they made my face smile mostly because they are indescribable, love them for the drone as in band above – they always make me think of New York diners and dark streets with car lights streaking, but they are more than that live – more black, some soul and some Seal though I won’t stand that by that, kind of a heavy rock band with a crooner singer, can’t describe them because they are that special
Entries from April 2006
April 24, 2006: TV on the Radio — Emo’s, Austin, TX
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Tags: House · Modern Rock · Soul
April 24, 2006: Celebration — Emo’s, Austin, TX
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fantastic, lead vocalist antics were very reminiscent of The Grates but she was a little older and stranger, Slits influenced with a droning and sometimes thumping bass drum throughout
Tags: Art Rock · New Wave · Tribal
April 24, 2006: Cocker Spaniel — Emo’s, Austin, TX
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horrible, intentionally cutesy young black boy singing about finals and roommates – reflective of the crowd unfortunately
Tags: College Rock · Modern Rock
April 22, 2006: What Made Milwaukee Famous — Tambaleo, Austin, TX
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good for the kind of music they do, indie rock similar to Spoon, guitarist was geek That Girl did and left after he gave her free SXSW wristbands, they’re generating buzz but disappointed for the most part
Tags: Indie Rock
April 22, 2006: Flametrick Subs — Tambaleo, Austin, TX
April 22nd, 2006 · No Comments
such a class act, really respect them this time, Cramps covers and others but more important is the attention paid to whole show what with lighting energy and satan’s cheerleaders
Tags: Glam · Goth · Rockabilly
April 22, 2006: 54 Seconds — Tambaleo, Austin, TX
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surprisingly good, vocals remarkably like David Gray, recorded stuff can be more electronic and dark
Tags: Modern Rock
April 15, 2006: Calexico — Emo’s, Austin, TX
April 15th, 2006 · No Comments
free acoustic show that we had to arrive two hours early for, buzz made it exciting but the show was quite good, they were a little weird to me, homey . . . well acoustic I guess, bland lead singer with average voice, what was very special about them was their trumpets and the songs that were black Spanish magic
Tags: Ambient · Jazz · Modern Rock
April 13, 2006: Love Buck-It — Elysium, Austin, TX
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as fantastic as **** promised, Cocteau Twins or This Mortal Coil and then suddenly a female thrash band like Babes in Toyland, definitely retro as in from my times, female keyboardist/vocalist, male guitarists and drummer
Tags: Hard Rock · New Wave · Thrash
April 8, 2006: Parker Worsham — Beck’s, Austin, TX
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very full-of-himself youth in loose-fitting jeans, button down and barefeet, jazz lounge covers of 80s soft rock, some “intelligent” rap bits a la Slug, really annoying guy
Tags: College Rock · Jazz · Singer/Songwriter