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Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls , 10/27/2015, Emo’s, Austin, Photos – Write-up

Guest writer Greg Ackerman When James asked me to cover Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls at Emo’s last night I was a bit hesitant. Not because I did not like Turner’s music but because I knew so little about the solo folk rocker who’s been a soloist since 2005, …

Skinny Lister, 10/27/2015, Emo’s, Austin, Photos – Write-up

Guest writer Greg Ackerman Skinny Lister, the six-piece folk act from London riled up the audience with more traditional instrumentation. In fact, the band did not originally have a drummer. There was an accordion, squeeze box, balalaika, guitar, drums and a stand-up bass employed to create songs that called on all …

Beans on Toast, 10/27/2015, Emo’s, Austin, Photos – Write-up

Jay McAllister AKA Beans on Toast, British folk singer-songwriter brought his very direct, highly entertaining self to open for Frank Turner.  This stop, being towards the end of the the tour he had completed his folk song about the US presidential race but had forgotten the ending and allowed Austin to …

Kill the Noise, 10/24/2015, Kingdom, Austin, Photos – Write-up

Guest writer @manvsparty While many events around town were cancelled due to the storms brought as a result of Hurricane Patricia, you wouldn’t know nearly a foot of rain fell on Austin based on the crowd at Kingdom last night. When I arrived many were still waiting in the rain, …

My Morning Jacket, 10/22/2015, Austin Music Hall, Austin, Photos

My Morning Jacket in-front of a sold out show at Austin Music Hall! My Morning Jacket Official Site  

Fruit Bats, 10/22/2015, Austin Music Hall, Austin, Photos – Write-up

Fruit Bats rocked out opening for My Morning Jacket in front of a sold out crowd.  Eric Johnson’s perfectly folky vocals flowed smoothly into the large venue.  The band covered all their bases; playing songs that reminded fans how deep their catalog is.  For indie folk rock it’s hard to beat …

Stanger Cat, 10/22/2015, Sidewinder, Austin: Photos – Write-up

Guest writer @manvsparty Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Stranger Cat open up for Chad Valley at Sidewinder. Stranger Cat is an electro-pop due from Brooklyn fronted by singer songwriter Cat Martino. Despite the small group, Martino was able to evoke a lot of depth of sound through …

SXSW 2016 Unofficial Guide

SXSW is a Music, Film and Interactive conference from March 10 – 20, which provides a chance to party with some of the greatest people on Earth. (Official SXSW Site) SXSWi – South by Southwest interactive the conference where Twitter was launched and staring at your phone is expected. Expect parties …

SXSW 2016 Playlists

Follow these for updates SXSW 2016 Top 20 Spotify These are the lesser known artists that SXSW is all about.  They are the artists that would be playing the Music Felon SXSW day party (one day). SXSW 2016 Top 20 YouTube  Updated regularly with the Top 20 artists’ videos The Best of …