Posts by Corey Deiterman

Thursday, May 8th at Mohawk marked the barn burning first appearance of masked country singer Orville Peck in Austin, Texas, but this might as well have been home for Sub Pop’s newest southern gothic superstar. The reception from the diverse crowd, dressed in their own takes on their cowboy duds, was stunning, and made it […]

Rhode Island’s Daughters brought their quirky mix of artistic post-punk to Austin’s Barracuda on February 27th after releasing their tremendously long awaited and highly acclaimed first album in eight years, You Won’t Get What You Want. Playing to an extremely fervent crowd, Daughters showed why they’re one of the more popular live bands in the […]

 The formation of the Black Queen in 2015, featuring the Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato and Telefon Tel Aviv’s Joshua Eustis, seemed at the time to be a fun 80’s new wave inspired side project for the longtime Dillinger singer. Having always featured influences of Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails in his main […]

Thursday and Vein at Barracuda, Austin, and Paper Tiger, San Antonio, 1/22/2019, 1/23/2019, 1/24/2019 When Thursday announced their 20th anniversary tour, featuring full length performances of their seminal records Full Collapse and War All the Time, it was met with tremendous fanfare. Adding up and coming hardcore band Vein as direct support made the tour […]

Extreme metal band Cult Leader might originally hail from Salt Lake City, Utah, but their sound seems more likely to have been borne either in the fiery depths or the bitter frost of northern Europe. Touring on their newest record, A Patient Man, they brought their trademark brand of melodic death metal and pummeling hardcore […]

These days it seems like every other day there is an anniversary tour coming through, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The inherent draw of these anniversary tours is that they hold the possibility of hearing your favorite bands play songs that have either never been played live before or very rarely. In a […]

“Three decades of gore.” That was the statement on the back of the tour shirts being sold by Cannibal Corpse on this go around, and it’s a crazy one to think about. Death metal and extreme metal, like hip-hop, is generally thought of as a young man’s game. Most either soften their sound over time […]

Ten years ago, in 2008, Why? Released an album called Alopecia that was a massive step forward for frontman Yoni Wolf and the “band” such as it is. Earlier Why? Recordings were barebones efforts with Yoni rapping over simplistic beats. Now, finally, the project felt like a full fledged indie rock band, with Yoni speak-singing […]

The Body have now spent almost twenty years at the forefront of avant-garde and experimental metal, working along the way with bands like Thou, Full of Hell, and Lingua Ignota, who opened for them on their current tour. That tour rumbled its way to Austin’s Barracuda on Wednesday, July 25. Lingua Ignota, the pseudonym of […]

At first glance, Quicksand and Glassjaw don’t seem to make perfect tour mates. Quicksand was an early adopter of post-hardcore in the grunge soaked early 90’s, and their tone reflects it. They broke up quickly, then reunited and got back on tour to kick off their later career. Glassjaw, on the other hand, came up […]

Animal Collective has always stuck to the fringes of mainstream music, even when experiencing a massive surge of popularity about a decade ago following the release of their most pop-oriented material to that date, Strawberry Jam. Their freak folk style of pop was quickly digested by the masses, but Animal Collective kept pursuing their bizarre […]

Is hardcore built to last? Back in the heyday of punk, the late ‘70s, and on through the early ‘90s, there was a distinct attitude that if you played heavy music, you weren’t going to make it long. Most bands burnt out or faded away after short bursts of activity, while legends regularly passed from […]

Dramatic circumstances surrounded this show at Barracuda in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday night, as rising metal superstars Code Orange were pinned to headline, only to drop out due to a medical emergency thirty minutes before doors opened. We’re all hoping for a speedy recovery and for Code Orange to get back on the road soon, […]

Philadelphia’s Hop Along has quietly carved out a name for themselves over the course of four albums since 2005’s debut Freshman Year. That name, now, seems highly appropriate, as with their newest release, Bark Your Head Off, Dog, it seems that they’ve entered their senior year as a band, so to speak. Not only is […]

Hardcore lineups in 2018 don’t come much more stacked than the one that hit Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, April 24 at Barracuda. The buzz surrounding headliners Turnstile has been palpable, gracing magazine covers and receiving rave reviews, while Touche Amore has had a solid cult following of diehard fans for years and Culture Abuse is […]

New Jersey punk rockers Screaming Females hit Barracuda in Austin on Saturday, April 21 with a straight punch in the mouth on Saturday night. Don’t worry. It felt great. The gritty power trio has cut their teeth on face melting solos and wild, sparing vocals from front woman Marissa Paternoster. Coming hot off the heels […]

The Mohawk in Austin brought Mexico to Austin, Texas on Tuesday, February 27 with the booking of Mexican superstars Molotov. Though they don’t come up in conversations quite so much stateside, their legacy spans back to the mid-’90s, and they’ve spent those years wisely establishing themselves as one of the foremost metal and rap groups […]

  [rating=8.00] By their seventh album, most bands are winding down into a comfort zone that will largely appeal to the core base of fans they developed earlier on in their career. Screaming Females buck this trend with their latest LP, All At Once, by deftly forging their most striking identity yet. All At Once […]

Let’s get this out of the way first: when At the Drive-In dissolved in 2001, it split into two groups. Singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez formed The Mars Volta. Singer/guitarist Jim Ward, drummer Tony Hajjar, and bassist Paul Hinojos formed Sparta. The Mars Volta went on to weirdness and Grammy success. Sparta stayed […]

To misquote Morrissey, “August spawned a monster.” Metalcore titans August Burns Red teamed up with technical death metallers Born of Osiris for this tour for August Burns Red’s latest record, Phantom Anthem, and they just so happened to land at Emo’s in Austin, Texas, the night of Super Bowl Sunday, February 4. It’s typically not […]