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Photo Gallery: Diarrhea Planet / Broncho at SXSW

Words and photos by Mitch Jones When a band begins a set by offering free shirts to anyone who crowd surfs, you know things are

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Approach is the Belle of the Ball

Out of all the acts we saw at SXSW, Approach’s set was the absolute cream of the crop. The man is the ultimate party host,

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Residual Kid brings roaring, grimey rock to SXSW

If there’s one thing kids are best at, it’s keeping it simple. Sometimes I find myself trying to create something and I just end up

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Review: Rooftop Vigilantes – “Last Call On Neptune” Single

by Nathan Cardiff Rooftop Vigilantes thrashy, buzzy garage rock is tearing 2014 in half. Their latest single “Last Call on Neptune” has snapping drums, wild

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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings conjure up spectacular soiree at Liberty Hall

Some of the best shows are the ones where there’s barely any room to move, but everyone can’t help but erupt in dance. Such was

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Lazy wrecks The Replay

“Play the drums as loud as possible. As loud as humanly possible. If they fuck up, even better.” That was Lazy’s charmingly lanky frontman, announcing

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Riding The Waves: Your Friend joins Domino Records

In the fall of 2012, Taryn Blake Miller took a chance and decided to venture out on her own musical project for a change. Less

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Photo Gallery: Dark Tranquility / Omnium Gatherum / Exmortus / Dogs of Delphi

The horns were out in full force when a superb metal lineup engulfed the Granada Thursday night. Dark Tranquility headlined this tour and put on

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Ultra Bidé / Drop A Grand attack the Replay

by Mitch Jones Step into my time machine. First stop is the Replay last Thursday night. A brigade of masked men exit the bathroom and

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Photo Gallery: The Black Angels / Roky Erickson

It was a packed house at the Granada on Friday after the venue filled to the brim for an epic night of psychedelic rock. Roky