Walker Lukens – The Cosmic Clash

Live music review: Austin Music Awards performances featured the best in local music at Antone’s

March 1, 2024 Case Cockrell 578 Views Antone's, Austin Chronicle, Austin Music Awards, Ben Buck, Ben Kweller, DAIISTAR, Die Spitz, Kevin Curtin, Kevin Russell, live music, Review, Sabrina Ellis, SL Houser, The Bright Light Social Hour, Walker Lukens

Every musical calendar year in Austin is special. The countless live gigs, new albums released, and fresh talent that emerges every year make Austin one of the most significant music stops in the world. For local publication Austin Chronicle, the alt-weekly curates an evening that captures each respective year in the scene’s prolific, often positively saturated body of work. For 2024, The Austin Chronicle showcased an event that covered essential bases to magnify the widespread musical range of the city and pay homage to Austin legends along the way. For this year’s event, the Chronicle took to the world-famous Austin music staple, Antone’s Nightclub for a 3-hour event that benefited Austin non-profit, SIMS Foundation to support mental health and substance use recovery services and programs for musicians, music industry professionals, and their dependent family members.

Case Cockrell Live Music Preview

Live Music Preview: Austin Music Awards at Antone’s will benefit SIMS Foundation

February 10, 2024 Case Cockrell 719 Views Antone's, Austin Music Awards, DAIISTAR, live music, Pussy Gillette, SIMS Foundation, SL Houser, Walker Lukens

The 42nd annual Austin Music Awards will take place at Antone’s Nightclub on Sunday, February 25, in downtown Austin. The Austin Chronicle event will feature talent from a massive array of genres from across the local music scene. The awards are chosen by 15,000 music fans in Austin and beyond, all of which will be revealed in the February 23 issue of The Austin Chronicle, with winners being celebrated at the ceremony the following Sunday.

Greg Ackerman Review

Live music review: All the Weird Kids Up Front – Spoon at Mohawk Austin

July 2, 2021 Greg Ackerman 522 Views Britt Daniel, concerts, live music, Mohawk Austin, Review, Spoon, The Bright Light Social Hour, Walker Lukens

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.

Greg Ackerman Review

Song Premiere: Walker Lukens’ Election Confession brought Bright Light Social Hour and Joi Chevalier together and it was magic

October 31, 2018 Greg Ackerman 281 Views Election Confession, Jim Eno, Joi Chevalier, live music, Native Hostel, new music, politics, Song Confessional, The Bright Light Social Hour, vote, voter initiative, Walker Lukens

The Bright Light Social Hour can geek-out with the best of them. Case in point, when the band was invited to participate in Walker Lukens’ Election Confession project which aims to mobilize younger voters, they met Texas Comptroller candidate Joi Chevalier and wrote a truly geeky song relating her story of meeting her Australian husband online in the early days of the internet. The interview and session took place at Native Hostel.

Greg Ackerman Review

Live music review and photos: Walker Lukens at Antone’s Nightclub

August 22, 2018 Greg Ackerman 115 Views Antone's, concert, Jim Eno, live music, Walker Lukens

All photos: Brandon Sandler

Following a week-long taping of his Song Confessional series, Walker Lukens spearheaded with a variety of local acts including Hard Proof and Croy and the Boys at Native Hostel, the upstart indie musician played to a nearly full house at the legendary blues emporium, Antone’s Nightclub in downtown Austin.

Lukens dropped his sophomore record, “Tell It To the Judge” to wide acclaim, getting name-checked at NPR and ABC News among other places. The singer collaborated with Spoon drummer and acclaimed producer Jim Eno at his Public Hi-Fi Studios. The album was also listed by our own editor as one of the best local albums of the year. Walker Lukens has got some serious momentum going.

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