Anastasia Hera – The Cosmic Clash

Live music preview: DAWA benefit to feature Killer Mike of Run the Jewels at Radio/East

September 9, 2025 Brian Hillsman 3075 Views Anastasia Hera, Austin Arts, Austin Music, BENefit, Blakchyl, David Shabani, DAWA, Hip Hop, Kidd Jones, Killer Mike, live music, Mike Melinoe, Radio East, rap, Riders Against The Storm

There is some big news for Austin music fans this weekend. This Friday, September 12, Atlanta-based MC, Killer Mike (Run the Jewels), will headline Radio/East as part of the first DAWA fest. DAWA (Diversity Awareness and Wellness in Action) is celebrating their sixth anniversary is an Austin-based non-profit dedicated to providing opportunity to historically marginalized, underserved creative communities. Riders Against the Storm bandleader and former city Music Commission Chair Jonathan “Chaka” Mahone conceived the organization to directly fund BIPOC community frontliners via direct giving and thoughtful projects like DAWA Studios which provides a place for creatives to film and record with equipment provided by the upstart NPO which was founded in 2019.

Case Cockrell Live Music Review

Live music review: Spaceflight Records party at Radio East featured The Black Angels, Nolan Potter and more

December 11, 2024 Case Cockrell 2666 Views Alex Maas, Anastasia Hera, Christian Bland, Jake Garcia, live music, Nolan Potter, Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band, psych-rock, Radio East, Review, rock n roll, Roky Erickson, Spaceflight Records, The Black Angels

For the 5th anniversary of Spaceflight’s opening, the Austin-based music centerpiece threw a party at the year-old Southeast Austin venue Radio/East on December 6 with signees Anastasia Hera and Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band, featuring a headlining outing from none other than Austin psychedelic mainstays, The Black Angels.