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SXSW: the Silos and Jon Dee Graham and the Fighting Cocks, Joe’s Bar, Austin, Texas, March 17

March 23, 2010
By Geoffrey Himes
SXSW: the Silos and Jon Dee Graham and the Fighting Cocks, Joe’s Bar, Austin, Texas, March 17

Jon Dee Graham For the four days of the South by Southwest Music Conference, it seems that every barroom patio, restaurant deck, and vacant lot within walking distance of downtown Austin has been commandeered as a live-music stage. Some of these were the sites for the conference’s official showcases, but many more are for...
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SXSW: Ruben Ramos and Little Joe at Kenny Dorham’s Backyard, Austin, Texas, March 18

March 23, 2010
By Geoffrey Himes
SXSW: Ruben Ramos and Little Joe at Kenny Dorham’s Backyard, Austin, Texas, March 18

Ruben Ramos Interstate 35, which runs from Dallas to San Antonio, slices through the middle of Austin north to south. It’s also the traditional dividing line between West Austin, where most of the white population lives, and East Austin, which is largely black and brown. The South by Southwest Music Conference has rarely ventured...
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SXSW: Spoon and Broken Bells, Stubbs, Austin, Texas, March 17

March 18, 2010
By Geoffrey Himes
SXSW: Spoon and Broken Bells, Stubbs, Austin, Texas, March 17

The microchip has changed rock’n'roll forever. It has added a whole new palette of sounds and a whole new level of precision that can be perfectly repeated forever. But there is danger in these new possibilities—danger that the otherworldly sonics might crowd out handmade noises, danger that perfectibility may obscure the imperfections that are...
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