Best Austin albums of 2022
What the year also did was provide an opportunity for a considerable amount of great music to be released that helped make up this year’s best Austin albums list of 2022.
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Music News: BLK Vinyl to host fundraiser for SIMS Foundation on Saturday
East Austin independent record store, BLK Vinyl is hosting a fundraiser for musicians mental health organization, SIMS Foundation this Saturday, December 17. The event runs all day from noon when the shop opens until close at 7 p.m.
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Live music review: Spoon ACL Festival Late Night show with Andrew Cashen
Last week, Spoon performed at ACL Live for an Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL Fest) Late Night show that included Andrew Cashen (A Giant Dog, Sweet Spirit) performing solo along with up and coming act, Glove.
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Live music preview: Blockbuster October shows in store for Austin music fans
It’s going to be a blockbuster October for Austin shows fans with Austin City Limits Music Festival and LEVITATION Festival bracketing the beginning and end of the month. Besides two very Austin music festivals, Smashing Pumpkins, Pavement, The Black Keys with TCC alumni, The Velveteers, Indigo Girls and Interpol are all on tap this month. If you’re not going to see live music in Austin this month, you might be doing it wrong.
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Live music review: Spoon underplay at Antone’s thrilled SXSW fans
Appropriately, the band booked another underplay like their show at Mohawk last summer. The group thrilled fans who lined up in person to purchase tickets for their performance at Antone’s on Friday during SXSW.
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Single premiere: Semihelix release lush track Will It Take
Dreampop act, Semihelix have announced the release of their third and final single “Will It Take” from their upcoming album Recoil out October 23 on Mariel Records.
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Live music review: All the Weird Kids Up Front – Spoon at Mohawk Austin
Today’s review is from Zack Teibloom, a local Austin writer we’ve been friends with for years. After an extended hiatus from live music coverage, Teibloom returns in a big way with a stellar review of Spoon’s underplay at Mohawk last night.
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Live music review: Sweet Spirit returned to Hotel Vegas Saturday
Two weeks to the day Sweet Spirit members Sabrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen played Hotel Vegas’ famed backyard with A Giant Dog, the writing duo returned Saturday with Sweet Spirit to do it all over again, but with glam-rock style in spades
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Girls Rock Austin to hold Rockarama camp this summer
Girls Rock Austin will hold GRA Camp Rock-A-Rama as a virtual event this year from
Monday, July 12 through Friday, July 16 this summer with a livestream showcase by campers on Saturday, July 24 at 1 p.m.
Live music review – A Giant Dog reopened Hotel Vegas patio with a bang
Merge Records’ recording artists, A Giant Dog made a triumphant return to the Hotel Vegas patio last night with a sold-out, typically raucous garage-punk rock performance that ignited an already hyped audience. Those same fans had just witnessed equally stellar performances by openers, Dregs and Vegas stalwarts, Pleasure Venom.
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Tony Congas Cruz: The Best Damn Percussionist I Ever Knew
So is Tony Congas Cruz’s passing this week on December 4, 2021. Tony was the best damn percussionist I ever knew. Cruz was best known as the conga player for award-winning Afrobeat band, Hard Proof.
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