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South By Southwest Festival – March 16, 2012

March 17, 2012 No Comments

Various artists performing around downtown Austin, TX for the South By Southwest Music Festival 2012.

Tour Dates: M. Ward Heads Out Solo

Jeffrey Greenblatt January 24, 2012 No Comments

News of M. Ward’s cross-country solo tour leads off our weekly Tour Dates column.

Dawes/Blitzen Trapper: Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ 10/10/11

Shane Handler October 24, 2011 No Comments

The co-headling Dawes/Blitzen Trapper bill made for a quintessential first week gig at Phoenix’s new Crescent Ballroom. The Ballroom offers excellent sight lines along with small bleacher section, good beer, no douche-bag staff – allowing the venue to appear it was built from a indie record store war-room strategy – “how to build a kick-ass music room.” And here were two bands that have experience playing both big and small stages and who play with an experimental folk side that are influenced by Jackson Browne to the Flaming Lips.

Blitzen Trapper: American Goldwing

Jeff Strowe September 2, 2011 No Comments

For a band that has been gaining momentum over the past several releases, Blitzen Trapper’s latest, American Goldwing finds the Portland group pausing a bit to catch their breath.

Tour Dates: Blitzen Trapper & Dawes Co-Headlining Tour

Jeffrey Greenblatt August 9, 2011 No Comments

We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays for this handy column… As live music junkies we get really excited when

Tour Dates: Getting Jicky With It

Jeffrey Greenblatt June 21, 2011 No Comments

We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays for this handy column… Reunion-mania seemed to finally peak in 2010, when after

FMT: ‘Tis The Season 2 – Indie-Rock XMas

Jeffrey Greenblatt December 10, 2010 No Comments

Last week, Ryan kicked off the holiday season with his ‘Tis The Season mix, which featured a mixed bag of tunes to get you in the spirit of things. Maybe it

Bloggy Goodness: Drive My Car

Jeffrey Greenblatt October 28, 2010 1 Comment

A few months back we reported that seminal pop-rock band The Cars had taken to their official Facebook page posting a photo of the surviving band members in a recording

Video: Blitzen Trapper – Dragon’s Song

Jeffrey Greenblatt June 23, 2010 No Comments

Earlier this month Blitzen Trapper released their fifth studio album – Destroyer Of The Void – which saw the band take their psychedelic folk sound and filter it through the

Announcing: Lollapalooza 2010 Lineup

Jeffrey Greenblatt April 6, 2010 8 Comments

Throughout the 1990s Perry Farrell’s traveling Lollapalooza festival was a staple of the summer concert season bringing together an eclectic mix of acts from the worlds of alt.rock, metal, hip