Top 5 Fantasy Music Entourage Jobs
- Gwen Stefani’s Personal Dresser
- Nine Inch Nail’s Roadie
- Courtney Love’s Drug Procurer
- Outkast’s Designated Blunt Roller
- Crystal Castle’s Light Show Deisgner
While SXSW features exotic music like throat-singers from the steppes of Mongolia or flute bands from the peaks of the Andes, we must not forget that some of most exhilarating music comes from our own backyard. Here are 11 bands that will be slaying at SXSW this week. 1. Mobley (Post-Genre Pop) Cutting vocals in the woods behind…
After walking around the first weekend of the ACL festival, I’ve got a couple of tips, observations, and objections for those who plan to brave weekend number 2. Leave the flags at home – No one wants to see you waving your custom Moroccan flag with a pot leaf on it, especially when you’re…
1. Bloody Knives A high adrenaline electro-thrash duo with Shoegaze overtones, Bloody Kniveshave a unique, industrial synth-punk sound that transcends multiple genres. Preston Maddox and Jake McCown’s intricate sound is as if you injected My Bloody Valentine with 300cc of amphetamine, gave them all synths, and sent them careening into a Dead Meadow concert. Their…
4/23 Dan Deacon- Mohawk or Matt&Kim at Stubbs 4/24 Father John Misty- Stubbs 4/25 Ting Tings at Emos 4/25 Walker Lukens at Stubbs 4/27 The Who at Erwin 4/28 The Kooks- Emos 4/30 ZZ Top at Cedar Park 5/1 Cherub- Emos 5/4 ELTON JOHN AT acl live 5/2 Reptar- Stubbs 5/2 Royal teeth knight at…
Reputante – An offshoot of the band Ash, James Levy and Tim Wheeler carry their talents into a band that eschews the laissez-faire essence of the The Strokes and the new wave pop of Culture Club. The infectious synth jingles and Casablancas-esque baritone in the vocals make the band Reputante absolutely irresistible. Mas Ysa – I wandered over to…
Despite scorching summer heat, Float Fest, the annual music festival in San Marcos, TX featuring live music, camping and river floats went off without a hitch on July 16th and 17th. Lee Ackerley picked out his ten favorite things about the festival. 1. Small Crowds Don’t get me wrong, the festival sold plenty of tickets, but…