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CD Review: Akron/Family, “Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free”

Taylor Long May 13, 2009 6

For a band with a name like Akron/Family, it should probably come as no surprise that their new album, Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free, is filled with themes of togetherness. From beginning to

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Live Music: Akron/Family @ Bowery Ballroom, 5/6/09

Taylor Long May 8, 2009 0

After seeing jam-freak-avant-folksters Akron/Family put on an incredible show at Brooklyn’s Union Pool in March, there was only one thing left to do: Go home, go online, buy tickets to see them again. After

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New Music: Akron/Family, “River”

Taylor Long April 17, 2009 1

“You are no longer a river to me,” Miles Seaton sings on “River,” the new single from Akron/Family’s upcoming album, Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free. Akron/Family, “River” (download) He compares his lover to

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SXSW ’09: Day Two, Starring Silvio Dante

Ken Shane March 20, 2009 7

Yesterday’s photos are online at Picasa. AUSTIN, TX — I’m back in the press room at the Austin Convention Center filing this. There was no time this morning because I had to get downtown

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