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Born Cages // 3/18/17 at The Townsend // SXSW 2017 // Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Born Cages // 3/18/17 at The Townsend // SXSW 2017 // Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.

For every artist we decided to catch at SXSW, we decided to review each performance with our own version of “Five Ws and One H” answering the questions: 1) Who are they, 2) What kind of music do they play, 3) When did they play, 4) Where are they from, 5) Why did we decide to catch them play and 6), How was their performance.

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WHO: Born Cages’ core members are Vlad Holiday and Matt Maroulakos.

WHAT: Indie rock.

WHEN: 3/18/17 at The Townsend.

WHERE: NYC, New York

WHY: This band has gotten some seriously good press from publications/outlets that I respect. FILTER Magazine has said that they “[b]eautifully straddle[] the line between dreamy and discordant”, and perhaps the most intriguing review came from The Deli Magazine that stated that they were “Arcade Fire minus the hysteria”. Needless to say, my curiosity was piqued.

HOW: This band clearly knows how to write catchy melodies. Featuring cuts from their latest release, “Exit Signs in a Burning Building” which was released earlier this month, everything that those other publications said made sense. Upbeat and filled with a youthful fervor, their brand of alternative rock is polished enough to be considered pop, but rocking enough to be considered indie. It’s a combination that seems tailor made for radio play, and I wouldn’t be surprised if I heard a track or two pump through the speakers of my car as I’m driving to work in the morning. After taking a year off to write and record their latest album, it seems that they’re poised to make some noise, and music, in 2017.

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