Sunday, April 28, 2024
The Cosmic Clash

Author: Amanda Quraishi

The Bright Light Social Hour at Scoot Inn
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Live Music Review: The Bright Light Social Hour headlined stellar Scoot Inn performance last Saturday

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The band played Austin for a few SXSW-adjacent shows this spring and now they’re back on the road, taking Emergency Leisure eastward – but not before one more local show at Austin’s Scoot Inn on Saturday, April 13. Local favs The Mammoths opened early, followed by Mo Lowda & the Humble who are scheduled to continue on tour with The Bright Light Social Hour through the end of spring. By the time Mo Lowda was done vibing, the crowd was primed and the mood shifted in anticipation. 

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The Bright Light Social Hour
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Live Music Review: The Bright Light Social Hour Works Magic at Mohawk

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The Bright Light Social Hour is currently on tour following the release of their new LP, Emergency Leisure but the band made a pitstop in their hometown last Saturday night, playing The Mohawk before a throng of loyal, exuberant fans. 

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Love in Exile
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Live Music Review: Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily Perform Love in Exile at Bass Concert Hall

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On the evening of Friday, September 29 2023, Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily took to the stage at Bass Concert Hall to perform their spellbinding collaborative project Love in Exile. What transpired over the course of the next hour was, in every sense of the word, art. 

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Semihelix Downstream
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Video premiere: Semihelix released dreamy new single Downstream Friday

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Semihelix is back with a brand new single “Downstream” (Hen House Studios), a shoegaze anthem that perfectly captures the late summer vibe and invites us all to take a deep breath and let shit go. Band members Geannie Friedman (guitar/vocals), Mikey Cota (bass) and Valdemar Barrera (drums/vocals) bring their signature sound to this anthem about going through the fire and opening ourselves up to a better, more chill way of being.

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Album review: The Bright Light Social Hour’s new record Emergency Leisure is here to cure what ails us

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Fans of The Bright Light Social Hour have been waiting patiently for their new album, Emergency Leisure (Escondido Sound) to drop ever since it was announced earlier this spring. It’s been three years since the release of their last LP, Jude Vol. II, and a lot has changed with the band since then. 

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Shae Lane Let Me In Art
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Song Review: Shae Lane drops new single “Let me In”

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Anyone who has fallen in love knows what it feels like at the very beginning: elation and euphoria punctuated by a sense of vulnerability at not knowing if this mutual attraction is actually something more– something real. 
The new song “Let Me In” by indie-pop singer/songwriter Shae Lane captures this bittersweet feeling perfectly. 

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Japanese Breakfest via ACL TV
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Live Music Review: Japanese Breakfast taped Austin City Limits on 420 Day

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The lights went down just after 8 p.m. on April 20 (420 Day), and Japanese Breakfast filed onto the Moody Theater stage in an orderly manner, appearing more like a mild-mannered group of software engineers in business casual than one of the hottest ascendant bands on the face of the earth.

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Jackie Venson
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Live music review: Jackie Venson Lambert’s residency is legit

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I’ve been waiting patiently to see Jackie Venson for a while. Even with her demanding tour schedule, the Austin-born guitar goddess is never away from our fair city for too long. So when she announced on Twitter that she was doing a residency at Lamberts during February, I was stoked.

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