Archive: 2013

As the grounds opened up on Saturday, many festival-goers headed to the Barton Springs Beer Hall where you could find a 100-foot-long bar with 16 adult beverages on tap. But the key details here were the large flat-screen televisions where the faithful could quench their college football thirst. Austin is a college town, after all. […]

Back around 2004, pre Facebook, and in the midst of the Myspace and blog onset, certain bands suddenly got hyped really fast and for their later misfortune, it carried a price –called the sophomore slump. How do you follow-up such a big debut record? You know who they are… cough cough…Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, […]

Photos courtesy of Joan Bowlen Photography

It’s tough to argue against his stature as the progressive rock icon.

Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band (HIWABLAMABA), the new project from TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe released their debut EP on October 1st. The lead track “The Blast, The Bloom” has now been imagined into a motion stop animation music video directed, created and animated by Adebimpe himself. Prior to becoming the well-known front man […]

Dawes have announced the release of their upcoming live album titled Dawes: Stripped Down at Grimey’s. Being released as a limited edition 12″ on orange vinyl for Record Store Day‘s Black Friday on November 29, Dawes: Stripped Down at Grimey’s will feature six live audio tracks taken from the band’s in-store performance at the legendary […]

The legendary Doors guitarist will appear at two Mule shows.

Despite a few great stray one-liners, this episode is another dud in the season.

Austin is the self-proclaimed “Live Music Capital of the World,” and as you look around town, the evidence mounts up quickly. Any night of the week live music streams from any number of bars, clubs, and entertainment venues. The state capital of Texas, the city plays host to the Austin City Limits television show as […]

Phish kicks off their Fall Tour at The Mothership

Swedish metal band Ghost B.C. with local OH thrashers Skeletonwitch

With Halloween right around the corner, I thought it would be fun to take a closer look at the maestro’s 10 Best Costumes.

Wire has announced a fall West Coast tour and plans to bring their DRILL festival to Seattle. The three-day fest will take place November 21-23 at venues throughout Seattle including Barboza, the Crocodile, and Neumo’s. DRILL: SEATTLE will performances by Helmet, Chastity Belt, Vestals, Earth and more. The festival will also include a performance from […]

Neil Young will release Live At The Cellar Door, the latest in his Archives Performance Series, on December 10thth on Reprise Records. The album collects recordings made during Young’s intimate six-show solo stand at The Cellar Door in Washington D.C. between November 30th and December 2nd, 1970, a few months after Reprise released his classic […]

With school back in full force in Lawrence, Kan., the students were ready for a night of partying and forgetting about their responsibilities. Who better to bring the party than the Messiah of Party himself – Andrew W.K.? For more than a decade, the self-proclaimed ‘King of Party’ has brought joy and day-after pain to […]

“In the end, we felt that his presence in the movie would be very distracting,” May says.

[rating=9.00] Sunshine Daydream is an instance of magnificent serendipity. Originally conceived as a benefit concert that would fill a space in the Grateful Dead’s summer 1972 tour schedule, the endeavor blossomed into a film project that, some four decades after it happened, has come to fruition as yet another splendid archive project from this iconic […]

Charisma is defined as a special charm that causes people to be excitedly attracted to someone. Beholding that ignitable quality can cause legions of worshipers to almost fall over themselves attempting to be closer to the light that beams forth from these people. Musicians tend to have this in abundance but it typically goes hand-in-hand […]

It was a disappointing crowd turnout for the electronica pop outfit Octopus Project at the Rhythm Room in Phoenix but it didn’t affect the band’s mindset in providing quality despite the small quantity in attendance.  The band has put in the work, winning a “Moog Award” for musical innovation and subbing in for wounded guitarist […]