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SXSW Review: Finn Forster, Amelia Coburn, March 12, Palm Door on Sixth

Posted on
14 Mar 2025
by
Paul

It’s pretty much a given at this point – as long as Team Panic Manual has been going to SXSW, the British Music Embassy is sure to be a stop on our itinerary at least once during the week. This year was no different, with the Panic Manual’s first visit to the Embassy (though certainly not our last) taking place on the occasion of the Northern Sound day party, where we took in sets by Finn Forster and Amelia Coburn.

I will readily admit that I probably wouldn’t go out of my way to see Finn Forster. Nothing against him or his music, really – his sensitive-dude-with-a-soulful-voice-and-a-guitar shtick is pleasant enough and I could certainly see him going places with it, but it’s not quite my cup of tea. Still, he did impress with a cover of James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” that showed off his talents quite well.

More my speed was the singer who immediately preceded Forster on the lineup, Middlesborough-based folk singer Amelia Coburn. She put on a great performance that highlighted the strength of her songwriting, her beautiful voice, and also her sense of humour. Introducing one song, she joked about Tinder, asking the crowd what it was like here in Austin. Someone shouted out (probably also jokingly) that it was classy. Her response was that back in her hometown, it was decidedly less classy. And while I can’t comment on how classy or not classy the Tinder options may be in Middlesborough, I can confirm that the songs off Coburn’s latest, Between The Moon and The Milkman, are indeed worth your time. And if you get a chance to see her play those songs live, take it.

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