Category Archives: Music

All things related to music: reviews, concerts, birthdays, etc.

Annie Clark aka St. Vincent

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Steve

Last night St. Vincent wrapped up her recent five-week tour in Austin at the Mohawk to a sold-out show. It wasn’t her first time here, she had played during ACL to replace someone else at the last minute and Annie … Continue reading →

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Beatles Rock Band is impressive…

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Steve

…even to a jagged Beatles hater such as myself. Originally I felt this was going to be another cash cow for the remaining two and the other two’s estates as it was for Metallica and Aerosmith (they made more money … Continue reading →

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Waterloo Records has a “music downloads” store

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Steve

For the annual Record Store Day celebration, the blowhards from Chicago’s two Right Wing newspapers (aka Sound Opinions on NPR) interviewed three store owners. One was John Kunz of Waterloo Records, the man behind the best damned new music store … Continue reading →

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WMAG/KMAG lives again!

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Steve

This time as a podcast. Yeah, I know, I’m a few years behind the curve when the latest Internet gold rush got going, making Adam Curry pretty wealthy or at least famous again. I remember scratching my head, wondering what … Continue reading →

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KMAG hits 900,000 songs

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Steve

Drat! I missed out when my stream hit this milestone. I thought it would do this sometime this week but it happened while I was away in Dallas and it occurred when I would be out having breakfast. At least … Continue reading →

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Spinal Tap Unplugged & Unwigged!

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Steve

Yesterday I rode up to Dallas with my co-worker Jeff for the once-in-a-lifetime chance to see Spinal Tap! Okay, it was really Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer performing Spinal Tap and Folksmen hits as themselves with acoustic arrangements. … Continue reading →

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1989: My afternoon and evening with Mojo Nixon

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Steve

Days like this one 20 years ago always makes me regret not being more of a shutterbug but back then cameras were just such a nuisance: the film, the delays to develop and worst of all, not knowing how well … Continue reading →

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Guster in Austin with Earth Day activities

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Steve

For Earth Day, I finally got to see Guster; a band who really impressed me with their 2006 release, Ganging up on the Sun. Sadly, there’s no solid information/plans on when their next album will be appearing but currently they’re … Continue reading →

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Ladytron and The Faint in Austin

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Steve

  Ladytron at Stubb’s courtesy of Shannon J. Rodgers Last night I saw Ladytron for the third time and I’m grateful I didn’t pay to attend. Oh, they were in decent form but on this outing the quartet shared the billing … Continue reading →

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Now here’s the coolest Lego license yet!

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Steve

The release of Guitar Hero: Metallica and Rock Band: The Beatles made me reply with, “that’s nice, but where’s my blankity blank blank dedicated bass guitar controller for my PS3?” Actually, I think both are mediocre titles because the former’s … Continue reading →

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Neko Case kicks off tour in Austin

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Steve

First, I must apologize for the lack of pictures. Miss Case had a policy of no cameras at the show which was probably not strictly enforced. The Stubb’s employees implied it was mainly pointed at phones and people recording the … Continue reading →

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Southern Culture on the Skids 2009

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Steve

Sorry this review/story is very, very overdue but when SCOTS hit the stage at midnight and finished around 2-230 AM, Sunday is practically spent sleeping. However, this appearance was very special since it was Somara’s first time to see these … Continue reading →

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Cut Copy in Austin

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Steve

Another sold-out show for Australia’s Cut Copy last night at Stubb’s to kick off their 2009 North American tour; they came last year and played the smaller venue Emo’s to a packed house. I only found out they were Aussies … Continue reading →

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Maybe the judge was savvy on music and technology

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Steve

Probably not. However, it was nice to see some sanity regarding the decision to throw out Gibson’s lawsuit over Guitar Hero and Rock Band’s guitar-shaped controllers. What were the people at Gibson thinking? If I were someone working at Harmonix … Continue reading →

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Duncan Sheik in Austin II

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Steve

This time he was the headliner at One World Theater, a very wonderful, intimate venue down on the southwest side off of Bee Cave Road. Normally this place books Smooth Jazz and Pop acts that don’t fill stadiums anymore. Four … Continue reading →

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