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Last year’s lineup at Levitation Festival consisted of Slowdive, Ty Segall, Parquet Courts, Thee Oh Sees, and many more. The festival was able to present another great lineup for 2019, including Velvet Underground’s John Cale, psychedelic weirdos, The Flaming Lips, indie-duchess Angel Olsen, and noise pioneers Dinosaur Jr. and Flipper. Flipper, believe it or not, […]
Seattle may be the birthplace of hipster loving Starbucks, but this rainy city was once ground zero for several breakout grunge bands from the late 80s that exploded into the mainstream rock scene in the early 90s. The “rain city renaissance” was a wave of underground bands that were catapulted into the spotlight where even […]
The Replacements are an ’80s punk rock/alternative outfit from Minneapolis, Minnesota, whose claim to fame is drinking and a “100 steps forward and 99 steps back” approach to success. Like all great rock acts before them, they developed a fairly extensive rock mythology before disbanding in 1991. Real, verified stories include almost getting the entire Warner Bros. label […]
The Jesus Lizard is a rock band hailing from Austin Texas. Formed in 1987, their music encompasses a range of rock genres and mixes them together, resulting in a blend of Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore and Grunge acts like Mudhoney and Nirvana. A leading force in the early underground scene of the late 1980’s and early […]
With the opening of celebrated Austin City Limits festival just around the corner, music lovers everywhere are scouring the internet to find their passes for a weekend filled with music, love and good vibrations. If you’re like me however, it can be hard to decide which artists & bands to see. Read the rest of […]
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