Best New Bands » Fol Chen https://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Day 2 of SXSW: Sacramento’s Sister Crayon at Malaia https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/day-2-of-sxsw-sacramentos-sister-crayon-at-malaia/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/day-2-of-sxsw-sacramentos-sister-crayon-at-malaia/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:00:00 +0000 Remeber the name Sister Crayon, because you’re going to see/hear about them everywhere if you haven’t already. I reviewed their show at The Echo with Fol Chen as well as when they opened for El Ten Eleven at The Bootleg, and both times I was completely enthralled by the Sacramento foursome’s performance. Their song “Here

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  1. Fol Chen and Sister Crayon Light Up The Echo Last night, The Echo was for lovers. Couples held hands, sat in each other’s laps, and held each other up as they swayed to a melee of electronic and live sounds coming from the stage. It was the last night...
  2. Quick Change Artists El Ten Eleven and Sister Crayon at The Bootleg I caught El Ten Eleven back in Denton last winter, and I was amazed at how two people could create such a pleasant racket. I wondered: how can they walk around with all of that inside them? Are they constantly...
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