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New music review: New Zealand post-punks Swallow the Rat debuted EP

November 14, 2018 Greg Ackerman 608 Views alternative rock, Body Corporate, Deathbeam, Lost Rockets, My Education, new music, New Zealand, post-punk, rock, rock n roll, shoe gaze, Swallow the Rat

At The Cosmic Clash we’re constantly searching for great, new music that satisfies our urge for the heavy, distorted guitars

The Bright Light Social Hour & Joi Chevalier

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Song Premiere: Walker Lukens’ Election Confession brought Bright Light Social Hour and Joi Chevalier together and it was magic

October 31, 2018 Greg Ackerman 621 Views Election Confession, Jim Eno, Joi Chevalier, live music, Native Hostel, new music, politics, Song Confessional, The Bright Light Social Hour, vote, voter initiative, Walker Lukens

The Bright Light Social Hour can geek-out with the best of them. Case in point, when the band was invited to participate in Walker Lukens’ Election Confession project which aims to mobilize younger voters, they met Texas Comptroller candidate Joi Chevalier and wrote a truly geeky song relating her story of meeting her Australian husband online in the early days of the internet. The interview and session took place at Native Hostel.

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Live music review: White Denim played stellar tour finale at Mohawk Friday

October 29, 2018 Greg Ackerman 605 Views James Petralli, live music, mohawk, new music, prog rock, rock n roll, White Denim

When White Denim lost 40 percent of their roster to Leon Bridges’ tour, things looked uncertain for talented founder, James Petralli. The path to the sound the virtuosic guitarist is constantly seeking was temporarily muddled. What was never in doubt is Petralli’s ability to make exceptional music. White Denim’s sound was largely built around former drummer Josh Block’s unorthodox technique who left to tour with Bridges full-time as did guitarist Austen Jenkins.

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Track Premiere – Augustus – “Stubborn Monument”

October 3, 2018 Mike Cosmic Cota 310 Views Augustus, Boulder, Colorado, new music, preview, Stubborn Monument, Track Premiere

Boulder, Colorado’s Augustus are taking a modern twist to rock n roll’s sound by blending together soothing melodies, gravitating vocals and guitar twisting melodies to a traditional psych-rock sound. The four-piece started their work in 2013 releasing four EP’s and a full-length album “Second to None” in 2015. On the subject of past releases, we are excited to announce Augustus’ new track “Stubborn Monument” off of their up coming EP, “Idle”.

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Album review: The Bright Light Social Hour released first new music in three years Friday

September 30, 2018 Greg Ackerman 1224 Views Afrobeat, Austin, Austin Music, Curtis Roush, Jackie O'Brien, Music, new music, psych-rock, shoegaze, TBLSH, The Bright Light Social Hour, The Cosmic Clash

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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Music video premiere: San Antonio post art-rocker Ila Minori releases beautiful Mend clip

September 27, 2018 Greg Ackerman 483 Views Ila Minori, Mazzy Star, music video, new music, San Antonio, video premiere

Today we’re premiering another video from San Antonio songstress, Ila Minori. The haunting clip from the song “Mend” details the fallout of a breakup, featuring Erica Monzon aka Ila Minori as she contemplates her breakup. The video is beautifully shot on location in Austin and San Antonio by John-Marc Lucid (Lucid House Productions). Lucid expertly depicted the emotional lows of dealing with a sudden breakup. The clip is moving to watch and highlights Ila Minori’s incredible vocal style.

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Live music preview: Rival Waves to drop debut album Friday at Empire Control Room

August 7, 2018 Greg Ackerman 548 Views album release, concerts, Darkbird, Empire Control Room, live music, new music, preview, Rival Waves, rock and roll

Austin rock band Rival Waves are dropping their first full-length album, Transducer this Friday, August 10 at Empire Control Room. The group was voted Artist of the Month by The Deli Austin readers in July. The band recently provided support for Young Rising Sons at 3TEN Austin at ACL Live. Cosmic Clash Presents even had the Joel De La Garza-led act on one of our bills before they unfortunately had to bow out last minute. We’re happy to have a hand in announcing their record release this week as a consolation prize. As a bonus, one of our local favorites, Darkbird perform with Midcentury rounding out the bill. It’ll be an energizing night of rock n roll for local music fans.

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