DAIISTAR – The Cosmic Clash

Live music review: Austin Music Awards performances featured the best in local music at Antone’s

March 1, 2024 Case Cockrell 522 Views Antone's, Austin Chronicle, Austin Music Awards, Ben Buck, Ben Kweller, DAIISTAR, Die Spitz, Kevin Curtin, Kevin Russell, live music, Review, Sabrina Ellis, SL Houser, The Bright Light Social Hour, Walker Lukens

Every musical calendar year in Austin is special. The countless live gigs, new albums released, and fresh talent that emerges every year make Austin one of the most significant music stops in the world. For local publication Austin Chronicle, the alt-weekly curates an evening that captures each respective year in the scene’s prolific, often positively saturated body of work. For 2024, The Austin Chronicle showcased an event that covered essential bases to magnify the widespread musical range of the city and pay homage to Austin legends along the way. For this year’s event, the Chronicle took to the world-famous Austin music staple, Antone’s Nightclub for a 3-hour event that benefited Austin non-profit, SIMS Foundation to support mental health and substance use recovery services and programs for musicians, music industry professionals, and their dependent family members.

Case Cockrell Live Music Preview

Live Music Preview: Austin Music Awards at Antone’s will benefit SIMS Foundation

February 10, 2024 Case Cockrell 681 Views Antone's, Austin Music Awards, DAIISTAR, live music, Pussy Gillette, SIMS Foundation, SL Houser, Walker Lukens

The 42nd annual Austin Music Awards will take place at Antone’s Nightclub on Sunday, February 25, in downtown Austin. The Austin Chronicle event will feature talent from a massive array of genres from across the local music scene. The awards are chosen by 15,000 music fans in Austin and beyond, all of which will be revealed in the February 23 issue of The Austin Chronicle, with winners being celebrated at the ceremony the following Sunday.

Case Cockrell Live Music Review

Live music review: The best of LEVITATION Festival 2023

November 1, 2023 Case Cockrell 1243 Views 13th Floor, DAIISTAR, Death From Above 1979, Far Out Lounge, Fuck Money, Levitation, mohawk, Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band, The Black Angels, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy Warhols

For 2023, Levitation, founded by Austin psych-rock wizards The Black Angels and festival organizer Rob Fitzpatrick, brought the goods for this year’s installment. From garage rock overlord Ty Segall to EDM titan Flying Lotus to the neo psych-rock of Black Angels, Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Levitation brought a vast array of elements that makes festival’s Austin takeover something special for fans and performing artists alike

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Live music review: Night Beats and Daiistar gave Austin a modern psychedelic rock treat Saturday

September 27, 2023 Case Cockrell 883 Views DAIISTAR, Hotel Vegas, live music, Night Beats, post-punk, psych-rock, Review, shoegasze

When a band in Austin gets to make a record after playing their material for local audiences for months, sometimes years on end, it’s worthy of multiple rounds of applause. For Austin shoegaze/noise-pop act Daiistar, it’s been a long time coming. To celebrate the release of Daiistar’s new album Good Time, the rising Austin act enlisted the help of Seattle-born, now Texas-based band Night Beats, who are on a new album cycle of their own.

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Video Premiere: Exotic Fruitica continues release cycle with new track Cowboy

August 4, 2023 Case Cockrell 1026 Views DAIISTAR, Exotic Fruitica, hard rock, new music, OFF!, post-punk, video premiere

Austin noisemakers Exotic Fruitica are ramping up their upcoming EP release with a new track and video that pushes the band’s noisy antics to 11. For the Austin act, they’ve been releasing one song after another that always go the deafening distance. Choosing sun-baked hooks and fuzzy guitars to sculpt their catchy yet chaotic approach, the Austin noise act has been making a mission statement to rattle listeners into blown-out exhaustion. To celebrate the release of “Cowboy,” They have also dropped a video that embodies the same chaos that the music evokes. Directed by Cameron Kisel, Exotic Fruitica is quickly catching fire as one of Austin’s most exciting bands.

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Song review: Austin Noise Pop act Daiistar announced new album, released new song

July 14, 2023 Case Cockrell 1280 Views DAIISTAR, Fuzz Club, new music, noise pop, song review, The Black Angels

Texas band Daiistar is back in full psychedelic force. On new track “Star Starter,” the Austin act wastes little time in getting down to potent, psychoactive business. The reverb-drenched production makes for a vision quest-type listen, allowing the listener to sit back and bask in the production magic of Alex Maas, frontman of Austin Neo-Psych legends, The Black Angels.

Christina DeStefano Premiere

Video premiere: DAIISTAR drop new music video, announced Fuzz Club signing

April 28, 2023 Christina DeStefano 333 Views Austin Psych Fest, DAIISTAR, Far Out Lounge, Fuzz Club, Levitation, new music, noise pop, shoegaze

Austin noise-pop band DAIISTAR released their music video “Tracemaker ” for their debut single as a precursor to Austin Psych Fest which begins today at Far Out Lounge and Stage.

Christina DeStefano Interviews

Interview: Club X founders Michele Mas and Misti Watts talk booking in Austin

February 8, 2023 Christina DeStefano 644 Views 13th Floor, Club X, DAIISTAR, Dead Coats, Interview, live music, Mas Music, Michelle Mas, Misti Hamrick, Transy Warhol

The Cosmic Clash sat down with local event promoters Michele Mas and Misti Hamrick who produce Club X, happening every second Sunday at The 13th Floor Bar downtown.

Greg Ackerman Review

Live music review: Italy’s New Candys slayed Hotel Vegas with DAIISTAR

August 15, 2022 Greg Ackerman 342 Views Christian Bland, DAIISTAR, Daydream Twins, Hotel Vegas, Mas Music, New Candys, psych-rock

Last Monday, Austin music fans who were paying attention to Mas Music’s LEVITATION-style booking at Hotel Vegas were rewarded with standout sets from Italy’s New Candys, Austin act DAIISTAR and Daydream Twins, who opened the show.

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