Play to the Plants – The Cosmic Clash

SXSW Ramble: From Ben Nichols to The Spits to a neighborhood block party to Tear Dungeon and Fugitive

March 22, 2024 Robert Dean 1018 Views Black Keys, Cavalier, live review, Lucero, new music, Play to the Plants, Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, Ringo Deathstarr, Riverboat Gamblers, Sunset Strip Comedy Club, SXSW, Tear Dungeon, The Lost Well, The Oxys, Urban Heat

Some people hate SXSW. But just the same, another contingency finds magic within the chaos. The festival is draining; it takes a lot out of the festival goer, the musicians, and the service industry staff slinging the tacos, cleaning up the puke, and loading up the plastic cups full of whatever poison gets the job done. Standing late Sunday night at Empire Control Room at the crossroads of that perfect place of drunk and happy, I consistently remain in the latter regarding where SXSW lives within my heart.

Case Cockrell Live Music Preview

SXSW preview: Seven Day Parties to put on your must see list

March 7, 2024 Case Cockrell 1838 Views 13th Floor, Andrew Cashen, Cavalier, day parties, Hotel Vegas, live music, Parish, Pink Fuzz, Play to the Plants, preview, RSVP, South by Southwest, Stubb's, Sx, SXSW, The Black Angels, The Cosmic Clash, The Lost Well

What’s South By Southwest without daytime shenanigans? For every year’s SXSW installment, different activations pop up all over the city

Greg Ackerman Live Music Preview

Live music preview: Birds Barbershop and Feels So Good presents Good Hair Day show benefiting HAAM Sunday

October 18, 2023 Greg Ackerman 999 Views BENefit, Birds Barbershop, Feels So Good, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, HAAM, Play to the Plants

Sunday at Feels So Good’s headquarters in South Austin. Headliners Frankie and the Witch Fingers top the bill at the show that only requires a donation to HAAM to join the fun, Supporting Frankie are local acts, Cast of Thousands, GF Shannon, Ladyfingers and Nick Garza’s Get Along. DJ Boi Orbison will also be spinning tunes.

Case Cockrell Review

Live music review: Austin act Being Dead enlisted friends to celebrate release of debut album

July 20, 2023 Case Cockrell 2194 Views Being Dead, Big Bill, Borzoi, live music, Play to the Plants, post-punk, Redbud, Review, rock n roll, Sagebrush

For Being Dead’s Bayonet Records debut, the Austin powerhouse act not only goes the distance, but torches any doubt that anyone might have had that Being Dead would miss the mark for their first full-length outing which was celebrated with a release party at Sagebrush last Friday.

Greg Ackerman Preview

Live music preview: 13th Floor NYE party with Holy Wave, Christian Bland and Hidden Ritual

December 26, 2022 Greg Ackerman 592 Views 13th Floor Bar, Christian Bland, Hidden Ritual, Holy Wave, live music, New Year's Eve, NYE, Play to the Plants, preview, psych-rock, The Black Angels

The 13th Floor Bar on Red River has put together a dream psych-rock lineup for New Year’s Eve featuring Holy Wave, Black Angels’ guitarist Christian Bland and Hidden Ritual for local music fans.

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