Como Las Movies – The Cosmic Clash

Semihelix HSN 2025 13th Floor Troy Gonzales

Live music photos: Hot Summer Nights featured Andrew Cashen, Semihelix, Portrayal of Guilt and more

July 31, 2025 Greg Ackerman 3723 Views Andrew Cashen, Austin, Bruce, Como Las Movies, glam rock, gospel, hard rock, Hot Summer Nights, HSN, live music, metal, Mujeres Podridas, Pearl Z, photos, pop rock, Portrayal of Guilt, prog rock, psych-rock, Queen Serene, Red River Cultural District, rock n roll, Semihelix, Sexpop, shoegaze, Stop Motion Orchestra, Team Trust, The Bottomless, Troy Gonzales

The Red River Cultural District’s cover-free Hot Summer Nights event took place last weekend in venues all over the downtown neighborhood July 24-26. Nearly 150 primarily Austin-area artists took to the stage at Mohawk, 13th Floor, Elysium, Chess Club and a dozen other RRCD venues. This is the eighth year the neighborhood organization has organized the event which spawned from its original sister event, Free Week which takes place the first week of January each year. Resound Presents founder, Graham Williams is credited with originating that event while he was working as a talent booker at the original Emo’s on Red River and Sixth Street. featured in this photo story is Andrew Cashen and Disciples of Creation, shoegaze/psych rockers, Queen Serene, Pearl Z, Sexpop, Mujeres Podridas, Stop Motion Orchestra, Portrayal of Guilt, Semihelix and lots more.

Case Cockrell Live Music Preview

Live music preview: Six showcases to see at Hot Summer Nights in Austin this weekend

July 23, 2025 Case Cockrell 4143 Views 13th Floor, Cheer Up Charlie's, Chess Club, Como Las Movies, Elysium, Empire Garage, Farmer's Wife, Font, Foxtales, Genuine Leather, Hot Summer Nights, HSN, live music, mohawk, Mugger, Mujeres Podridas, Nolan Potter, Nuclear Daisies, Palefade, Portrayal of Guilt, preview, Pussy Gillette, Queen Serene, Red River Cultural District, Redbud, Sexpop, So Many Cults, Stop Motion Orchestra, The Opera

Hot Summer Nights (HSN) in the Red River Cultural District of Austin is an annual RRCD-sponsored event that features hundreds of local artists performing across the downtown area. Each showcase will not charge a cover at the door, meaning dozens of free showcases akin to the annual Free Week, which takes place the first week of every January. HSN runs July 24 – July 26 and will feature talent from all over Austin and surrounding areas. Venues participating in the event include Mohawk, Chess Club, Cheer Up Charlie’s, Empire Control Room & Garage, and The 13th Floor among several others. For the three days of packed, free live music programming, The Cosmic Clash team has curated a list of showcases we think attendees will want to catch while wandering the streets of Red River during the free festival. Hot Summer Nights will also feature participating food vendors to keep you full and energized throughout the event.

Amanda Quraishi Live Music Review

Live Music Review: Flakefest Vol. 1 defied expectations at Mohawk June 28

July 3, 2024 Amanda Quraishi 3877 Views Como Las Movies, Cumbia, experimental, Flakefest, funk, fusion, Jackie O'Brien, jazz, Latin music, mohawk, new music, rock n roll, Starflake, TBLSH

Nowhere could this phenomenon be better illustrated than at FLAKEFEST Vol. 1 on Friday, June 28, 2024 at Mohawk. Two bands – Como Las Movies and Starflake – took to the stage along with a handful of other local music luminaries and brought us an evening of homegrown, Latin-infused, experimental music that defies expectations and crushes definitions.

Amanda Quraishi Premiere Song

Song Premiere: Starflake Has Landed With Single NuBooty

June 19, 2024 Amanda Quraishi 3901 Views Como Las Movies, experimental, Flakefest, Jackie O'Brien, mohawk, new music, rock n roll, song premiere, Starflake, The Bright Light Social Hour, Tropi-punk

Instead, O’Brien is running head-first into a brand new project – an experimental tropi-punk ensemble called Starflake. He is joined by two of the hardest working musicians in the Austin music scene, drummer Zac Catanzaro (Walker Lukens, Song Confessional) and percussionist Juan Alfredo Ríos (Como Las Movies, Easy Compadre!), both also members of The Bright Light Social Hour; as well as bassists/synth-psychonauts Ben Nelson (Molly Burch, A. Sinclair) and Alex Holeman (Chroma Phase).

