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Live music review: Danny Brown threw down a rager at Empire Garage

April 16, 2024 Case Cockrell 387 Views Alice Longyu Gao, Bruiser Wolf, Danny Brown, Empire Garage, experimental, Hip Hop, hyperpop, live music, rap, Review

Sometimes, live music crowds can be major downers. Austin, Texas’ vibrant music scene has a massive influx of live shows that draw a variety of different crowds, some good, some bad. For Detroit-turned-Austin oddball rapper Danny Brown, an unforgettable live spectacle made sure to cancel out the entitled personalities that attempted to harsh the triumphant vibes of Danny’s homecoming for yet another Austin appearance, this time at Empire Garage on Thursday, April 11.

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Live music review: Swans evades fire code shutdown at Paramount, delivers two hour onslaught

September 8, 2023 Case Cockrell 1479 Views experimental, live music, Michael Gira, noise rock, Paramount Theater, Paramount Theatre, progressive rock, Review, Swans

Michael Gira’s multi-genre outfit Swans showed an Austin crowd that age is just a number on Sunday night at the historic Paramount Theatre down the street from the Capitol. For those unfamiliar, Swans is a New York band that has gone through various phases, line-ups, genres, and forms through the leadership of multi-instrumentalist, Gira since 1982.

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Live music review: Xiu Xiu brought unbridled experimentation to Elysium Friday

April 11, 2023 Case Cockrell 833 Views Blank Hellscape, Deep Cross, Elysium, experimental, hardcore, industrial, Jamie Stewart, live music, Oblivion Access Fest, Review, XIU XIU

California’s Xiu Xiu is a band transcending many different musical concepts and genres. Xiu Xiu brought their unbridled experimentation to Elysium on Friday.

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Album review: Leche releases new EP, “Gas Powered Guillotine”

March 3, 2023 Brian Hillsman 245 Views album review, Austin Music, experimental, Leche, metal, punk rock

Just in time for Austin’s busiest music season, hometown punk band Leche return with a new EP, Gas Powered Guillotine.

Greg Ackerman Premiere

Song Premiere: Summer vibes with new single from Royal Forest

July 23, 2020 Greg Ackerman 168 Views experimental, fusion, new music, Royal Forrest, song premiere

Experimental art collective Royal Forrest take a decidedly unique approach to recording. Today we’re premiering their new single “Memories Thinning” in advance of their forthcoming full length, Waiting Drum. The new record hits stores and streaming services August 28 on King Electric Records.

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Live music preview: The Bird Barn booked killer bill at Empire Control Room Saturday

August 15, 2019 Greg Ackerman 148 Views Amplified Heat, Austin, Being Dead, Billy King and the Bad Bad Bad, Blood band, Empire Control Room, experimental, jazz, live music, preview, psych-rock, punk, Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, rock n roll, The Bird Barn

To that end, we’ve chosen to highlight The Bird Barn’s killer psych-rock, punk and straight up rock n roll lineup at Empire Control Room Saturday. The stacked, all-local bill features Billy King and the

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