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SXSW 2019: The Complete Photo Gallery

Check out our photo gallery from the annual SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas— and stay tuned for interviews and more recaps coming next week.


March 12th featuring Husky Loops, Fatherson, and ShitKid

March 13th featuring The Dunts, Thyla, Easy Life, Dehd, Molly Burch, Slow Pulp, Shy Boys, Fontaines D.C.

March 14th: ANCHR Showcase featuring Faux Furrs, Seasaw, The Golden Fleece, Deeper, Pool Holograph, Uma Bloo, Half Gringa, Rookie, Thompson Springs, The Evening Attraction, Blue Dream

March 15th featuring Pottery, Parrot Dream, Black Belt Eagle Scout, HÆLOS, Tasha, Sir Babygirl

March 16th featuring WAND, Fontaines D.C., Gnarcissists, Stuyedeyed, High Waisted, Pinky Pinky, The Dunts, Native Sun, Miya Folick, Kirin J Callinan

Portraits featuring Stuyedeyed, Nardwuar with Public Practice, Pinky Pinky, Native Sun, Ric Wilson and The Dunts


PHOTOS: SXSW 2018

It's been just over a week since SXSW ended, and just like you, we're still missing the sun, the tunes, and the tacos. Luckily, we have some photos from the packed week of shows to hold us over until next year. Check out our photos from SXSW 2018 below, and stay tuned for interviews with some of our favorite South By artists!


Photos by Rachel Zyzda, featuring Shame, Sunflower Bean, White Reaper, Liza Anne, Blue Dream, HINDS, Acid Dad, Soccer Mommy, Post Animal, Anna Burch, High Waisted, Girl Ray, Caroline Rose, Ron Gallo, The Nude Party, OHMME, Rookie, The Evening Attraction, and Lucille Furs

Photos by Erica Tello, featuring Hembree, Jade Bird, and Mt Joy

Photos by Justin Kibbel of Superchunk, Wye Oak, Bully, Shamir, Lucy Dacus

PHOTOS: The Evening Attraction and Blue Dream at Schubas 12.7.17

Treehouse Records presented Blue Dream's record release show for their new 7" featuring "Freedom Eyes" and "Who Stole The Flowers." Strange Foliage and The Evening Attraction kicked off the show at Schubas this past Thursday night, getting the crowd warmed up for Blue Dream's exuberant headlining set. Check out photos of the incredible show below!

Order your own copy of Blue Dream's new single here, or listen to it in digital format below! You can also see The Evening Attraction back at Schubas January 5th...grab tickets here

Can't get enough Blue Dream? Check out our interview with them. 

PHOTOS: The Evening Attraction at The Virgin Hotel 8.19.17

This past Saturday night, local favorites The Evening Attraction performed on the 25th floor of The Virgin Hotels. If you missed out on the fun, check out our photo gallery of the night, featuring lights by EO Lightshow!


Keep up with The Evening Attraction by liking their Facebook page, where you can find upcoming shows and other announcements. 

Thirsty for more TEA? Head here to check out our interview with them from the archives. 

PHOTOS: ACLU Benefit Show with Post Animal and Friends

 It's been just over a week since Post Animal, The Evening Attraction, Jude Shuma, Condor and Jaybird, and Lucille Furs played a benefit show to a packed SubT, raising over $4000 for The ACLU. If you missed out on the fun and good cause, read about the show here


Post Animal is back on the road for the rest of the month. Their upcoming tour dates can be found here. 

Post Animal and Co. Rocks the Pants off the Subterranean

“Playing Subterranean has been a long time coming for us,” said bassist and vocalist, Dalton Allison prior to his band, Post Animal, headlining the sold-out Wicker Park venue on Monday, July 10. The show was very much a homecoming for Allison, Jake Hirshland (guitar, keys, vocals), Matt Williams (guitar, vocals), Javi Reyes (guitar, vocals) and Wesley Toledo (drums)— who have been in the wet, sticky center of a summer-length, nationwide tour.

Photo Credit: Rachel Zyzda 

Photo Credit: Rachel Zyzda 

Presented by ANCHR Magazine & KickstandProductions, the 17+ show featured a full bill of five acts all in benefit of the ACLU. Right before Post Animal took stage, evening organizer and ANCHR editor, Rachel Zyzda, announced that the overzealous and very sweaty crowd had helped raise over $4,000.

The night had been slowly building to this celebratory moment. Revivalist pysch jams by Condor & Jaybird and Jude Shuma had the psychedelic-wallpaper-clad crowd bobbing and swaying like a lava lamp. To compliment the music, Olivia Oyamada, Emily Schexnayder and Haley Sumnicht (collaboratively known as EO Lightshow) used colored oils and overhead projectors (the same your teacher used in middle school) to cast drippy light and moving patterns on the stage backdrop. This mix of sound and visuals peaked with The Evening Attraction and Post Animal, each ratcheting the dials on their amps and the body temps of the tightly packed crowd.

The venue’s industrial fans did little to cool an enthusiastic head-banging and crowd-surfing group. By the time Post Animal took stage near 11pm, Subterranean was near bedlam. From the opening, riff-heavy stomper (from yet-to-be-released new album) to their heaviest song—by far—“You Were Not There” it was apparent Post Animal—and the crowd—were hell-bent on rocking out.

“In the last year, we’ve realized we wanted to lean more towards heavy rock and rock and roll,” said guitarist and keyboardist Jake Hirshland. “It’s kind of an identity change for us, not a huge change, but definitely a change in identity over the last year.” The shift is evident in their live show. Having seen the band for Water Activity shows at venues such as Schubas and Double Door, the transformation from swaying psychedelic rock to full on rock and roll is striking—but welcomed. All culminating in a Chicago show with enough energy to power an Edison bulb. Post Animal had the crowd in its hairy paw, with kids crowd surfing and romping into one another like moths to said bulb. Beads of sweat flung in the air as heads bobbed. And I left immediately after the closer—for it was long past my bedtime.

Those outside of Chicago can still catch Post Animal with The Evening Attraction on their current tour.


Can't get enough Post Animal? Check out the video for their latest single "Special Moment" below, and revisit our interview with them here. 

Stay tuned for a full photo gallery of the benefit show by Jennifer Machuca

ANCHR Magazine and Kickstand Productions Present: ACLU Benefit with Post Animal

Hey everyone! We're very excited to present our very first gig. Not just any gig, a benefit for the wonderful ACLU with some of our favorite bands. Come hang with us at SubT on July 10th and kill two birds with one stone by doing some good AND seeing a show from Post Animal, The Evening Attraction, Jude Shuma, and Condor & Jaybird. Grab your tickets here

PHOTOS: Record Store Day at Shuga Records

Photo gallery from Record Store Day at Shuga Records, featuring: Lucille Furs, Max Loebman, Wilem Hurricane Simmons, Hair, The Evening Attraction, Joe Bordenaro, and Cooper Atwell Guncheon.