post-punk – The Cosmic Clash

Live music review: Day one and two of Levitation brought world’s best independent acts to Austin

November 3, 2024 Case Cockrell 377 Views A Place to Bury Strangers, Boris, Empire Garage, Far Out Lounge, hard rock, Leviation, live music, Mdou Moctar, Meatbodies, neo-psych, Pissed Jeans, post-punk, psych-rock, punk rock, Review, rock n roll, Slift, Stubb's, The Black Angels, The Jesus Lizard

The first two days of Levitation Festival 2024 featured multiple stacked bills for a plethora of packed venues in the downtown Austin area and beyond. The Cosmic Clash team was in attendance to capture the action and highlighted some of our favorite acts that made their way to Austin for the action-packed Halloween weekend. From the Red River Cultural District to South Austin, the carefully curated talent brought their best for the masses that flock to the local music joints to watch the coveted Black Angels produced weekend with some of the independent music world’s best acts.

Amanda Quraishi Live Music Review

Live Music Review: Parker Woodland Played Sold-Out Album Release Party at Mohawk last week

September 11, 2024 Amanda Quraishi 724 Views album release, indie-folk, live music, mohawk, Parker Woodland, post-punk, power trio, punk rock, Review, rock n roll, There's No Such Thing As Time

Founded five years ago, smack-dab in the middle of the pandemic, Parker Woodland – the little band that could –

Greg Ackerman Live Music Preview

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

September 4, 2024 Greg Ackerman 683 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.

Greg Ackerman Live Music Review

Live music review: Rising Austin synth act Urban Heat played Metro Music Hall with Gvllow

August 15, 2024 Greg Ackerman 765 Views goth, Gvllow, horror rock, live music, Metro Music Hall, post-punk, Review, Synth Pop, synth rock, The Cure, Urban Heat

Rising Austin synth pop, post-punk act Urban Heat played Salt Lake City’s Metro Music Hall on August 7 with intense, darkwave band Gvllow from Southern California.. Led by veteran musician, Jonathan Horstmann whose previous project, BLXPLTN was well regarded in a crowded Austin music scene. With Urban Heat, Horstmann has elevated his game, earning Song of the Year at the Austin Music Awards last March with the single “Have You Ever.” The trio’s superlative performance last Wednesday in SLC showed just how far the young band formed in 2019 has gotten in a relatively short period of time.

Case Cockrell Live Music Review

Live music review: Nashville punks Snooper played sold out Parish with Blank Hellscape and Water Damage

August 13, 2024 Case Cockrell 646 Views Blank Hellscape, drone, egg punk, live music, post-punk, punk rock, Radio East, Review, Snooper, Thor Harris, Water Damage

For Snooper’s Summer Austin appearance on August 3, the band enlisted the help of Blank Hellscape and Water Damage. After their last SXSW appearance of 2024 that featured the former, Snooper was ready to make it all about their Texas musical kindred spirits at ATX East Side alternative music stronghold, Parish. It was a business as usual Saturday night for the Country Music town punks in the best and most incendiary of ways.

Case Cockrell Live Music Review

Live music review: A Hot Summer Nights ramble through the weekend with great local acts

July 24, 2024 Case Cockrell 833 Views Borzoi, Daymares, Holy Wire, Hot Summer Nights, Lauren Lakis, live music, Lorelei K, Narrow Haunts, post-punk, Prehuman, Proun, punk, Red River Cultural District, Review, rock n roll, shoegaze, Subpar Snatch, TV's Daniel

Another Hot Summer Nights in Austin has come and gone. Twice a year, the Red River Cultural District holds a cover-charge-free, street-wide event that features mountains of Austin talent and beyond in both a January and July edition at venues such as Mohawk, Chess Club, Empire Garage & Control Room, Swan Dive, The 13th Floor, Elysium, and more. For each festival edition, an eclectic lineup that spans all genres invades Red River for thousands of attendees to get a helping of great, local talent, new and old. During the festival weekend, programming lasts from the early evening to closing time to give local music fans a taste of what makes the Austin music scene one of the best destinations in the country.

Case Cockrell Live Music Review

Live music review: England’s Idles delivered wild night at Moody Amphitheater May 21

May 28, 2024 Case Cockrell 1163 Views garage rock, Idles, live music, Moody Amphitheater, new music, post-punk, punk rock, Review, Tangk

Sometimes, chaos is laced with love. Bristol, England’s Idles have been shooting off musical mortar shells since 2009, and each new release has seen the English band building off the previous. If you’re a fan of post-punk, hardcore, dance-punk, or anything punk rock-related in new music, Idles is a band that will strike a chord with your music listening holes. On their latest album, Tangk, Idles enlisted the help of Radiohead’s right-hand man, Nigel Godrich. The result was a more dialed-back, calculated effort from the group, touching on hints of dance music and soft rock cuts that aren’t without the England band’s carefully calibrated ballistic nature that their rabid fanbase has become accustomed to.

Case Cockrell Premiere Review

Single premiere: Holy Wire released new single Lost this week

April 11, 2024 Case Cockrell 1300 Views Alain Paradis, electro pop, Holy Wire, new music, new wave, post-punk, premiere, song

Holy Wire has released their new single “Lost,” out this week on all streaming services. The single, accompanied by two music videos, one lyric and one visual, showcases the unique blend of influences that define the Austin electropop act. Frontman Alain Paradis’ inspired prowess for post punk, infused with synth and moody vocal deliveries, draws from the New York City rock and roll revival and the eclectic nature of the Austin music scene, creating a musical utopia that is both familiar and refreshingly new.

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Album review: Swallow the Rat sophomore effort South Locust positions band well for SXSW 2024

February 29, 2024 Brian Hillsman 1245 Views album review, Austin, hard rock, New Zealand, post-punk, South Locust, Swallow the Rat, SXSW, Webberville Block Party

New Zealand hard rock trio, Swallow the Rat, released their latest LP, South Locust, on September 1, 2023, and are set to perform at this year’s SXSW music festival as part of the Aotearoa contingent. The band has a number of performances slated for the festival including an unofficial event, Webberville Block Party presented by The Cosmic Clash and Play to the Plants at The Lost Well, Cavalier and Fading Yellow House on Saturday, March 16.