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Single review: Sexpop drops new song and video for Who To Call

September 15, 2024 Case Cockrell 558 Views Austin, dream pop, funk, Grandmaster, indie rock, indie-gaze, new music, Review, rock n roll, Sexpop, Single

Blaise Eldred’s Sexpop was just a one-man band when the Berklee College of Music attendee arrived in Austin as a member of the now-defunct psychedelic collective Acid Carousel. Before arriving in Austin, Eldred had two albums of material with his musical vehicle Sexpop and another record with Boston-based indiegaze act RVRCT. (pronounced Rivercat) On new single “Who To Call,” Eldred takes a break from local funk mega-ensemble Grandmaster, revisiting his passion project with a fresh, refined approach with an accompanying music video to boot.

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Song Review – Anyway You Like: Tied Up is one of Austin’s Newest to Check Out

July 27, 2024 Robert Dean 531 Views Austin Music, Basement, Dinosaur Jr, hard rock, indie rock, new music, rock n roll, Tied Up

Taking the hip-hop approach by dropping singles one at a time, Tied Up recently gave us their newest, “Anyway You Like,” on the heels of their prior single, “Gun.” Both are wicked glimpses into what the band will give us moving forward, which says a metric fuck ton, considering they only have two tracks out for public consumption. And those two tracks do not play. This is the rock and roll you want;

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Song Premiere: Starflake Has Landed With Single NuBooty

June 19, 2024 Amanda Quraishi 1151 Views Como Las Movies, experimental, Flakefest, Jackie O'Brien, mohawk, new music, rock n roll, song premiere, Starflake, The Bright Light Social Hour, Tropi-punk

Instead, O’Brien is running head-first into a brand new project – an experimental tropi-punk ensemble called Starflake. He is joined by two of the hardest working musicians in the Austin music scene, drummer Zac Catanzaro (Walker Lukens, Song Confessional) and percussionist Juan Alfredo Ríos (Como Las Movies, Easy Compadre!), both also members of The Bright Light Social Hour; as well as bassists/synth-psychonauts Ben Nelson (Molly Burch, A. Sinclair) and Alex Holeman (Chroma Phase).

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Song Review: The Cuckoos reveal eclectic new track Dirty Pictures

June 12, 2024 Case Cockrell 1015 Views Dirty Pictures, funk, indie rock, Kenneth Frost, new music, psych-rock, song review, soul, The Cuckoos

Kenneth Frost has proven to be a hometown prolific mastermind. Since performing as a part of Grandmaster, Sexpop, and his brainchild band, The Cuckoos, it’s mind-boggling to wonder how the Austin musician manages his time. On new track “Dirty Pictures,” Frost shows that his musical staying power is here to stay in the Austin scene. The band’s sound takes an eclectic route, showing touches of funk, soul, psychedelic rock, and the roots of classic rock.

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