On the 50th Anniversary of Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City’s premier annual arts event chose to host Austin folk-Americana artist, Shakey Graves on Saturday, June 21 on the street adjacent to Library Square in the downtown civic center area. As huge fans of Graves’ since his return to Austin from Los Angeles where he was pursuing an acting career we’ve seen his steady ascent in music.
The Black Angels latest recording, Wilderness Of Mirrors (released Friday), was celebrated by the band with an intimate gathering at the new The 13th Floor Bar location, now on Red River near 8th in the Red River District. Announcement of the show and available tickets happened only a week ago. Within a short amount of time the sub-200 capacity venue was sold out.
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Friday’s inaugural day one of Primavera Sound L.A. at L.A. Historic State Park saw Lorde own the main stage with fans crowding the area following Mitski’s heavily attended set on the Tecate Alta stage. Psych-synth rockers Darkside closed the night with a spellbinding performance, sending euphoric fans off into the evening buzzing with palpable energy.
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Originally hailing from Chicago, Mild High Club founder Alexander Brettin began the project as a solo act, expanding the group into full band, live act as the project gained fans Brettin studied jazz at Columbia College in the Windy City and shortly after began his work on MHC. The Neo-jazz / shoe gaze / psych rock act will appear on the Mohawk stage September 24 with support from Shy Boys.
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(EL PASO) – Twenty years ago, New York City post-punk band Interpol released its debut album, “Turn On The Bright Lights.” And for 20 years, El Pasoans have waited patiently for the band to grace their West Texas town with a performance. The band returned September 11.
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Julia Jacklin seemed cautious, uneasy, or maybe a bit nervous taking the stage for the first show of her tour at Mohawk on Friday, September 9. It was a sold out show to send off Jacklin with a new album Pre Pleasure fresh from release and ready for the stage.
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September 6 marked the second evening of consecutive performances on the Mohawk outdoor stage by punk legends, Circle Jerks. The back-to-back nights of live music from the music icons celebrated the 40th anniversary of the release of the Hermosa Beach, California band’s second studio album, Wild in the Streets.
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On September 2, Austin musician Scott Collins discussed the meaning behind some of his music during an interview under a large Oak tree at his home which also houses a recording studio with Mike Cosmic. Collins is influenced by many artists and most importantly life experiences.
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Johnny Marr took a quick break from his opening duties, supporting The Killers on the US leg of their global trek, for a solo performance at San Antonio’s Paper Tiger on Tuesday night with his band. Why San Antonio one might ask?
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This past Thursday evening in Austin, found the Courtney Barnett curated, Here and There Festival planting it’s all female fronted bands version of the revolving lineup on the ACL Live Moody stage. While the constantly changing touring artists has featured the likes of Wet Leg, Fred Armisen, Lucy Dacus, Snail Mail, Japanese Breakfast, Bartees Strange, just to name a few of the many diverse artists making some of the most impactful music today, Austin fans were treated to support acts Ethel Cain and Indigo Souza on this night as they were warmed up the audience for the main act, Melbourne’s Courtney Barnett.
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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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Guitar-heavy noise rockers, Boris visited Empire Garage August 25 for a stop on their Heavy Rock Breakfast tour with support from Philadelphia’s Nothing. Needless to say, it was an evening of loudness that fans felt in their organs at various points during the intense, 15-song set headliners Boris delivered.
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