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Heypenny, Umbrella Tree, Daniel Ellsworth And The Great Lakes at the High Watt Tonight
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By Contributor Andrew Johnson Tonight, Friday August 17, Heypenny, Umbrella Tree and Daniel Ellsworth And The Great Lakes take the stage at the High Watt. I will be in attendance. A few words about the bands: Heypenny is about well-crafted busyness. Busyness of colors, lyrics, musical instrumentation, on stage antics, video dance moves and…
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Thirsty Thursday
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By Contributor Andrew Johnson You know that feeling: You’ve gotten over the hump of the week. You decide not to wait for the weekend to have some fun and that Thursday is the night to go out. You also have the strange desire to eat and drink like a real American while listening to some…
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The Black Angels with Night Beats and Paperhead at Exit In, Tonight
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By Andrew Johnson When I listen to The Black Angels (Austin, TX), I can’t help but imagine that I’m concentrating really hard on a Magic Eye poster, trying to see the mysterious picture behind the psychedelic trance of an image. Then I get sucked into the image like a time warp portal and I’m…
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Rubblebucket: Omega La La
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By Andrew Johnson Speaking of Brooklyn…. While everyone, their mothers and their extended families were jam-packing themselves into the large field facing the “What” stage at Bonnaroo to see Radiohead (myself included), my friend Ben decided to check out the Brooklyn-based Rubblebucket instead. He said they were hands down the best show he saw…