Live music review: Wednesday told all of their best stories at Mohawk Monday
For Wednesday’s Monday night gig at Austin’s beloved Mohawk, the group turned the Austin Red River District venue into their storytelling sanctuary.
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Live music review: Built to Spill Slays, Shreds, Sells Out Mohawk Austin
One band she loved was Built to Spill. “Hey, play that song about going out of your mind,” she’d request. Translated from mom-speak, that was the band’s standout ‘Goin’ Against Your Mind.’ At Austin’s Mohawk on April 8, I thought about the drives with her as the drums launched into the 10-minute six-string odyssey.
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Live music review: finding hope with Weyes Blood at Stubb’s
As the sold-out crowd at Stubb’s BBQ performed the standard between set activities, beverages, restroom breaks, locating friends in the crowd, etc. in preparation for the highly anticipated headline act of the evening, Weyes Blood, a familiar and widely underestimated beauty of a tune piped in over the PA.
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Live Music Review: Dry Cleaning Sold-Out Mohawk last week
Dry Cleaning was back in Austin for a sold-out show in the Red River Cultural District at Mohawk on Friday, January 27. The South-London, post-punk band displayed a great deal of synchronal growth almost eight months to the day after a sold-out performance at Hotel Vegas
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Song Premiere: Austin act The Sour Notes dropped Middle Distance this month
While Austin’s powerhouse indie rock outfit, The Sour Notes, is gearing up to release a new album, The Cosmic Clash is proud to premiere the first single “Middle Distance”. The track is mixed by Steve Christensen and mastered by Joe LaPorta who’s worked on every Sour Notes song.
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Live music review: Modest Mouse 25th birthday of Lonesome Crowded West at ACL Live
The sold-out Modest Mouse performance on Monday at ACL Live celebrated the 25th birthday of the band’s lauded Lonesome Crowded West album. The indie-rock recording gem is often cited as one of the best records of the 90s and for good reason.
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Live music review: Guided By Voices marathon set at Mohawk
Indie-rock constants for decades, Guided By Voices played Austin’s Mohawk on October 22 for a 3-hour long set that just scratched the surface of the depth of the material that the band has produced in its 30+ year history.
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Song Review: “No Sleep” by Solo Solo delivers distorted Dream Pop
Self-proclaimed bedroom pop sibling duo Solo Solo arrives on the Austin music scene with debut track “No Sleep”. Released in late September, the song was recorded in a storage unit in Austin over quarantine.
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Live music review: Pavement delivered the goods at ACL Live Tuesday
“This is good…” Three simple words that rang true for everyone in attendance for Pavement’s performance at ACL Live at the Moody Theater on Tuesday night in Austin.
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Live music review: Interpol played first El Paso show in 20 years at Plaza Theater
(EL PASO) – Twenty years ago, New York City post-punk band Interpol released its debut album, “Turn On The Bright Lights.” And for 20 years, El Pasoans have waited patiently for the band to grace their West Texas town with a performance. The band returned September 11.
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Live music review: Johnny Marr solo at Paper Tiger was brilliant underplay
Johnny Marr took a quick break from his opening duties, supporting The Killers on the US leg of their global trek, for a solo performance at San Antonio’s Paper Tiger on Tuesday night with his band. Why San Antonio one might ask?
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