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Live music preview: 11 bands to see at ACL Festival 2023 weekend one

September 22, 2023 Greg Ackerman 2241 Views ACL Fest, ACL Festival, ACL TV, Alanis Morrisette, Austin City Limits, Foo Fighters, Kendrick Lamar, live music, preview, The Breeders, The Mars Volta, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

As the 22nd version Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL Fest) is poised to begin on October 6 at Zilker

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Live music review: Frankie and the Witch Fingers unleashed psych and roll on an ecstatic Austin audience

September 17, 2023 Case Cockrell 1726 Views Frankie and the Witch Fingers, garage rock, Levitation, live music, Parish, psych-rock, Review, rock n roll, Spoon Benders

For Los Angeles act, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, every record has been a step further to indie psych-rock royalty. Formed by frontman Dylan Sizemore as a solo project in Indiana before relocating to Los Angeles recently, Sizemore has assembled his group of rock and roll avengers, sculpting record after record of “psych and roll” material built to blow audiences away. Sizemore and his band did just that for a Thursday night Austin crowd at The Parish in the city’s famed East Side.

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Live music review: Emancipator and Cloudchord excite with good vibes at Mohawk

September 13, 2023 Brian Hillsman 1718 Views Cloudchord, Electronic, Emancipator, funk, Hip Hop, live music, lo-fi, mohawk, Red River Cultural District, Review

The hot, stagnant, late Summer outdoor Austin air couldn’t deter show goers eager to see Cloudchord and Emancipator at Red River Cultural District’s Mohawk on the evening of Saturday, September 9.

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Live music preview: Frankie and the Witch Fingers set to play Parish with Spoon Benders

September 11, 2023 Greg Ackerman 1150 Views Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Levitation, live music, Parish, preview, psych-rock, Resound Presents, Spoon Benders

Thursday evening at Parish LEVITATION veterans Frankie and the Witch Fingers are set to play with Portland’s Spoon Benders. The lineup is sponsored by the vaunted psych-rock festival, The Cosmic Clash and our favorite, Austin independent booking outfit, Resound Presents.

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

September 8, 2023 Case Cockrell 2343 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: Holy Wave and Queen Serene celebrated their new releases at Hotel Vegas

August 25, 2023 Brian Hillsman 1280 Views Austin, Holy Wave, Hotel Vegas, live music, post-punk, psych-rock, Queen Serene, Review

On Saturday, August 19 at Hotel Vegas, Holy Wave and Queen Serene celebrated their new releases with an evening of live music at the iconic East-Sixth venue’s outdoor stage.

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Live music review: Sparta Celebrates Wiretap Scars 20th Anniversary Tour at Parish

August 9, 2023 mikecosmic 2003 Views Acid Wave, At The Drive-In, El Paso, indie rock, live music, Mars Volta, Mike Cosmic, Parish, Review, rock n roll, Sparta, Wiretap Scars, Zeta

Sparta cruised into Austin’s Parish venue on July 26, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Wiretap Scars. This highly anticipated release came after their 2002 EP, Austere. Wiretap Scars was well received, particularly following the downfall of the critically acclaimed band, At The Drive-In. The breakup of At The Drive-In, due to musical differences, split the band into Sparta and The Mars Volta. Both bands definitely took different paths and crafted their own sound.

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Live music review: Hot Summer Nights 2023 delivered FOMO-worthy lineup to Austin music fans

August 3, 2023 Case Cockrell 2373 Views Big Bill, Hot Summer Nights, John Dwyer, live music, Marry Cherry, Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band, Nuclear Daisies, Osees, Queen Serene, Red River Cultural District, Review

Red River Cultural District’s Hot Summer Nights 2023 returned July 20-23 with a bill that was too hot (figuratively and literally) to pass up. With bands such as Exotic Fruitica, Grandmaster, Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band, and Nuclear Daisies all rounding out the lineup, HSN delivered a FOMO-worthy event that was not to be missed for local fans of a wide variety of musical genres from heavy to mellow.

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Live music photo review: The Wood Brothers played Red Butte Garden Thursday

July 30, 2023 Greg Ackerman 1426 Views folk, jazz, live music, Medeski Martin and Wood, Red Butte Garden, Review, rock, roots music, The Wood Brothers

New York City-based roots act, The Wood Brothers performed at Red Butte Garden Thursday in Salt Lake City. The trio consisting of siblings Chris (Medeski, Martin and Wood) and Oliver Wood along with multi-instrumentalist, Jane Rix are touring in support of their forthcoming release, Heart is the Hero.

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Live music preview: Hot Summer Nights offers free shows all weekend

July 20, 2023 Greg Ackerman 1757 Views Andrew Cashen, Annabelle Chairlegs, Big Bill, DJ John Dwyer, Exotic Fruitica, Hot Summer Nights, J Soulja, Kidd Jones, live music, Mama Duke, Money Chicha, Moody Banks, Osees, preview, Red River Cultural District, SIMS Foundation

Beginning with a Tito’s kickoff party at Swan Dive this evening, Austin’s annual Hot Summer Night takes place this weekend at various venues around the downtown Red River Cultural District (RRCD).

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Live music review: Austin act Being Dead enlisted friends to celebrate release of debut album

July 20, 2023 Case Cockrell 2556 Views Being Dead, Big Bill, Borzoi, live music, Play to the Plants, post-punk, Redbud, Review, rock n roll, Sagebrush

For Being Dead’s Bayonet Records debut, the Austin powerhouse act not only goes the distance, but torches any doubt that anyone might have had that Being Dead would miss the mark for their first full-length outing which was celebrated with a release party at Sagebrush last Friday.