The Brag

At the end of Day Five came the launch of Daniel Johnston‘s graphic novel, Space Ducks: An Infinite Comic Book Of Musical Greatness. Hosted by Brooklyn Vegan, the night promised sets from the cult hero himself and the people who love him, and the lineup was impressive enough as it was – but this was SXSW and this was Daniel Johnston, so of course there would be surprises in store…

Posted: March 16th, 2012 under SXSW 2012.
Tags: Alex Maas, bad music journalism, Foy Vance, Jeffrey Lewis, Kimya Dawson, Matt Vasquez, Motopony, R. Stevie Moore, Space Ducks, SXSW 2012, SXSW Music, Will Sheff

Kimya Dawson Thunder Thighs Burnside ***1/2 In her 7th album, Kimya Dawson’s confessional style and lo-fi sound is very much intact. She’s always treated her audience like family, and the opening track, ‘All I Could Do’, is akin to a Christmas letter, letting everyone know what’s been happening since we last heard from her. The [...]

Posted: November 7th, 2011 under Album Reviews, Brag 436 (October 31), Music.
Tags: Kimya Dawson, Robbie Miles, The Brag, thunder Thighs

Apparently, folk-hop is a thing. A quick google revealed that I hadn’t, as previously thought, invented the term – but it’s certainly the best way to describe last Friday night at the Manning Bar. The crowd seemed very small to start with, quietly lounging on couches around the moshpit, but when Kimya Dawson and Aesop [...]

Posted: October 31st, 2011 under Brag 435 (October 24), Live Reviews, Music.
Tags: Aesop Rock, DJ Big Wiz, Kimya Dawson, Rob Sonic, Robbie Miles, The Brag

Kimya Dawson The Word Nerd By Robbie Miles Down the phone from her Washington home, Kimya Dawson just makes you want to give her a hug. We’re talking on the eve of a tour that will see her back in Sydney next month; a tour she’s sharing with a couple of unlikely bedfellows, hip hop [...]

Posted: October 10th, 2011 under Brag 432 (October 3), Music, Music - Interview.
Tags: Kimya Dawson, Robbie Miles, The Brag, thunder Thighs