Monday, April 21, 2025

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Greg AckermanReview

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

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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Greg AckermanPreview

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

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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Case CockrellReview

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

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. 

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Case CockrellReview

Live music review: Lil Yachty was an ardent completionist at his debut ACL TV taping

“I did what I wanted to do, which was create a body of work that reflected me,” Yachty explained in a Billboard cover feature. “My idea was for this album to be a journey: Press play and fall into the void.” This was his position before recording his debut Austin City Limits (ACL TV) taping last week. 

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Case CockrellReview

Live music review: Wavves brought their Summer shenanigans to Mohawk 

Since seeing frontman Nathan Williams’ strong attachment to the venue,  he likes to end each Mohawk appearance with a backflip into the crowd from the venue’s 2nd level overlooking the stage left, I was sure never to miss another show, including last week’s tour stop at Mohawk.

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Greg AckermanPreview

Live music preview: LEVITATION expands for 2023 with stellar lineup

LEVITATION has stayed true to it’s roots, curating a lineup each year that is both reflective of past greats while spotlighting some of the best new bands of the Neo-psych-rock era and beyond. Besides festival founders, The Black Angels, the 2023 edition features cutting edge acts, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Neo-jazz outfit, BADBADNOTGOOD along with 80s new wave / Neo psych-rockers The Church and festival veterans The Dandy Warhols.

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Greg AckermanPreview

Live music preview: Moondance Festival to raise funds for SIMS Foundation at Empire August 12

One of the more pleasant aspects of partnering with music mental health organization, SIMS Foundation is learning about folks who make the decision to support the NPO with their own events because they recognize the value to the local music community. In that vein, Community Partners created Moondance Festival with a killer lineup of bands to perform at Empire Garage and Control Room August 12.

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Case CockrellReview

Live music review: Drone Metal legends Earth performed quadraphonic show at Oblivion Access Fest

Have you ever seen a show in a church? What about a show in a church equipped with a psychedelic light display while a classic drone metal band plays their classic album in its entirety? For Seattle’s Earth, the drone legends did just that, which included a performance of their classic 1993 debut album, Earth 2, in its full glory for the record’s 30th anniversary at Central Presbyterian Church.

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Case CockrellReview

Live music review: Against odds Lil Ugly Mane performs in Austin at Oblivion Access Festival 

Lil Ugly Mane, aka Travis Miller, has always been an elusive figure. The underground hip-hop world that Ugly Mane spawned out of might call the Virginia native an enigma, so much so that Lil Ugly Mane’s many pseudonyms meant to take the prolific music creator outside of the SoundCloud rap box that he was painted into with his breakout 2012 debut album Mista Thug Isolation.

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Michael MalyReview

Live music review: Love and Rockets deliver timeless pop darkness at ACL Live

In the 15 years since the band Love and Rockets toured their live show, and almost 40 years since the band’s inception, much has changed in the world. Born from the ashes of the legendary post-punk, goth, avant-garde outfit Bauhaus, three of those four players arose in the form of Love and Rockets.

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