Live music review: Snail Mail Rang in the New Year with Curated Bill at Mohawk
Fans rang in the New Year at Austin’s Mohawk with a curated bill from Snail Mail aka Lindsay Jordan which included Narrow Head and On Being An Angel.
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Live music review: Hotel Vegas NYE gave attendees a fun ride through the musical decades
New Year’s Eve 2023 at Hotel Vegas was something of a time machine. At the Austin East Side haunt, many chosen Austin acts came together to masquerade as bands of multiple genres across the eclectic periods of music’s past. This included but was not limited to covers of Judas Priest, Motorhead, Black Flag, Devo, and Bruce Springsteen by some of the best young musicians in the city
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Live music review: SoulHat played before a sold out Antone’s last weekend
On December 23, at Antone’s Nightclub, SoulHat played before a sold out venue. The Ghost Wolves, the Austin duo that formed roughly a decade ago, opened for the Austin music legends.
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Live music preview: Moondance pre-New Year’s Eve party featuring Trouble in the Streets to benefit Other Ones Foundation
There’s an event featuring a trio of local talent from the folks who run Moondance. The pre-New Years Eve Party
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Live music review: Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band Nightmare Before Xmas party represents best of DIY Austin
The past few years, Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band has thrown a holiday party featuring some of their favorite bands in
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Live music preview: Free Week presented by RRCD takes place first weekend of January
For the first weekend of each year (January 5=6) , Austin non-profit, Red River Cultural District (RRCD) celebrates the new year by inviting music fans to a free, no-strings-attached series of shows from local bands and touring acts as a part of Austin’s annual Free Week. With each consecutive year of door cover-free performances, a wide array of local talent takes the reins to deliver a weekend full of fun and musical discovery. With Austin mainstays like Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band, Billy Glitter, and Redbud being invited for the parties, Free Week is Austin’s destination to dip into a little bit of everything as the local talent prepares for yet another year in the vibrant Austin music scene. Here are some acts music fans should catch over the first weekend in January. All for free in the Red River Cultural District in the downtown Austin area.
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Opinion: Family of deceased Power Trip singer Riley Gale not consulted about Austin reunion show, reacts negatively
A statement issued by the Riley Gale Memorial Foundation has expressed disdain for the recent live reunion in Austin on Friday, December 1. The 5-song reunion set took place at Austin’s premiere Red River Cultural District venue, Mohawk, as a part of the billed headliner Fugitive’s encore for the evening. The surviving members of Power Trip, guitarist/vocalist Blake Ibanez, guitarist/vocalist Nick Stewart, bassist Chris Whetzel, and drummer/vocalist Chris Ulsh joined each other on stage while Skourge’s/Fugitive frontman Seth Gilmore filled in on vocals. Gale passed away tragically in 2020 at age 34.
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Live music review: Eclectic musical gathering Wizard Rodeo marks third year at The Long Time
Wizard Rodeo isn’t a rodeo for spell-casting wizards.. There aren’t any wizards, horses, bulls, lassos, or anything like that there
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Live music review: Drone metal band Sunn O))) blew the doors off Paramount Theater last week
When Seattle’s Sunn O))) (Pronounced Sun) takes the reins of any stage, a cloud of fog appears, and the Drone Metal collective is off to the races in a slow and steady spectacle. The Washington State joint is a complex performance oddity. Equipped with a dozen or so amplifiers stacked to the level of ancient monuments, the sonic abilities of the Pacific Northwest group know no end. On Wednesday night at Paramount Theater in Austin, Sunn summoned a mystical performance that showcased their unending ability to create glacial soundscapes that made the audience’s jaws drop to the floor with their slow-burning modus operandi.
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Essay: Concert fans I can’t be the only one so annoyed by this
We left the show reeling over the evening’s performances. We couldn’t help but to bring up the couple behind us; the ones who found it necessary to speak loudly over the paid performer to share their anecdote.
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Live music review: Atlanta garage punks Black Lips rocked Parish with Gus Baldwin and Death Party
Atlanta’s Black Lips have kept this dream alive since the label’s dissolution. Since embarking on numerous tours and album cycles since 1999, the garage outfit has been a musical binge since their inception. With a stage show that goes the lo-fi, rocking distance, there was never a dull moment on Friday night at Austin’s Parish in the city’s East Side.
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