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A blog about music in all its forms, Rock Candy is the work of Kevin Coffey, the music critic and reporter for the Omaha World-Herald.
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Monthly Archives: March 2010
More SXSW Video: It’s True, Mynabirds, Thunder Power
I know I promised no more SXSW posts, but my video from Austin finally got posted at Omaha.com. I did interviews with several Omaha bands while I was down there. (Check out interviews with Greg from Little Brazil and Shawn … Continue reading
Posted in It's True, SXSW, The Mynabirds, Thunder Power
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Review: Black Eyed Peas (live broadcast from LA to a theater near you)
On Tuesday night, the Black Eyed Peas performed in Los Angeles at the Staples Center. At the same time, the show was being broadcast to movie theaters all over the country, including three in Omaha. Showing live events in movie … Continue reading
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Little Brazil Guest Blog: Summing up the SXSW experience
During SXSW, the kind folks in Little Brazil did some blogging for me from an artist perspective. All the entries are great stuff.Read them at those links if you get a chance. Anyway, after sleeping Austin off, Greg Edds chimed … Continue reading
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Headlines! Maha, Hold Steady, tribute bands and more
Over the weekend, I didn’t catch much music. I’m still in that SXSW overload mode, but that’s started to wear off and I’m ready to see some shows. I got to O’Leaver’s very late on Saturday and caught Little Black … Continue reading
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Headlines! Julian Casablancas, Lady Gaga, Beck and more
It’s been a busy day of writing about concert films, writing about the Maha Music Festival, telling my SXSW story to more people at the office and clearing out about two months worth of newspapers from under my desk. But … Continue reading
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The Rock Candy Awards: SXSW edition (wrapping up my best, worst, favorites, etc.)
Is anyone else tired of hearing about SXSW? I kinda am and I was there. Well, here’s my last post about the subject for awhile. Here they are the awards for the best stuff I saw at South By.(Note: no … Continue reading
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SXSW: Photos from Austin
I took a lot of photos while I was in Austin. Here are the best of what I took. Enjoy. http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649 View full size versions and captions. * * * If you were in Austin and took some pictures, I … Continue reading
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SXSW: Video from Austin
I took some video from a few things while I was in Austin. A couple of them are interviews of local bands and the others were shots I took from shows. Enjoy… 1. Lucero live at Club DeVille (performing “Nights … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Leather, Little Brazil, SXSW
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SXSW: Day four wrap-up
As mentioned before, my last day at SXSW was basically spent trying to catch as many of the bans on my must see list as I possibly could. It ended up being a day full of a lot of running … Continue reading
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SXSW Little Brazil guest blog: Final day at South By
It’s a rough Saturday morning and I’m currently looking over my Friday notes trying to make sense of the craziness that was our final day in Austin. As an artist, checking into the festival is one of the hardest things … Continue reading
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