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Electronic
Fresh off their tour with Fun., Miniature Tigers will be heading to Stubb’s Barbeque in Austin TX on August 6th to promote their newest album, Cruel Runnings. Online magazine Death + Taxes awarded their first EP four stars and coined the band as ‘terribly endearing’, and it’s no wonder why. With their upbeat style and dreamy sound […]
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Social Culture
All Pink Everything : San Marcos, Texas Karla Vinueza is currently living in San Marcos, Texas and attending Texas State University. Her photo project, TEXAS, is her way of capturing the essence of the Southern state in all its glory. TEXAS will be featuring the following cities: Houston, San Marcos, Austin, and Dallas. With constantly […]
Festival Coverage
6. Last year at FFF marked the gloriously delicious comeback of Twinkies. There couldn’t have been a better way to celebrate than by having Twinkie the Kid himself at the festival throwing out creamy bites of goodness all weekend long. Who knows, maybe this year will see Butterfinger BB’s making a comeback. We can only hope. 5. November […]
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Festival Coverage
Wakarusa was one of our favorite festivals from the summer, and it isn’t hard to see why. Take a walk down memory lane for another #ThrowbackThursday as we think back to the beautiful weekend we spent on the Ozark mountain soaking up the vibes from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, The Floozies, Cherub, Manic Focus, […]
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Festival Coverage
SCOOTENANNY will forever hold a special place in my heart. This day-long event, which boasted some of the best up-and-coming musicians Texas has to offer, featured a full spectrum of indie rock & dance acts that surely won’t be beat for a long time to come (or at least until the Fall, in this crazy […]
Electronic
If you’re bold enough to put the word ‘fun’ in your name and then go even further by adding two more ‘fun’s’ after it, chances are you know what you’re doing. Fun Fun Fun are the badasses of the festival scene, like the cool kids on the playground who weren’t afraid to chum it up […]
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Electronic
To say the magic of an organic festival scene was alive and well atop Mulberry Mountain would be a severe understatement, as the weekend I spent at this year’s Wakarusa Music Festival felt as though an entire alternate universe had opened up; the land almost beams with remnants from a past time. Wakarusa successfully embodied […]
Indie
Royal Canoe is like a dessert, but on that special occasion when you get to eat it before your dinner. If Canada can send more goodness over like Royal Canoe, we just may forgive them for Justin Bieber. Royal Canoe is pretty much the summation of all your favorite indie-pop bands with a gracious amount of versatility. […]
Indie
Words/Photos by Kaitlyn Holder. SACCO & Band Of Skulls at the Granada this past Thursday was another extremely exciting show for me right off the bat. Having been treated by a friend to a previous show at the very same venue in 2012 that was absolutely amazing, I was thrilled to be attending this one […]
Electronic
Birthed from the creative mind of producer Doug Appling, Emancipator is an ambient trip that guides the listener through a range of sounds and emotions, creating an ethereal and surreal sense of nostalgia. Emancipator’s euphoric & lulling effects are merely amplified when the live band is in tow, aptly named Ensemble. Featuring the talents of […]