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John’s SXSW ’09 Day Party Highlights: Glasvegas

Friday, April 10, 2009 By John Anderson

I’ll just come right out and say it: As far as I’m concerned, the eponymous debut album from these Scots is the album of the year so far. (Yes, yes, I know it was released in the UK last year. I don’t live in the UK, OK?) Brilliant songwriting by frontman James Allan, who crafts […]

Filed Under: SXSW Tagged With: Glasvegas, Highlights, SPIN party, SXSW, sxsw09

John’s SXSW ’09 Highlights: I Wanna Be Where the Bands Are

Wednesday, April 08, 2009 By John Anderson

The South-by countdown clock reset around 2 a.m. on the morning of Monday, March 23, as the last chords of Alejandro Escovedo’s traditional closing night South-by show at the Continental Club rang out. The wake concluded with a typically majestic reading of “Sway” (a song that Al stole from the Rolling Stones many years ago […]

Filed Under: SXSW Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra, Cut Off Your Hands, Glasvegas, Highlights, Jaguar Love, Riverboat Gamblers, SXSW, sxsw09, Takeover UK, The Hold Steady, The Shys, The Wrens, Totally Michael, Wild Light

Mayer’s Playlist for December 2008

Monday, December 29, 2008 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: City Lights, by Javier Escovedo Ironically, we finish the year with an album that arrived at the year’s start. The Escovedo name may sound familiar. Brother Alejandro gets most of the attention but City Lights proves Javier to be equally talented. Escovedo is clearly a student of classic rock, filling his […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alternative, Downloads, Features, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: AC/DC, Australia, Britta Phillips, Brooklyn, Chicago, Dean and Britta, Dean Wareham, Franz Nicolay, Glasgow, Glasvegas, Gramercy Arms, Javier Escovedo, Jay Bennett, LA, New York, The Cure, The New Regime, Urbana

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