March 2009
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Hot Hot Heat
Back home in Boston (wishing it was as warm here as it is in Austin right now) and ready for some serious relaxation and recovery time, but first I wanted to do a quick wrap-up of my third and final day at SXSW. I’ll do a big wrap-up of my whole SXSW experience with photos, observations and recommendations, but for now here’s my SXSW Friday recap. It was another packed day, to say the...
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Coming Back for More
Alright, gonna try to keep this brief for now as I’m functioning on little sleep and about to head back downtown for more music today, but yesterday was quite a day - pretty much everything I imagined SXSW would be. I’ll have much more to say about everything below later on.
Annuals - I caught these guys at the Entertainment Weekly party, which I just happened to stumble upon...
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First Taste
Having some coffee while I scribble down a quick list of the shows I’m hoping to see today during SXSW in Austin, including Tori Amos tonight at the Universal showcase. I’ll just say right now the amount of live music happening everywhere you turn in this city right now is incredible and overwhelming, but mostly incredible. Before I head back downtown, let me provide a few very quick...
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Beautiful Stranger
One of the most often overlooked and underrated artists in my personal list of favorites would be Esthero. I found myself listening to a few of her songs earlier today, which led me to her MySpace page where she recently mentioned she’s in the studio working on a new album, her first as an independent artist now free of her contract with Warner Bros. She’s posted some samples of her...
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As I’m gearing up for my trip to Austin next week, I was lucky enough to catch a great show by a local band right here in Boston on Saturday night. The WANDAS played an explosive set to a packed room at Tommy Doyle’s in Harvard Square, featuring several songs from their latest album, New Wave Blues. The band’s sound is refreshingly upbeat and reminiscent of the new wave power pop...