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• Posted Austinist Previews ACL: Grace Potter & The Nocturnals to Austinist
  With fans like Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal singing her praises, it's no wonder that Grace Potter and The Nocturnals have been become a sweeping sensation. Their sound is a modern take on rugged soulful rock'n'roll that draws heavily from the likes of early My Morning Jacket as well as J.J. Cale. Constant touring and recording have earned the band tremendous amounts of fans and press, and Texas now welcomes them as they perform...
• Posted Austinist Previews ACL: Rail Road Earth to Austinist
  Taking their name from a Jack Kerouac poem, Rail Road Earth combines elements of bluegrass, rock and roll, jazz, and Celtic music with extensive forays into improvisation. Fans of Astral Weeks era Van Morrison and No Depression Americana will be delightfully pleased when the band takes the stage at ACL on Saturday afternoon at the WaMu Stage. Rail Road Earth Sparta, NJ Latest Release: Elko Hotel Double Live Saturday the 15th, 3:15 p.m., WaMu Stage...
• Posted Austinist Previews ACL: Beau Soleil & Will Hoges to Austinist
  Since 1975, Grammy Award winners BeauSoleil have charmed audiences as being one of the most heralded and esteemed Cajun groups in American music history. Band leader Michael Doucet artfully takes the rich traditions of Louisiana culture and blends other southern folk elements such as Zydeco, Jazz, Tejano, Country, Blues to astonishing effect. Beau Soleil have played The Grand Ole Opry, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and the Newport Folk Festival in the past....
• Posted Austinist Album Capsule : The Boggs & A Sunny Day In Glasgow to Austinist
  The Boggs Forts Forts is quite possibly a modern breakthrough in the use of fusing modern sampling and eclectic songwriting. The Boggs create a stirring soundscape of both cut-up and collage and multi-cultura pop songs around foreign noise with traditional rock elements (guitar, bass drums etc). There are elements of '60s influence in tunes like the left field "Kinkesque", "Little Windows" and bouncy glam rock ala "Arm In Arm". However, the album really starts going...
• Posted Capsule Review: Belaire's Exploding Impacting to Austinist
  Belaire'sExploding Impacting is an album that very well captures the essence of summer madness: the spectral emotional range goes from playful romanticism ("You Really Got Me Goin'") to the deeply reflective ("Waiting Patiently" and You're Not A Kid Anymore". ) The band's sound is somewhere between '60s Brazilian Tropicalia (Caetano Velosco, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes) and early '80s synth-pop (Gary Numan, Talking Heads, OMD) taken in a new direction. Though twin sisters Cari and Christa...