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Austin Music MinuteBloc Party Plays Wednesday Night at Emo’sThere were moments when it seemed as though Bloc Party wouldn't quite be a band again - sort of. During their hiatus, starting around 2009, the band members ' side projects were high profile and pretty solid, namely frontman Kele Okereke's very dancey solo effort The Boxer and bassist Gordon Moakes' band Young Legionnaire. On top of that, no one really knew what direction Bloc Party would take next after the decidedly more electronic Intimacy (2008) was released to mixed reviews.
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The Ghost Wolves Play Tuesday Night at...
Apparently, "face-melting" (as the expression goes) is a good sign in rock 'n' roll. You need to see to it that your audiences' faces are most appropriately melted off from all the ruthless rock. Awesome. In that very realm, we now have The Ghost...
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Graham Weber Album Release Show Friday...
Graham Weber is originally from Ohio, but now quite happily makes Austin his home, and the place where he wants to continue making music. The songwriter has three impressive albums to his credit - Naïve Melodies (2003),...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Plays Tonight a...
Detroit-based duo Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. has been dubbed everything from retro-psych pop to digital folk. After checking out their debut EP Horse Power (2010) and their full-length release It’s A Corporate World,...
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Fun Fun Fun Fest Kicks Off Today at Au...
It's been dubbed "the little festival that could." And now, six years later, Fun Fun Fun Fest is still keeping it real.
As with any burgeoning project, there were the initial growing pains, and this year marked the big move from Waterloo...
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B-52s Perform Tonight at Stubb’s...
This month marks the anniversary of the formation of one of the quintessential pop bands, the B-52s.
The Athens, GA quintet first got together in October 1976, and before long, they were the talk of the post-punk underground. Of course, it...
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The White Ghost Shivers 8th Annual Hal...
Welcome, foolish mortals! By the way, if you don't get that reference, it happens to come from a rather famously happy haunt with a very recognizable ghost host.
Yes, it's the special All Hallow's Eve edition of the Austin Music Minute, and I, your hostess with the mostess Laurie Gallardo, am...
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Wild Child CD Release Show Tonight at ...
Part of the allure of a great song can be its ability to embody the emotions of a very specific time - even a tumultuous time when the feelings surrounding it weren't so great. And even then, the song itself isn't restricted to this mournful, moping sound. It can be just as vibrant, melodic,...
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Black Pistol Fire Plays Saturday Night...
Canadian duo Black Pistol Fire is keeping very busy splitting time between Toronto, where they're working on their second full-length album, and Austin. After recording and performing as part of the trio The...
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The Long Tangles CD Release Show Thurs...
It's funny how these things happen.
Courtney Hans and Earl Vallery met in a bar awhile back in New Orleans. Eventually, they were to fall in love and get married. But Hans always makes note of the fact that initially, she looked at Vallery and pretty much went,...
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Sahara Smith Performs Tuesday Night at...
Songwriter and Wimberley, Texas native Sahara Smith got an early start playing music. At the ripe old age of 12, she was already playing coffee house gigs. Then she got word of a talent competition presented by
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Fun Fun Fun Nites Get You Ready for th...
Holy smokes. I blinked, and November was here. And driving past Auditorium Shores, I could see the stages being built. The Fun Fun Fun...
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Gaby Moreno Plays Tonight at Lambert’s
Gaby Moreno is originally from Guatamala City, Guatamala, but some distinctly American music is what inspired her to become a songwriter and record her own songs.
When she was a little girl, she was mesmerized by an African-American...
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The Preservation CD Release Show Tonig...
In 2009, musicians Matt Matteoli and Cayce Marsh were still performing and touring as a duo, but they decided it was time for a big change. Make that, a bigger band. That was the beginning of “Cosmic-American” outfit The Preservation.
Drummer Josh Wienholt and bassist Ben Burdick, who had...
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The Noise Revival Orchestra Video Rele...
Here's a story too funny to not share. I, your Austin Music Minute maven Laurie Gallardo, realized that on today's Music Minute, I erroneously referred to composer Nathan "Flores" of The Noise Revival...
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