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Album Review: Vital punk rock on new Subpar Snatch EP Get In Here
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Album Review: Vital punk rock on new Subpar Snatch EP Get In Here

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The Austin music scene is undeniably alive and thriving, and Subpar Snatch is a vital artery pumping punk rock through its veins. The group is releasing their latest EP Get In Here on June 20. This combustible trio, led by Jess Scott on vocals, Nate Ribner on bass, and CeeCee Email on drums is renowned for their high energy, raw, and unapologetic take on garage punk. Established in 2022, they quickly built a reputation for their raucous live performances, provocative lyrics, and a powerful sound that proves no guitars are needed. 

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Live music review: L.A. psych punk act Hooveriii at 13th Floor

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Live music review: White Denim returns to Austin for Hot Luck Fest with Nolan Potter
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Live music review: White Denim returns to Austin for Hot Luck Fest with Nolan Potter

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Live music review: Metal madness with GWAR at Radio East
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Live music review: Metal madness with GWAR at Radio East

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Being Dead
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Live music review: Austin act Being Dead enlisted friends to celebrate release of debut album

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For Being Dead’s Bayonet Records debut, the Austin powerhouse act not only goes the distance, but torches any doubt that anyone might have had that Being Dead would miss the mark for their first full-length outing which was celebrated with a release party at Sagebrush last Friday. 

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Album review: The Oxys to drop hard hitting new album Generation Irrelevant July 21

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The Oxys, comprised of guitarist Jason “Ginchy” Kottwitz (Dead Boys, Sylvain Sylvain and The Sylvains) and Vocalist “PunkRockPhil” Davis is a rambunctious punk rock band from Austin, recently released their second album titled Generation Irrelevant on the label Dead Beat Records imprint.

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Daiistar
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Song review: Austin Noise Pop act Daiistar announced new album, released new song 

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Texas band Daiistar is back in full psychedelic force. On new track “Star Starter,” the Austin act wastes little time in getting down to potent, psychoactive business. The reverb-drenched production makes for a vision quest-type listen, allowing the listener to sit back and bask in the production magic of Alex Maas, frontman of Austin Neo-Psych legends, The Black Angels.

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Live music review: Lil Yachty was an ardent completionist at his debut ACL TV taping

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“I did what I wanted to do, which was create a body of work that reflected me,” Yachty explained in a Billboard cover feature. “My idea was for this album to be a journey: Press play and fall into the void.” This was his position before recording his debut Austin City Limits (ACL TV) taping last week. 

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Live music review: Wavves brought their Summer shenanigans to Mohawk 

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Since seeing frontman Nathan Williams’ strong attachment to the venue,  he likes to end each Mohawk appearance with a backflip into the crowd from the venue’s 2nd level overlooking the stage left, I was sure never to miss another show, including last week’s tour stop at Mohawk.

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LEVITATION 2023
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Live music preview: LEVITATION expands for 2023 with stellar lineup

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LEVITATION has stayed true to it’s roots, curating a lineup each year that is both reflective of past greats while spotlighting some of the best new bands of the Neo-psych-rock era and beyond. Besides festival founders, The Black Angels, the 2023 edition features cutting edge acts, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Neo-jazz outfit, BADBADNOTGOOD along with 80s new wave / Neo psych-rockers The Church and festival veterans The Dandy Warhols.

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Moondance Festival
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Live music preview: Moondance Festival to raise funds for SIMS Foundation at Empire August 12

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One of the more pleasant aspects of partnering with music mental health organization, SIMS Foundation is learning about folks who make the decision to support the NPO with their own events because they recognize the value to the local music community. In that vein, Community Partners created Moondance Festival with a killer lineup of bands to perform at Empire Garage and Control Room August 12.

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Earth at oblivion access fest
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Live music review: Drone Metal legends Earth performed quadraphonic show at Oblivion Access Fest

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Have you ever seen a show in a church? What about a show in a church equipped with a psychedelic light display while a classic drone metal band plays their classic album in its entirety? For Seattle’s Earth, the drone legends did just that, which included a performance of their classic 1993 debut album, Earth 2, in its full glory for the record’s 30th anniversary at Central Presbyterian Church.

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Live music review: Against odds Lil Ugly Mane performs in Austin at Oblivion Access Festival 

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Lil Ugly Mane, aka Travis Miller, has always been an elusive figure. The underground hip-hop world that Ugly Mane spawned out of might call the Virginia native an enigma, so much so that Lil Ugly Mane’s many pseudonyms meant to take the prolific music creator outside of the SoundCloud rap box that he was painted into with his breakout 2012 debut album Mista Thug Isolation.

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Live music review: Love and Rockets deliver timeless pop darkness at ACL Live

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In the 15 years since the band Love and Rockets toured their live show, and almost 40 years since the band’s inception, much has changed in the world. Born from the ashes of the legendary post-punk, goth, avant-garde outfit Bauhaus, three of those four players arose in the form of Love and Rockets.

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