photography by Benjamin Hoste After a slight delay Red Cortez rocked the rook at Cheers on Sixth street at SXSW on Thursday, March 18th. They’ve recently returned from England where they recorded their first full length.

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photography by Benjamin Hoste The Morning Benders gave a lukewarm performance at The Fader Fort at SXSW. They were much better when I saw them open at The Fonda a year ago.

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photography by Benjamin Hoste The Henry Clay People played a pleasure filled, no pressure set last night, March 24th at The Bootleg Theatre after just returning from SXSW where they played 11 shows in 4 days. Original bass player Noah Green noticeably filled in while current Henry Clay member Jonathan Price is on vacation and [...]

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photography by Benjamin Hoste Tenlons Fort played a record release show on Wednesday, March 3 at Syncronicity Space on Melrose to celebrate the release of their new LP Shelters. The mostly sitting crowd nicely complimented lead singer and songwriter Jack Gibson’s seated performance but the show was definitely not a leisurely one but one filled [...]

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photography by Benjamin Hoste Both Signals and The Henry Clay People were opening the evening for Dios but both played excellent sets. Signals have improved trastically from their first few shows in the wake of The Mae Shi when they were still finding their footing and The Henry Clay People seem to be almost ready [...]

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photography by Benjamin Hoste On Princeton’s final night of their Spaceland residency, Castledoor played their last show with their current line up. Their performance was noticeably emotional especially for singer Nate Cole who flung himself about at times while at times slightly shifting a song’s lyrics.

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photography by Lindsey Best Andrew Bird, a multi-instrumentalist best known for his skills on the violin, played a semi exclusive and very sold out show at USC’s Bovard Auditorium as the last stop on this tour for his latest album Noble Beast (2009). Bird played a diverse two hour set drawing material from as old [...]

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NOFX performed to a packed house at The Fox Theatre in Pomona, CA on December 4, 2009. Their usual stage banter and antics prevailed, though the performance and showmanship was lacking compared to their outstanding string of three back to back shows at The Fonda in Los Angeles earlier in the year.

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Belated band photos from FYF Fest 2009.

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Amusement Parks on Fire performing at Club Nokia on September 18, 2009.

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