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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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Case CockrellLive MusicReview

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

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

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

Case Cockrell
Live music review: Metal madness with GWAR at Radio East
Case CockrellLive MusicReview

Live music review: Metal madness with GWAR at Radio East

Case Cockrell
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Live music preview: Austin Psych Fest returns with some cool new wrinkles

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April 27-30, Austin Psych Fest will make its official return on the 15th Anniversary of the inaugural event. Today, the festival has rebranded LEVITATION in order to take the pysch-rock festival beyond Austin. That event is now hosted at various music venues throughout the Red River Cultural District on Halloween weekend. The return of APF signals a return to the smaller format of the original fest at Far Out Lounge and Stage in South Austin

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Being Dead
Case CockrellReview

Song review: Being Dead prepares for a new era with new single and video Muriel’s Big Day Off

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Being Dead is an Austin band, but to say they’re simply a local indie rock band would be selling them short. When songwriting duo Falcon Bitch and Gumball plug in to play, their voices go together immaculately. With the songwriting chops and dynamic chemistry displayed on every song the band has ever recorded, “Muriel’s Big Day Off” revitalizes and hones what makes Being Dead something to watch in 2023.

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Weyes Blood
Michael MalyReview

Live music review: finding hope with Weyes Blood at Stubb’s

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As the sold-out crowd at Stubb’s BBQ performed the standard between set activities, beverages, restroom breaks, locating friends in the crowd, etc. in preparation for the highly anticipated headline act of the evening, Weyes Blood, a familiar and widely underestimated beauty of a tune piped in over the PA.

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Christina DeStefanoReview

SXSW 2023 recap: The best things we saw at festival this year

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Without big tech NFT and crypto currencies funding parties with high profile headliners and free booze mixed with the fact there was no grounding social media platform to share secret sets, the playing field had become more advantageous for up and coming bands to procure an audience. Here are the best things we saw at SXSW 2023.

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Live music review: Black Flag at Mohawk and Combichrist at Elysium Saturday

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I wanted to clown on this current incarnation of Black Flag. I really did. Going into the show on Saturday at Mohawk, my expectations were low. When a legendary band has gone through a cadre of lineups over the years, it’s hard to get excited when Greg Ginn is the only original member up there chugging away on the hits that are so influential to our lives.

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The Dicks
Christina DeStefanoOpinion

Essay: Austin Punk Rockers Wore Drag Too

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The unjust law extends beyond drag to trans, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary individuals. Texas aims to follow suit with at least four suggested bills that may restrict drag performances as well as performances by trans, nonbinary, and GNC persons. State legislators in Texas are setting a dangerous precedent that will encourage violence against drag, trans and queer people. This is not who Texans are and flies in the face of our friendly culture. Austin punk rockers wore drag too. 

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