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Video Premiere: New Cosmico clip Ivory Coast released today

February 14, 2019 Greg Ackerman 1094 Views clip, clowns, Cosmico, indie rock, Kevin Manship, new music, Penny Loafer PR, premiere, Video

Austin indie-rockers Cosmico premiere the video for their track, “Ivory Coast” today at The Cosmic Clash. The quintet led by

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Live music review: Built To Spill thrilled a sold-out Antone’s Wednesday

January 25, 2019 Greg Ackerman 1459 Views Antone's, Boise, Built To Spill, concerts, Doug Martsch, indie rock, live music, rock n roll

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”27″ display=”basic_slideshow”]After catching Built To Spill‘s performance at the Hi, How Are You Benefit Tuesday at ACL Live,

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Live music review: Hi How Are You Day benefit concert featured Flaming Lips, Built to Spill and lots more

January 24, 2019 Greg Ackerman 1461 Views ACL Live, BENefit, Bob Mould, Bob Schneider, Built To Spill, concerts, Daniel Johnston, Doug Martsch, Flaming Lips, HHAY, Hi How Are You, Rotten Mangoes, The Black Angels, Wayne Coyne, Yo La Tengo

Tuesday evening in Austin the Flaming Lips, Bob Mould, The Black Angels, Built to Spill, Yo La Tango were among

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Live music review: Bear on Bear, The Mystery Achievement and Mohawk Bends at Free Week

January 14, 2019 Greg Ackerman 1313 Views Bear on Bear, Comedians Interviewing Musicians, concerrts, Free Week, live music, live stream, Mohawk Bends, The Mystery Achievement, The Velveeta Room

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”26″ display=”basic_slideshow”]When The Cosmic Clash decided to re-up for Free Week this month, we set out with the

Comedians Interviewing Musicians Free Week

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Live music preview: Special Free Week show at Velveeta Room takes place January 2

December 26, 2018 Greg Ackerman 1094 Views Austin, Bear on Bear, Comedians, Comedians Interviewing Musicians, comics, concert, Free Week, Interview, live music, Mohawk Bends, Music Firsthand, show, Sixth Street, The Velveeta Room, They Mystery Achievement

The Cosmic Clash has successfully produced Free Week events in the past, but this year we wanted to try something

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Photos: Gary Clark Jr. concluded three sold-out nights at ACL Live last week

December 11, 2018 Greg Ackerman 2016 Views ACL Live, Gary Clark Jr, live music, Stevie Ray Vaughan

All photos: Mike Manewitz Austin heir-apparent to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr. played three sold-out nights at

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Top Austin albums of 2018

December 7, 2018 Greg Ackerman 1358 Views album review, Austin Music, best albums, Black Joe Lewis, Como Las Movies, Curtis Roush, Ghostland Observatory, Molly Burch, new music, Otis Wilkins, Shakey Graves, Sun June, The Bright Light Social Hour, White Denim, year end list

With the end of the year in sight, we figured it was time to run down our favorite albums of

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Festival review: Second Saturnalia Festival gets mixed weather, lots of psychedelic music

November 21, 2018 Greg Ackerman 1548 Views concerts, festivals, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Hidden Ritual, live music, Lowin, Lumerians, Mystic Braves, new music, psych-rock, psychedelic, Saturnalia Fest, Saturnalia Festival, The Electric Church, The Sahara Lounge

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”24″ display=”basic_slideshow”] The second Saturnalia Festival took place last weekend at The Sahara Lounge and neighboring Webberville Baptist

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New music review: New Zealand post-punks Swallow the Rat debuted EP

November 14, 2018 Greg Ackerman 1555 Views alternative rock, Body Corporate, Deathbeam, Lost Rockets, My Education, new music, New Zealand, post-punk, rock, rock n roll, shoe gaze, Swallow the Rat

At The Cosmic Clash we’re constantly searching for great, new music that satisfies our urge for the heavy, distorted guitars

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Live music preview: The second Saturnalia Festival begins Friday in East Austin

November 13, 2018 Greg Ackerman 1415 Views Como Las Movies, concerts, Gallo Sonido Negro, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Holy Wave, live music, Lumerians, music festival, Sahara Lounge, Saturnalia, Spindrift, Superfonicos

November is a bittersweet month for music fans like us. While Fun Fun Fun Fest and its successor, Sound on

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Music Festival Review: 10th Utopiafest featured Lukas Nelson, Patty Griffin, STS9

November 7, 2018 Greg Ackerman 1398 Views Greg Ackerman, John Medeski's Mad Skillet, Lukas Nelson, Patty Griffin, Reveille Peak Ranch, Sound Tribe Sector Nine (STS9), Utopiafest

Last weekend’s 10th Annual Utopiafest held for the first time at Reveille Peak Ranch just outside of Burnet saw ideal weather conditions perhaps for the first time in the festival’s history as the event dates moved to their latest time of the year thus far. The limited-attendance festival featured performances by Sound Tribe Sector Nine (STS9), Patty Griffin, Lukas Nelson and John Medeski’s Mad Skillet among other acts that followed in the Americana / Jam band slant the festival bookers lean toward.