Words by Brendan What is a sundress? It’s some type of female garment, that’s all I could really tell you without checking Wikipedia. But what is Sundress? That’s a question I can answer. They’re one of the better psychedelic/shoegaze pop bands this side of The Flaming Lips. Okay, that’s a bold claim to make about [...]
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Words and photos by Vicki Earlier this year, when I was debating whether or not to attend Bonnaroo (this is the last time I’m going to talk about Bonnaroo—I think) I ultimately decided to go because of the value. I see a ton of shows every year and spend lots of money on tickets, so [...]
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Words by Jim It’s happened before. We feature a band, we get to know them, we get to be pals, and then they feel comfortable recommending some music to us. It’s a really nice benefit of this whole deal and I really love when it happens (if we like the music). It’s much better than [...]
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Words by Jim Some bands have it and some sort of have it and some don’t. Let me explain, but it’s relative anyway, right? Whatever. Some bands immediately grab you by the balls and the ears and say “Hey. Listen to this”. Maybe it’s not the first song on the album, but it’s a feeling, [...]
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Words by Vicki / Photos by Julie Van Wassen Over my years of concert-going, I’ve developed a time-tested law of live performances: The amount one geeks out over a band is directly proportionate to one’s inability to gauge how popular that band really is. Though I have seen this play out again and again, I [...]
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The War On Drugs, with Caveman and Jeremy Sessa / Club Cafe / Thursday 09.01.2011 / 8:00 / $8 Words by Brendan I’m not sure what you might expect from a band with the name The War On Drugs, but I guarantee they’re better than anything you have in mind. The usual “spot the influence” [...]
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Words and interview and photos by Brendan I’m so glad I got to even see Reading Rainbow play live, let alone interview them. They were one of the first bands I shared here when I started writing for Draw Us Lines, and their scuzzy-yet-pretty garage pop sound is just meant for the Brillobox stage, let’s [...]
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Words by Brendan / Photo by Will Gunther It was the rowdiest of concerts, it was the dreamiest of concerts. It was the age of crowd-surfing, it was the age of sitting attentively. It was the epoch of loud guitars and raucous crowd antics, it was the epoch of dreamy pop sounds and beautiful voices [...]
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Yo! We compiled a bunch of ECHO CHAMBER recordings. How abouts you check out the Bandcamp page (click above) and pick these tunes up? We'd appreciate it and we know you'll love 'em. The DUL Staff
