April 4, 2013 6:00 am by: Alexandria Mayo
Since the first uttering of the phrase “psychedelic rock”–a description attributed to the 13th Floor Elevators in 1966–Austin has sat at the forefro…...
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He may be known for his less-than-polished production, but Kurt Vile knows his way around a pop song.
Vile grew up in a music-loving household just outside of Philadelphia. Hi…... » read more
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If you're up for some woodsy weirdness this weekend, look no further than these four garage-y Portlandians....
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Today's song of the day, "No More Girls," epitomizes Maus Haus's kitchen-sink approach to avant-rock....
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Austin's Aimee Bobruk claims that a number of paintings, cartoons, and films inspired her upcoming album, and you can certainly hear that fantastical nature in "Two Of A Kind."...
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For a lot of folk singers, traveling is one of the key components to the art form. That's certainly the case for
Jess Klein, who has traced her life from New York to Jamaica to Boston and finally to...
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Earlier this summer the band released their seventh studio album Swing Lo Magellan....
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Yellow Ostrich’s Alex Schaaf is a graduate of
Lawrence University, where he studied in the Wisconsin school’s prestigious music conservatory. He takes a scholarly...
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People Get Ready blur what it means to be a "traditional" band or a performance art troupe....
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And at age 71, former Animals frontman Eric Burdon still knows how to get attention. With the help of the Greenhornes' rock-and-soul groove,
"Out Of My Mind" finds Burdon returning to his roots....
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The Seattle three-piece make the kind of vintage garage-pop that's like a healing prescription for the rock-starved masses....
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The band, usually clad in jaunty suits and Prohibition-era gear, bangs out early jazz, ragtime and hillbilly music with enough vaudeville cheek to make a Ziegfeld Girl blush...
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There's really nothing simple about the career of Jon DeRosa....
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Coming out of high school,
Jesse Woods was touted as a highly-prized talent, but not for his musical abilities. Rather, he was given a scholarship to play wide receiver at Texas A&M, but after four years and...
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Lafayette, La.'s Givers are a band that always seem to be having a great time....
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It's just three minutes long, but TV Torso's "Clear Lake Strangler" does what only the best songs can do: it makes you reach for the replay button again and again....
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