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Shows: Blondshell @ Mohawk, Nov. 13

November 18, 2025November 19, 2025 Joeyconcert review

(All photos by Nicole Berlin Photography)   The Mohawk was sold out on Thursday night, and Sabrina Teitelbaum felt every inch of it. Toward the end of her hour-plus performance, the alternative singer-songwriter known as Blondshell[…]

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Conflict resolution: Solving ACL’s three toughest counterprogramming dilemmas; other schedule notes

August 7, 2025August 7, 2025 Joeymusic news

The release of the ACL schedule inevitably brings a measure of disappointment for anyone serious about submerging themselves in the entirety of one, two or all three days of music. For months, you’ve had a[…]

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Single review: Die Spitz debuts on Third Man with “Throw Yourself to the Sword”

July 24, 2025July 24, 2025 Joeymusic news

This is a time with ample reason for anger, and Austin’s Die Spitz is trying to inspire with it as they debut on Third Man Records with this up-with-power single ahead of their debut proper LP, Something to[…]

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Ear Traffic’s Best of 2024: Local and overall albums and tracks

February 26, 2025February 27, 2025 Joeymusic news

Sometimes, life does suboptimal things when it gets in the way, such as causing a delay in your year-end best-of blog until late February. And then, it’s time to get those best-of lists out there— on[…]

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ACL Weekend 2 Overview: When the dust literally settled, great performances and gay vibes reigned

October 29, 2024October 30, 2024 Joeyconcert review

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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Ear Traffic’s 10 best albums and HI-35 (best tracks) for 2023

January 30, 2024January 31, 2024 Joeymusic opinion

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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