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photos by Amanda Hatfield words by Andrew Sacher Austra James Blake and Austra are both currently on their own tours , which after hitting separate Manhattan venues on Wednesday (10/5), crossed paths at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg last night (10/6). Austra started things off around 9 PM with the brooding slow-builder "Darken Her Horse." Unlike the sunlit Pier 54 that Austra [...]

I just came back from the James Blake show in Williamsburg. I now know what the sound of a room full of ovaries exploding sounds like: basically faint squeals of ecstasy for about 1 hour non-stop. Master of the subtle, slow build, James Blake has you wrapped around his youthful, tiny little British finger without you even realizing it. Oh don't mind me, I'm just blowing your MIND right now As [...]