Lord Buffalo: “Cold Bones”

March 1, 2013 5:00 am by: Paul Carrubba

Lord Buffalo is something altogether different....
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Candace Bellamy: “Put Down The Foot”

Photo by David Helsler When Candace Bellamy’s mother told her she could truly do anything with her life, Bellamy took that advice to heart. She first went to medical sch…...
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Delta Spirit: “Tear It Up”

On their first two records, Southern California's Delta Spirit recorded everything live, with just the four members creating all the racket. Folk music lies at the heart of these old songs, and you can hear the group having a...
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Nneka: “My Home”

Nigerian-born singer Nneka infuses awesome neo-soul with a burning social consciousness and an eclecticism that calls on influences from all over the African diaspora. Her music brings to mind artists like fellow Nigerian Fela...
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Margot & The Nuclear So and So...

Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s make the kind of rock music tailor-made for rainy-day, headphone listening. The band’s tunes are well-crafted examples of bittersweet, introspective pop. The group formed in Indianapolis,...
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Blitzen Trapper: “American Goldwing”

If the band Blitzen Trapper is anything, it's eclectic. In their dozen-or-so year run as a group, the band has touched on bits of power pop, prog, indie folk, country, 70s rock and more, and earned raves from the usual suspects (Rolling...
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Ray Wylie Hubbard: “Count My Ble...

In a career that's spanned almost five decades, Ray Wylie Hubbard has cast a long shadow in Texas music. Hubbard effortlessly blends elements of country, blues and rock 'n' roll into a sound that is unmistakably his. The sound is also...
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Lee Fields: “You’re The Kind Of Girl”

In 2004, Jeff Silverman and Leon Michels started Truth & Soul Records with the intent to faithfully reproduce the kind of smooth soul, funk, and R&B the two had been obsessed with since childhood. They recruited a number of session...
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Father John Misty: “Hollywood Fo...

"Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings" is the first taste from Misty's upcoming debut album, Fear Fun, due out May 1st on Sub Pop Records. It's a folk-rock song that keeps in touch with...
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Punch Brothers: “Movement and Lo...

The Punch Brothers are so much more than just your average bluegrass group. The quintet (who take their name from a Mark Twain story called "Punch, Brothers, Punch!") infuse their down-home instrumentation with some explorations into the...
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Kat Edmonson: “What Else Can I Do”

Amidst all the South By Southwest hustle and bustle, it's nice to have artists like Kat Edmonson. The Austin singer is the epitome of cool, and her smooth voice was the perfect alarm clock for SXSW Day Two. With her band in...
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Phoebe Hunt: “Good Blood”

Phoebe Hunt is a versatile musician. She’s an accomplished violinist, and as a singer and songwriter Hunt has the chops to tackle tender ballads and jazzy folk with a little blues thrown in there for good measure. Throughout her...
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Motopony: “Wait For Me”

Daniel Blue picked up the guitar at age 27 and decided to start a band–and sure enough, he’s seen that dream through. He’s now the guitarist and chief songwriter for Seattle’s Motopony, but he...
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M. Ward: “Primitive Girl”

Matthew Stephen Ward (or better known by his stage name M. Ward) is a luminary of modern indie-folk and rock. In addition to being a much-loved solo artist, Ward is a prolific collaborator. He's worked with » read more

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Agent Ribbons: “I’m Alright”

Tired of flying out to Sacramento, California, violinist Naomi Cherie asked her two bandmates in Agent Ribbons if they would consider moving to her homebase of Austin. Natalie Gordon and Lauren Hess took her up...
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Wood & Wire: “Rambler’s Blues”

Tonight Austin bluegrass trio Wood & Wire begins a month-long, Monday night residency at the Cactus Cafe. The group consists...
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