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Song review: Maddy Hatchett single Rainy Daze bring mellow feels

July 26, 2021 Lauren Warner 576 Views Austin Music, guitar, Maddy Hatchett, music review, new music, singer, Single, song review, songwriter

relax and let the sweet sounds of new, Maddy Hatchet single, “Rainy Daze,” wash over you. In the midst of a hot and muggy Texas in July, this track serves up sentiment and nostalgia straight to you. Released at the end of May and filled with lovely guitar leads and mellow feels, this track flows with notes of hope and sweet vocal runs while tackling the concept of love with lyrical craftsmanship and an old soul style despite Hatchet’s relative youth.

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Song review: Psychic Love Child ascends with single, “Golden Tongues”

June 9, 2021 Brian Hillsman 561 Views Native Hostel, neo-psych, new music, psych-rock, Psychic Love Child, single review, song review, Vancerts

Dallas-Fort Worth-based quintet, Psychic Love Child, released their latest single in April, “Golden Tongues.” The five-minute throwback tune is the psych-rock band’s fifth single release in just over a year.

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Album Review: Dry Cleaning dropped debut New Long Leg last month

May 25, 2021 Brian Hillsman 491 Views album review, debut, Dry Cleaning, indie rock, new music, post-punk, UK music

Through the South London fog, as UK lockdown restrictions eased up and pubs began to serve the ale-starved public, London-based four piece Dry Cleaning released their debut LP, New Long Leg, on April 2.

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Video Premiere: Luke and the Lonely to drop fourth single Friday

May 4, 2021 Greg Ackerman 433 Views Luke and the Lonely, Luke Bellet, music video, new music, Nick Tozzo, premiere, Superfonicos, Video

The result for Luke and the Lonely is a polished, well-made music video and song which will officially drop Friday May 7 but fans can watch the video for, “I Need You” exclusively here at The Cosmic Clash until then.

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Album Review: shame delivered on promise of debut with Drunk Tank Pink

April 13, 2021 Brian Hillsman 528 Views album, Drunk Tank Pink, Idles, new music, post-punk, punk rock, Review, Shame

Three years almost to the day after Shame released Song of Praise, they delivered on that promise with the release of Drunk Tank Pink in mid-January.

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Song Premiere: Austin band Zachman drops first single from upcoming EP

March 29, 2021 Greg Ackerman 495 Views Black Flag, Johnny Zachman, new music, punk rock, single premiere, song premiere, The Ramones, Zachman

Austin band Zachman has been busy in the studio during the local music industry slow-down due to the world-wide pandemic. Accordingly, the group is introducing their first single, “All Wired Up” today exclusively at The Cosmic Clash.

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Album review: The Dead Coats set to drop rocking album Big Wish Saturday

March 25, 2021 Greg Ackerman 438 Views album review, garage rock, Lauren Warner, new music, punk rock, Ramones, rock n roll, The Dead Coats

Austin rockers, The Dead Coats made a rocking full-length album slated to drop Saturday on all platforms. The band tracked the 10-song album, BIG WISH (Dissent Records) in two days utilizing analog equipment and forgoing click tracks in favor of a more natural sound.

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Album Review: Jody Porter record “Waterways” is persistent art

March 5, 2021 Brian Hillsman 696 Views album review, Close to the Sun, Fountains of Wayne, Jody Porter, new music, psych-rock, rock n roll, shoegaze, The Belltower, Waterways

Jody Porter released his latest album, Waterways, on December 21, 2020. The LP was recorded over the past couple of years, mostly by Porter, in England, with the finishing touches wrapped up at Porter’s home in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Album review and show preview: The Selfless Lovers return to Antone’s

March 4, 2021 Greg Ackerman 639 Views album review, funk, new music, new release, Nik Parr, preview, rock n roll, show preview, soul, The Selfless Lovers

Austin’s The Selfless Lovers return to Antone’s stage Friday (tomorrow) for a sold out performance with local family band, The Watters. While Selfless Lovers’ bandleader, Nik Parr has been performing a smattering of solo gigs during the pandemic slow-down, his band has been busy making their new full-length, When The Bars Close.

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Album Review: Emma Swift released Blonde on the Tracks last summer

January 19, 2021 Scott Rollins 803 Views album review, Blonde on the Tracks, Bob Dylan, cover songs, Dylan, Emma Swift, Nashville, new music, Pat Sansone, Robyn Hitchcock, singer, singer songwriter

What is better is just recording an entire album of deep cut track by that songwriter that both acknowledges their reverence for the artist, while revealing something of themselves in those songs. Nashville-based, Emma Swift did just that, covering eight of Bob Dylan’s songs on a beautiful little recording called Blonde on The Tracks.

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Album Review: An Outstanding Debut by Austin’s Nané

December 29, 2020 Brian Hillsman 701 Views Adrian Quesada, album review, Brownout, Grupo Fantasma, John Speice, new music, rock, soul

Austin indie rock and soul band Nané released their well-received, self-titled debut album in November. After releasing the single “Quaranteen” earlier in the year, the LP that followed is simply outstanding.

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