Thursday was White Denim: Take 2 for me. I caught them at the Mohawk the day before, but this show was just a little bit better. The guitar solos were tighter, the setlist flowed better and everything just generally seemed a little more on point. Still, I’d rather catch them in a dark club somewhere, [...]

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Finally! I got to see Local Natives’ live show after over a year of enjoying their recorded music. When all I heard from readers and LA friends was that they put on a great live show, it really hurt that it seemed like I’d never get to catch them. It’s really my fault, though; they [...]

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The first thing I did when I found out I was going to be involved with another SXSW party was to try and book the Morning Benders. Sure, I knew they’d be a good draw for our event, but mostly I just wanted to have one time when I was guaranteed to see them. SXSW: [...]

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Poor Slow Club. Just about everything that could go wrong with their set did. They battled equipment and sound problems through the majority of their set, eventually just taking two acoustic guitars to the front of the stage and performing unplugged to the crowd. The heartwarming part, however, was that they had one of the [...]

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I woke up to some sad, sad news today. The beloved radio station WOXY has had the plug pulled on it only six months after making the move from Cincinnati to Austin. This is a huge blow not only to music fans across the world but also WOXY’s employees, who I consider good friends of [...]

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When I talked to Honus Honus in January, he gave a good deal of insight into the recording of their fourth record. And now that they’ve had a few months to get everything wrapped up, Man Man have started to play quite a few songs on the road. I caught one new track at Mess [...]

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I always seem to wind up listening to Warpaint as background music, so it was great to see them live, where I can’t help but pay attention to them. They were a ton of fun to see and the girls all seemed to enjoy playing together. It was nice to see them occasionally shoot each [...]

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I know nothing about Kid Sister other than “Pro Nails.” Still, I was glad I caught her at our Eastbound & Found event. This year’s SXSW trip was sorely lacking in hip hop (as was the whole festival, it seemed) so she was a welcome change from goofy dudes with electric guitars.

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While watching Diamond Rings’ set at Eastbound & Found, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was at the end of an 80s teen comedy. The crazy thing is that I could practically get the entire plot of this non-existent film, too. John from Diamond Rings is the goofy younger brother of the borderline-popular girl [...]

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