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Bradford Cox and his Deerhunter were a tremendous blast this afternoon (March 18) at Club Deville. Cox -- who is playing a few other shows around town in Austin, Texas, at SXSW with his other project, Atlas Sound -- walked onto the stage requesting a "high E string" from members of the audience, an indication ...
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Fat Possum Records
The Fat Possum SXSW showcase at Club De Ville on Wednesday was a schmear of unexpectedness. This Oxford, Mississippi label was once --seemingly long ago -- known as a landing pad for blues and Southern styles only.
But, in fact, here, the Deep was well-represented on a cloudy day in Austin, R.L. Burnside hats littering ...
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James Shaughnessy
Woodsman have been gaining a lot of traction and attention for their rhythmic psychedelic jams, live and on record. The quartet should expect to add a few more Facebook friends now that its latest LP, 'Rare Forms,' has seen a nationwide release from Lefse (How to Dress Well, Neon Indian).
Guitarist Trevor Peterson invited ...
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Dean Spunt and Randy Randall are L.A. boys. The duo, aka No Age, have been well-documented as the spearheading SoCal punk revivalists as part of the scene cultivated by its club stomping grounds, the Smell. But these two were California poster boys Wednesday evening, not as a result of their thrashing skate ...
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Fast on their way through a territory long since ceded, Manchester, UK electro staple the Chemical Brothers stopped in Denver, Colo.'s Fillmore Auditorium to do what they do best: pump epic electronic bursts and psychedelic light streams out to a hyper audience that can't get enough.
At this particular show, ...
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It might take a couple of hours to get to the gigantic Toyota Park from downtown Chicago -- that is, if you took public transportation -- but it took absolutely no time for Phish to get back on their game last night. Starting the first show of their summer tour off with 'Down With Disease,' the beloved Vermont quartet was content to take the crowd ...
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Fresh on the heels of their first Sub Pop release for the critically-acclaimed 'Teen Dream,' Beach House played a much-anticipated and sold-out release party at the Bell House in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Baltimore duo -- they transform into a trio or quartet live, with the addition of live percussion -- cycled through their third record, only picking and ...
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