Photos by Miriam Thom Here it is u guyz... Winnie Cooper's Sasquatch! 2011 review! Words by Dolly Compton . TOP TEN SHOWS: • MSTRKRFT • Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings • Sleigh Bells • The Antlers • Ratatat • White Arrows • Foster the People • !!! • Das Racist • Matt and Kim DAY 1 FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTS: DFA 1979: I had to keep myself from [...]

(Fitz & the Tantrums @ SXSW 2010, Day 1 (3-17-2010)) Will you be in town this weekend? Oh, and you like music that might rock your booty into another zip code? Then my friend, you owe it to yourself, and your booty, to hit the Black Cat on Saturday for Fitz and the Tantrums . (Tickets available here .) I'm almost sorry that I'm shooting this show, as it will prevent me from dancing up a storm to their infectious heap of happy hooks. This [...]

I love attending SXSW-Music every year. Like a four-day summer camp, you get to catch up with people you only see once a year, stay up late, and learn new skills; at SX, that's usually geography (finding your way around downtown Austin), race-walking (getting from one venue to another on foot in the least amount of time), and the art of balance (writing legibly in a notebook, while holding a camera AND a beer). Unfortunately for me, the subtitle to this this SX was, "If It Can Go Wrong, It Will." (My direct flight had issues-not the flight [...]

We told you back in December that Loretta Lynn will be headlining the 6th annual Nelsonville Music Festival in Nelsonville, Ohio, May 14-16. Now the fest has added some more noteworthy acts, including The Swell Season , Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings (pictured above), Billy Joe Shaver and Man Man , adding to the already impressive lineup with Lynn, Todd Snider , Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears , Southeast Engine , Michael Hurley , Detroit Cobras and Those Darlins [...]

Toronto – Last Wednesday brought Toronto a veritable soul queen in Sharon Jones . For those of you who are new to Sharon Jones, she is spear-heading a throwback to good old fashioned funk and R&B. Sharon was backed by her band the Dap-Kings, the house band from her label: Daptone Records . Seeing them live is the closest I can imagine to being in Harlem during the height of soul and funk in the 70's. The Dap-Kings are tight. Most notable for me was watching the bassist [...]

MP3: Air - "Alone in Kyoto" MP3: The Libertines - "What Katie Did" MP3: Rilo Kiley - "Under the Blacklight" MP3: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - "Be Easy" MP3: The Anniversary - "Crooked Crown" MP3: Surkin - "Ghetto Obsession"