By Connor Schwanke Music Reviewer Artist: The Zolas Album: Swooner Label: Light Organ Records Release Date: March 4, 2016 Website: thezolasmusic.com While heading south from their base at Vancouver to their two shows at SXSW, The Zolas have begun cultivating their rebranding. The band’s sprouting began as Zachary Gray and Tom Dobrzanski broke away from their old […]
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By Andrew Nogay SXSW Street Team Goodnight Brooklyn: The Story of Death by Audio was a documentary feature that played at this year’s South by Southwest Festival and there isn’t another movie that was more fitting for KTSW to cover. Goodnight Brooklyn is about a guitar pedal company, Death by Audio, and how the warehouse […]
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By Janelle Abad SXSW Press Team I first saw Dilly Dally at the CMJ 2015 Music Marathon in the middle of New York City surrounded by strangers that would soon become very good friends of mine to my right and strangely enough, Bob Boilen of NPR to my left. I had never heard of […]
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By Janelle Abad SXSW Press Team What is spelled the same way forwards and backwards and sings songs about menstruation? If you guessed Seattle, Washington based feminist-glitter-punk group Tacocat then you’re right on the money. The vibrant quartet trekked down to Austin for this year’s SXSW festivities from their show in Denton, Texas. “We’re playing […]
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By Brittany Robinson and Nestor Vazquez SXSW Press and Street Team Eduardo Arenas – Bass Carlos Arevalo – Guitar Bardo Martinez – Lead Vocals, Guitar, Organ Gabriel Villa – Drums, Back Vocals Have you guys been to Austin before? Martinez: We have, this is our fourth time here. How do you like SXSW 2016 so far? […]
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By Brittany Robinson SXSW Press Team Beach Slang is a Philadelphia punk rock quartet that shook up the rock scene last year with their debut album, The Things We Do To Find People Like Us. With acclaimed music outlets, like Noisey and The A. V. Club, naming it one the best albums of the […]
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By Janelle Abad SXSW Press Team When a festival encompasses an entire city, not even including the unofficial showcases, artists are prone to being left in the dust by other acts. Here are some of my favorite acts that I feel didn’t quite get the recognition they deserved at this year’s South by Southwest. 1. […]
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