Late on a Thursday evening, Octopoulpe headlined a humble show at Mandragora, a beloved community bar in Oaxaca, Mexico. I had been prepared to leave after listening to just one song, but after the...
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Thuc Doan NguyenFrom March 12 to 18, 300,000 domestic and international visitors poured into Downtown and East Austin again to mix and mingle, and, of course, eat Texas BBQ. It was the 40th year of SXSW and disruption was the name of the game. Programming around...
Vee Hua 華婷婷“Welcome! On this screen, I’ll be describing the sonic content of the music in this performance,” writes a slide of black text on a yellow background. The words project behind Virginia-based, disabled Grenadian-Jamaican-American...
Jake RennThere are very few moments in life when you know exactly what you’re going to get. With so much uncertainty looming in personal lives and the world at large, it’s reassuring that Xiu Xiu – composed of frontman Jamie Stewart, co-vocalist...
Before Mexico City’s Sonido Gallo Negro took the stage at the Nectar Lounge in Seattle, the evening had already been beautifully anticipating their presence. Such anticipation began at the entryway, where the band’s swaggy merch – full...
Still on the first leg of her 2024 national tour, Los Angeles-based British musician Arlo Parks took the stage on March 8, to a sold-out show at Showbox SoDo in Seattle. Released in 2023, The Soft Machine may only be the second full-length album by...
I haven’t even stepped foot into the Snotty Nose Rez Kids show, and I already notice a couple things outside the venue. Clearly, the Indigenous fashion is on-point, with beaded earrings and cedar hats aplenty, and the audience is shockingly...
Headlining multiple days of sold out shows, Jamaican-American musician Masego is partway through his national “You Never Visit Me” tour, named after the single on his latest self-titled, full-length record. On March 18, he took the stage...