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Amanda QuraishiPremiereSong

Song Premiere: Starflake releases single Cuando Tomas (In My Head Again) today

Now, O’Brien and his long-time collaborative compadres are back with a new song titled “Cuando Tomas (In My Head Again)” and it does not disappoint. Once again O’Brien (vocals, bass, guitar, Roland JX-8P, Wurlitzer) is joined by Zac Catanzaro (drums) and Juan Alfredo Ríos (electronic percussion), delivering a track that swings like a cosmogonic pendulum between the ethereal and the funky.

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Amanda QuraishiLive MusicReview

Live Music Review: Flakefest Vol. 1 defied expectations at Mohawk June 28

Nowhere could this phenomenon be better illustrated than at FLAKEFEST Vol. 1 on Friday, June 28, 2024 at Mohawk. Two bands – Como Las Movies and Starflake – took to the stage along with a handful of other local music luminaries and brought us an evening of homegrown, Latin-infused, experimental music that defies expectations and crushes definitions.

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Live music review: Austin Music Awards performances featured the best in local music at Antone’s

Every musical calendar year in Austin is special. The countless live gigs, new albums released, and fresh talent that emerges every year make Austin one of the most significant music stops in the world. For local publication Austin Chronicle, the alt-weekly curates an evening that captures each respective year in the scene’s prolific, often positively saturated body of work. For 2024, The Austin Chronicle showcased an event that covered essential bases to magnify the widespread musical range of the city and pay homage to Austin legends along the way. For this year’s event, the Chronicle took to the world-famous Austin music staple, Antone’s Nightclub for a 3-hour event that benefited Austin non-profit, SIMS Foundation to support mental health and substance use recovery services and programs for musicians, music industry professionals, and their dependent family members.

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Event preview: Joi Chevalier runs Cook’s Nook chef designed food security program with same love she has for music

Culture is huge in Austin. It’s the backbone of what we do as a community at large. As the city grows and changes, some things that make the city uniquely “Austin” shouldn’t ever be taken for granted – which is why supporting local events like “Texas Table: A Feast for A Cause” on February 27 is essential.  

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Greg AckermanReview

Live music review: Feel Good Music Festival for SIMS Foundation featured Latin fusion, songwriters

The first Feel Good Music Festival at Far Out Lounge and Stage took place over the holiday weekend.  The venue and SIMS Foundation hopes it to become an annual tradition at the upstart live music venue in South Austin. The festival capped a month-long celebration of Mental Health Awareness for the music non-profit that provides mental health and recovery services to Austin music industry members and their dependent families. 

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Christina DeStefanoReview

Live music review: Free Week twentieth anniversary recap

From January 5 to January 7, venues up and down the Red River Cultural District participated in Free Week. 2023 marked the twentieth anniversary of the event that was created to provide entertainment during quiet months in order to support the service industry.

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Free Week 2023

Free Week takes place January 5-7, 2023. The festival, hosted by Red River Cultural District, acts as creative outlet to

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Christina DeStefanoPreview

Live music preview: September Austin shows are getting cooler with weather

September shows in Austin are getting cooler along with the early wet and cooling trend the month ushered in. There are a TON of great live music shows coming to town such as The Killers with Johnny Marr and legendary Japanese psych rockers, Kikagaku Moyo at Far Out Lounge.

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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 AckermanMusic News

Tony Congas Cruz: The Best Damn Percussionist I Ever Knew

So is Tony Congas Cruz’s passing this week on December 4, 2021. Tony was the best damn percussionist I ever knew. Cruz was best known as the conga player for award-winning Afrobeat band, Hard Proof.

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