Review – Page 29 – The Cosmic Clash

Song review: Maddy Hatchett single Rainy Daze bring mellow feels

July 26, 2021 Lauren Warner 831 Views Austin Music, guitar, Maddy Hatchett, music review, new music, singer, Single, song review, songwriter

relax and let the sweet sounds of new, Maddy Hatchet single, “Rainy Daze,” wash over you. In the midst of a hot and muggy Texas in July, this track serves up sentiment and nostalgia straight to you. Released at the end of May and filled with lovely guitar leads and mellow feels, this track flows with notes of hope and sweet vocal runs while tackling the concept of love with lyrical craftsmanship and an old soul style despite Hatchet’s relative youth.

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Live music review: Women That Rock featured Van Mary, Lola Tried, Little Mazarn

July 13, 2021 Greg Ackerman 713 Views concert, garage, Little Mazarn, live music, Lola Tried, punk, Review, rock n roll, Van Mary

Friday evening three female-powered acts played inside the remodeled Hotel Vegas bar which has been rebuilt. The event was a fundraiser for The Lilith Fund, sponsored by Women That Rock, a music curation & discovery platform with a mission to spotlight & celebrate the best rising women in music. Appropriately, the group booked three female-led acts, Van Mary, Lola Tried and Little Mazarn.

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

July 2, 2021 Greg Ackerman 1225 Views Britt Daniel, concerts, live music, Mohawk Austin, Review, Spoon, The Bright Light Social Hour, Walker Lukens

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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Live music review: Sweet Spirit returned to Hotel Vegas Saturday

June 28, 2021 Greg Ackerman 743 Views A Giant dog, Andrew Cashen, Britt Daniel, glam rock, Hotel Vegas, live music, Prince, rock n roll, Sabrina Ellis, Spoon, Sweet Spirit

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

June 13, 2021 Greg Ackerman 802 Views A Giant dog, Andrew Cashen, Britt Daniel, Danny Lion, Dregs, gargage rock, live music, Pleasure Venom, punk rock, Review, rock n roll, Sabrina Ellis, Spoon

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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Song review: Psychic Love Child ascends with single, “Golden Tongues”

June 9, 2021 Brian Hillsman 891 Views Native Hostel, neo-psych, new music, psych-rock, Psychic Love Child, single review, song review, Vancerts

Dallas-Fort Worth-based quintet, Psychic Love Child, released their latest single in April, “Golden Tongues.” The five-minute throwback tune is the psych-rock band’s fifth single release in just over a year.

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Album review: Todd Snider – First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder

June 2, 2021 Scott Rollins 2076 Views album review, FACHW, First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder, singer, songwriter, Todd Snider

First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder is Todd Snider’s latest offering. No longer a “kid”, no longer finding his way, he is a mentor to a new generation, though I doubt he sees himself as such. This record is fresh.

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Album review [Show preview]: Marcus Rezak returns with Truth in Sound EP

April 14, 2021 Greg Ackerman 744 Views album review, Grateful Dead, Grupo Fantasma, jam band, music fesival, Riders Against The Storm, Shred is Dead

It seems more than appropriate to celebrate the impending release of jam guitarist, Marcus Rezak’s solo EP, Truth in Sound which releases on all digital platforms April 29 with distribution by Color Red.

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Album Review: shame delivered on promise of debut with Drunk Tank Pink

April 13, 2021 Brian Hillsman 878 Views album, Drunk Tank Pink, Idles, new music, post-punk, punk rock, Review, Shame

Three years almost to the day after Shame released Song of Praise, they delivered on that promise with the release of Drunk Tank Pink in mid-January.

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

March 31, 2021 Greg Ackerman 1254 Views Billy Strings, bluegrass, flatpicking, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, live music, Peter Rowan, SIMS Foundation

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

March 25, 2021 Greg Ackerman 606 Views album review, garage rock, Lauren Warner, new music, punk rock, Ramones, rock n roll, The Dead Coats

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.