Review – Page 30 – The Cosmic Clash

Live music review: Vampire Weekend wows ACL TV audience

August 30, 2019 Brian Hillsman 1738 Views ACL TV, Austin City Limits, Ezra Koenig, indie rock, live music, Moody Theater, Review, rock n roll, Vampire Weekend

On a late August evening, that provided little cloud coverage and ample dry heat, the sparse rain drops and grey

Mike Cosmic Review

Song Review: Cowboy Diplomacy introduces “The Get Down”

August 2, 2019 Mike Cosmic Cota 945 Views Austin, Cowboy Diplomacy, new music, Review, rock n roll, song premiere, Sound Dessert, Southern rock

Austin’s Southern Blues specialists, Cowboy Diplomacy returns with rollicking anthem “The Get Down” today premiering the song exclusively at The Cosmic Clash. “The Get Down” is the band’s first single since 2017.

Brian Hillsman Live Review

Live music review: Best Party You’re Missing – The Acid Test at Swan Dive

July 25, 2019 Brian Hillsman 1762 Views 13th Floor Elevators, concerts, John Bartlett, Lake of Fire, Laurie Mendoza, live music, Review, shows, Swan Dive, The Acid Test

On the third Friday of every month, with the help of a few close friends, Laura Mendoza, of Austin-based band Cosmic Chaos, organizes an event at Swan Dive that should pique any live music lover’s interest.

Live Mike Cosmic Review

Live Music Review: Part Time with Gary Wilson at Barracuda

July 24, 2019 Mike Cosmic Cota 1433 Views Austin, Barracuda, concert, David Loca, Gary Wilson, live music, Mike Cosmic, Music, Part Time, Review, Texas, Tony Leal

Part Time rolled back into Austin to play Barracuda last Friday, this time joining forces with the legendary experimental music prodigy Gary Wilson. The ambitious tour started in Tucson, Arizona, passed through central Texas before heading out to the east coast and circling back to Denver to complete the tour.

Brian Hillsman Live Review

Live music review: Wand delivered spellbinding magic at Mohawk Austin

July 18, 2019 Brian Hillsman 1423 Views Austin, Black Joe Lewis, concert, concerts, live music, Mohawk Austin, psych-rock, Review, rock n roll, shoegaze, Wand

While the outdoor stage was booked with the likes of Black Joe Lewis and Emily Wolfe, The smaller, more intimate indoor venue was blessed with the psychedelic, ultra-creative musical stylings of the Los Angeles-based five-piece, Wand.

Review Scott Rollins

Album review: Latest Willie Nelson album is an instant classic

July 3, 2019 Scott Rollins 2996 Views album, Americana, Billy Joel, country music, Guy Clark, Lukas Nelson, outlaw country, Review, singer, songwriter, Willie Nelson

Outlaw country music pioneer Willie Nelson has perhaps been a greater influence on American music than any other singer, songwriter, or musician in history. At 86 he appears just as relevant today as anytime in his career.

Brian Hillsman Live Review

Live music review: An Automatic Weekend at Austin’s Dozen Street

July 1, 2019 Brian Hillsman 1459 Views Austin, Automatic Weekend, concert, Dozen Street, live music, punk rock, Review, rock n roll

On a recent Friday night in Austin, late June in the dimly-lit, Dozen Street Bar in East Austin’s burgeoning 12th street scene, the enticingly thick smell of gumbo and fried oysters flooded the air like a lure from the Cajun restaurant next door. Automatic Weekend…

Brian Hillsman Live Review

Live music review: Tacocat, Paranoyds brought power-packed shows to Barracuda

June 24, 2019 Brian Hillsman 1332 Views Austin, Barracuda, concert, Cosmic Chaos, live music, Paranoyds, psych-rock, punk, Review, rock n roll, show, Tacocat

Meanwhile, the indoor stage at Barracuda offered a relentlessly stacked show featuring Tacocat with support from L.A.’s Paranoyds and Cosmic Chaos. Three bands that know how to attack a crowd like an angry swarm of Texas mosquitoes.

Bag Lady Lullabyes and Goodbyes album art

Album Brian Hillsman Review

Album review: Americana hybrid Lullabyes and Goodbyes by Bag Lady

June 12, 2019 Brian Hillsman 1172 Views album review, Austin, Bag Lady, New Jersey, new music, Review, rock n roll, singer songwriter, Trevor O'Connor

New Jersey has produced many of our most notoriously exemplar songwriters. Much of the music from the Garden State is associated with the working-class, the common individual. Trevor O’Connor of Bag Lady

Review Scott Rollins

Live music review: Precocious Reina del Cid and The Other Favorites in Houston

June 10, 2019 Scott Rollins 2223 Views Americana, Firehouse Saloon, folk, live music, Reina del Cid, Review, singer, songwriter, The Other Favorites, Tonni Lindgren

Readers may remember, last May I wrote of two musical acts that have been running a 21st century grass roots campaign via YouTube and various social media; Reina del Cid and The Other Favorites.

Greg Ackerman Live Review

Live music review: A two-night stand for the ages by Beach House in Seattle

May 22, 2019 Greg Ackerman 2195 Views Austin, Beach House, dream pop, indie rock, live music, Moore Theater, Review, seattle, Subpop

It’s been a perfect storm or more accurately a comedy of errors that have allowed me to miss Beach House over the years of touring in Austin. The band would come play ACL’s Moody Theater and I’d be out of town on tour with one of my own bands.