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Austin Sound Check

May 28th, 2008

Meg & Dia Announce Summer Tour

Meg & Dia have announced their upcoming summer tour dates, including a stop at Emo’s on August 27. Additional tour dates, ticketing information and the video for Roses are below.
Headlining dates w/ Jonezetta, Dropping Daylight
August 15 - Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
August 16 - Augusta, GA @ Sector 7G
August 17 - Raleigh, NC @ The […]

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May 27th, 2008

APD Taser Local Musician at Bun B Emo’s Show

Robert “Lowkey” Hein of Austin group Dred Skott was arrested for public intoxication and resisting arrest after the group opened for Bun B at Emo’s last week.
Two local sources lead me to believe that there is more to the story and call into question the use of force, which included a taser and batons.
Did anybody […]

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May 19th, 2008

Bun B of UGK drops II Trill, playing Emo’s Wednesday

Bun B is still relatively unknown in the mainstream, even after all the attention he and UGK (Underground Kingz) gained after the untimely death of UGK partner Pimp C. As UGK, the duo owned the Texas underground rap scene since 1987. Their first album came in 1992, and by 2000 UGK was working with artists […]

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May 13th, 2008

Foxboro Hot Tubs Announce May Tour Dates

Green Day alter-ego Foxboro Hot Tubs announced a short tour at the end of this month, which includes a stop at Emo’s. Tickets are $20 at the door, with no advance sales. There will be a two ticket per person maximum and no photography is allowed.
May 19 2008 Juanita’s Cantina - Little Rock, AR
May 20 […]

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April 23rd, 2008

Portugal The Man summer tour

Alaska isn’t the first place you’d look for a good soulful indie rock band. Alaska is also a pretty good drive away from Austin. Wasilla’s own Portugal The Man trekked to SXSW this year with their fuzzed out guitars and gigged till they dropped. Portugal The Man was impressively on the schedule at least 3-4 […]

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April 23rd, 2008

Dynamite Boy reignites this weekend

Dynamite Boy was one of Austin’s top bands when they broke up in 2005. Signed to Fearless Records, they called it quits after a decade of making fun pop-punk together. Their cover of AC/DC’s TNT is one of my favorite covers to this day, rivaled closely by Dynamite Boy’s rendition of I Want it That […]

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