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March 19, 2009

SXSW Day 1: Old scenesters, young whips and Nintendo power.
By Michael Brodeur

Austin's a fucking meh-ess this morning: the asphalt's all sticky with spilled Shiner Bock; Red Bull cans are stubbed out like butts all over the place; and the gutters are alive with the sound of psyched grackles pecking up dew-damp pizza crusts. One thing that's not all over the streets: people. For a few scant hours each morning, South-by makes a ghost town out of Austin--albeit one with plenty of trash cans. It's a little stretch of calm between big boozy storm systems--and last night's was a doozy.

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Besties, SXSW, chiptune

August 13, 2008

Wednesday's Best Bets: Besties at PA's, Hercules and Love Affair at Wilbur
By Carly Carioli

Besties, "Prison Song"

Ever been hugged too hard? It’s a bit like listening to the BESTIES, purveyors of either the bristliest indie pop ever sprung from Brooklyn or the most adorable punk rock. Their songs — poppy paeans to lost time, lost loves, and lost lofts — threaten to be devoured by their own cuteness, but the Besties have dueling penchants for volume and bombast, and the result is more whee! than twee.

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SXSW Day 1: Old scenesters, young whips and Nintendo power.
Published 3/19/2009 by Michael Brodeur

Austin's a fucking meh-ess this morning: the asphalt's all sticky with spilled Shiner Bock; Red Bull cans are stubbed out like butts all over the place; and the gutters are alive with the sound of psyched grackles pecking up dew-damp pizza crusts. One thing that's not all over the streets: people. For a few scant hours each morning, South-by makes a ghost town out of Austin--albeit one with plenty of trash cans. It's a little stretch of calm between big boozy storm systems--and last night's was a doozy.

Boston Phoenix
Wednesday's Best Bets: Besties at PA's, Hercules and Love Affair at Wilbur
Published 8/13/2008 by Carly Carioli
Besties, "Prison Song" Ever been hugged too hard? It’s a bit like listening to the BESTIES, purve...

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