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Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 – Day 3
Words and Photos by Charles Nickes. I stumble out of the Pop Off Shack™ with my first hangover of the trip (shocking, I know) just in time to watch an armadillo scurry across the yard. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen one of those critters alive and debate catching...
Future Islands – Echoplex 11-17-11
Words and Photos by Ben Irwin A little over 10 years ago, right around the time Ozma released Rock and Roll Part Three, and Jimmy Eat World released Bleed American the word Emo became a profanity; similar to the stigma that Hipster has taken on a decade later. My best...
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 – Day 2
Words and Photos by Charles Nickles Since my computer’s dead, I miss the joyous flame war that erupts on Facebook the next morning between disgruntled Danzig aficionados, festival staff and the rest of the internet. Our new (magically disappearing) friend Peggy texts me that his new nickname is “Glenn Stefani.”...
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 – Day 1
Pictures and Words by Charles Nickles It’s noon on a Thursday. I’ve just landed in Austin with my girlfriend and the last miserable throes of a cold or a flu or whatever psychosomatic pain in the ass I’m secretly inclined towards this month…so I’m shaky with no sleep, prescription antihistamines...
Keep Shelly in Athens – Roxy – 11-8-11
Special Thanks to Grimy Goods for presenting the show. Keep Shelly in Athens; It’s not just a clever name. This four-piece electro-pop band actually hails from Athens, Greece, and are at that fragile point of their career where it takes a little more than just a routine effort on Google...
PAPA – EP Release Show – Bootleg Theater
The deeper I’ve gotten into the music scene over the years the more I’ve realized how many ridiculously talented bands and musicians go unnoticed by the general public. I’m not going to launch into a diatribe on the music industry but talent without exposure and intensely hard work won’t make...
Photos: Dodos / The Luyas – The Loft – Dallas
The San Francisco duo, the Dodos, just finished up their fall tour in support of their fourth studio full-length, “No Color”. For those uninitiated the Dodos have a sound that fits tightly into the tapestry of indie pop coming out of San Francisco right now. The newest pop movement in...
Riot Fest East – 2011
“I’m not too old for this shit.” I have to keep telling myself that or I will find myself turned into the haggard, bitter, disconnected white man burden who always stood between youth and nihilism, glory and disorder, hope and the iron hand of the man always trying to keep...
