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Abbey Fox writesAbbey Fox Goes to SXSW2015: Day 3

CHIRP Radio’s Abbey Fox visited this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival and documented her experiences. Click here to read about Day 1 and here for Day 2!

Day 3

The forecast called for rain, and we were prepared with ponchos and what I call “my gross festival boots” (thanks, Riot Fest 2014!). We decided to keep it simple on Friday and planned to spend the whole day at the Spin Magazine showcase at legendary BBQ joint/music venue, Stubbs.

Post-punk (& recently controversial) rockers Viet Cong kicked off the event by asking the audience who else was hungover and exhausted. After a unanimous YES by screamed by nearly everyone, they played as if their lives depended on it, which was extremely impressive considering their drummer played with a broken hand.

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Topics: sxsw

Abbey Fox writesAbbey Fox Goes to SXSW2015: Day 2

CHIRP Radio’s Abbey Fox visited this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival and documented her experiences. Click here to read about Day 1. Day three will be posted tomorrow!

Day 2

After a huge breakfast at Magnolia Cafe (more breakfast tacos because #yolo), it was time for Day 2. I started the day off solo with a goal of getting back to Red 7 but allowed myself to be distracted by whatever sounded cool.

That first distraction was Slow Down Molasses at the Canadian showcase. Described as “the Broken Social Scene of the prairies,” I immediately dug their indie sound and lady vocalist.

Setting back out to my original destination, I was invited in to The Lolo’s, a Californian band with an Americana indie sound. Up next was The Black and White at a random tent off of Red River Road, playing me an 80’s reminiscent set that would make HAIM proud.

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Topics: sxsw

Abbey Fox writesAbbey Fox Goes to SXSW2015: Day 1

CHIRP Radio’s Abbey Fox visited this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival and documented her experiences. Day 1 of her journal is below. Tune in tomorrow for Day 2 and Wednesday for Day 3!

While three times the charm is a tired and trite phrase, it is also an adequate description of my experience last week in Austin. After a two year hiatus, last Wednesday I hopped on a plane to Austin for my third SXSW. A lot happened in those two years, but most obvious (and most accidentally) was the fact that I had distanced myself from independent music. I got tired. I felt like I couldn’t keep up. I stopped going to shows because I was sick of crowds and drunk people who talked loudly during quiet moments. I got frustrated when I could seemingly only watch shows through the lens of someone else’s iPhone. I wondered, is this what getting older feels like?

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Erik Roldan writesCHIRP + Coach House Sounds Present: Redgrave

Late February and early March are shaping up to be a busy time for Chicago-based band Redgrave . A new EP, a SXSW showcase, and plenty of shows around town, the duo started out using home recordings by vocalist Angie Mead, and later becoming a two-piece after adding drummer Stephen Howard. Having worked with Tim Rutilli and David Yow on their debut single, the band is getting ready for big stuff. Check out their Coach House Sounds session starting Wednesday February 15th, and listen to CHIRP.org for a selection of tracks from the session!

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Topics: angie mead, chicago, sxsw