Just over 10 years after the release of their album, Champ, indie-rockers Tokyo Police Club released a deluxe edition of the classic LP and devoted a multi-city tour to commemorate the anniversary of the album’s initial release. On November 13, TPC performed in front of a jam-packed Historic Scoot Inn for the Austin stop on their “Champ 10” tour.
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I had an opportunity to see Arooj Aftab and her ensemble play during LEVITATION Festival this year in Austin. The show was off the beaten track, a few blocks away from the raucousness of Sixth Street at Scholz Garten.
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New York City’s Parquet Courts hit Stubb’s BBQ Friday amid a ton of anticipation from fans eager to see the garage rockers’ return to Austin. Perhaps lost in that fervor was the fact their new record, Sympathy for Life featured a cache of songs unlike much of the band’s previous material.
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Tame Impala took the stage just three days after the mass-casualty event at Astroworld, where eight victims all younger than 30 lost their lives during a chaotic set from headliner Travis Scott.
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Brooklyn-based rock quartet, Parquet Courts, released their seventh LP, “Sympathy For Life” on Friday, October 22.
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Approximately two years since their previous visit to Austin, hardcore UK punk rockers, IDLES, made their glorious return to the live music capital October 25, on a warm, muggy night at the now legendary Stubb’s BBQ, in the historic Red River Cultural District
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On October 26, Soccer Mommy visited Emo’s in Austin, Texas after the release of their sophomore album, color theory. During quarantine, Nashville native Sophie Allison aka Soccer Mommy, released a binder, EP version of the album.
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As Austin’s LEVITATION festival closed out on Halloween night, many fans still wore three or four wristbands from their full weekend of psych rock events the festival organzied. Sundays can be a drudge for any festival, but the sold-out, costume-wearing Japanese Breakfast crowd at Stubb’s BBQ proved that the Live Music Capital of the World is as vibrant as ever.
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At Mohawk on October 29th, black midi displayed their sky-high musical endurance and tested the audience’s as well at the 2021 verison of LEVITATION Fest.
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After almost two years of uncertainty and turmoil in the music festival sector, one of Austin’s most beloved mid-tier music fests returned Thursday to venues primarily located in the downtown-adjacent Red River Cultural District. The music festival that began as Austin Psych Fest has since rebranded to LEVITATION to expand to other markets
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The unbridled bliss that comes when thing are aligned was present Saturday at East Austin’s Radio Milk Recording Co. The studio White Denim built is also a performance space that is truly special. It was the perfect spot to highlight the work Geannie Friedman of Semihelix has done with her new record, Recoil, which by all accounts is a hit with listeners near and far.
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