Live Music Review: Bartees Strange at Empire Control Room
Bartees Strange, Pom Pom Squad, and They Hate Change performed an intimate set at Empire Control Room November 29.
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Live music review: Modest Mouse 25th birthday of Lonesome Crowded West at ACL Live
The sold-out Modest Mouse performance on Monday at ACL Live celebrated the 25th birthday of the band’s lauded Lonesome Crowded West album. The indie-rock recording gem is often cited as one of the best records of the 90s and for good reason.
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Live music review: LEVITATION Night Three – King Gizzard headlined mesmerizing Aussie invasion
Night Three of LEVITATION at Stubb’s (the second of consecutive nights headlined by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard) also marked the second sold-out show in as many nights for the band at the historic Red River venue, Stubb’s BBQ last Saturday.
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Live music review: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and Acid Dad LEVITATION shows at Mohawk
Do you ever watch the crowd catch their breath collectively as one shared breath? Ribs rising towards the stage as heads rear back to thrust forward in one unified head bang? That definitely happened as Psychedelic Porn Crumpets performed a sold out show at Mohawk with Acid Dad last Friday.
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Live music review: LEVITATION feat W.I.T.C.H and Os Mutantes at Empire Garage
The first night of Levitation Festival 2022 hosted counterculture pioneers W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend to Cause Havok) and Brazilian legends Os Mutantes on the the outdoor Garage Stage with a packed house of fans on October 27.
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Live music review: Godspeed You Black Emperor and The Legendary Pink Dots at LEVITATION
One thing LEVITATION fans can count on is for things to get weird. Halloween, costumes, trippy psychedelic music, mind enhancing drugs, it’s a cocktail for weirdness. Friday evening’s presentation of pioneering instrumental post rock band, Godspeed You Black Emperor on the Garage Stage followed by The Legendary Pink Dots inside the Control Room
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Live music review: Meatbodies at Antone’s with The Well and Spoon Benders for LEVITATION
Saturday evening’s LEVITATION late night show at Antone’s presented by The Cosmic Clash featured Meatbodies, Austin’s The Well and Portland act, Spoon Benders. A packed club witnessed impactful garage rock, psych and heavy guitar rock from a trio of talented bands.
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Live music review: night two of Levitation at Hotel Vegas: Osees and Warm Drag
Austin cooled off quite a bit on Friday evening, just in time for night two of LEVITATION, and Osees were at Hotel Vegas for the second of a four-show run. On this night, the opener was Los Angeles duo, Warm Drag.
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LEVITATION night one at Stubbs with The Jesus And Mary Chain and Protomartyr
Clouds rolled in not too long after doors opened at Stubb’s on Thursday, October 27 for the opening night of LEVITATION 2022. The smell of bar-b-que flooded the air as fans began filing in to see Automatic, Protomartyr, and the night’s headlining act, The Jesus and Mary Chain.
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Live music review: Guided By Voices marathon set at Mohawk
Indie-rock constants for decades, Guided By Voices played Austin’s Mohawk on October 22 for a 3-hour long set that just scratched the surface of the depth of the material that the band has produced in its 30+ year history.
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Song Review: “No Sleep” by Solo Solo delivers distorted Dream Pop
Self-proclaimed bedroom pop sibling duo Solo Solo arrives on the Austin music scene with debut track “No Sleep”. Released in late September, the song was recorded in a storage unit in Austin over quarantine.
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