CHAD VALLEY LAYS DOWN CHARM AND SYNTH-POP IN AUSTIN (SHOW REVIEW)
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CHAD VALLEY LAYS DOWN CHARM AND SYNTH-POP IN AUSTIN (SHOW REVIEW)

“It’s great to be back in Austin. I spent this last year working a day job in my hometown of Oxford in England so that I could come back to my favorite places like Austin”, Chad Valley admits to the crowd. “What was your day job?” an audience member asks. “ I mixed paint…and sniffed…

CLOUD NOTHINGS KEEP IT POLISHED ON ‘LIFE WITHOUT SOUND’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
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CLOUD NOTHINGS KEEP IT POLISHED ON ‘LIFE WITHOUT SOUND’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Six years since their debut album, the Cloud Nothings are back with Life Without Sound, their most polished album to date. Frontman Dylan Baldi has historically had a lead foot on the songwriting accelerator, releasing albums in rapid succession, that is ,until he began writing Life Without Sound. Baldi took his time perfecting the album’s…

SLACKERLEE’s Top 5 Albums of 2016
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SLACKERLEE’s Top 5 Albums of 2016

#1 The Avalanches  Wildflower THE AVALANCHES BREAK 16 YEAR HIATUS WITH ‘WILDFLOWER’ (ALBUM REVIEW) #2 STRFKR  Being No One, Going Nowhere STRFKR CREATES DANCE MUSIC YOU CAN “LISTEN TO” ON ‘BEING NO ONE, GOING NOWHERE’ (ALBUM REVIEW) #3 M83   Junk M83 RETURNS WITH 80’S SYNTH HOOKS ON ‘JUNK’ (ALBUM REVIEW) #4 Bloc Party  Hymns BLOC PARTY…

Honeyrude Teases Debut Ep with New Video for “Roger McClain”

Honeyrude Teases Debut Ep with New Video for “Roger McClain”

The genesis of Honeyrude can be traced back to 2013 when Ian Lund and Billy Kunath began playing music together in Austin, the lineup was finalized when Paul Goetz and Jess Ledbetter joined soon after to round out the dream-rock quartet. Preparing for their debut EP release in the Spring of 2017 via Shifting Sounds,…