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07.06.11M83 To Play Downtown Phoenix On November 7th!I know you didn't think I was going to keep you waiting about the second huge show announcement at the brand new Crescent Ballroom in the heart of Downtown Phoenix. I can hardly contain the excitement from bursting out from me as I type this post. M83 is coming to Phoenix! That's fucking right! Anthony Gonzalez is one of my favorite musicians in the history of mankind, and I've never gotten a chance to see him perform live. That's all about to change, as he'll be here live on November 7th, a few nights after headlining one of the nights ...
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11.29.10Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010 Recap VideoThis year was the second consecutive year that the FMF crew headed to my favorite festival of them all, Fun Fun Fun Fest. The fest went down at Waterloo Park in Austin, Texas and once again provided one of the most diverse lineups you could ever imagine. I will say this year managed to outdo last year and I hope that everyone that is able to make it in 2011 decides to come out. I have heard rumors that the fest will no longer be held in the same park, and might have to move to a soon-to-be-named bigger park. ...
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11.17.09photos: fuck buttons at fun fun fun festOne of the hardest thing for an electronic act without vocals to do is try to keep the attention of a large festival crowd in the middle of the day. Fuck Buttons are the new masters of this, as was confirmed by their early afternoon set at Fun Fun Fun Fest. The duo's set was exceedingly noisy and abrasive, yet completely groove-worthy at the same time. People were jumping around and screaming in the pouring rain and couples were dancing and making out all over the park. These guys have such an original sound, you owe it to yourself to ...
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11.16.09photos: vega at fun fun fun festVEGA is my favorite of Alan Palomo's projects. Though he's more well known at this point for the equally awesome Neon Indian. there's something this project that I can't get enough of. I've been dancing in my bedroom to the debut album Well Known Pleasures ever since I copped a download of it early this year. I was looking forward to his Saturday afternoon set months in advance to the show. Alan plays with a live band when performing live, and the band didn't disappoint the hometown crowd one bit. In fact they had people uncontrollably dancing and screaming all ...
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11.13.09photos: yeasayer at fun fun fun festYeasayer's Saturday night set was one of the ones I looked forward to most going into weekend of Fun Fun Fun Fest. Luckily I wasn't let down in the least, as the band breezed through a set of tracks both new and old and had the audience screaming for more by the time they walked off the stage. They also had one of the largest crowds watching from the stage and photo pit, so it was difficult to grab many photos throughout the set. Being more honest, I might have walked to get a beer (or several) during the set ...
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11.12.09photos: atlas sound at fun fun fun festYou're going to have to forgive me for how soft and hazy these photos are, this was right in the middle of the downpour of rain that was unleashed on Austin throughout Sunday's edition of Fun Fun Fun Fest. Bradford Cox apologized to his fans that his set had to go down in such weather, while later joking that he "liked to make people wet in different ways." And that's just the kind of set it was. The band seemed to be having as much fun as possible on stage and the fans were eating it up. The sound was ...
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11.12.09hear our interview with the coathangersPost and interview by Jordan Walker Saturday night I took a break from the festivities at Fun Fun Fun Festival and made my way down to the Mohawk to meet up with the ladies from The Coathangers. Upon arrival Julia (guitar/vocals) and Stephanie (drums/vocals) made their way outside and greeted me. We made introductions and we joined by Candice (keyboards/vocals), and Meredith (bass/vocals). They were all extremely friendly and were immediately likable. We headed next door to the Club Deville and made our way to the back patio to converse, after the girls greeted a friend and ...
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11.11.09photos: crystal antlers at fun fun fun festI unfortunately missed Crystal Antlers playing a free show at the Yucca Tap Room on the 4th as I had a plane to catch to Austin at 7am the next morning. The only reason I could bring myself to do it was knowing that I'd be catching the band's set at Fun Fun Fun Fest early on Saturday afternoon. They were the first band of the festival to really get the mainstage crowd worked up, and I was dancing around with a drink in my hand while taking these photos. If you haven't checked out this band, make sure to ...
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11.11.09photos: coliseum at fun fun fun festI partied a little too much my first few nights in Austin, so by the time Fun Fun Fun Fest was starting off I was feeling pretty sluggish. I have only Coliseum (and the free Red Bull in the media tent) to thank for giving me a huge energy boost early Saturday afternoon and getting me through the rest of the day. The band was extremely heavy and explosive and packed their early afternoon set full of enough energy to propel a locomotive. I only managed to catch a few shots of their set as I was too busy thrashing ...
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11.10.09photos: no age at fun fun fun festOne of the highlights of my trip to Austin for Fun Fun Fun Fest was No Age's early evening performance on the Orange stage. The band took the stage slightly after 5:10 and proceeded to rip through an assortment of songs spanning their ever-growing discography. It was one of the first sets of the festival where I really saw the pit open up and started to see people lose themselves in the music. I also heard quite a few people singing along and thrashing about to the exceedingly loud and brilliantly paced set. These are a few shots of the ...
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