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Wern and I hanging backstage with James Franco at Emos during SXSW 2013
TENNIS- The Parish – (SHOW REVIEW)
The Denver-based dream-pop group, Tennis , was finally able to circle back to Austin to play their first official concert that was not warped by intense scheduling and the utter insanity of SXSW. Citing their disdain for the truncated sets and poor sound quality at their shows during SXSW week, the husband-and-wife duo more than…
HOLY WAVE UPHOLD AUSTIN’S PSYCH ROCK ROOTS ON ‘FREAKS OF NURTURE’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The languorous ripples in Lady Bird Lake hide an undetectable lysergic compound that has turned the Violet Crown city into a lush and fertile culture for psychedelic music to flourish. Roky Erickson, The 13th Floor Elevators, Shiva’s Headband, and other 60’s psych bands germinated Austin’s psychedelic seeds decades ago. While many other analagous bands…
Bag Raiders @ The Parish
Bag Raiders were given a heroes welcome as they assumed the stage at the Parish on Friday night. It was their first time playing in Austin, which is hard to believe given their popularity with their first and only self-titled release, Bag Raiders, in 2010. The electro-dance duo oscillated between their established hits from…
Zola Jesus at Red7 in Austin, TX
Zola Jesus is a music mystic who deftly oscillates between a variety of genres that define her sound as eclectic but predominately soul. Nika Danilova, who found her voice growing up in the rural Wisconsin solitude with Russian-immigrant parents, combines her classically trained opera voice with a heavily Talking Heads, Dead Kennedys, and Throbbing Gristle-influenced…
SLACKERLEE – TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2015
1. Tame Impala – Currents https://slackerlee.com//2015/07/27/album-review-tame-impalas-currents/ “Let It Happen” 2. Deafheaven – The New Bermuda https://slackerlee.com//2015/11/12/deafheaven-new-bermuda-album-review/ “Brought To Water” 3. Baroness – Purple https://slackerlee.com//2015/12/29/baroness-break-down-metal-boundaries-with-purple-album-review/ “The Iron Bell” 4. HEALTH – Dark Magic https://slackerlee.com//2015/10/29/1022/ “Dark Enough” 5. Protomartyr – The Agent Intellect https://slackerlee.com//2015/12/22/protomartyr-the-agent-intellect-album-review/ “Why Does It Shake?” Honorable Mention: Grimes – Art Angels “Flesh Without Blood”

