California based Night Riots preformed an intimate show in Austin. There was no need to request the fans to move towards the front of the venue as they were already packed as close as they could be reaching for Travis Hawley’s hand or hoping to catch his eye. Travis had the …
Brooklyn’s Shinobi Ninja tore-up the the Empire Control Room stage! Due the weather the show had to be moved inside to the smaller stage. The larger garage stage would have still been cramped for the amount of energy they released. When probed for what to expected from their new video, …
Givers from Lafayette, Louisiana played to packed room on a night that other shows had to cancel due to the extreme weather. Those that did brave the weather were fully rewarded. Givers performed a lively set that matched the energy of their world influenced indie pop. The highlight of the set, “Up Up …
Guest writer @manvsparty Continued from the Jarren Benton writeup After another skit came my favorite of the night, Dizzy Wright. Along with Dj Hoppa, another live drummer and a hype man, he rolled through conscious west coast rap reminiscent of Warren G and at times sounding like Kendrick Lamar. Dizzy …
Guest writer @manvsparty After the local Austinite rappers burned up the stage, the main show kicked off with a well produced video for The Funk Volume Tour, which became an on going story between sets, like the skits found on old school hip hop records. Jarren Benton came next with …
West Coast rapper Hopsin brought his Funk Volume tour to Austin and they tore-down the stage backed by DJ Hoppa. His rapid fire style and direct bars kept the fans screaming along the entire set. Dizzy Wright joined him for him on stage for his heartfelt apology to Fort Collins. The …
Guest writer Greg Ackerman When James asked me to cover Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls at Emo’s last night I was a bit hesitant. Not because I did not like Turner’s music but because I knew so little about the solo folk rocker who’s been a soloist since 2005, …
Guest writer Greg Ackerman Skinny Lister, the six-piece folk act from London riled up the audience with more traditional instrumentation. In fact, the band did not originally have a drummer. There was an accordion, squeeze box, balalaika, guitar, drums and a stand-up bass employed to create songs that called on all …
Jay McAllister AKA Beans on Toast, British folk singer-songwriter brought his very direct, highly entertaining self to open for Frank Turner. This stop, being towards the end of the the tour he had completed his folk song about the US presidential race but had forgotten the ending and allowed Austin to …
