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MFNW 2011
by Alan Justin Patterson and Joshua Cooke
Though we left Puddletown this summer in search of drier pastures, our love for Portland, Oregon remains intact. Old hat Alan Justin Patterson and newcomer Joshua Cooke hit the streets to venue hop throughout our former homebase, covering the Musicfest Northwest lineup, featuring bands like The Kills, MSTRKRFT, [...]

Day Three
by Joshua Krage

You gotta have some soul to start off a Sunday, and church this morning was provided by the Screamin’ Eagle of soul himself, Mr. Charles Bradley & the Menahan Street Band. Charles had a perpetual look on his face like he just couldn’t squeeze enough love out for all of us, but [...]

Day Two
by Joshua Krage

After acquiring gourmet tots from Q Restaurant, started out mellow at the Panhandle stage for smart, synth-infused pop from Ximena Sariñana, who endured almost an hour waiting for soundcheck but still delivered some great tunes. Second on the bill was the Twin Peaks stage for British it-boys The Vaccines, [...]

Day One
by Joshua Krage

Sadly missed The Joy Formidable, but caught a kick-ass set from Brooklyn electro-dance rockers Phantogram at the Sutro stage. Next up, approximately 60% of the festival attendees showed up to watch Foster the People, who having recently been covered by Weezer, returned the favor with a blissfully stoned-out version [...]

Outside Lands Festival, 2011
by Joshua Krage

Summertime– it’s festival season, and for any Northwestern U.S. residents (or really committed and globetrotting fans) this year’s Outside Lands Festival provided food, festivities, and (most importantly) a wide array of popular music artists to allow the 100,000+ attendees to cram half a year’s worth of shows into a single [...]

SXSW 2011, Wednesday
by Brianne Turner
Photography by Nick Chaivarlis
Staying true to the etymology of “shoegaze,” dream-pop shoegazers, BRAIDS, saved the stage thrashing for the rock bands and maintained a primarily fixed position throughout their set at the Red 7 on Wednesday. The Canadian four-piece made up for their lack of movement by giving the crowd fantastic-sounding [...]

SXSW 2011, Saturday, Part 1: NPR @ The Parish
by Nick Chaivarlis
The Parish hosted the NPR event with a bill that had no particular theme other than it involving distinct and talented artists.
Being that NPR is a formative tool for emerging artists of all genres, tUnE-yArDs was quick to plug the popular organization in the middle [...]

SXSW 2011, Thursday, Pt. 2
by Brianne Turner
Photography by Nick Chaivarlis and Brianne Turner
Playing one of Thursday’s first scheduled sets, The Deer Tracks opened the Filter Magazine Culture Collide showcase by turning their duo into a quartet, remaining theatrical and false eyelash heavy throughout. Lead vocalist Elin Lindfors played an array of instruments, from the melodica [...]

SXSW 2011, Friday
by Nick Chaivarlis
If you happen to catch a glimpse of a yellow bus in our coverage, we weren’t following around school children. Freaks. We happened to stumble upon the Third Man Records Rolling Record Store, which was parked in different locations around Austin, selling merchandise. Way cooler than an ice cream sandwich. Although [...]

SXSW 2011, Saturday
by Brianne Turner and Nick Chaivarlis
Photography by Nick Chaivarlis
On the way to the Radio Day Stage in Austin’s Convention Center, we happened to (almost literally) run into Millionyoung, who was performing in an open foyer. Mike Diaz, who goes by Millionyoung, was playing with a few band members who helped to make the [...]