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Live music preview: Marcus Rezak returns to Austin with Truth in Sound

July 30, 2021 Greg Ackerman 317 Views Empire Control Room, live music, Marcus Rezak, new music, Phish, preview, Rancho Relaxo, Russ Lawton, Tony Markelis, Trey Anastacio, Truth in Sound

Denver-based guitarist, Marcus Rezak returns to Austin this evening in support of his second EP, Truth in Sound at Empire Control Room and Garage with percussionist, Nikki Glaspie of Nth Power on drums, Chantil Dukart on keys and Tim Philpot on bass. EP features Russ Lawton, Ray Paczkowski, and the late Tony Markellis of Trey Anastasio Band and Kalyan Pathak on percussion and tabla. Rezak appears at Rancho Relaxo Saturday evening with his high-octane Grateful Dead cover band, Shred is Dead to celebrate Jerry Garcia’s birthday with the Rancho crew to complete the one-two, Austin punch. Tickets to tonight’s show can be purchased in advance here.

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Live music preview: Christian Bland and the Revelators wrap Vancerts Sunset Saturdays July 31

July 28, 2021 Greg Ackerman 650 Views Christian Bland, Christian Bland and the Revelators, Fistful of Bourbon, live music, Moving Panoramas, preview, Semihelix, The Black Angels

Christian Bland (The Black Angels) returns to Native Hostel Saturday, July 31 this time with a full band, the Revelators to headline the final Vancerts Sunset Saturdays until the series resumes September 4. Moving Panoramas and Semihelix round out a stellar psych-rock / shoe-gaze bill. Bland opened the series with a rare, solo set in April.

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Live music preview: Vancerts shuffled deck for Drag Edition of Sunset Saturdays at Native

July 14, 2021 Greg Ackerman 296 Views Caleb De Casper, drag queens, drag show, live music preview, The Cuckoos

After weeks of unusually rainy weather into the early summer months in Austin, mobile concerts company Vancerts has had to reschedule recent Sunset Saturdays events at Native Hostel. That includes this Saturday’s hotly anticipated drag queen edition featuring five outstanding and entertaining drag performers plus stellar live acts, Caleb De Casper and Vancerts’ favorites, The Cuckoos.

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Live music review: Women That Rock featured Van Mary, Lola Tried, Little Mazarn

July 13, 2021 Greg Ackerman 393 Views concert, garage, Little Mazarn, live music, Lola Tried, punk, Review, rock n roll, Van Mary

Friday evening three female-powered acts played inside the remodeled Hotel Vegas bar which has been rebuilt. The event was a fundraiser for The Lilith Fund, sponsored by Women That Rock, a music curation & discovery platform with a mission to spotlight & celebrate the best rising women in music. Appropriately, the group booked three female-led acts, Van Mary, Lola Tried and Little Mazarn.

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Live music review: All the Weird Kids Up Front – Spoon at Mohawk Austin

July 2, 2021 Greg Ackerman 892 Views Britt Daniel, concerts, live music, Mohawk Austin, Review, Spoon, The Bright Light Social Hour, Walker Lukens

Today’s review is from Zack Teibloom, a local Austin writer we’ve been friends with for years. After an extended hiatus from live music coverage, Teibloom returns in a big way with a stellar review of Spoon’s underplay at Mohawk last night.

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Live music preview: Vancerts Drag Show Saturday [postponed] at Native with Caleb De Casper

July 1, 2021 Greg Ackerman 288 Views Caleb De Casper, drag performers, drag show, Fistful of Bourbon, Ladyfang, live music, Native Hostel, Vancerts

Vancerts’ Sunset Saturdays series at Native Hostel will feature a drag show plus musical acts Caleb De Casper and Ladyfang this Saturday, July 3 from 6-10 p.m. The concert series by mobile production company, Vancerts is sponsored by Fistful of Bourbon

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LEVITATION announced 2021 lineup today and it is dope

June 29, 2021 Greg Ackerman 682 Views A Place to Bury Strangers, Austin Psych Fest, Blushing, Japanese Breakfast, Levitation, lineup announcement, music festival, music news, Ringo Deathstarr, The Black Angels, The Octopus Project, Thundercat

LEVITATION Festival announced the psychdelic rock music event’s 2021 lineup today and it is dope. Besides the assumed performance by festival founders, The Black Angels, a ton of great acts have been invited to perform including: Thundercat, Japanese Breakfast, Fuzz, A Place to Bury Strangers, The Hives and Kikagaku Moyo among others.

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Live music review: Sweet Spirit returned to Hotel Vegas Saturday

June 28, 2021 Greg Ackerman 496 Views A Giant dog, Andrew Cashen, Britt Daniel, glam rock, Hotel Vegas, live music, Prince, rock n roll, Sabrina Ellis, Spoon, Sweet Spirit

Two weeks to the day Sweet Spirit members Sabrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen played Hotel Vegas’ famed backyard with A Giant Dog, the writing duo returned Saturday with Sweet Spirit to do it all over again, but with glam-rock style in spades

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Girls Rock Austin to hold Rockarama camp this summer

June 23, 2021 Greg Ackerman 442 Views Austin, Girls Rock Austin, music news, PBS Newshour, Rockarama, scholarship, Spoon, summer camp

Girls Rock Austin will hold GRA Camp Rock-A-Rama as a virtual event this year from
Monday, July 12 through Friday, July 16 this summer with a livestream showcase by campers on Saturday, July 24 at 1 p.m.

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Live music preview: Sagebrush to host SIMS benefit Saturday with Croy and the Boys

June 17, 2021 Greg Ackerman 391 Views art, BENefit, Croy and the Boys, Danny B Harvey, Heartless Bastards, Jesse Ebaugh, live music, preview, Sagebrush, SIMS Foundation, The Tender Things

This Saturday at Austin honky tonk, Sagebrush Croy and the Boys will perform with Soulman Sam, Danny B Harvey and The Tender Things to benefit SIMS Foundation. Music will kick off at 5 p.m. with Soulman Sam

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Live music preview: Juneteenth Vancerts show Saturday with Tribe Mafia at Native

June 17, 2021 Greg Ackerman 243 Views David Shabani, Hip Hop, live music, Native Hostel, Pat G, preview, rap, Sunset Saturdays, Tribe Mafia, Vancerts

Austin hip-hop duo Tribe Mafia are set to headline an impressive Juneteenth bill for Sunset Saturdays by Vancerts and Fistful of Bourbon at Native Hostel this Saturday. The event begins at 6 p.m. (instead of 5 p.m.) inside Native so fans won’t wilt in the midst of hot, summer weather already upon us in Central Texas.

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