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Guess The Fest

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10256827_10154109257645381_5065150898046748010_nTime To Guess The Fest.

Prize Packages:

FLY-IN’ – Flight and hotel paid for, along with a pair of Ultimate Smooth Passes, and a chance to take an epic #selfie in the FFF scissor lift! + more surprises released later!

ACCESS – Receive a pair of weekend passed plus side stage access to the artist of your choice and the ultimate #selfie op in our scissor lift.

OUR’S COMPANY – You and three of your friends will receive a pair of weekend passes. Who doesn’t love a sexxy double date?

There are plenty of extra prizes even if you aren’t a big-pimpin’ winner.

Recalibrate Your Brain

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artworks-000073405557-9sdcma-t500x500A little PYAITK for Friday…

You know it has been a long week; so many shows, liver abuse, too many whiskies, perhaps a marathon, a bathroom remodel or just the boss that won’t chill. No matter the source of your stress, I present this song to level your mood.

Ever heard of Brian Reitzell? Sure, you have. You have seen movies with his original music or well-curated soundtracks. Did you see Lost In Translation? So yeah, street cred, but his latest project is an LP called Auto Music. “Last Summer” is a sample from the album due in early June on Smalltown Supersound and a means to soothe, relax and then rebuild your brain in eight and a half minutes with a little help from MBV’s Kevin Shields.

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ACL 2014 Lineup Announced

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ACL 2014The two-weekends of ACL will be headlined by the nineties. Eminem, Pearl Jam, Beck and Outkast are joined by newbie Skrillex on the top of the marquee. Those of you that bought Weekend Two passes will get the musical stylings of Lorde. Meh. As usual, the alleged top tier will be the soundtrack to our exit.

While we aren’t giddy about the headliners here, we are pretty thrilled with the meat of the lineup. Interpol, Belle and Sebastien, Real Estate, St Vincent, Broken Bells, Tune-Yards, Polica, Cults, The Rosebuds, Phantogram, CHVRCHES, Temples, Miniature Tigers, Mac Demarco, The Replacements, Chromeo, SNOWMINE (WE1), Beat Connection (WE2) and what will likely be the best thing you see all festival JAGWAR MA!

Have A Nice Weekend

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artworks-000056441358-m66lnv-t500x500Busy lives are busy. I am still alive. New job, remodeling, family stuff…

Heard this song for the time in a few months and wanted to share to get your head right going into the weekend. It is called “Shape” and it is by Glasser. It is a layered beauty that is upbeat or downbeat depending on what your brain latches on to after you hit play.

See y’all at Red7 Saturday, OK? Now to figure out why I didn’t post it the first time I heard it…

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New Jam From Bob Mould

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MouldBob, It is a common mistake, sure, but it is Mr. Gray, G-R-A-Y.

Mr. Mould is back with a song that sounds like it is twenty years old, but still fresh as a daisy. Called “Hey , Mr. Grey”, the first single to hit the intarwebs from the pending Beauty & Ruin due June 3rd via Merge Records is a quick-hitting song following a classic formula of big chords and immediate lyrics. I missed Bob during SxSW, but had a chance to briefly chat during FFF late year. He seems energized, ready to play hits.

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SxSW Film: What I Saw That You Should Too

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Upload SxSW 2014 Film 20140308200729SxSW Film Festival is over. Unlike the Music portion, you can go see exactly what I saw.

Going in with the intention to see as many docs as possible, I was lured by several features. Now, those features all have music, so I guess I am OK. But I did still see a lot of docs and few that were very music related. For instance, I was kicking it at The Paramount with my bros in Spandau Ballet.

Here come some brief reviews of things you need to see and some related photos from the film side of the conference.

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New Single from Andre Obin

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andre obin - ways of escapeArsonist was one of my favorite albums last year, but Andre Obin is not resting on my accolades. This is a new track from the forthcoming Way Of Escape and is so damn good.

The song is called “Approaching Zero” and debuted at Impose earlier today. It starts out with a rather light Phantogram/Jagwar Ma-like opening sequence that has a bit of guitar and an airy pop sound … and then the synth-lines join. Andre mentioned on his personal bookface that he is very proud of the vocal. It is a wonderful recording made better with light processing that suits the mood, pulled back and an element of the melody bridging elements and moving the song forward.

Check out the rest of Andre’s work over on Soundcloud. I am a big fan.

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The 2014 Austin Music Blogger Awards

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AMBA 2014 Photo BannerIt was a great event. We were proud to be a part of it.

I have a list of winners and so many photos. Orthy sounded great, buoyed by Ian and Jeramy’s win for best DJs as Learning Secrets. Shivery Shakes ripped after their win for “Sidewalk Talk”. Jess was charming and haunting as ever, congrats. A Giant Dog stole the show with their set, while Mirror Travel may have given some voters buyer’s remorse. Magna Carda is hip-hop in Austin; go see them.

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Show Pics: Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr @ Emos’ (2/22)

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Dale Earnhardt Jr JrI have a confession to make. I asked to go to this show to shoot Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. I was really more excited to see Chad Valley. That said, I ended up being quite impressed with the Dale Jr. Jr. on the eve of their big Daytona 500 win. How did they get there in time? Jr.

There was a rabid crowd that showed up early to reserve a spot to dance in the more personal small venue version of Emo’s, thankfully now divided by a proper curtain bisecting the room at the soundboard to tighten up the sound a bit versus the camouflage net previously used.

Read on for a few more notes and plenty of pics.

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