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Live music review: Sparta Celebrates Wiretap Scars 20th Anniversary Tour at Parish

Sparta cruised into Austin’s Parish venue on July 26, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Wiretap Scars. This highly anticipated release came after their 2002 EP, Austere. Wiretap Scars was well received, particularly following the downfall of the critically acclaimed band, At The Drive-In. The breakup of At The Drive-In, due to musical differences, split the band into Sparta and The Mars Volta. Both bands definitely took different paths and crafted their own sound. 

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Album review: Rival Waves to release latest record A Meaningless Chaos August 5

Rival Waves is set to release their eagerly anticipated new album, “A Meaningless Chaos,” on Saturday, August 5 at ACL’s 3Ten venue.  The spectacular lineup is sure to make it the party to be at that evening. Openers are none other than Austin powerhouse acts The Dead Coats and Lola Tried.

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Album review: The Oxys to drop hard hitting new album Generation Irrelevant July 21

The Oxys, comprised of guitarist Jason “Ginchy” Kottwitz (Dead Boys, Sylvain Sylvain and The Sylvains) and Vocalist “PunkRockPhil” Davis is a rambunctious punk rock band from Austin, recently released their second album titled Generation Irrelevant on the label Dead Beat Records imprint.

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Song Premiere: Del Toros and Nick Tozzo introduce Cumbia Del Buho

Premiering their debut single, the Cumbia-Tropical-inspired band Del Toros, get’s you out of your seat and moves your hips. The grove “Cumbia Del Buho” features a collaboration of Austin Latin scene greats, Mauro Lopez (Del Toros, El Combo Oscuro, The Los Sundowns), Nick Tozzo (Superfonicos, Kiko Villamizar) and Grammy-award winner Beto Martinez (Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, Money Chicha) on guitar.

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Song Premiere: Austin act The Sour Notes dropped Middle Distance this month

While Austin’s powerhouse indie rock outfit, The Sour Notes, is gearing up to release a new album, The Cosmic Clash is proud to premiere the first single “Middle Distance”.  The track is mixed by Steve Christensen and mastered by Joe LaPorta who’s worked on every Sour Notes song.

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Interview: Mike Cosmic talks with Bonnie Bloomgarden of Death Valley Girls at LEVITATION

When we heard Death Valley Girls were on the bill at LEVITATION, Mike Cosmic immediately reached out to Bonnie Bloomgarden, founder and soul of the Los Angeles-based band that had become a Cosmic Clash favorite years ago. Bloomgarden apparently replied right away, letting our founder know their founder couldn’t wait to sit down and talk DVG music with us. The interview we recorded runs at just under ten minutes

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Video Premiere: “Fire” by art folk rockers Roger!

The art-folk band Roger! based out of San Diego is the brainchild of Ernie Garcia who’s played with El Vex (The Mexican Elvis), Kristian Hoffman, and Javier Escovedo. The Cosmic Clash is happy to premiere their new music video “Fire”. The song is off of their upcoming album “Patterns” set to release on November 18 on Slow Start Records.

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