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Austin Psych Fest
Brian HillsmanReview

Live music review: Austin Psych Fest successfully navigates storm opening night

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On Friday, April 28, doors opened at 2 p.m. for the 2023 Austin Psych Fest at The Far Out Lounge and Stage on South Congress, put on by LEVITATION Festival organizers to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the beloved mid-tier music festival.

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Christina DeStefanoReview

Live music review: Korean fusion group ADG7 thrilled Austin Psych Fest fans last weekend

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It’s difficult to believe traditional Korean group Ak Dan Gwang Chil (ADG7) arrived within mere hours of their performance time at Austin Psych Fest on Sunday. The festival added ADG7 as a late addition to this year’s lineup on day three as an opener on the Willie (main) stage. On early arrival, onlookers curiously scoped out the unusual instruments set on stage before wandering back to Little Mazarn who was performing on the Janis stage.

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Little Brother Bar
ReviewRobert Dean

Live music review: Bad Times for Bad Larry’s and Little Brother Bar Shows

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Little Brother Bar on Rainey Street is an Oasis against the throngs of shitheals with popped collars and bad manners. It’s a tiny closet of a bar that brings big fun with strong drinks, a bartending crew full of characters, and of course, the beloved Bummer Burritos. But for the last year or so, the bar would partner up with the Bad Larry Burger crew and throw the best free shows in Austin that were the thing of legend. And then they were forced to stop. 

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Drew DoggettReview

Live music review: Built to Spill Slays, Shreds, Sells Out Mohawk Austin

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One band she loved was Built to Spill. “Hey, play that song about going out of your mind,” she’d request. Translated from mom-speak, that was the band’s standout ‘Goin’ Against Your Mind.’ At Austin’s Mohawk on April 8, I thought about the drives with her as the drums launched into the 10-minute six-string odyssey.

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Weyes Blood
Michael MalyReview

Live music review: finding hope with Weyes Blood at Stubb’s

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As the sold-out crowd at Stubb’s BBQ performed the standard between set activities, beverages, restroom breaks, locating friends in the crowd, etc. in preparation for the highly anticipated headline act of the evening, Weyes Blood, a familiar and widely underestimated beauty of a tune piped in over the PA.

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Christina DeStefanoReview

SXSW 2023 recap: The best things we saw at festival this year

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Without big tech NFT and crypto currencies funding parties with high profile headliners and free booze mixed with the fact there was no grounding social media platform to share secret sets, the playing field had become more advantageous for up and coming bands to procure an audience. Here are the best things we saw at SXSW 2023.

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Black Flag mohawk
ReviewRobert Dean

Live music review: Black Flag at Mohawk and Combichrist at Elysium Saturday

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I wanted to clown on this current incarnation of Black Flag. I really did. Going into the show on Saturday at Mohawk, my expectations were low. When a legendary band has gone through a cadre of lineups over the years, it’s hard to get excited when Greg Ginn is the only original member up there chugging away on the hits that are so influential to our lives.

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