If you’ve followed Black Pumas’ rapid local ascent and have heard “Black Moon Rising,” there won’t be a whole lot to surprise you on the duo’s debut album. I didn’t get surprised by a whole[…]
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Album review: Los Coast, Samsara
It surprised me a little to learn this was Los Coast’s debut album, because it seems we’ve been hearing about them around here for forever, or forever-ish, at least. Formed way back in the simpler times[…]
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Shows: Eric Tessmer EP release @ the Historic Scoot Inn
Two moments from Eric Tessmer may define his music to date better than anything else. Or at least, they’re moments I’ve witnessed that I’d consider to be Tessmer in a nutshell. One is on record;[…]
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Shows: Sofar Sounds w/Jomo and the Possum Posse, Erika Wennerstrom, Midnight River Choir
There’s some controversy with Sofar Sounds, as it turns out. My Instagram posts about the recent Sofar show at Aviator Nation — my first Sofar experience — prompted one of the bands that follows us[…]
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Interview: Kady Rain on playing ACL and never going backwards
Meeting up with Kady Rain for coffee less than a week after Austin City Limits Music Festival announced her as part of its 2019 lineup, I expected one happy and exuberant pop singer. Basically, something[…]
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Some quick, barely organized thoughts on ACL 2019
The world demands a fast, if not instant, reaction. Since the Austin City Limits lineup isn’t the Mueller report — something that should be deliberately digested, rather than knee-jerk frothed about or summarized in four[…]
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