Best Austin albums of 2022
What the year also did was provide an opportunity for a considerable amount of great music to be released that helped make up this year’s best Austin albums list of 2022.
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Austin Music
Live music preview: May shows to see in Austin
Today’s (massive) list of recommended May shows in Austin was compiled by Christina DeSteffano. The notes about the shows are hers. We included links to ticketing pages when possible.
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Song review: Maddy Hatchett single Rainy Daze bring mellow feels
relax and let the sweet sounds of new, Maddy Hatchet single, “Rainy Daze,” wash over you. In the midst of a hot and muggy Texas in July, this track serves up sentiment and nostalgia straight to you. Released at the end of May and filled with lovely guitar leads and mellow feels, this track flows with notes of hope and sweet vocal runs while tackling the concept of love with lyrical craftsmanship and an old soul style despite Hatchet’s relative youth.
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Live Stream Preview: VINYL Beauty Bar to host Johnny Cash birthday fundraiser for SIMS
This Sunday (February 28), Austin locally-owned business, Vinyl Beauty Bar is hosting a Johnny Cash themed fundraiser for SIMS Foundation starting at 4:20 p.m. The hair salon / record shop concept has invited several local musicians to perform in support of SIMS, an organization that provides access to mental health and addiction services to Austin music industry members and their families.
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Best Austin Albums of 2020
With the year-end approaching, a new White House administration preparing for the next four years and The Cosmic Clash staff puzzling over which Austin albums we like best from 2020, it’s time to introduce our list of top albums made by Austin artists in the past year.
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Video Premiere: Good Field release Halloween themed clip
Austin indie rock / shoegaze four-piece Good Field released a new song and accompanying video, “Coyote” today. The song is part of a larger collection of tracks the Austin band has recorded over the years that will be compiled into a full-length record entitled Coyote. Jim Eno (Spoon) provided engineering and production on the record. Dan Duszynski (Loma, Cross Record) mastered the tracks which include this ode to living free that B Movie filmmaker, Zachary Scott transformed into a werewolf themed story just in time for Halloween.
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Album Premiere: Kay Odyssey hits back with Knock Out
We’re thrilled to premiere the band’s exceptional third release, Knock Out (Pecan Crazy Records) today at The Cosmic Clash. The album is a follow-up to one of our top Austin albums of 2019, What’s A Woman To Do.
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Video Premiere: The Cuckoos new single I’ll Be Ur Tramp
In what now feels like ancient history, this past January, The Cuckoos put on a show at one of Austin’s most intimate venues, Cheer Up Charlie’s. On June 29, the band dropped a new single and video. The new clip depicts a man (Frost), sitting alone in a chair, in black and white with a vintage color TV playing footage from the aforementioned show. This is the premise for the Austin-based The Cuckoos’ latest music video and single release “I’ll Be Ur Tramp.”
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Top Austin albums of 2018
With the end of the year in sight, we figured it was time to run down our favorite albums of
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Album review: The Bright Light Social Hour released first new music in three years Friday
After covering The Bright Light Social Hour for nearly a decade, since their debut album The Bright Light Social Hour dropped, I can honestly say I couldn’t be more excited for the group. If you clicked the link, you saw tens of thousands of plays their debut has on Soundcloud which isn’t even the most popular streaming platform they’re found on. The band was hot. You couldn’t turn on KUT (KUTX didn’t exist yet) without hearing one of the band’s singles.
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Kay Odyssey set to hit the road on their second West Coast tour
One of Austin’s top musical talents, Kay Odyssey is embarking on their second West Coast tour. The Party Cups Tour kicks off this Friday (September 27) at Beerland for the Peyote Coyote Residency #4. The Party Cups tour continues with a stop in the mysterious West Texas town of Marfa at the Lost Horse Saloon. The tour then heads off to the furthest reaches of the beautiful west Texas desert to El Paso, then across the enchanted state of New Mexico stoping in Parse Seco and the Albuquerque. Kay Odyssey will rock out in Phoenix (Scotsdale) as the tour reaches the idyllic West Coast making tour stops in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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