Greg Ackerman – Page 8 – The Cosmic Clash

Live music review: Electronic music trailblazers Kraftwerk presented in 3D at ACL Live

July 1, 2022 Greg Ackerman 1155 Views ACL Live, electronic music, Kraftwerk, live music, Review

German electronic music trailblazers Kraftwerk played ACL Live at the Moody Theater on Monday presenting in 3D during a performance that ran through the group’s entire catalog. During a rare (for this Summer) thunderstorm that brought bolts of lighting from the sky, the quartet delivered a sonic and visual experience that exists to present their groundbreaking music in the most ideal setting possible.

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Live music preview: LEVITATION Fest 2022 lineup features King Gizzard, Osees and more

June 29, 2022 Greg Ackerman 554 Views Jesus and Mary Chain, King Gizzard, Levitation, lineup announcement, music festival, Osees, preview, psych-rock, The Black Angels

Today LEVITATION dropped a doozy of a lineup and put tickets on sale for the festival which takes place October 27-30 in various downtown Austin venues featuring headlining sets from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Osees and Jesus and Mary Chain. Cosmic Clash favorite, Osees (formerly Thee Ohsees) is playing all four nights of the festival, which is music to our ears.

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Album review: New project, Caramelo Haze dropped NOESTÁSAQUI last Friday

June 27, 2022 Greg Ackerman 650 Views album review, Brownout, Caramelo Haze, Grupo Fantasma, Latin music, new music, rock n roll

Music fans in Austin know to keep track of what Grammy-winning and multi-Grammy nominated Adrian Quesada (Black Pumas, Spanish Gold, Grupo Fantasma) is doing because d’uh! It also pays to track his bandmates. Musicians Beto Martinez (guitar) and John Spiece (drums) also have Grammys at home as founding members of Grupo. They also have a new project called Caramelo Haze who dropped their debut album last Friday on Nacional Records called NOESTÁSAQUI. We’ll let the band tell you what it is…

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Live music review: Calexico played memorable performance at Scoot Inn Wednesday

June 17, 2022 Greg Ackerman 1229 Views Arcade Fire, Celexico, Iron & Wine, live music, Review, Sam Beam, Scoot Inn

Tuscon’s Calexico is a hard to define band. And that’s a good thing as the 26-year old outfit made a stop in Austin Wednesday night at Scoot Inn for an eclectic and thoroughly enjoyable performance from the veteran performers who merge Latin music, indie rock, desert soundscapes along with elements of jazz, Americana and Tex Mex.

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Live music review: The Bright Light Social Hour, Lolita Lynne played SIMS Foundation event

May 18, 2022 Greg Ackerman 584 Views Central Machine Works, DJ Cassandra, Futuremoon Vintage, live music, Lolita Lynne, Review, SIMS Foundation, The Bright Light Social Hour

On Saturday, May 14, Austin rockers The Bright Light Social Hour along with Lolita Lynn and DJ Cassandra entertained SIMS Foundation supporters at Central Machine Works. The concert and fundraiser sponsored by The Zebra, Storable and CMW has already raised over $7,000 to help SIMS Foundation

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Live music preview: Oblivion Access Festival begins Thursday

May 11, 2022 Greg Ackerman 412 Views A Place to Bury Strangers, Andy Stott, Blonde Redhead, Kool Keith, live music review, Metz, Oblivion Access Fest, Oblivion Access Festival, XIU XIU

Now that shows and festivals are back in full force, Austin is benefiting from the return of specialty mid-tier festivals like the psych rock themed, LEVITATION and this weekend’s sublimely booked, Oblivion Access Festival. The four-day metal, punk and experimental music fest begins Thursday at seven downtown venues, presenting a pleasing variety of acts for music fans to see

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Live music review: Bikini Kill sold-out Far Out Lounge which introduced a super stage Saturday

May 9, 2022 Greg Ackerman 711 Views Bikini Kill, Far Out Lounge, Hunx and His Punx, live music review, Resound Presents

But then talent booker, Lawrence Boone, who lives nearby noticed the alcohol sales application in the window, called owners, Pedro and Bae, launching a booking operation with the Far Out owners, not long after that has blossomed into a super stage on the sizeable property (there are over 3.5 acres of space) that hosted Bikini Kill Saturday night in front of 2500 fans.

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Live music review: Japan’s Mono delivered first performance in the new Parish last week

April 19, 2022 Greg Ackerman 762 Views live music, Mono, post rock, Review, The North Door, The Parish

Lauded post-rockers, Japan’s Mono played the first official live music performance at the new The Parish venue which had a soft opening over the weekend with Mono on Saturday and prog rock act, Battles filling the recently renovated room Sunday evening.

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Live music review: Spiritualized at Scoot Inn Friday was magical

April 4, 2022 Greg Ackerman 956 Views Jason Pierce, Jason Spaceman, live music, neo-psych, new music, psych-rock, Review, Scoot Inn, space rock, Spiritualized

On a near-perfect, Friday evening, English space-rock outfit Spiritualized returned to Austin to play a sold-out Scoot Inn. The nine-piece band brought by J Spaceman (aka Jason Pierce) that included three female backup singers delivered a magical, neo-psychrock performance to fans.

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Live music review: Bob Dylan made his swan song at Bass Hall yesterday

March 17, 2022 Greg Ackerman 818 Views Bass Hall, Bob Dylan, live music, Review, Rough and Rowdy Way, SXSW, The Band

One of the things most folks lose sight of during the frenetic pace of SXSW is Austin still hosts national touring acts coming through town that have nothing to do with the festival apart from a coincidental booking. Such was the case yesterday when legendary songwriter Bob Dylan performed at Bass Hall on the University of Texas campus in support of his 2020 masterpiece, Rough and Rowdy Ways.

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Live music review: Spoon underplay at Antone’s thrilled SXSW fans

March 14, 2022 Greg Ackerman 733 Views Antone's, Spoon, SXSW

Appropriately, the band booked another underplay like their show at Mohawk last summer. The group thrilled fans who lined up in person to purchase tickets for their performance at Antone’s on Friday during SXSW.

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