Musicians
SpokesBUZZ & Eleven FoCo Bands Make Encore Trip to South by Southwest Festival
Austin, get ready to meet Fort Collins all over again. After its wildly successful maiden voyage to 2010’s world-renowned South by Southwest festival, local nonprofit organization SpokesBUZZ is returning to “SXSW” for round two. And this time, it’s bringing reinforcements. The 2011 edition, which takes place on Friday, March 18, will feature a [...]
Pretty Lights: 1,000,000 Reasons to Be Happy… and Then Some
You might say that Pretty Lights has had a busy year. It would be true, but it would also be a massive understatement. By any standard, the prolific beatsmiths have spent their 2010 going from strength to strength. For starters, they have lived up to their promise to release a trilogy of EPs: Making Up [...]
Yettie – Yettie review
Communication and a mutual understanding of one another’s sounds is necessary to play purely instrumental tunes and still hit the nail on the head. With Yettie’s first album, you can hear that the groundwork is being laid for a very bright future. Though they’re not quite perfect yet, they’re definitely heading [...]
Interview – Joey Siara (The Henry Clay People)
I met with Joey Siara, the front man for the Henry Clay People, on Friday night before their show at the Aggie Theatre. We had a chance to talk about their new album, Somewhere on the Golden Coast, their influences, and how they make their music.
Jester_Jay: So how is it, opening up [...]
Advice from a Legend – Smokey Robinson at SXSW
One of the highlights of SXSW 2010 in Austin, Texas last month, was the keynote interview of the incredible Smokey Robinson. Here are a few key points from Smokey’s talk. I wish I could bring you tha man himself, because he is truly amazing!
Smokey just put out his own independent record. And it was a [...]
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