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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On Cinco de Mayo (May 5), Car Seat Headrest brought their tour to Stubb’s BBQ with opener Bartees Strange for an eagerly awaited performance that brought a sold-out crowd to the venerable Waller Creek Amphitheater on a night that traditionally sees music fans in front of Latin bands
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Where most artists deliver the runtime of a long HBO episode, a My Morning Jacket set is an epic Peter Jackson film. On April 29 in Austin, the band played a two-hour, 45 minute marathon, with nearly as many songs (22) as years they have been together (24). In other words, it was your typical, kick-ass MMJ set.
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On Tuesday, April 26, New York indie rock legends, Interpol, graced the ACL Live stage at the Moody Theater turning it into their own indie-rock cathedral.
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The lights went down just after 8 p.m. on April 20 (420 Day), and Japanese Breakfast filed onto the Moody Theater stage in an orderly manner, appearing more like a mild-mannered group of software engineers in business casual than one of the hottest ascendant bands on the face of the earth.
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Distribution Hall, on East 4th Street, was the venue at which Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum performed as part of the Fusebox Festival on Saturday night in Austin.
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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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On Wednesday, April 13, Austin’s own Fusebox Festival, the interdisciplinary art celebration, kicked off its opening-night for the first time in-person since 2019 at the Native Hostile Hub with Japanese sound artist, ASUNA’s, 100 Keyboards.
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On a temperate Wednesday night (by Austin standards) the band kicked off a few minutes before 9 PM. With chants of “Ty! Ty!” the iconic front man, Ty Segall, graced his fans, just six months after Fuzz graced the same Austin stage for LEVITATION festival.
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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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With the Russian – Ukrainian war in effect, Oleksandra Zaritska came to SXSW to use her band’s music to deliver a message of hope and unify SXSW goers as all eyes are on her besieged country.
Oleksandra Zaritska, known as Sasha, was the only member of Ukrainian band KAZKA to make it for SXSW.