The Away Days, from Istanbul, Turkey The music portion of SXSW kicks off Tuesday in Austin, the land where bacon and blackberry whiskey go hand in hand. Don’t ask me how I know that is true, just believe me. If you’re going down to Texas this year, please make an effort to see the following … Read more
Photo by Carson Minow St. Louis’ Née is Kristin Dennis, Mic Boshans, David Beeman (of Old Lights), and Lex Herbert. While we’ve written about the group before on SIC, they’re now cooking up a soon to be released EP, Finches, which was recorded on “analogue, vintage gear” at Native Sound. I’m not usually a fan … Read more
Photo by Carson Minow “You know I probably broke one hundred hearts by now…” I’ve recently been going through an MC Lyte phase, so I’ll just go ahead and say it: Née cold rocks a party. I mean, Spinner compared the Saint Louis foursome (Kristin Dennis, David Beeman, Mic Boshans, and Lex Herbert) to LCD Soundsystem. … Read more
Well, the time is upon us, folks. This weekend, the 2011 Riverfront Times Music Showcase will rock on with its bad self down on Washington Avenue, and this year, the line-up is Jessica Rabbit stacked. We took a minute to sit down with the RFT’s music blog editor, Kiernan Maletsky, to get some guidance on … Read more
Meet Kristin Dennis. AKA Née. Yeah, we had to consult a dictionary, too. née adj nā 1 : used to identify a woman by her maiden family name 2 : originally or formerly called As she recently told I Went To a Show, Dennis picked the name to represent her music because the creative process essentially allowed … Read more