Beloved East Austin dive bar and live music venue, Hard Luck Lounge is holding a final show Saturday, November 23 before shutting down after five years on E. Seventh near Springdale. The much loved venue with a big back patio, tiny bar and a stage that looks cut out of a film set will close this Saturday with a celebration of local artists who frequently performed at there.
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Austin’s 80’s freestyle synth-pop act Primo the Alien, will be celebrating the release of her latest single “#1 Alien” at Mohawk tonight (October 25). “#1 Alien” is a time-warp that takes you back to an era where heavy synth melodies, electronic dance beats and power vocals ruled
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The finale of the week long Girl’s Rock Camp ended with a showcase at Barracuda in Austin August 3. Parents, family, friends and kids shuffled into the well-loved Red River institution on a sunny Saturday afternoon to see what six days of hard work and dedication had achieved.
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Our Music Video of the Week is local folk-rock, singer-songwriter Collins’ brand-new clip for his latest single, “Something Different Here.” The video adds a dark layer to the catchy tune. The old Western-style story starts
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Musical artist Soulfiya in collaboration with the Grammy-nominated artist El Dusty was released on the conspicuously marijuana-related date of 4/20. The Caribbean/Cumbia-influenced Bushdoctor EP features a powerful dub-reggae
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Part Time rolled back into Austin to play Barracuda last Friday, this time joining forces with the legendary experimental music prodigy Gary Wilson. The ambitious tour started in Tucson, Arizona, passed through central Texas before heading out to the east coast and circling back to Denver to complete the tour.
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The 1990’s were a helluva time for music. Grrrl rock, heroin chic and flannel all featured prominently in the music scene. At the heart of it all was Grunge music made by the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney and similar artists. Near the center of that magical era was L7. The Los Angeles, all-female, four-piece began their collective career in the mid-80’s. In the 1990’s, the group toured with the likes of Alice In Chains, Beastie Boys, and Pearl Jam.
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The self-proclaimed “Lords of Shit City” have graced various Austin stages for nearly a decade. With several regional US tours under their belt, the Austin four-piece, Leche has found themselves smack-dab in the middle of the modern Austin punk scene.
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Austin City Limits, the long-running PBS series, continued its 44th season with the debut of the UK’s Arctic Monkeys on the program. The popular alternative rock band (who headlined at Austin City Limits Festival over the weekend) taped the episode Saturday evening at the Moody Theatre at ACL Live. The relatively intimate space gave fans the opportunity to see the British rockers up close, behind the cameras of the ACL TV crew.
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After covering The Bright Light Social Hour for nearly a decade, since their debut album The Bright Light Social Hour dropped, I can honestly say I couldn’t be more excited for the group. If you clicked the link, you saw tens of thousands of plays their debut has on Soundcloud which isn’t even the most popular streaming platform they’re found on. The band was hot. You couldn’t turn on KUT (KUTX didn’t exist yet) without hearing one of the band’s singles.
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Saturday actor and musician Jared Leto’s band Thirty Seconds To Mars landed at the Circuit of the Americas’ Austin 360 Amphitheater (COTA) with Walk The Moon. K. Flay and Welshly Arms opened the performance. One might be skeptical about an Academy-award winning actor making popular music but Leto has been at it 16 years selling over 15 million records in the process.
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