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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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Austin Music Awards 2022: The return of the Dive Bar Grammys

March 13, 2022March 13, 2022 Joeymusic news

Yes, I did miss this. Two years away from the ragtag, buttons-loose, buzzing, not-even-faux-formal feel of the Austin Music Awards made the heart grow fonder. The AMAs, which I’m christening the Dive Bar Grammys as[…]

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Ear Traffic’s top tracks of 2021: The Local 20 and the HI-35

December 30, 2021December 31, 2021 Joeymusic news

(Photo of James McMurtry by Nicole Berlin Photography)   In my ranking of my 10 favorite albums of 2021 (for historians, Ear Traffic’s first year-end album ranking), I mentioned how difficult it was to narrow[…]

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Ear Traffic ATX’s top 10 albums of 2021

December 29, 2021December 31, 2021 Joeymusic news

Maybe it’s overly typical to remember a year glowingly in year-end review material. Still, I’ll say it without devolving into broad fawning: I really enjoyed the music of 2021. Picking my 10 favorite albums of[…]

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On Jackie Venson’s all-Black Blues on the Screen, and Blackillac’s music of the moment

June 26, 2020 Joeymusic news

(Photo by Nicole Berlin Photography) Blackillac released a blistering tribute to being Black in 2020. Jackie Venson, the always-smiling queen of guitar, put that trademark joy on the shelf and took a principled stand. And now,[…]

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Local album reviews while social distancing: Pure X self-titled, Pike & Sutton – Heart is a Compass

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 Joeyalbum review

So much is unfolding socially this week that’s bigger than music, although it will inevitably become inspiration for music in short order. I believe that soon, commentary on the issues and unrest of this turbulent[…]

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