy internal dilemma for, oh, perhaps 72 hours — where was my return to South by Southwest going to occur this year? On Thursday afternoon, I finally decided to cheer myself up[…]

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Shows: KVN, Lena Luca @ Mohawk

January 27, 2022 Joeyconcert review

(Photos by Nicole Berlin Photography) Supergroups are historically a hit-or-miss proposition, if we’re being honest. The indie ones, generally featuring musicians who’ve had more modest career success, tend to turn out better than the ones[…]

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Tameca Jones says goodbye with music; when’s the right time to “call it a year” for year-end lists?

December 17, 2021December 18, 2021 Joeyconcert review

It was loud and raucous enough inside the sold-out Continental Club for what was billed as Tameca Jones’ final Austin show that I can’t say with 100% certainty that she didn’t explicitly say goodbye in[…]

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ACL Weekend One overview and day three recap

October 7, 2021October 11, 2021 Joeyconcert review

It’s no surprise that activism and anger took on a prominent role at Austin City Limits Weekend One — especially in light of a certain Texas law that recently went into effect and got an implicit,[…]

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ACL day two quick recap: girl in red and Dayglow’s party vibes; top song performances of Saturday

October 3, 2021 Joeyconcert review

“I’m a rambler,” Marie Ulven, aka girl in red, repeatedly acknowledged apologetically during her Saturday afternoon set. But the thing was — while rambling, banter, and philosophical musings can often be an onstage drawback (I[…]

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