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by Plastic Crimewave [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] - Festival: the 2012 HoZac Blackout
Bubblegum punks Redd Kross, psych-rock legend Roky Erickson, and more at HoZac Blackout 2012
by Miles Raymer
The annual HoZac Blackout festival returns for the second time since being reincarnated in 2011 after a four-year hiatus. This year the Blackout—and likely the actual blackouts of the many inebriated garage-rock fans attending—will stretch over three days, Fri 5/18 through Sun 5/20, at the Empty Bottle.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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