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Deerhunter with Britt Daniel
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Live music review: Deerhunter slayed at Mohawk Monday with surprise guest

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There is something refreshing when a band consists of members playing various roles within its construct.  Throughout their set at Austin’s Mohawk on Monday, Deerhunter band leader Bradford Cox managed tambourine, guitar, bass and lead vocals. Javier Morales masterfully operated the keyboard, synthesizers and saxophone. Guitarist Lockett Pundt took over lead vocals in a crowd-moving execution of song, “Desire Lines.”

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Emily King
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Live music review: Emily King’s Celebration of Life and Self-Reflection at Antone’s

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When dealing with hardship, change your outlook; keep it positive.  If there is one message or sensation at which one might arrive after witnessing Emily King live, this may be it. It could very well be her graduate thesis.  After seeing her show, one may feel the nostalgic sensations reminiscent of a gratifying, uplifting gospel Sunday church service.

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Leche
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Austin Punk Scene Takes an Eccentric Turn with Cowpunk Quartet Leche

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The self-proclaimed “Lords of Shit City” have graced various Austin stages for nearly a decade.  With several regional US tours under their belt, the Austin four-piece, Leche has found themselves smack-dab in the middle of the modern Austin punk scene.

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Greg AckermanLiveReview

Live music review and photos: Bob Moses played Emo’s with Mansionair

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Vancouver-via-Brooklyn-based electronic group Bob Moses brought their Battle Lines tour through Austin at Emo’s last Friday, October 19 supported by Mansionair. Bob Moses is actually a duo comprised of Jimmy Vallance and Tom Howie, their pop-electronic work was filled out with a lineup of live drums, bass, keys, guitar and vocals for a set list that drew heavily from their latest album, “Battle Lines.”

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Live music review: Jared Leto’s Thirty Seconds To Mars landed at COTA Saturday

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Saturday actor and musician Jared Leto’s band Thirty Seconds To Mars landed at the Circuit of the Americas’ Austin 360 Amphitheater (COTA) with Walk The Moon. K. Flay and Welshly Arms opened the performance. One might be skeptical about an Academy-award winning actor making popular music but Leto has been at it 16 years selling over 15 million records in the process.

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Live music review: LSD and the Search for God at Cheer-Up Charlie’s

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InterviewsMike Cosmic

The Cover Letter Single Release and Interview

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If you have not had the opportunity to check out Austin’s  high energy indie- folk band, The Cover Letter  you are in luck!  You can catch them at their single release show today (May 18th)  at Mohawk.   The Cover Letter’s members Jacob Shipman,  Jarrod Nall,  Evan Runyon,  Angie Vanegas, Fletcher Inzer,  and Patrick Barrow  click together musically in a special way.

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AlbumGreg AckermanReview

Exclusive Album premiere: Chill Russell to drop rocking debut, host release party at Mohawk Friday

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  Austin rockers Chill Russell are set to drop a true rock n roll debut album Friday with a release

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Live music review: The Darkness and Diarrhea Planet thrilled fans at Emo’s – The Cosmic Clash

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It may not have been a sold-out crowd but Emo’s fans were enthusiastic in their response to the UK neo-metal act, The Darkness and opener, Diarrhea Planet last week.  It was hard not to match the energy of DP’s opening set. The Nashville-based garage punks look like they’re having a better time than the drunk fans in the front row as they rocked their way through a brief half-hour set. 

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Saturnalia Festival 2017 – The Cosmic Clash

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Article by Greg Ackerman – 2017 was a tough year for mid-tier Austin music festivals LEVITATION and Sound on Sound

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