Hudson Moore is something of a young gun on the country circuit. At just 22, he’d seem more at place at college than opening for the likes of Alan Jackson. In truth, he’d be right in the thick of finals if not dropping out to pursue music full-time. “I had these songs that I had […]
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Let’s be Frank
Frank Smith of Austin, Texas, is an enigma, being that it’s not a person, but a band. Naturally, front man Aaron Sinclair has had to deal with a good bit of confusion concerning the name. “I have been called Frank by people before,” Sinclair said. “That always gets a little weird.” There’s not — nor […]
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Bright light, big sound
The story behind Austin’s four-piece The Bright Light Social Hour reads something like that of the fictitious band Spinal Tap. Consider this: Three of the four Bright Light Social Hour members boast impressive facial hair, with front man Jack O’Brien’s comically large vaudevillian mustache topping them all. The drummer was plucked out of a high […]
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Them Dike boys
Hailing from Austin, Texas, lo-fi punk act Dikes of Holland is wrapping up its biggest tour to date, supporting Black Joe Lewis and recent Rolling Stone cover artists The Sheepdogs. This has seen them at their very best and very worst. “It’s been mixed,” said singer/ guitarist J.P. Bohon. “We played one of our best […]
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Them Dike boys
Hailing from Austin, Texas, lo-fi punk act Dikes of Holland is wrapping up its biggest tour to date, supporting Black Joe Lewis and recent Rolling Stone cover artists The Sheepdogs. This has seen them at their very best and very worst. “It’s been mixed,” said singer/ guitarist J.P. Bohon. “We played one of our best […]
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Tympanic TNT
In the current state of superficial pop songs; flashy, hip-hop anthems; and too-cool-for-school indie-rock bands, it’s hard to find musicians who can elicit any sort of real, personal emotion. However, Austin, Texas, post-rock group Explosions in the Sky can do it, and without saying a word. “I actually think it’s because there is no singing. […]
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Newbies
The gorgeous vintage and antique store opened earlier this year in the old Army surplus store, and the vintage vibe of the building only adds to the character of the place. Verdigris is first shop for sister owners Kimberly Spicer and Melissa Graham. The large store has about 30 vendors, but the sprawling space is […]
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A little bit of diss …
First, Kevin Durant drew the ire of certain die-hards for practicing with Oklahoma City Thunder teammates at the University of Texas (although he attended the school for a short while). If those Austin antics weren’t enough, he then had the audacity to say that Louisiana State University (coached by former Oklahoma State head coach Les […]
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‘Bait and switch’
Unless the city has something more to offer than Austin, Texas, or Baltimore or Minneapolis or Phoenix (it’s not direct fights if you’ve traveled recently), recent history says otherwise. New construction has been a deficit producer in some places, and junked the hotel debt rating of Austin and Phoenix. Communication in the 21st century and […]
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Reckoning
Surprise, surprise! Alternative country rockers Reckless Kelly didn’t have much of a following when they first formed in Bend, Ore., just hours outside of crushingly hip Portland. It’s not that the guys didn’t have the talent; the grunge-happy Pacific Northwest just didn’t have enough avenues to showcase them. “We didn’t have a lot of gigs,” […]