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OpinionRobert Dean

The Lost Well: Austin Punk’s Last Stand

Many of the bars and venues of the past are now alive thanks to a savvy marketer coupling with new construction Svengali, giving the names of their suites like the “Armadillo World Headquarters” or “the Trudy’s Room,” offering a gross impression of what was in a place steeped in so much cultural history. Yet some places remain – like The Lost Well. 

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Greg AckermanPreview

Live music preview: Final Club X show at 13th Floor with Montaz, Galactic Protector, Pagoto and Queen Serene

The Final Club X show presented by Mas Music, of their month long residency at 13th Floor Bar comes to a close tomorrow with a lineup that on the surface looks unassuming until you know that Pagogo features Ellie English of L.A. Witch

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InterviewsMike Cosmic

Interview: Mike Cosmic talks with Bonnie Bloomgarden of Death Valley Girls at LEVITATION

When we heard Death Valley Girls were on the bill at LEVITATION, Mike Cosmic immediately reached out to Bonnie Bloomgarden, founder and soul of the Los Angeles-based band that had become a Cosmic Clash favorite years ago. Bloomgarden apparently replied right away, letting our founder know their founder couldn’t wait to sit down and talk DVG music with us. The interview we recorded runs at just under ten minutes

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Michael MalyReview

Live music review: Dinosaur Jr at ACL Live rocked it loud

Dinosaur Jr played Austin’s ACL Live Moody theater this past Sunday, a rescheduled appearance originally booked for late 2021. The show was rescheduled as a result of the live music thorn in the flesh, COVID. A relatively unknown, Ryley Walker opened the show with a somewhat offsetting style to Dinosaur Jr’s wall of sonic sludge. 

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Greg AckermanPreview

Live music preview: L.A. Witch and Blushing to rock Parish August 17

That is why when Resound Presents asked us to co-present some upcoming shows, the L.A. Witch / Blushing bill jumped out at us. Not only are the West Coast garage rockers great live performers, Austin act, Blushing falls right into that same category of mesmerizing live band. The two groups sharing the bill together at the Parish on August 17 is too perfect for us to pass up

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Greg AckermanReview

Album review: New project, Caramelo Haze dropped NOESTÁSAQUI last Friday

Music fans in Austin know to keep track of what Grammy-winning and multi-Grammy nominated Adrian Quesada (Black Pumas, Spanish Gold, Grupo Fantasma) is doing because d’uh! It also pays to track his bandmates. Musicians Beto Martinez (guitar) and John Spiece (drums) also have Grammys at home as founding members of Grupo. They also have a new project called Caramelo Haze who dropped their debut album last Friday on Nacional Records called NOESTÁSAQUI. We’ll let the band tell you what it is…

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Drew DoggettReview

Live music review: Fuzz delivered headbangers assault at Mohawk

On a temperate Wednesday night (by Austin standards) the band kicked off a few minutes before 9 PM. With chants of “Ty! Ty!” the iconic front man, Ty Segall, graced his fans, just six months after Fuzz graced the same  Austin stage for LEVITATION festival.

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Amanda QuraishiReview

Live music review: Jackie Venson Lambert’s residency is legit

I’ve been waiting patiently to see Jackie Venson for a while. Even with her demanding tour schedule, the Austin-born guitar goddess is never away from our fair city for too long. So when she announced on Twitter that she was doing a residency at Lamberts during February, I was stoked.

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