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THE GOOD MUSIC CLUB: Shakey Graves, Megafauna, The Preservation, and Hard Proof

October 15, 2012 3:10 pm by: Laurie Gallardo

Photography by Jarred Gastreich.Photography by Jarred Gastreich.
It really does keep getting bigger and better, thanks to music lovers like you! Welcome to this week's spectacular preview edition of The Good Music Club, a live monthly music event and online video series highlighting the best of the best local music artists that give Austin its reputation of being THE Live Music Capital of the World. The GMC records performances by the participating bands, then shares the videos with new fans and resources outside of Austin. That definitely includes cities across the country and worldwide. This week, we present to you four very diverse and extremely talented bands, each of which will completely blow your mind: Shakey Graves, Megafauna, The Preservation, and » read more
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