This Little Underground Stories
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This Little Underground | 10/21/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
Sup, More-lando? Still pedal to the metal, I see. Keep it up. The beat As psyched as I was to see Baltimore dream-pop diamond Beach House perform (Oct. 11, Hard Rock Live), I was concerned about...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 10/14/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
You know that look on adog’sface when its head’s hanging out the window of a speeding car – peeled back lips flapping and all stupid smiles? That’s me during this unprecedented whirlwind of concerts. ...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 10/7/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
There’s really not much more to say about the fourth annual femme-centric ELLA Fest (Oct. 1-3, Orlando Brewing) that I haven’t already said, mainly because little has changed in its outlook. With a fe...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 9/30/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
No foreplay this week. Let’s get busy. The beat The big-shot feature for the latest Southern Fried Sunday was the Dex Romweber Duo (Sept. 19, Copper Rocket). If you don’t know Dex, you can probabl...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 9/23/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
R.I.P., Sunday Night Vinyl and Sunday Morning Coming Down. The classic alternative and alt-country radio shows, respectively, were the two venerable programs that were the most tragic casualties of Re...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 9/16/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
Remember that stampede of concerts I was talking about? Well, time to get up and out because every single week between now and just about Thanksgiving will feature no less than three major tours comin...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 9/9/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
Reunited and it feels so goooood. Sup, my babies? It’s great to be back in the saddle. You know I never like to leave you hanging, but I was up in the deep purple of Minneapolis for the 25th Anniver...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 8/26/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
When I first moved to Orlando, I started going to school at Westridge Middle where the re-districting gentrification effort immersed me in the hardcore rap sounds of Public Enemy and N.W.A. Their caco...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 8/19/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
Brain drain tends to happen to still-developing scenes that are home to talented people like ours, but Danny and Jenny Feedback are two homegrown musicians who return this month. That may not sound li...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 8/11/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
When a huge God-Fart of thunder woke me up on Sunday, I was already worried for the Indie Summer Fest (Aug. 8, Audubon Park). You people sure love courting weatherly disaster with your outdoor summer ...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 8/4/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
While you’re out at the Indie Summer Fest (Aug. 8) in Audubon Park this Sunday, come check out my handpicked showcase inside Big Daddy’s, especially if: A) you wanna see a sampling of Orlando’s best...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 7/28/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
It’s my job to cast a critical eye on our city’s music scene, but sometimes our music community simply swells my heart. The benefit for Michelle Widmer (July 24, Will’s Pub), who recently lost an arm ...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 7/21/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
Ahhh yeah, happy days will soon be here again, sexy people. Concert calendars across the city are shaping up to be shit-hot for the fall with dope acts, current and classic, like MGMT, Yeasayer, Cryst...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 7/14/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
Lotsa good Georgia lovin’ this week… The Beat Atlanta’s Howlies (July 5, the Social Backroom) are one of the best trad-garage bands to come through in some time. Besides packing an abundance of ri...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 7/7/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
The most active summer in years in terms of community music events keeps on rolling. Next up is Indie Summer Fest (Aug. 8, $8, www.indiesummer.net) organized by Demario Wallace (Fly South Music) and ...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 6/30/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
I’m happy to report some improvements on the local band front this week. The Beat Up to this point, all I’ve seen of local indie-pop band An Introduction to Sunshine were ideas killed by overz...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 6/17/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
Who knew that all it would take was a little thing called the World Cup to snap the once-reliable Weezer out of their years-long slump and finally pen a halfway decent song? Yep, their unofficial ant...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 6/9/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
If you’re interested in getting an inside, articulate and humorous glimpse into the journey of a young, smart band living the dream of recording with one of their idols (specifically, J. Robbins), che...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 6/3/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
Despair is not too strong a word to describe my feelings about the Orlando Magic’s season coming to a premature end. That’s because I love our team. However, unlike blind romantics would have you bel...[MORE]
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This Little Underground | 5/26/2010 | By Bao Le-Huu
In the discourse of music, the issue of authenticity comes up an awful lot, if not expressly then almost always by implication. And there’s an age-old attitude toward it that’s practically institution...[MORE]