Review

Greg AckermanReview

Live music review: All the Weird Kids Up Front – Spoon at Mohawk Austin

Today’s review is from Zack Teibloom, a local Austin writer we’ve been friends with for years. After an extended hiatus from live music coverage, Teibloom returns in a big way with a stellar review of Spoon’s underplay at Mohawk last night.

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Greg AckermanReview

Live music review: Sweet Spirit returned to Hotel Vegas Saturday

Two weeks to the day Sweet Spirit members Sabrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen played Hotel Vegas’ famed backyard with A Giant Dog, the writing duo returned Saturday with Sweet Spirit to do it all over again, but with glam-rock style in spades

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Greg AckermanReview

Live music review – A Giant Dog reopened Hotel Vegas patio with a bang

Merge Records’ recording artists, A Giant Dog made a triumphant return to the Hotel Vegas patio last night with a sold-out, typically raucous garage-punk rock performance that ignited an already hyped audience. Those same fans had just witnessed equally stellar performances by openers, Dregs and Vegas stalwarts, Pleasure Venom.

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Greg AckermanReview

Live music review: Billy Strings thrilled fans at the Long Center

Luck Reunion and the Long Center for Performing Arts hosted 2021 Grammy-winning bluegrass artist, Billy Strings on Sunday. The performance took place on the Long Center lawn with the Austin skyline serving as a picturesque backdrop for Billy Strings’ electrifying “bluegrass on acid” brand of music.

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AlbumReview

Album review: The Dead Coats set to drop rocking album Big Wish Saturday

Austin rockers, The Dead Coats made a rocking full-length album slated to drop Saturday on all platforms. The band tracked the 10-song album, BIG WISH (Dissent Records) in two days utilizing analog equipment and forgoing click tracks in favor of a more natural sound.

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Brian HillsmanReview

Album Review: Jody Porter record “Waterways” is persistent art

Jody Porter released his latest album, Waterways, on December 21, 2020.  The LP was recorded over the past couple of years, mostly by Porter, in England, with the finishing touches wrapped up at Porter’s home in Asheville, North Carolina. 

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Greg AckermanReview

Song Review: Atlas Maior released singles featuring Ali Pervez Mehdi

We’re always searching for new and interesting music that intends to create sounds that haven’t been heard before. Be it experimental, psychedelic or in today’s review, jazz and world music fusion. The singles we listened to are Nazuk by Austin’s Atlas Maior featuring famed ghazal singer, Ali Pervez Medhi.

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