Aside from the music, the next best thing about Austin is the Alamo Drafthouse. It’s kind of like Brew n’ View at The Vic, except 1) it happens every night 2) they show first run movies as well 3) they have decent beer 4) they have great food. Last night we went there to check [...]
NWOAHM
The New Wave of American Heavy Metal is a broken term. It’s anachronistic, refering back to the NWOBHM, introduced by an author, who willfully ignored genre divisions, including punk-based bands, and diminishing his own term by including bands from the late 80’s/early 90’s metal heyday.
Wikipedia’s article follows straight into the same failures, by depending more [...]
We weren’t in town for 3 days before we saw our first show in austin, Rilo Kiley at Stubb’s. Jenny Lewis was amazing, both vocally, and on guitar (and hot). We were also hot, but Austin hot is not quite as sticky and sweaty as Chicago hot. It was a great show, and it reminded [...]
Wednesday: The Forms, Why?, Rokkervil
We arrived on wednesday, and after picking up badges, I went straight over to Mohawk for The Forms. The show was nice and open, since most people still hadn’t arrived yet, and the venue was ample for those who had. The weather was beautiful, the set was great, [...]
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