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Celebrating the return of live music with Small Black @ the Echoplex on 08.20.21
Well, shit ... it's about fucking time. I honestly had no idea how much I've missed live music until I attended my first show in something like 17 months. It feels like a lifetime has gone by. Last Friday, I had the chance to catch East Coast chillwave act Small Black at the Echoplex in …

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S U R V I V E at the Echoplex on 10.06.16

S U R V I V E perform under the cover of darkness at the Echoplex on 10.06.16.
I've got a bit more energy than I thought for this late afternoon/evening. So I'm going to dust off this partially written post for S U R V I V E's Echoplex performance from Oct. 2016, and finally wrap it up. Let's get started ... and/or finished.I was first introduced to Austin's deep synth quartet …

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Death of Lovers’ “The Absolute” + Extras

Death of Lovers. Photo sourced from artist's Dia Record bio.
"The Acrobat" from the 2017 album of the same name. I'm going a bit retro tonight, as least in terms of sound and sensation. This one's called "The Absolute." It's the title track to the 2017 album of the same name, and it faithfully taps the tones and textures of the '80s neon underground and …

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