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New Music: Dirty Projectors, “The Stillness Is the Move”

Taylor Long April 14, 2009 0

The album art for Bitte Orca, the Dirty Projectors’ upcoming fifth album, shows band members Amber Coffman and Angel Deradoorian, their faces painted over in connecting red and blue circles. It harks back to

Live Music: Morrissey @ Webster Hall; the Grates and Micachu & the Shapes @ Pianos, 3/25/09

Taylor Long March 30, 2009 0

New York City living, with its ever-expanding list of options, presents a reoccurring problem: What to do when you need or want to be in two places at once? Given the opportunity to see

SXSW ’09: The Recap

Ken Shane March 26, 2009 3

This was not only my first trip to SXSW, it was my first trip to Austin. I’ve been to Houston a couple of times, but the two cities could not be more different. Austin

SXSW ’09: Meat Puppets at Stubb’s

Ken Shane March 25, 2009 0

Here’s a video I shot of the legendary Arizona band the Meat Puppets when they played at Stubb’s, as part of SXSW, on March 20. The audio quality isn’t great, but it’s was the

SXSW ’09: The Uglysuit at the Austin Convention Center

Ken Shane March 25, 2009 4

If you’ve ready my earlier posts, you know that the Uglysuit, from Oklahoma City, was my favorite surprise at SXSW this year, and, together with the Hold Steady, one of the two best bands

SXSW ’09: Day Four

Ken Shane March 23, 2009 3

My photos for SXSW Day Four are up on Picasa. 37,000 FEET OVER AMERICA — This 737 is headed east, about an hour from touchdown in Newark. I thought I’d take this opportunity to

SXSW ’09: Off to Austin

Ken Shane March 17, 2009 4

As I write this, I’m sitting at the gate at Newark Liberty Airport, waiting for my flight to Austin. The ungodly hour is 6:20 a.m. As you read this, hopefully I’m jetting over America,