[Photos and capsule reviews of selected sets from the Spring Street Stage at Saturday’s FYF Fest:] Simian Mobile Disco, Quicksand, James Blake, Chromatics, F*cked Up, Cloud Nothings, Redd Kross, King Tuff, FIDLAR, the Orwells ||| Photos by Laurie Scavo More photos and reviews after the jump:
If you spent any part of last week in Austin for SXSW, it’s quite possible you’ve not yet recovered. If you spent much time at Mess With Texas – the three-day party co-sponsored by FYF Fest – we’re pretty sure you haven’t. The parties at the 1100 Warehouse featured explosive sets from Girls, Titus Andronicus, […]
Superstar showcases be damned: South by Southwest is made for bands like You Say France & I Whistle. Five people with a silly band name and just-happy-to-be-here attitudes hop off a plane from frozen Sweden and dive into a flurry of shows showcasing their impossibly catchy and improbably clever pop songs. From the first clink […]
Friday fun, and we mean fun: ‣ First Fridays at the Natural History Museum roars into its third month of 2012, bringing Zola Jesus and EMA to the North American Hall of Mammals. ‣ Ohio’s Cloud Nothings headline the Echo behind their new album “Attack on Memory.” That’s the video for “No Future / No […]
Tonight’s touts: ‣ Early Winters – the new collaboration featuring U.K. singer Carina Round, Toronto-based Justin Rutledge and L.A. jacks-of-all-trades Dan Burns and Zac Rae – continue their residency at the Hotel Cafe. The foursome’s Americana-tinged EP (released March 8) features some nice moments from both vocalists Round and Rutledge. Australian quartet the Jezabels also […]
[SXSW artists continue to head out west and L.A.’s got a thick batch of them all week. Here are three artists who are opening the next few nights up at some of our beloved local venues:] ‣ Cloud Nothings, “Should Have” – Dylan Baldi of Cleveland, Ohio, has not only outgrown his bedroom and laptop […]
