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LCD Soundsystem @ Austin City Limits: Photos Of Their Last Tour?
Soon these photos may be historic relics, so eat em up!
Word got out at Austin City Limits Music Festival that Brooklyn electro-poppers LCD Soundsystem are probably...
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Vampire Weekend @ Austin City Limits: Buttoned-Up Indie Rock
In the wake of a lawsuit over their album cover Contra, the legendary New York indie-rockers Vampire Weekend are putting it behind them for their US tour. The quartet...
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Beach House @ Austin City Limits: Beachy Keen Indie Pop
Baltimore dream-pop duo Beach House (Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally) got some help with drums and extra keys for some live renditions of their glowing lo-fi...
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The National @ Austin City Limits: Deep-Voiced Brooklyn Indie Rock
The National doesn’t exactly play the most upbeat music we heard at Austin City Limits Music Festival, but the quintet, which features two pairs of brothers, can still...
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A Classic Education — The Delancey, NYC
About thirty people turned out to see Italian chamber pop six-piece A Classic Education at The Delancey -- a wonderfully dingy Lower East Side hole in the shadow of the...
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Spoon @ Austin City Limits: Hometown Guitar Heroes
Spoon was formed in Austin, Texas more than a decade ago by guitarist Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno. They've been back plenty of times but their hometown is always...
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Deadmau5 — Austin City Limits Festival
Deadmau5 is a phenomenon I believe is beyond most people’s realm of understanding — even for many of the house DJ’s fans. Of all the major acts that played the Austin...
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Dominique Young Unique @ Southpaw: Leopard Print Dance Party!
The fresh-faced Floridian rapper Dominique Young Unique took over New York City’s CMJ Music Marathon this weekend with her lightning-quick, filthy lyrics, and playful...
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Deadmau5 @ Austin City Limits: Mouse Ears And Shiny Things
We captured this seriously trippy performance by Canadian house legend Deadmau5, who hides behind a giant mouse mask and seizure-inducing lighting effects.
The DJ...
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Broken Bells @ Austin City Limits: Not Frat Boy Fare
Broken Bells is a new, highly anticipated collabo between producer Danger Mouse and The Shins' guitarist James Mercer.
Their light, loungey, electro beats with...
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Broken Bells — Austin City Limits Festival
“Let’s get ready to rooooock!!!!!?” Really? When you hear such statements from the mouths of hammered frat guys, you assume you're at a Jason Mraz concert, or even...
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The Temper Trap — Austin City Limits Festival
The lead singer of Melbourne, Australia band The Temper Trap Dougy Mandagi, has a stunning voice. Dude has pitch perfect pipes, nuanced and aching with an upper...
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Braids @ Rock Shop: Cute Canadians Gazing At Their Shoes
We love Canadian band Braids so much that we saw them twice this year at CMJ Music Marathon in New York. Once at Arlene’s Grocery, where we reviewed the show, and...
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LCD Soundsystem — Austin City Limits Festival
LCD Soundsystem's mastermind James Murphy has a sullen baritone, a pouty face, and an obsession with the New York City music scene -- from the aging hipster standpoint....
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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros — Austin City Limits Festival
I have a feeling that Alex Ebert dreamed up the idea for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes after waking up from vivid wet dream in ninth grade in which he's granted...
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Yeasayer — Austin City Limits Festival
So, sure, the whole tribal folk sampling by privileged kids in indie bands might be a getting a little excessive, but as much as I want to ignore Yeasayer, I can’t. ...
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Yeasayer @ Austin City Limits: Brooklyn Beats and The “Madder Red” Monster
The Brooklyn quintet Yeasayer definitely live up to the hype. Their electro-psychedelic-practically uncategorizable music makes for some of the best live shows we’ve...
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Salem @ Santos Party House: Deep Dark Dance Party
Midwestern witch house trio Salem treated the CMJ crowd at Santos Party House to a bit of their strange — and strangely alluring — dark electronica.
Chopped and...
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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros @ Austin City Limits: Bare Feet and Upbeat Tunes
The Los Angeles happy-go-lucky folksy collective Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros reached the height of fame with their lovely 2009 hit “Home.” You’d be lying if...
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The Morning Benders — Austin City Limits Festival
Ethereal indie rock band The Morning Benders, are one of those bands that somehow manage to sound in every way live as they do on recordings. I suppose serious props...