Case Cockrell Music Video Premiere

Video Premiere: Como Las Movies releases entrancing new video for single featuring Sabrina Ellis

January 26, 2024 Case Cockrell 2138 Views Como Las Movies, La 6, Latin fusion, new music, Oscar Donado, Sabrina Ellis, Try Hard Coffee, Try Hard Vinyl, video premiere

Austin Latin fusion act Como Las Movies have released their music video to accompany single “La 6,” released late last year featuring revered Austin singer Sabrina Ellis of A Giant Dog. The release also comes with singles compilation, Como Las Singles, available on Try Hard Ltd Vinyl today, January 26.

Greg Ackerman Live Music Preview

Live music preview: Housing NPO The Other Ones Foundation present Been There 2 featuring Brownout and Pharcyde

November 2, 2023 Greg Ackerman 2318 Views Been There 2, Brownout, Como Las Movies, Croy and the Boys, Heartbyrne, live music, Nikki Glaspie, Pharcyde, preview, The Other Ones Foundation

This year, the lineup features local Latin funk heroes Brownout with hip-hop impresario, Pharcyde. Also on the bill are Nikki Glaspie (former drummer for Beyoncé) and The Homies, HeartByrne (Talking Heads Tribute Band), Croy and the Boys, Como Las Movies and more. There will also be a VIP stand-up comedy performance by Doug Mellard. The show takes place Saturday, November 11 at the Esperanza Community from noon to 10 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance by supporters and music fans.

Greg Ackerman Review

Song review: Como Las Movies and Sabrina Ellis join forces for La 6, release party November 3

October 31, 2023 Greg Ackerman 2731 Views Como Las Movies, Cumbia, indie rock, live music, Sabrina Ellis, song review, Try Hard Coffee, Waterloo Records

Ahead of the group’s planned November release of the new album by Austin’s Como Las Movies, the band has released

Greg Ackerman Preview

Live music preview: Club X and Cosmic Clash presents Como Las Movies at 13th Floor Sunday

June 5, 2023 Greg Ackerman 2060 Views 13th Floor, Alex Cosmico, Club X, Como Las Movies, Cumbia, Nemegata, psych-rock, Sabrina Ellis

Sunday, Club X (Mas Music and Misti Watts) and The Cosmic Clash presents Como Las Movies at 13th Floor this Sunday, June 11 at 8 p.m. with Nemegata and Alex Cosmico with DJ Ed Gonzalez (Fading Yellow).

Greg Ackerman Review

Live music review: 41st Austin Music Awards featured Jackie Venson, Como Las Movies, Kathy Valentine and more

February 28, 2023 Greg Ackerman 1903 Views Adrian Quesada, Austin Music Awards, Como Las Movies, Die Spitz, Jackie Venson, Kevin Curtin, live music, Review, Sabrina Ellis, Sir Woman

On a springlike evening Sunday at Mohawk, the Austin Chronicle hosted the Austin Music Awards for the 41st time to a sold-out venue that saw a lineup that truly ran the gamut of the Austin musical landscape.

Greg Ackerman Preview

Live music preview: Austin Music Awards lineup set for Mohawk on February 26

February 8, 2023 Greg Ackerman 1934 Views AMAs, Austin Music Awards, Briggitte Bandit, Como Las Movies, Die Spitz, Jackie Venson, live music, mohawk, preview

The 41st Austin Music Awards are set to take place February 26 Mohawk honoring the best in Austin music over the past year. The lineup has been set with performances by Jackie Venson, Como Las Movies with Sabrina Ellis, Die Spitz and more. Tickets for the event are on sale now. Proceeds benefit music mental health org, SIMS Foundation.

Christina DeStefano Review

Live music review: Free Week twentieth anniversary recap

January 12, 2023 Christina DeStefano 1632 Views Como Las Movies, Free Week, Free Week 2023, live music, Pelvis Wrestley, Review, Tear Dungeon, The Bright Light Social Hour

From January 5 to January 7, venues up and down the Red River Cultural District participated in Free Week. 2023 marked the twentieth anniversary of the event that was created to provide entertainment during quiet months in order to support the service industry.

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