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Album Review: Savannah Red’s Christmas Album is Your New Holiday Classic

December 12, 2024 Amanda Quraishi 373 Views album review, Anslee Connell, Brian Scartocci, Christmas, Christmas Music, Holiday, jazz, Mariah Carey, Melissa Engleman, Savannah Red

At some point after Halloween and before Thanksgiving, we begin to detect familiar melodies in the background while we’re at the grocery store or waiting in a doctor’s office. By the time December rolls around, the holiday music is in full effect. Which might not be so bad except that out of the decades of popular Christmas music available, there seems to be only a handful of Christmas songs that get played ad nauseam. By the time Christmas is over, even the most ardent Mariah Carey fan needs a break. Which exactly is why A Savannah Red Friends & Family Christmas should be on tap for all your holiday festivities this year

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Album review: White Denim record 12 out today is a passionate return to form

December 6, 2024 Case Cockrell 470 Views 12, album review, indie rock, James Petralli, Josh Block, new music, progressive rock, R&B, rock and roll, soul, Tameca Jones, White Denim

Since the release of 2023’s Raze Regal & White Denim Inc. in collaboration with guitarist Regal, who also plays in Austin staple Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band, fans have been eagerly awaiting the newly California-based musician’s next entry in the long-running indie rock song machine. Fortunately for White Denim loyalists, the time has arrived for the Austin to Los Angeles band to release their 12th full-length album, fittingly titled 12. This newest batch, engineered by the singer and guitarist himself and mixed by former drummer Josh Block and mastered by Dallas-Fort Worth musician Jordan “Jorts” Richardson, is Petralli’s first in his new SoCal studio, and feels like a passionate return to form.

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Album Review: Austin Hip-Hop artist Pat G released Talk To Me Nice

August 9, 2024 Brian Hillsman 959 Views album review, Austin, emcee, Hip Hop, new music, Pat G, rap, Talk To Me Nice

In July, Pat G released his latest EP, Talk To Me Nice, July 11 on his own, Be Relentless label. It was his first release since his 2019 LP, Whatever it Takes. So much happened in the time between the two album releases, the Temple-born, Austin-based emcee felt it appropriate to convey his personal and artistic growth with this, his fifth record.

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Album review: Spare Parts by Austin act Buzz Electro features loud guitars and nasty riffs

July 31, 2024 Robert Dean 1026 Views album review, Austin Music, blues rock, Buzz Electro, hard rock, new music, psych-rock, Queens of the Stone Age, rock n roll

Guitars should be loud, and riffs should be nasty. The drums should sound like they hold the keys to the entryway to hell. Luckily, Buzz Electro got the memo. On their newest record, “Spare Parts,” the band gives it their all as one of the acts in Austin doing their best to be the loudest, horns up, drinks spilled version of rock and roll out there.

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Album review: Sprawling Post Rock project Sound Mass announced third album and Texas mini tour

July 16, 2024 Greg Ackerman 1299 Views album review, Big Star Bar, Carousel Lounge, Lightning Bar, live music, Lonesome Rose, My Education, new music, post rock, rock n roll, Sound Mass, Theta Naught

When our friends with Austin band, My Education and Salt Lake City’s Theta Naught told us a new album was coming ten years after the release of their second collaboration, it was a bit of a surprise it took that long to make the follow-up to Sound Mass II: Spiritual Docking. It was particularly perplexing given that the recording sessions for this release, entitled Ampersand were made in 2019 not long before the worldwide pandemic put a stop to pretty much everything including collaborations between awesome post-rock bands.

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Album review: Willie Nelson graced us with The Border

June 11, 2024 Scott Rollins 2612 Views album review, Buddy Cannon, country music, new music, outlaw country, Rodney Crowell, songwriter, The Border, Willie Nelson

While the populace of the politically persuaded argue over two old men in the American Presidential Race in 2024, other old men are focused on something more beautiful other than politics: Creativity. Dick Van Dyke, at 98 years old, just won a Day Time Emmy Award, his first, for his work on “Days of Our Lives” and did a little dance on the red carpet. Clint Eastwood wrapped production of a new thriller he’s directed called “Juror No. 2” at 94 years of age. Harrison Ford is still famously acting in film and two concurrent television shows at a modest 81, and Willie Nelson at 91 years old, has graced us with a wonderful new album, The Border.

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Album review: Swallow the Rat sophomore effort South Locust positions band well for SXSW 2024

February 29, 2024 Brian Hillsman 1318 Views album review, Austin, hard rock, New Zealand, post-punk, South Locust, Swallow the Rat, SXSW, Webberville Block Party

New Zealand hard rock trio, Swallow the Rat, released their latest LP, South Locust, on September 1, 2023, and are set to perform at this year’s SXSW music festival as part of the Aotearoa contingent. The band has a number of performances slated for the festival including an unofficial event, Webberville Block Party presented by The Cosmic Clash and Play to the Plants at The Lost Well, Cavalier and Fading Yellow House on Saturday, March 16.

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Album review: DIY act Mulch Cult released their eclectic new EP Bulch

February 22, 2024 Case Cockrell 2147 Views album, Austin Music, DIY, Mulch Cult, new music, punk rock, Review, underground

Austin uutlaw punk rock outfit Mulch Cult has released their new EP Bulch. The latest release comes after their 2023 LP Gulch, released to amid the underground Austin DIY scene’s acclaim last year. For this new release, Mulch Cult takes a step forward, delivering three new tracks that turn the page for what’s next for the band.

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Album review: Semihelix has a new seven inch EP out that will revive your faith in indie music

February 5, 2024 Daniel Salas 1536 Views 7 inch, album review, Danny Salas, Geannie Friedman, indie rock, new music, Semihelix, shoegaze

Rock music is doing just fine thanks to artists like Semihelix. Based in Austin, Semihelix play a mix of American indie underground of the 80s with a smidge of C86 jangle-pop with their chiming guitars, driving bass lines and dreamy vocals. Semihelix has been in the scene over 12 years comprising of mastermind and founding member Geannie Friedman on guitar and vocals, along with long standing comrades Mike Cota on bass and Valdermar Barrera on drums. This solid EP release comes with three bangers; “Slower Pace,” “Renovate” and “Downstream” released on Strawberry Pancake Records.