Saturday, April 19, 2025

Review

Case CockrellReview

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

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. 

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Case CockrellReview

Live music review: Lil Yachty was an ardent completionist at his debut ACL TV taping

“I did what I wanted to do, which was create a body of work that reflected me,” Yachty explained in a Billboard cover feature. “My idea was for this album to be a journey: Press play and fall into the void.” This was his position before recording his debut Austin City Limits (ACL TV) taping last week. 

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Case CockrellReview

Live music review: Wavves brought their Summer shenanigans to Mohawk 

Since seeing frontman Nathan Williams’ strong attachment to the venue,  he likes to end each Mohawk appearance with a backflip into the crowd from the venue’s 2nd level overlooking the stage left, I was sure never to miss another show, including last week’s tour stop at Mohawk.

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Case CockrellReview

Live music review: Drone Metal legends Earth performed quadraphonic show at Oblivion Access Fest

Have you ever seen a show in a church? What about a show in a church equipped with a psychedelic light display while a classic drone metal band plays their classic album in its entirety? For Seattle’s Earth, the drone legends did just that, which included a performance of their classic 1993 debut album, Earth 2, in its full glory for the record’s 30th anniversary at Central Presbyterian Church.

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Case CockrellReview

Live music review: Against odds Lil Ugly Mane performs in Austin at Oblivion Access Festival 

Lil Ugly Mane, aka Travis Miller, has always been an elusive figure. The underground hip-hop world that Ugly Mane spawned out of might call the Virginia native an enigma, so much so that Lil Ugly Mane’s many pseudonyms meant to take the prolific music creator outside of the SoundCloud rap box that he was painted into with his breakout 2012 debut album Mista Thug Isolation.

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Michael MalyReview

Live music review: Love and Rockets deliver timeless pop darkness at ACL Live

In the 15 years since the band Love and Rockets toured their live show, and almost 40 years since the band’s inception, much has changed in the world. Born from the ashes of the legendary post-punk, goth, avant-garde outfit Bauhaus, three of those four players arose in the form of Love and Rockets.

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Case CockrellReview

Live music review: Billy Strings Moody Center debut kicked off Austin run with 3-hour spectacle

With two nights of music prepared for Austin at Billy Strings Moody Center debut Friday and Saturday, Strings unveiled three and a half hours of music, with the first night of the residency being Strings’ longest live show to date.

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Greg AckermanReview

Live music review: Feel Good Music Festival for SIMS Foundation featured Latin fusion, songwriters

The first Feel Good Music Festival at Far Out Lounge and Stage took place over the holiday weekend.  The venue and SIMS Foundation hopes it to become an annual tradition at the upstart live music venue in South Austin. The festival capped a month-long celebration of Mental Health Awareness for the music non-profit that provides mental health and recovery services to Austin music industry members and their dependent families. 

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ReviewRobert Dean

Comedy review: Game Bang Bingo is the best new thing on Monday nights

Things in my life I never expected: watching a 1960s Batman-themed porn in a group setting. And that’s precisely what happened last night at the Vulcan Gas Company. And that was just one of the moments drowning in the sleaze that is Game Bang Bingo, possibly one of the best things to do in Austin.

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ReviewRobert Dean

Live music review: Live Nation nails Two Step Inn Festival and T-Pain carried the day

When attending festivals, there’s a game of cat and mouse between security and journalists. And at the Two Step Inn in Georgetown April 15-16, me and my media brethren bonded like a pack of wolves. I went into the gig with wholesome intentions to capture the heart and soul of the event, despite the sun’s rays beating down on me while my boots gathered layers of dust. 

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