Calexico: “Maybe On Monday”

February 7, 2013 5:00 am by: Art Levy

“I went there looking for the darker sides of the street,” Calexico’s Joey Burns recently told KUTX’s Jay Trachtenberg. He was referring to h…...
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Terry Allen: “Bottom of the World”

He’s an artist, a writer, a poet, and a musician with a career that stretches back almost a half-century. ...
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Crooked Fingers: “She Tows the Line”

t what point does a “solo project” just become the project? For Eric Bachmann and his sometimes pseudonym Crooked Fingers it might be now. Bachmann was the frontman for '90s college-rock favorites » read more

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Grace Woodroofe: “Bear”

Grace Woodroofe lists her influences simply as "Jack White." The famed musical raconteur is an easy touchstone to spot in Woodroofe's music, but there's more to it than simple hero worship. Since winning a songwriting competition at the...
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Tinariwen: “Imidiwan Ma Tenam”

Tinariwen is a collective of musicians from the western Saharan Desert. Members are Tuareg, nomadic people that make their home in parts of Niger, Mali, Algeria, Libya and other countries. Founded in 1980, members of Tinariwen have been, at...
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Caveman: “Thankful”

Lots of bands get their start playing in bars, but Caveman might be more thankful for their local establishment than any other band. A friendly bartender snagged a copy of the New York group's unreleased album and preceded to play it over the bar's sound...
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Miles Zuniga: “Working On A Love Song”

Miles Zuniga has gone many places in his music career. As a member of Fastball, he toured around the world on the back of "The Way" and its platinum-selling album, All The Pain Money Can...
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Way Yes: “Automail”

Sometimes good music comes from odd places. If you were to go looking for smart, playful Afro-pop with a modern twist, you wouldn’t necessarily go looking in central Ohio. You’d also miss out on Way Yes. The band Way Yes formed in early 2010 in Columbus, Ohio by longtime friends and musical...
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The Suede Uppers: “She Ignites Me”

Some bands are out of place, some are out of time, and some are even a little bit of both. The Suede Uppers might originate from Austin, but they take their cues from mid-60s London, England, when Mods ran the...
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My Brightest Diamond: “Reaching ...

Sufjan Stevens might be one of the biggest names in indie music circles these days, but he's had help from some Texas friends. Annie Clark, otherwise known as St. Vincent, grew up in Dallas and joined Stevens's touring band before embarking on her own. And Shara Worden, otherwise...
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Blind Pilot: “We Are The Tide”

What does a young touring band do to combat rising gas prices? Embark on a bike tour, of course. Make that two bike tours by the Portland, Oregon band Blind Pilot. In 2006 and again in 2008, the group pedaled their way from Canada to...
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Telekinesis: “Car Crash”

2009 was a bittersweet year of breaks for Telekinesis’s mastermind Michael Benjamin Lerner. His band had a big break with a great self-titled debut, produced by Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla. But Lerner...
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Woodsman: “In Circles”

From out of the Rocky Mountains comes Denver band Woodsman. The quartet craft moody psychedelia as wild as their name implies. Forming four years ago, Woodsman is the result of two different Denver duos combining forces, leading to a...
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Los Campesinos!: “By Your Hand”

Los Campesinos! formed in 2006 while the members were at university in Cardiff, Wales. Since then, the band has made a mark with a combination of sweet pop arrangements and a sharp (and very British) post-punk sound. Over three...
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Ume: “Captive”

Austin trio Ume (pronounced "oo-may") is all about struggle. In February, their guitarist fractured her elbow. Then the band ran out of money in the midst of recording their highly-anticipated debut album, Phantoms. And while on tour,...
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Radical Face: “A Pound of Flesh”

If a music career doesn't work out for Ben Cooper, work as a novelist or a screenwriter might. Under the moniker of Radical Face, Florida's Cooper has already mapped out a trilogy of albums, the first of which, Family Tree:...
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