Paul Stinson – Break out your box of earplugs and say goodbye to your personal space, SXSW is back in all its music-marathon glory. Following two years in the pandemic wilderness, many of Austin’s best bands will be on display in the Texas capital, fighting to stand out from the tsunami of visiting acts.
Paul Stinson – Playing to six people at SXSW or two-hundred at a record release kickoff, Austin’s XETAS’ brisk arsenal of melodic punk rock anvils fall just as a hard. Those anvils are now headed across America, including a May 11 at Seattle’s Funhouse.
Paul Stinson – Cut from the cloth of a classic country singer yet destined for a road house in a David Lynch movie, the songs of Jess Williamson captivate, beautifully break and nourish the heart of those brave enough to travel her road.
Paul Stinson – On your mark. Get set. Play a ton of shows. Have your usual drink ticket beer replaced with something even crappier because it’s that time of year again. Maybe Pharrell tweets about your band after stepping out of his trailer, forever altering the course of human history. Go.
Paul Stinson – Selling out Austin’s ABGB venue in early July, Sweet Spirit announced for good their graduation from the city’s vast ranks of anonymously talented, taking on the road for a month-long summer tour before coming back to stop local traffic.
