Blog: Austin Sound

“There’s too many artists, too much hype and not enough genius.” Those lines are taken from the bridge of the opening track on The Black and White Years’ latest release Patterns , and it seems to quantify every notion that contemporary skeptics have about today’s musical climate. Bands get hyped and they fizzle out after a descent debut only to end up swallowing Soco-lime shots at the end of the bar in the Brooklyn Bowl like Neon Indian is probably doing right now. (Just kidding NI, I love you.) The odds of success in today’s indie [...]

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