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The self-professed “Beach Goth” rockers from Southern California are bringing their unique sound and stage show to Auditorium Shores in Austin, November 6th-8th at Fun Fun Fun Fest. “Beach Goth” is a fusion of Sixties psychedelic, SoCal surf, and garage rock.
I saw The Internet, Thundercat, Cashmere Cat and Neutral Milk Hotel on day three of FFFFest. The Internet performed very early in the day. They were given a short set- just 40 minutes long- but they made the most of it. Syd the Kyd got every person standing within 30 feet of the stage to […]
Day two of Fun Fun Fun Fest I decided to focus on two things in particular: Nas and the Nite shows. I began the day with Zorch, an Austin-based drummer and synth master duo founded at the Berkeley School of Music. Playing locally for years, they landed a gig- two, actually- at FFFFest this year […]
Fun Fun Fun Fest Day One What an energetic experience I got to be a part of today. By the time I showed up to pick up my tickets, the will call line contained hundreds of people, waiting to get in to the festival.The bright Austin sun heated up the pavement and sapped my strength […]
“We just can’t stop playing the scruffy psych-rock duo’s Rolling Stones-obsessed album with the appropriately exuberant title We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic.” – Entertainment Weekly Foxygen is an indie rock band from Westlake Village. California. They formed in 2005 by band members Sam France and Jonathan Rado. Their sound is very […]
Let’s all thank our lucky stars that the 2006 split up of Death from Above 1979 did not stick. The Canadian punk rock duo is made of bassist/backup vocalist Jesse F. Keeler and drummer/lead vocalist Sebastien Grainger. To start, how many drummers can pull off being the lead singer? And such a fine job Grainger […]
“…mumbling tune… LA LA LA LA! Do you know where the wild things go mumbling more, LA LA LA LA!” The first few months this song hit the radio, this was the description for the song that we were all singing, until someone looked up the lyrics. We had no idea what was being said, […]
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