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SXSW 2016 – The Sounds, Part 2

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

SXSW never lacks for great music, so here are more favorites from 2016. Ryan Adams One of the few relatively big budget corporate events this year was Marriott hosting a couple of nights of music at their downtown Austin location. It was an interesting venue as the ballroom setting made the shows feel sort of […]

Filed Under: Americana, Pop, Rock, SXSW Tagged With: Beach Slang, Brian Whelan, Escondido, Grand Champeen, James McMurtry, Jon Dee Graham, Ryan Adams, Terra Lightfoot

You Pick It: Springsteen’s “Born to Run”

Friday, September 24, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

Continuing our series of classic songs covered, today we survey a collection of fuel-injected takes on Bruce Springsteen’s legendary “Born to Run.” “This Is American Music” – a music collective featuring Grand Champeen, Two Cow Garage, The Drams, and Glossary – kick us off, followed by Butch Walker, the Smoking Popes, Cowboy Mouth, Melissa Etheridge, […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Alkaline Trio, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Butch Walker, Cowboy Mouth, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Glossary, Grand Champeen, Jeffrey Gaines, John Monnecka, Melissa Etheridge, Smoking Popes, The Drams, the Fray, Two Cow Garage

SXSW 2008 – John’s Wednesday Night Highlight: The Playing Favorites

Wednesday, April 09, 2008 By John Anderson

SXSW 2008 – John’s Wednesday Night Highlight: The Playing Favorites My third showcase of the night on Wednesday was when I struck gold for the first time “officially” this year, and I knew it almost as soon as the Playing Favorites began their set. The Playing Favorites are a supergroup of sorts, featuring members of […]

Filed Under: Downloads, Reviews, Rock, Streams, SXSW Tagged With: Grand Champeen, me first and the gimme gimmes, sugarcult, SXSW, sxsw08, the playing favorites, The Replacements

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