Check out various online coverage of Free Press Summer Fest on 29-95.com and Rocks Off.
A big thank you and congrats to the Free Press and Summer Fest staff and volunteers for pulling this off yet again!
 

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Co-Pilot is one of my favorite local bands so I am happy to see them on the list for this weekend’s Free Press Summer Fest, which is again held in Eleanor Tinsley Park on the edge of downtown Houston. Last year’s The Course Of Empire is a great album, which you can get from the […]

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Japanese punk band Peelander Z has been added to the already impressive Free Press Summer Fest line-up.

Get tickets to Summer Fest III–which is June 4-5, 2011, at Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park downtown–at www.freepresssummerfest.com.

Also, Cut Copy will do a DJ set at Fitzgerald’s as part of the fest’s after-party festivities.

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MogwaiHardcore Will Never Die, But You WillSub Pop
On its latest album, Scottish rockers Mogwai use the same sonic peaks and valleys formula for which the band is famous yet manages to sound as forward-thinking as always. The album is a wise progression for Mogwai, and the accessibility of “Mexico Grand Prix” and “Rano Pano” play […]

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PaleIn The Time Of Dangerous MenA Blake Records
Last year, Pale released the single and video for “Catastrophic Skies.” While the song wasn’t exactly a stretch for the band, there were brief hints of a musical shift in focus. In The Time Of Dangerous Men finds the foursome interjecting rawer-edged garage and […]

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In case you missed it, The Damnwells released a new album last month. No One Listens To The Band Anymore is now available online and in most record stores. You can also get a vinyl copy.

You can read my thoughts on the new album in my recent SXSW preview of The Damnwells.
The band plays in […]

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This just in from Dryvetyme Onlyne‘s Adam P. Newton:

SXSW 2011Friday, March 18th, 2011
To be quite upfront with you, I didn’t’ do as much “in the field” today as I usually do at SXSW. I knew what bands I wanted to see, so, after seeing them, I felt I was finished for the day. The […]

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This report in from Dryvetyme Onlyne music journalist Adam P. Newton, who was gracious enough to give us this write-up:

SXSW 2011 Thursday, March 17th, 2011
I had a great Thursday at SXSW. It’s easy when moods are up, the weather is lovely, and the music is good. I started my morning at the Buzzgrinder 10th Anniversary […]

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Last night, after recommending a friend check out Black Books’ set in Austin, I received the following text message:

Sorry, Foo Fighters beat out new band for tonight.

Foos just played whole new record. Now for the hits!

You can read more on the band’s surprise gig at Stubb’s, including the complete setlist, here.

Pre-order Wasting Light–which hits stores […]

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One of my favorite things about South By Southwest each year is discovering bands I previously knew nothing about. I recently was introduced to the music of Austin-based band Black Books, which you can see tonight (Tuesday, 3.15.11) at 9pm in Austin at Skinny’s Ballroom as part of the Knerd.com launch party. The band also […]

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