While we're waiting for Matthew Everett to recover from his blitzkrieg tour of SXSW, we're happy to note that the local boys Matthew tagged along with apparently put their festival showcase to good use: Knoxville's Royal Bangs make the shortlist of New York Times critic Jon Pareles' Austin highlights. Pareles says the trio, whose new album is out next week, "brought forthright 1960s-soul beats and 1970s synthesizer lines to songs full of misgivings."
This is shaping up as an exciting couple of weeks for the Bangs. Next Friday, they're scheduled to play on David Letterman's show.
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