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2011 Fun Fun Fun Fest Day One Photos

Check out Mike White's photos from day one of Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas. The festival, now in its sixth year, boasts an impressive four stages and a formidable lineup that includes Spoon, Public Enemy, Passion Pit and many more.  read more

14 Awesome Modern Power Trios

Massive ensembles like Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene create wonderfully lush, orchestral music that could only be pulled off in a large group—but there's a time and place for everything, and sometimes that tight-knit, bare-necessities combination of guitar-bass-drums beckons forth.  read more

Russian Circles: Geneva

Instrumental band runs in loops on third album More than most bands saddled with the vague “post-rock” label, Russian Circles effectively pares down its sound to two basic elements: thunderous riffs and tight rhythms. No vocals obstruct its instrumental onslaught—which, on the band’s third album, Geneva, is mighty but repetitive. Each track traces the same loud/soft dynamic, which makes the songs both thematically cohesive and redundant....  read more