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“A lot of people think we’re putting out a shoegaze album… They’re like, ‘Yes! Lunar Vacation going shoegaze!” the Georgia indie rock outfit jokes with me during a recent phone chat. They’re referring to “Set the Stage,” the lead single off of Lunar Vacation’s sophomore LP, Everything Matters, Everything’s...
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Local Run for Cover Records outfit Another Michael are headlining a hometown show tonight at Johnny Brenda’s. However, we’re just as excited to get another chance to see Tenci, who will be providing direct support. Tenci is the Chicago-based indie folk project of singer/songwriter Jess Shoman, who we have...
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We first met New-York-by-way-of-Texas indie rockers Why Bonnie – whose sound I’ve described as “Americana-laced retro alt-rock” – this March, in the middle of SXSW and prior to a headlining date at Kung Fu Necktie in support of their debut LP, 90 in November, which dropped last August on...
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Although Lunar Vacation aren’t quite personages of Pitchfork just yet, they have certainly been making a name for themselves recently, especially around the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection, where they played three shows last year. Last February the Georgia indie rock band opened a sold-out show for...
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Being the week of SXSW, I realize most celebrating artists are currently caught in a cheap-beer-and-taco-fueled haze of Rock’N’Roll taking over Austin’s least conventional performance spaces (perhaps even an airport baggage claim…), so I was thrilled to get a chance to chat via phone with Why Bonnie band leader...