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So it seems that today is the day for live, streaming shows. First Niki & The Dove and now Wild Belle, the Chicago based two-piece that has hit the ground running since an inspiring first impression to the industry at SXSW this year. To catch Wild Belle’s set, tune in and listen live to BBC [...]
Chairlift’s second LP release, Something, which came out in January, proved itself a definite Moulder-pop-polished followup to 2008’s Does You Inspire You. But the followup was long-awaited, and the new tour and the new hype and the drive of it all were turning my head around – ‘lifting,’ if you will, the band up the [...]
Since releasing their debut single, “Keep You” on 12” vinyl, Wild Belle (Natalie and Elliot Bergman) has gone from obscurity to being one of the most promising acts to break through in 2012. Having played a handful of shows at SXSW and the west coast this year, the Bergmans – backed by bass, drums and [...]
The Dickies / Filter showcase at Lustre Pearl on Friday, March 16 put Exitmusic and The Big Pink in the mix of a fabulous bill. The set started with Exitmusic. Unfortunately, their electronic source turned into a ‘sad mac’ four or five songs in, and they had to pull the plug on the rest of [...]
My final night at SXSW 2012 began with me watching Atlanta’s Board of Whores perform. The band consists of two guys who are the real deal when it comes to rockers. Willis Corley plays crunchy, thick punk rock guitar licks live, over an underbelly of programmed beats and sequences that he brings to the stage. [...]
I spent the beginning of my Saturday in Austin awake extremely early and playing a showcase at East Avenue Lounge at noon. Manager of the house, Mandy, made me feel like an old friend. Couple this with the fact that I had gear and was operating on sore feet, I spent much of Saturday day [...]
It was a great surprise, since I’d missed them at SXSW, to come home and have the opportunity to see Miracles of Modern Science play for the first time at one of my favorite local venues. I didn’t know much about the Brooklyn five-piece before the show. All I could conjure up was a crossbred [...]
After Beauty Bar we made the trek to the 1100 block of East 11th. The plan was to catch Cheers Elephant at Kenny’s Backyard BBQ – an outside, makeshift venue with a funnel cake vendor and chairs on the lawn – at 7:00pm. We ended up across the street before they played, grabbing a light [...]
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