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Live music preview: SIMS Saturdays rolls on September 7 with Forever Changes, The Living Pins and The John-Pauls

September 4, 2024 Greg Ackerman 2683 Views BENefit, Forever Changes, Love Wheel Records, new music, post-punk, psych-rock, rock n roll, SIMS Foundation, SIMS Saturdays, The John-Pauls, The Living Pins, vinyl

The quarterly live music series that benefits The SIMS Foundation, SIMS Saturdays rolls on September 7 at Love Wheel Records with performances by Forever Changes (Love tribute) along with The Living Pins and The John-Pauls presented by The Cosmic Clash. The rotating act show which matches store sales for the day by an anonymous donor, raises funds for the Austin-area music industry mental health and recovery organization that puts those services in reach of industry members who cannot afford a therapist on their own. This Saturday the store is open at 11 a.m. with music running from 4-7 p.m. RSVP here.

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New Music: Matador Sphere drops new single August 23, announced Ulrika Spacek, Queen Serene show at 13th Floor

August 18, 2024 Greg Ackerman 2708 Views experimental rock, Fading Yellow, hypnogogic music, Matador Sphere, new music, psych-rock

Florida to Austin outfit, Matador Sphere (fka Fading Yellow) have made a big splash in Austin in a relatively short time. The band formed in Tallahassee but actually got their start in Austin, moving to the city before ever playing a gig or recording a song to make their push as a group in the Live Music Capital. On Friday, August 16 the group announced a new single, “Water Bug” which is coming soon to music listeners on all streaming platforms. For now, fans can hear this track as well as listen to their previous EP, Stereo Assessment which The Cosmic Clash wrote about last year.

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Album Review: Austin Hip-Hop artist Pat G released Talk To Me Nice

August 9, 2024 Brian Hillsman 3021 Views album review, Austin, emcee, Hip Hop, new music, Pat G, rap, Talk To Me Nice

In July, Pat G released his latest EP, Talk To Me Nice, July 11 on his own, Be Relentless label. It was his first release since his 2019 LP, Whatever it Takes. So much happened in the time between the two album releases, the Temple-born, Austin-based emcee felt it appropriate to convey his personal and artistic growth with this, his fifth record.

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Album review: Spare Parts by Austin act Buzz Electro features loud guitars and nasty riffs

July 31, 2024 Robert Dean 3164 Views album review, Austin Music, blues rock, Buzz Electro, hard rock, new music, psych-rock, Queens of the Stone Age, rock n roll

Guitars should be loud, and riffs should be nasty. The drums should sound like they hold the keys to the entryway to hell. Luckily, Buzz Electro got the memo. On their newest record, “Spare Parts,” the band gives it their all as one of the acts in Austin doing their best to be the loudest, horns up, drinks spilled version of rock and roll out there.

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Song Review – Anyway You Like: Tied Up is one of Austin’s Newest to Check Out

July 27, 2024 Robert Dean 3246 Views Austin Music, Basement, Dinosaur Jr, hard rock, indie rock, new music, rock n roll, Tied Up

Taking the hip-hop approach by dropping singles one at a time, Tied Up recently gave us their newest, “Anyway You Like,” on the heels of their prior single, “Gun.” Both are wicked glimpses into what the band will give us moving forward, which says a metric fuck ton, considering they only have two tracks out for public consumption. And those two tracks do not play. This is the rock and roll you want;

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Album review: Sprawling Post Rock project Sound Mass announced third album and Texas mini tour

July 16, 2024 Greg Ackerman 3535 Views album review, Big Star Bar, Carousel Lounge, Lightning Bar, live music, Lonesome Rose, My Education, new music, post rock, rock n roll, Sound Mass, Theta Naught

When our friends with Austin band, My Education and Salt Lake City’s Theta Naught told us a new album was coming ten years after the release of their second collaboration, it was a bit of a surprise it took that long to make the follow-up to Sound Mass II: Spiritual Docking. It was particularly perplexing given that the recording sessions for this release, entitled Ampersand were made in 2019 not long before the worldwide pandemic put a stop to pretty much everything including collaborations between awesome post-rock bands.

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Live Music Review: Flakefest Vol. 1 defied expectations at Mohawk June 28

July 3, 2024 Amanda Quraishi 4032 Views Como Las Movies, Cumbia, experimental, Flakefest, funk, fusion, Jackie O'Brien, jazz, Latin music, mohawk, new music, rock n roll, Starflake, TBLSH

Nowhere could this phenomenon be better illustrated than at FLAKEFEST Vol. 1 on Friday, June 28, 2024 at Mohawk. Two bands – Como Las Movies and Starflake – took to the stage along with a handful of other local music luminaries and brought us an evening of homegrown, Latin-infused, experimental music that defies expectations and crushes definitions.

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Live music preview: Local acts play SIMS Saturday this weekend at Love Wheel Records

June 26, 2024 Greg Ackerman 2777 Views blues rock, Et Ceteras, indie rock, Jeremiah Jackson, live music, Love Wheel Records, new music, preview, Psychic Seatbelt, SIMS Saturday

This Saturday, June 29 Jeremiah Jackson, Et Ceteras and Psychic Seatbelt (solo) play SIMS Saturday at Love Wheel Records 4-7 p.m. The performances are free. You can RSVP here. The quarterly event benefits SIMS Foundation, the mental health organization that supports local music industry workers and their dependent family members with mental health and recovery services.

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Song Premiere: Lunar Gold release Vestiges today

June 21, 2024 Mike Cosmic Cota 3565 Views dream pop, indie rock, Lunar Gold, mohawk, new music, rock n roll, Semihelix, shoe gaze, song premiere, Vestiges, Western Civilization

Austin-based, dark ambient, indie-rockers Lunar Gold release their latest single “Vestiges” today. Led by singer-guitarist Jason Morris, Lunar Gold once

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Song Premiere: Starflake Has Landed With Single NuBooty

June 19, 2024 Amanda Quraishi 4105 Views Como Las Movies, experimental, Flakefest, Jackie O'Brien, mohawk, new music, rock n roll, song premiere, Starflake, The Bright Light Social Hour, Tropi-punk

Instead, O’Brien is running head-first into a brand new project – an experimental tropi-punk ensemble called Starflake. He is joined by two of the hardest working musicians in the Austin music scene, drummer Zac Catanzaro (Walker Lukens, Song Confessional) and percussionist Juan Alfredo Ríos (Como Las Movies, Easy Compadre!), both also members of The Bright Light Social Hour; as well as bassists/synth-psychonauts Ben Nelson (Molly Burch, A. Sinclair) and Alex Holeman (Chroma Phase).

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Song Review: The Cuckoos reveal eclectic new track Dirty Pictures

June 12, 2024 Case Cockrell 2139 Views Dirty Pictures, funk, indie rock, Kenneth Frost, new music, psych-rock, song review, soul, The Cuckoos

Kenneth Frost has proven to be a hometown prolific mastermind. Since performing as a part of Grandmaster, Sexpop, and his brainchild band, The Cuckoos, it’s mind-boggling to wonder how the Austin musician manages his time. On new track “Dirty Pictures,” Frost shows that his musical staying power is here to stay in the Austin scene. The band’s sound takes an eclectic route, showing touches of funk, soul, psychedelic rock, and the roots of classic rock.