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Menahan Street Band: “The Crossing”

November 20, 2012 8:17 am by: Paul Carrubba

It's a heady mix of styles and grooves from a group of players that know a thing or two about funk and soul....
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Andrew Bird: “Heretics”

Chicago native Andrew Bird first picked up the violin at age 4 and refined his classical repertoire (by ear) into his formative teenage years. But somewhere along the way, Bird got…...
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The Iguanas: “Malas Vibras”...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ Iguanas sought refuge in Austin. As luck would have it, Steve Wertheimer, owner of the Continental Club, had asked the b…...
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The Black Angels: “Haunting at 1...

Austin’s own, The Black Angels, got their name from a Velvet Underground tune (The Black Angel’s Death Song). And their sound is no doubt looking to the past. Recentl…...
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Kathleen Edwards (feat. John Doe): ...

Though she hails from Ottawa, Canada, Kathleen Edwards crafts some of the most infectious “Americana” music around. She began her music career as a classically tra…...
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Fun³ Fest ‘08 – Leatherba...

After moving to Austin in 2005 in the wake of Hurricane Rita, sub-plant Randy Reynolds (better known by his adopted moniker, Leatherbag) has embedded himself in the modern local m…...
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Plants and Animals: “Feedback in...

Montreal-based three-piece, Plants and Animals have been called the ‘distant Canadian cousin’ to Portland’s Blitzen Trapper. They piece together Southe…...
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Fun³ Fest ‘08 – Annuals: ...

Raleigh, North Carolina six-piece, Annuals, got their start in the music business pretty early. Just a couple of years ago, when Ace Fu Records released their debut album, Be He Me…...
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Spoon: “Don’t Make Me A Ta...

Austin’s ambassadors of ‘Smart Rock‘ have done it again. Spoon’s mix of pop-rock with smart, introspective lyrics have made this oft-changing four-…...
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Jon Langford: “I Love a Milliona...

Welshman Jon Langford started out as the drummer for punk-rockers The Mekons in the mid-seventies. Since then, he’s worked on incorporating folk and country music into pu…...
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Freedy Johnston: “Bad Reputation...

Back in 1994, on the strength of his major label debut, This Perfect World, Freedy Johnston was named “Songwriter of the Year” in Rolling Stone Magazine. Nowadays, J…...
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Earlimart: “Song For”

L.A.-based Earlimart gets its name from a small town in California, but their sound is anything but small town. Frontman Aaron Espinoza has been lauded for his delicate touch in th…...
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Fun³ Fest ‘08 – The Easte...

Perhaps one of my favorite discoveries of the past year came last Friday night at the Local Music Is Sexy party thrown by Austinist. The event was a sort of gear-up toward the Fun Fun F…...
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Fun³ Fest ‘08 – Parts and...

Critics call Brooklyn’s Parts and Labor a noise-rock band, but I give them a bit more credit than than. On their latest release, Receivers, the band has honed their sound int…...
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Fun³ Fest ‘08 – Islands: ...

After one successful album, Montreal indie-rockers the Unicorns split up in late 2004. But, lucky for us, the creative minds behind the band were not done. In late 2005, members of…...
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