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For her debut effort, Swiss-Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist Joy Frempong looked to the past to create a fuzzy, alternative present. In 2006, the songstress decided to make an album based on childhood memories and began asking friends for off-the-wall stories and remembrances from their formative years. The result is 'First Box, Then Walk,' a dreamy ...
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Hip-hop vocalist Outasight is often referred to as "fresh," "new" or "unique" by those who review his work, but for the Yonkers-born MC who grew up listening to his mom's records and his dad's guitar, a groove-driven take on hip-hop is simply a product of varied musical interests. With a new contract and an album in the works, 2010 is shaping up to ...
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One Pin Short is a Las Vegas based fusion outfit that started as a group of high school friends with a passion for California ska, punk and reggae rock. The band's self-titled rookie effort – produced by Eddie Ashworth (Sublime, Pennywise, Slightly Stoopid) – is a mix of sun drenched reggae vibes and bass-heavy ska rock that ...
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"Man. Wyoming ain't havin' us," Orgone frontwoman Fanny Franklin said of her struggle to find a decent cell phone signal as she and her band mates traveled a prairie swathed stretch of the state during their current tour. "We we're just joking, 'it's only day three' ... there's a lot of funky odors and yelling. It's crazy," Franklin laughed. But if ...
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For a band whose members bounced around the Los Angeles indie circuit for years, Everest has led something of a charmed life since forming in 2007. The five-piece Americana rock group, led by frontman Russell Pollard (Sebadoh, Folk Implosion, Alaska!) and guitarist/keyboardist Jason Soda (The Watson Twins, Slydell), recorded their debut effort, ...
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In addition to one of the more exotic band names in the South by Southwest lineup, gypsy folk troupe L'Orchidée d'Hawaï has perhaps the longest route to Austin, traveling more than 5,000 miles from their home in Chambry, France. Despite the band's French handle, L'Orchidée members consider themselves citizens of the musical world ...
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