In advance of The March Divide’s fifth studio effort, The Cosmic Clash is proud to premiere the lyric video “Your Light.” The single leads with Putnam’s signature guitar picking followed by a strong flowing beat while swelling up to a full ensemble of sound
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With the year-end approaching, a new White House administration preparing for the next four years and The Cosmic Clash staff puzzling over which Austin albums we like best from 2020, it’s time to introduce our list of top albums made by Austin artists in the past year.
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Upstart hardcore punks User Unauthorized are set to drop their second EP, Watch Them Fall December 18 on Rabbit Rabbit Records (Chicago).
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With the November 20 release of their latest album, K.G., the ever-innovative King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard return to their experimental, alternative, psych rock form.
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The Blowies had all but completed their debut album by that point. During the lockdown, Tucker Jameson and Sam Thompson remained productive, remotely collaborating from their makeshift home studios to put the finishing touches on their now delayed debut LP.
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When our in-house, local music fan girl, Sonya Hernandez reached out to let us know The Cover Letter’s Jacob Shipman was releasing solo material we jumped at the chance to premiere his new song, “Counting Mistakes” at The Cosmic Clash this week.
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Rich in texture and hard to define, Satalights debut full-length album, Little Star which drops this Saturday, November 7 on Timewheel Records is such an album. There is no doubt bandleader, guitarist and vocalist Alex Scott is both a talented performer and songwriter. We ‘re excited to share this eclectic and musically rich record record today.
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Austin indie rock / shoegaze four-piece Good Field released a new song and accompanying video, “Coyote” today. The song is part of a larger collection of tracks the Austin band has recorded over the years that will be compiled into a full-length record entitled Coyote. Jim Eno (Spoon) provided engineering and production on the record. Dan Duszynski (Loma, Cross Record) mastered the tracks which include this ode to living free that B Movie filmmaker, Zachary Scott transformed into a werewolf themed story just in time for Halloween.
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Perhaps the saddest part of the vast changes in the music business is the fall of albums as a collection of songs rather than the trend of artist releasing nothing but singles. In this case, what we’re talking about here is technically an EP that dropped in September, but you’ll see what I mean as we get into this record, entitled, At Home with Will Courtney and the Wild Bunch.
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Public Enemy’s new album, What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down, takes listeners through a virtual museum of hip hop sounds with shiny, new, fresh content. Chuck D has always been an icon of social consciousness and intelligent lyrics. He continues to thrive in this fashion.
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The town also home to what might be the most socially-conscious, politically-aware rock band on the planet, IDLES. Many have referred to the group as hardcore punks, but they do not see themselves as exclusively punk, but something more versatile and fluid. On September 26, the quintet released their third studio release, Ultra Mono.
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