Live music preview: Special Free Week show at Velveeta Room takes place January 2
The Cosmic Clash has successfully produced Free Week events in the past, but this year we wanted to try something
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Live music preview: Luscious Heaven Shoegaze show and The Nothing Song label launch
There are probably more small, independent, local record labels in Austin than you’d expect. That fact isn’t stopping The Nothing Song owner, Trish Connelly from launching her own label on 7″ featuring talented newcomers, Blushing. The Cheer-Up Charlie’s booker is announcing the newly formed label at her Luscious Heaven: A Night of Shoegaze and Dreampop on Saturday, November 3 (this weekend) at the aforementioned Red River club.
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Live music review and photos: Bob Moses played Emo’s with Mansionair
Vancouver-via-Brooklyn-based electronic group Bob Moses brought their Battle Lines tour through Austin at Emo’s last Friday, October 19 supported by Mansionair. Bob Moses is actually a duo comprised of Jimmy Vallance and Tom Howie, their pop-electronic work was filled out with a lineup of live drums, bass, keys, guitar and vocals for a set list that drew heavily from their latest album, “Battle Lines.”
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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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Live music review: Ghostland Observatory swooped into Bat Fest with new show
It’s been eight years since Austin electronic duo, Ghostland Observatory put out an album. Let that sink in… EIGHT YEARS. That’s a lifetime in today’s music environment of countless streaming services, instant singles and surprise albums. The pair comprised of Thomas Ross Turner (keys, drums and weird sounds) and Aaron Behrens (guitar/vocals) hit the proverbial creative wall after non-stop touring and hype wore them out following the success of their aptly named second album Paparazzi Lightning and two more records on the heels of that impressive sophomore effort.
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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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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.
Read MoreNew music: Motion Planet drop impressive sophomore progressive rock album, play Swan Dive tonight
Austin rock trio, Motion Planet dropped their sophomore effort, In Between The Moons today. The record reflects the disparate influences that
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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.
Read MoreExclusive 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
Read MoreLive music review: The Darkness and Diarrhea Planet thrilled fans at Emo’s – The Cosmic Clash
It may not have been a sold-out crowd but Emo’s fans were enthusiastic in their response to the UK neo-metal act, The Darkness and opener, Diarrhea Planet last week. It was hard not to match the energy of DP’s opening set. The Nashville-based garage punks look like they’re having a better time than the drunk fans in the front row as they rocked their way through a brief half-hour set.
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