Those who couldn’t make it to Austin City Limits can go to a free festival closer to home instead. Saturday’s Plaza District Festival will overflow with local artists, musicians and food vendors selling their wares or focusing on keeping crowds entertained. More than 40 artist booths will line the sides of N.W. 16th Street, with […]
Junebug Spade
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Soundcheck: Junebug Spade — Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Things crackle to life on this short disc, goofily titled “Extra Virgin Olive Oil,” by layering Peter Seay’s great, big, grinning voice over his vintage, red dirt-crunching guitars (reinforced by fellow riffing ace AJ Sadeghi), which lick their way across the opening track, “Aborigine.” “EVOO” makes for a fun, heavily stoned 18 minutes of music, […]
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Oh, Deer!
Stillwater’s Deerpeople is most certainly a breed of its very own. Formed in 2009, the indie-rock group may recall bits and pieces of other bands — Modest Mouse’s untamed feel, Arcade Fire’s grandiosity, The Flaming Lips’ general chaos and weirdness — but the music is its own beast. Deerpeople’s stomping grounds seem to play the […]