Category: South

Festival Coverage

Phunkberry Music Festival announces talent stacked live artist bill; ONLY TEN DAYS until we are on The Farm [Event Preview]

Only ten short days until we are basking the warm Arkansas sun, surrounded by the Ozarks and our closest Phunky phamily. Deadhead Productions is taking Phunk to a whole nother level with the the inaugural Phunkberry Music Festival. Taking place the weekend of May 4th-6th at The Farm in Eureka Spring, Arkansas, Phunkberry aims to […]

Apr 24, 2017 Read →

Funk

SunSquabi Cruises through Austin on ‘Deluxe’ tour, Jason Hann Sits in on Percussion [Show Review]

The Sunsquabi boys have been on quite the roll over the last few months. The trio, made up of Chris Anderson on drums, Kevin Donohue on Guitar/Keys/Production and recent Winter addition of Josh Fairman on Bass/Synth, these Colorado cats are making huge waves in the ever bending Electro Funk Livetronica realms. April 7th marked the […]

Apr 24, 2017 Read →

Indie

A Happy Holiday with Umphrey’s McGee: Live at Stubb’s Austin, Texas 4.20.17 [Show Review]

Driving by Stubb’s, just before 7 pm, it sounded like the party had already started. The sun was still out and the sounds of North Carolina’s Big Something spilled out onto the sidewalk from the outdoor stage as the crowd came trickling in.             Again, Stubb’s was filling up with festie freaks, though these were […]

Apr 23, 2017 Read →

Festival Coverage

Three Rappers Who Are Going To Blow You Away At Middlelands [Festival Preview]

Middlelands, the second festival to come to the Texas Renaissance Fairgrounds this year, has a stacked lineup of EDM brought to you  courtesy of C3 Events and Insomniac. But don’t let the focus fool you – there are some stellar rappers on the lineup. In case you missed it, here are my top three rappers performing at […]

Apr 19, 2017 Read →

Electronic

Euphoria Music Festival 2017: What makes this Texas fest one of the best around [Festival Review + Photo Gallery]

Euphoria Music Festival simply reminds us why we gather around music, art, community and like-minded people. The amount of times I found my euphoria this go around makes this festival truly difficult to sum into a physical and communicable form. Hosted on stunning private grounds just a skip away from Austin’s airport on a branch of the […]

Apr 19, 2017 Read →

Interviews

The String Cheese Incident Brings Surplus of Cheesy Love to Stubb’s Austin, TX, April 13-15th [Show Review + Photo Gallery]

  Colorful individuals of all ages made their way into Stubb’s BBQ on Red River and 8th Street in the historic downtown Austin. It was night one of a sold-out three-night-run from the genre-defying supergroup The String Cheese Incident, and downbeat was a little more than an hour away.   We had been waiting patiently […]

Apr 19, 2017 Read →

Electronic

Abduction by bass and beats: Phoenix Lights 2017 was out of this world | April 8 + 9th, 2017 [Festival Review]

Article by Brandon Lopez and John Miller Phoenix Lights was a gathering that could not be missed by earthlings and aliens alike. With a bass filled sound system and floodlights shooting towards the heavens, it is nearly certain that interstellar beings intercepted our communications. While I can’t say I saw any abductions or probings happening, there […]

Apr 18, 2017 Read →

Festival Coverage

Hillberry Harvest Moon Festival Adds Yonder Mountain String Band, The Infamous Stringdusters & More to Final Lineup, Oct. 12-15 Eureka Springs, AR [Event Preview]

Deadhead Productions and Railroad Earth throw a Harvest Moon Festival every year in the beautiful Ozark Mountains called Hillberry Harvest Moon Festival. The festival takes place mid October over the weekend of the 12th-15th at a cozy and breathtakingly beautiful venue called The Farm in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Today the final line-up for the festival […]

Apr 17, 2017 Read →

Indie

Why? A Bizarre, Incredible Evening in Austin, TX at the Mohawk | April 5th, 2017 [Show Review]

Yoni Wolf aka Why? aka the pioneering alternative rapper multi-instrumentalist from Berkeley brought the Mohawk into his vision of the future last Wednesday. The show was in support of Why?’s new album Moh Lhean, an absolutely beautiful and wholly original tour de force from the matured musician’s mind. On stage Yoni stood behind the most […]

Apr 17, 2017 Read →

Electronic

Pretty Lights Live, Above and Beyond, Gorgon City, The Floozies and more join the underwatery depths of Imagine Festival | September 22nd – 24th, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia [#DroolMode]

Georgia’s had its share of epic festivals, from Counterpoint to TomorrowWorld, and Imagine Festival has held its own every year since its inception in 2013. With this being only the first phase lineup, we are sure that Imagine is packing a serious punch with the rest of their music announcements to come. They’ve literally snagged […]

Apr 17, 2017 Read →