SXSW2018 – DNAK https://www.dnak.com/blog Dave Nakayama's take on music & more Mon, 26 Mar 2018 05:34:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 21519674 Dnak 103 (March 2018) https://www.dnak.com/blog/2018/03/dnak-103-march-2018/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 05:34:09 +0000 http://www.dnak.com/blog/?p=3382 Six straight days and nights of music in Austin was maybe a bit ambitious, but how else was I going to check out over 60 live bands at SXSW. My highlights were incredible music performances by Dermot Kennedy, Pale Waves, Tank & The Bangas, Sam Fender, and Superorganism. Check out a few pics below. My first DNAK playlist of the year heavily draws from acts I loved in Austin, sprinkled in with other new tracks in my rotation. Check it out.

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]]> 3382 SXSW 2018 https://www.dnak.com/blog/2018/02/sxsw-2018/ Mon, 26 Feb 2018 01:35:18 +0000 http://www.dnak.com/blog/?p=3171 My annual live music binge (aka SXSW) is coming up, and that means a little music research is in order. I poured through the imposing list of planned performers and pulled together a playlist to help me decide who I might want to checkout while I’m in Austin. This list definitely tilts towards my own musical interests, which I’d roughly describe as indie rock, indie pop, and indietronica with an occasional dose of alt rock and alt country. So if you’re heading to Austin (or want to check out some new tunes), check it out. There is a good mix of familiar bands (Cut Copy, Ghostland Observatory, Okkervil River, Superchunk), a number of acts I’ve seen in Austin in the last few years (Lo Moon, Lucy Dacus, Natalie Prass, Porches, Speedy Ortiz, Sylvan Esso, Wye Oak), and some artist I’m really looking forward to seeing for the first time (Japandroids, Morgan Saint, Sunflower Bean, Superoganism). But most of these acts are new to me, and that’s the fun of going from venue to venue in downtown Austin to seek out new acts. If you’re gonna be down there, let’s hang out and listen to live music together.

EDIT: I had a fantastic SXSW, and some of my favorite performances were Pale Waves, Dermot Kennedy, Pale Waves, Sam Fender, Tank & the Bangas, and Superorganism. Definitely check them out of it you can.

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