Thursday, July 2, 2026

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"Punishers (Live)"

Greg AckermanReview

Live music review: Brit Floyd exceeded expectations at ACL Live last week

Tribute bands are a strange phenomena. Of course we love Pink Floyd. Their pioneering psych-rock musical style pairs well with our own home-bred original Cosmic Cowboy, Roxy Erickson. But a group of talented musicians recreating Floyd’s Division Bell tour like Brit Floyd? Despite the success of the group which tours worldwide, we had our doubts about how the show would play out. In retrospect, our hesitation was unwarranted. The show was a smashing success. The music, lights and visuals were spectacular. As were the musicians who performed. If you have the chance to catch this production when it rolls through your town, you should. It’s worth the ticket price. 

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Greg AckermanReview

Live music review: Lee Fields and Tameca Jones put soul in Austin Ice Cream Fest After Dark party

Hosting an ice cream-centered event during the unbearable hot months of summer here in Austin is a great idea. Complimenting the family-friendly daytime event with an After Dark program featuring soul singer Lee Fields & the Expressions with Austin’s reigning Queen of Soul Tameca Jones brought the popular fest to  a whole, new level as the Austin Ice Cream Festival did on Saturday at Fiesta Gardens in East Austin.

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AlbumGreg AckermanReview

Album review: Jesse Dayton drops outstanding new record this Friday

Austin’s Jesse Dayton is much like his influences Waylon, Willie and even The Clash and X. The music the Texas musician makes perfectly reflects those disparate styles and more. As an artist, Dayton refuses to be pigeon-holed into a particular genre. Listening to the tracks on his latest, “The Outsider” highlights the point that the singer, songwriter and guitarist is talented at presenting music regardless of genre, East Texas Blues, punk, rock, acoustic songwriter ballads in the Texas tradition all make an appearance on this outstanding new record. 

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Greg AckermanReview

Live music review: LSD and the Search for God at Cheer-Up Charlie’s

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InterviewsMike Cosmic

The Cover Letter Single Release and Interview

If you have not had the opportunity to check out Austin’s  high energy indie- folk band, The Cover Letter  you are in luck!  You can catch them at their single release show today (May 18th)  at Mohawk.   The Cover Letter’s members Jacob Shipman,  Jarrod Nall,  Evan Runyon,  Angie Vanegas, Fletcher Inzer,  and Patrick Barrow  click together musically in a special way.

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AlbumGreg AckermanReview

Exclusive Album premiere: Chill Russell to drop rocking debut, host release party at Mohawk Friday

  Austin rockers Chill Russell are set to drop a true rock n roll debut album Friday with a release

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