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Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers Live at the Dot Com Day Stage SXSW

To a sparse crowd at the annual day stage atop the Austin Convention Center, Nice Cave fav’ Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers rocked with wreckless abandon. For the uninitiated, Ray plays a makeshift accordion mounted on a pedestal while backed by guitar, bass and drum players. To the nonstop blast of accordion shrieks, Ray howled and wailed like a possessed harpy. Much like Psychic TV last night, this performance had a raw garage punk energy. At larger crowds and events she’s sure to play this week at SXSW, this will rock the crowd.

Shilpa Ray and Her Happy HookersSXSW
Raymond Flotat: Editor-in-Chief / Founder mxdwn.com || Raymond Flotat founded mxdwn.com in 2001 while attending University of the Arts in Philadelphia while pursuing a B.F.A. in Multimedia. Over his career he has worked in variety of roles at companies such as PriceGrabber.com and Ticketmaster. He has written literally hundreds of pieces of entertainment journalism throughout his career. He has also spoken at the annual SXSW Music and Arts Festival. When not mining the Internet for the finest and most exciting art in music, movies, games and television content he dabbles in LAMP-stack programming. Originally hailing from Connecticut, he currently resides in Los Angeles. ray@mxdwn.com
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