Live Music Review: Parker Woodland Played Sold-Out Album Release Party at Mohawk last week
Founded five years ago, smack-dab in the middle of the pandemic, Parker Woodland – the little band that could –
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Live Music Review: Flakefest Vol. 1 defied expectations at Mohawk June 28
Nowhere could this phenomenon be better illustrated than at FLAKEFEST Vol. 1 on Friday, June 28, 2024 at Mohawk. Two bands – Como Las Movies and Starflake – took to the stage along with a handful of other local music luminaries and brought us an evening of homegrown, Latin-infused, experimental music that defies expectations and crushes definitions.
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Song Premiere: Starflake Has Landed With Single NuBooty
Instead, O’Brien is running head-first into a brand new project – an experimental tropi-punk ensemble called Starflake. He is joined by two of the hardest working musicians in the Austin music scene, drummer Zac Catanzaro (Walker Lukens, Song Confessional) and percussionist Juan Alfredo Ríos (Como Las Movies, Easy Compadre!), both also members of The Bright Light Social Hour; as well as bassists/synth-psychonauts Ben Nelson (Molly Burch, A. Sinclair) and Alex Holeman (Chroma Phase).
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Live Music Review: The Bright Light Social Hour headlined stellar Scoot Inn performance last Saturday
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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Live Music Review: The Bright Light Social Hour Works Magic at Mohawk
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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Live Music Review: Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily Perform Love in Exile at Bass Concert Hall
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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Video premiere: Semihelix released dreamy new single Downstream Friday
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
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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Song review: Jake Lloyd wants you to werk new single ‘Sweat’
Jake Lloyd, one of Dissent Records’ outstanding local artists who are defining that hard-to-classify, Austin, hip-hop sound, released a new song and accompanying video in July. “Sweat” is a short, funky invitation to let go of your worries and stress; and let the groove take you where you need to be.
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Song Review: Shae Lane drops new single “Let me In”
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.
Album Review: Ambitions of Ambiguity by Buffalo Hunt
Last month saw Buffalo Hunt release Ambitions of Ambiguity – a warm, potent, bourbon-spiked peach cobbler that starts sweet on the tongue before warming your insides with an ennui that perfectly captures this moment in time.
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