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Live music review: Hot Summer Nights 2023 delivered FOMO-worthy lineup to Austin music fans

August 3, 2023 Case Cockrell 2583 Views Big Bill, Hot Summer Nights, John Dwyer, live music, Marry Cherry, Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band, Nuclear Daisies, Osees, Queen Serene, Red River Cultural District, Review

Red River Cultural District’s Hot Summer Nights 2023 returned July 20-23 with a bill that was too hot (figuratively and literally) to pass up. With bands such as Exotic Fruitica, Grandmaster, Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band, and Nuclear Daisies all rounding out the lineup, HSN delivered a FOMO-worthy event that was not to be missed for local fans of a wide variety of musical genres from heavy to mellow.

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Live music photo review: The Wood Brothers played Red Butte Garden Thursday

July 30, 2023 Greg Ackerman 1554 Views folk, jazz, live music, Medeski Martin and Wood, Red Butte Garden, Review, rock, roots music, The Wood Brothers

New York City-based roots act, The Wood Brothers performed at Red Butte Garden Thursday in Salt Lake City. The trio consisting of siblings Chris (Medeski, Martin and Wood) and Oliver Wood along with multi-instrumentalist, Jane Rix are touring in support of their forthcoming release, Heart is the Hero.

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Album Review : Being Dead debut album When Horses Would Run offers refreshing take

July 29, 2023 Mike Cosmic Cota 2109 Views album review, Being Dead, indie rock, jazz, Mike Cosmic, new music, post-punk, rock n roll

It has been a little over a week since the release of Being Dead’s debut album When Horses Would Run. The Austin band (featuring bandleaders, Falcon Bitch and Gumball) has offered a refreshing take on alternative music.

Ram Vela & the Easy Targets What the Hell album art

Greg Ackerman Review

Album review: What the Hell EP by Ram Vela & the Easy Targets nails pop punk irony

July 25, 2023 Greg Ackerman 2227 Views album review, new music, pop music, punk rock, Ram Vela & the Easy Targets, Reel Big Fish, The Offspring

Back in June, Ram Vela & the Easy Targets dropped their new EP, What the Hell. The record is filled with pop punk irony on par with West Coast punk heroes The Offspring or the irreverent Reel Big Fish.

Case Cockrell Review

Live music review: Austin act Being Dead enlisted friends to celebrate release of debut album

July 20, 2023 Case Cockrell 2804 Views Being Dead, Big Bill, Borzoi, live music, Play to the Plants, post-punk, Redbud, Review, rock n roll, Sagebrush

For Being Dead’s Bayonet Records debut, the Austin powerhouse act not only goes the distance, but torches any doubt that anyone might have had that Being Dead would miss the mark for their first full-length outing which was celebrated with a release party at Sagebrush last Friday.

Mike Cosmic Review

Album review: The Oxys to drop hard hitting new album Generation Irrelevant July 21

July 15, 2023 Mike Cosmic Cota 2656 Views album review, new music, punk rock, rock n roll, Sid Vicious, The Oxys, Valhalla

The Oxys, comprised of guitarist Jason “Ginchy” Kottwitz (Dead Boys, Sylvain Sylvain and The Sylvains) and Vocalist “PunkRockPhil” Davis is a rambunctious punk rock band from Austin, recently released their second album titled Generation Irrelevant on the label Dead Beat Records imprint.

Case Cockrell Review

Song review: Austin Noise Pop act Daiistar announced new album, released new song

July 14, 2023 Case Cockrell 1937 Views DAIISTAR, Fuzz Club, new music, noise pop, song review, The Black Angels

Texas band Daiistar is back in full psychedelic force. On new track “Star Starter,” the Austin act wastes little time in getting down to potent, psychoactive business. The reverb-drenched production makes for a vision quest-type listen, allowing the listener to sit back and bask in the production magic of Alex Maas, frontman of Austin Neo-Psych legends, The Black Angels.

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Live music review: Lil Yachty was an ardent completionist at his debut ACL TV taping

July 7, 2023 Case Cockrell 2219 Views ACL TV, Austin City Limits TV, Hip Hop, Lil Yachty, live music, rap, Review, taping

“I did what I wanted to do, which was create a body of work that reflected me,” Yachty explained in a Billboard cover feature. “My idea was for this album to be a journey: Press play and fall into the void.” This was his position before recording his debut Austin City Limits (ACL TV) taping last week.

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Live music review: Wavves brought their Summer shenanigans to Mohawk

July 2, 2023 Case Cockrell 1965 Views Cloud Nothings, live music, mohawk, power pop, punk, Review, rock, Ultra Q, Wavves

Since seeing frontman Nathan Williams’ strong attachment to the venue, he likes to end each Mohawk appearance with a backflip into the crowd from the venue’s 2nd level overlooking the stage left, I was sure never to miss another show, including last week’s tour stop at Mohawk.

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Live music review: Drone Metal legends Earth performed quadraphonic show at Oblivion Access Fest

June 21, 2023 Case Cockrell 1851 Views Central Presbyterian Church, doom metal, Earth, live music, Oblivion Access Fest, Review, stoner metal

Have you ever seen a show in a church? What about a show in a church equipped with a psychedelic light display while a classic drone metal band plays their classic album in its entirety? For Seattle’s Earth, the drone legends did just that, which included a performance of their classic 1993 debut album, Earth 2, in its full glory for the record’s 30th anniversary at Central Presbyterian Church.

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Live music review: Against odds Lil Ugly Mane performs in Austin at Oblivion Access Festival

June 20, 2023 Case Cockrell 2534 Views Empire Garage, Hip Hop, Lil Ugly Mane, live music, Oblivion Access Fest, rap, Review, RXK Nephew, Travis Miller

Lil Ugly Mane, aka Travis Miller, has always been an elusive figure. The underground hip-hop world that Ugly Mane spawned out of might call the Virginia native an enigma, so much so that Lil Ugly Mane’s many pseudonyms meant to take the prolific music creator outside of the SoundCloud rap box that he was painted into with his breakout 2012 debut album Mista Thug Isolation.