Sep 21
DaraAmericana, College Rock, Soft Rock
really like his voice three times over—heard him on radio before concert and esp liked the voice and was pleased to hear going to be at festival—liked it at the festival even while thinking he was Bob Schneider entire time—heard him this morning on the radio and loved the song and the voice and was thinking it was Grateful Dead or Onus B Johnson—but it was him…all three times, show was a little Buffett-like silly and party-style, very very funny on stage though, will buy him
Sep 21
DaraBlues, Glam
very happy random stop, sounded and looked Detroit to me, bluesy 80s glam rock, then found out they’re from Memphis and the children of Dusty Springfield and the “son of a preacher man”—plus one cousin, very good
Sep 21
DaraGospel, Soul
religious acopella gospel, I was wanting that call and response soul-tugging gospel
Sep 21
DaraCollege Rock, Modern Rock
heard “Finest Worksong” and left, so many R.E.M. songs I love but have never ever liked their general vibe, Stipe looks like he has a disease and carries himself as insufferably cool—doesn’t work for me
Sep 21
DaraIndie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
supposedly used to do trip-hop and now does singer/songwriter, British, whiney grainy voice in the good way, good, where were the female rockers?, yeah nowhere!
Sep 21
DaraCountry, Rock and Roll
reeeednecks!, didn’t stay very long, country-rock sounded like
Sep 21
DaraArt Rock, Modern Rock
love them, little freaks—a gremlin and an ogre, definitely rocked more than I remember Pure Guava doing (and I checked and I was right), so twisted and made me realize and mourn the fact that you cannot combine mediocrity and art, the zone doesn’t happen easily or quickly if you are coexisting peaceably in society too, voice tricks, different styles, crazed lyrics, did a song called Zoloft and I have fantasies that he was a psychotic and has been medicated—and so is he on the art of the mediocrity side now?
Sep 21
DaraCollege Rock, Folk, Jam Band
love them, Dave Matthews/Police, lead has a man’s voice in this little little boy body, he’s a mainstream philosopher—i.e. he still has hope, refreshing, every song enjoyable, will be amazing as he ages
Sep 21
DaraFunk, Jazz
good hard jazz funk but seen enough this weekend
Sep 21
DaraIndie Rock
still too cool for thou except for mama got fat, have to admit they are consistently interesting, seemed harder than last time which is good, maintain that they are too dedicated to the code and need to get over themselves, strike me as some too scared to make an effort and appear the fool, of course seeing them brought up bad bad SXSW memories so maybe it’s all just me in the end, did a mock coordinated dance in dedication to N’ Sync and I would have Loved it when I was a teenager but again—get over it—there has always been and always will be pop
Sep 21
DaraCollege Rock
was predisposed to hate him because I have but he rocked and balladed fine enough like every other white solo star like him
Sep 21
DaraArt Rock, Gospel, Jam Band, Psychedelic
triumphant hopped-up Pink Floyd, spiritual leaders for tripping hippies, hilarious—twenty-some people in white robes jumping like mad on the stage, energy++++, Up With People on psychedelics
Sep 21
DaraCountry, Outlaw Country, Rock and Roll, Soul
best of the females, rough voice, rough looks, entertaining lyrics, Heart and country, said “fuck” five+ times and threw fit when lost lyrics
Sep 21
DaraFunk, Hip Hop, Jazz
jazz-funk overlaid with rap, rap annoyed—juvenile, slur-messy style—lyrics about school, harmonica nice addition, groove but always the same, Jack Johnson helped start show with two ballads
Sep 21
DaraSoft Rock
only saw because other two choices sorry, sweet voice, typical, pleasant
Sep 21
DaraCountry, Rock and Roll
tired country-asshole persona, tired
Sep 21
DaraHip Hop, Jazz
more jazz than hip-hop, disappointing, think they were there last year too
Sep 21
DaraRock and Roll, Singer/Songwriter, World Music
Austin’s darling so too biased to be fair, liked Eddie’s voice better, best thing is the Caribbean/Mexican flavor, did many covers—very poor choice
Sep 21
DaraArt Rock, Britpop
Portland, Oregon, spinning-squirrels rock, very bouncy but complicated and tight, singer has that flasetto (?) upnoting voice (like a child’s almost?), some cross between 90s alt-play-rock, child hymns and Grateful Dead and Euro pop, hard to describe, loved them, look at how well my description matched Chronicle’s “the toast of the retro pop revival, complete with precision keyboards and swirly guitars”
Sep 20
DaraCountry
BeautifulTeacher pick, better than Dwight but whatever
Sep 20
DaraBluegrass, Folk, Jam Band, World Music
actually wanted to give them a chance because “self-described as a sacrilegious mix of bluegrass, calypso, salsa, Afro-pop, funk, rock and jazz,” with BeautifulTeacher and HerHonky and all wiped out so gave them 5 minutes, recurring visions of my neighbor hula-hooping
Sep 20
DaraLatin, Punk, Ska
BeautifulTeacher pick, Mexican, ska! (like old timey with skanking and all), punk!, ballads!, weird fantasy song with mask and a floaty group dance, excellent and energetic, little lead singer had an afro and a pink shirt with a tie on—ahhhh
Sep 20
DaraHip Hop, Underground Hip Hop
Franti hails from Disposable Heroes and Beatnigs, lively, hip-hop to true rap, rock, smart (“socio-political”) but crowd-pleasing lyrics, very enjoyable
Sep 20
DaraAlt-Country, Hard Rock, Singer/Songwriter
a singer/songwriter who was purportedly made hard by the addition of Tia Carrera’s guitarists and Butthole Surfers’ drummer, oh my right? And true it was, Tia Carrera sound (“psyche blast”) with lead sounding something like deadpan Rollins or Danzig, appropriate for the music—lead needs to sound a little more comfortable or smooth, lyrics sounded intelligent and audible
Sep 20
DaraAmericana, Bluegrass, Folk
tech excellence—pleasing in ones so young and apparently socially normal, boring and without soul
Sep 20
DaraIndie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
upbeat music, boring — (be quiet my blasphemous tongue 3/2/2008)
Sep 20
DaraBlues, Jam Band, Rock and Roll
supposedly went from punk to country, funk rock but sounded too much like Robert Randolph and the Family Band to stay and listen to
Sep 20
DaraFunk, Rock and Roll, Soul
MandolinWoman raved about their steel guitar—looked like a lap guitar to me (?), black near-ghetto-style boys with a white mustached guitar player, passionate and hard, gave shout-outs to Steely Dan, basically did excellent covers of Jimi Hendrix
Sep 20
DaraAlt-Country, Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Austin’s “finest” of the singer/songwriter overflux, sang song Dixie Chicks made famous, delicate cool earnest woman
Sep 20
DaraAmericana, Singer/Songwriter
GeorgiaPeach’s SoonToBeExHusband’s favorite, saw no distinctive qualities, review labeled him eternally introspective and morose, yeah
Sep 20
DaraOutlaw Country, Southern Rock
supposedly country for the thinking man, from Athens, GA
Sep 20
DaraFolk, Singer/Songwriter
little cutie with large voice
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