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Live music preview: A Jesus and Mary Chain Halloween at Far Out Lounge and Stage

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The last time the Jesus and Mary Chain played Austin, it was Levitation Festival on Halloween weekend in 2022, at Stubb’s, with Protomartyr on the undercard. Both bands return October 31 for Halloween, this time to the Far Out Lounge & Stage in South Austin, with Holy Wave, DAIISTAR, Blushing and Commercial Breaks filling out the night. Tickets for the show are available directly from Far Out Lounge or the JAMC website.

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Live Music Review: Austin Went Dark for Phoebe Bridgers, and Nobody Complained

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Somewhere between the skeleton suit and the arena rigging, Phoebe Bridgers stopped being anyone’s secret. It was the first night

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Live Music Review: Built to Spill Carries the Zero in East Austin

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 Built to Spill has been a reference point for indie rock music for more than three decades. The Boise band helped write the 90s indie rock playbook, and bands a generation younger are still working from it. Doug Martsch has been the singer, guitarist, chief songwriter, and only constant since 1992. Ten albums in, the songs hit as hard as they did the first time fans heard them. On Friday, September 25, Martsch brought the current trio, with Melanie Radford on bass and Teresa Esguerra on drums, to the Central Machine Works stage built last year. The show sold out. The crowd was split between lifers and newcomers, and both got 90 minutes of indie rock loyalty for their trouble.

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Live music review: Peter Hook, Cabaret Voltaire thrilled at Far Out Lounge for Levitation 2026

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I like to think of myself as a diehard rock and roll lover who does what she can to see and do all the things. Sometimes that’s easy and sometimes life gets in the way. Be it money problems, work schedules, personal issues, you name it, they come up as reasons not to leave the house, much less attend a music festival, but when it’s one of your favorite festivals, Levitation which took place last weekend in Austin, you find a way to rally.

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Live Music Review: Reverb Appreciators Survived the Heat at Levitation 2026

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Levitation Festival returned to Austin this past weekend (September 10-13), bringing a stacked international lineup back to a multi-venue format for its 2026 edition, with showcases scattered across the city. The bill pulled in longtime regulars, first-time festivalgoers, and a handful of acts making their first Central Texas appearance since they formed. Oppressive heat ran through all four days as the festival’s defining backdrop, but it didn’t stop Levitation from delivering for its loyal reverb appreciators once more, extending a run that’s outlasted a wave of beloved festivals in an increasingly unstable independent music scene. The Cosmic Clash team was on the ground for all four days. Here’s part one of what stuck with us.

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Single review: Wild Heaven’s “One To Go” Is a Slow Burn With Teeth

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Who said lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place? We have once again been given the privilege of previewing

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Live music review: The Rupert Selection Turns Off Cabot Into Evening to Remember

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Do you ever leave a show and have that moment of realization that you just witnessed something really special? That was the vibe walking out of Off Cabot this past Sunday (8/23) after The Rupert Selection, Bad Larrys, Spinworld, and a surprise set by Reilly Somach + The Frozen Ponies rocked the sold-out downtown club in Beverly, Massachusetts, all while the sun was still out. The event was a benefit for Reilly who’d been diagnosed with cancer. 

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Live music review: Black Moth Super Rainbow set weekend vibe at Radio East

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It’s been an uncomfortable year between perimenopause and aging and three different car wrecks, so forgive me for not keeping up with the setlist for Friday’s bad-ass Black Moth Super Rainbow (BMSR) show at Radio East. I’m thankful that it’s near my house and a delightful place to see an outdoor show, so even if I’m feeling oddly antisocial, I can typically make myself get out to see a show there. Even at my most awkward, I wasn’t missing this BMSR show, and I’m glad I didn’t. Black Moth Super Rainbow set my weekend vibe to a T.

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Photo Gallery: Hot Summer Nights 2026 brought the heat to Austin’s Red River District

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The annual sweat-fest, Hot Summer Nights returned to the Red River Cultural District last weekend, marking another successful year of cover-free showcases that benefit local businesses throughout downtown Austin. The RRCD neighborhood non-profit presents the free showcases to keep venues and other establishments busy during the summer slow period in both the service and music industries for employees and musicians until the things pick back up in the Fall.

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Album Review: Austin’s Paper Sister release dreamy and punchy Quiet Betrayals EP

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The new record, Quiet Betrayals is the first EP release by the four-piece band from Austin, Paper Sister. Combining elements of shoegaze and post-punk, dream pop, and indie alt rock, the 6-track EP highlights selected singles over the past couple years, with some releases as recent as April of this year. The  dreamy and punchy EP featured a release party presented by 101X Homegrown Live at The 13th Floor on May 29 with French Film, Feedr, and Variety to celebrate the group’s new recording.

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Live music review: Australian indie rocker Courtney Barnett is back with a new record

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Australia has long produced standout rock talent – Amyl & The Sniffers, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Chats, and legacy legends AC/DC among them, proving rock and roll thrives down under no matter what generation is listening. For Melbourne’s Courtney Barnett, the past decade yielded indie rock anthems full of emotional honesty and millennial angst. With 2026 LP Creature of Habit marking her first full-length since 2021, Barnett reunited with her band to feed live music fans once again. She opened her North American tour in Austin at Radio East on Friday night with a rain-soaked evening of sing-alongs and good vibes.

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