Written and Photos by James_ATX Declan McKenna kicked off this huge, 45 concert world tour in Austin last night, hitting the stage to screams from adoring fans at the sold out show. The crowd was ravenous for the British tinged indie rock that Declan and the band have perfected. The …
Written and photos by Craig McGreggor Los Coast have been quietly making big splashes in the local music scene. They are a quintet of local Austin musicians filling venues with a healthy dose of funk, psych and soulful rock. Bracing a midnight headlining time slot at Mohawk. Los Coast performed a slow burn …
Singer/songwriter Walker Lukens (Austin, TX) is a genre bending pop, rock, blues, soul, electronic, and rock star in the making! SXSW Schedule Bio: Walker Lukens has been called ‘one of the best songwriters in Texas’. The Austin-based, Houston-bred singer, multi-instrumentalist has been called ‘wonderfully inventive’, a ‘non-sexually intimidating version of Prince’, and …
Written and Photos by Bang Ho War of Icaza was the perfect maelstrom of punk, rock, and latinx rap that transformed the Mohawk into a mosh pit of resistance. The music and message electrified everyone in the room with energy, as a circle mosh pit formed. All people of color …
Photo and Write-up by James ATX Tall Tall Trees brought the people closer to god with their psych-folk banjo greatness! Mike Savino (Banjotron 5000, vocals) and Micah Thomas (drums, vocals) made the sanctuary sing. Apparently, there is no wrong way to play the Banjotron 5000, with Mike strumming, picking, pounding the skin with a drum …
Written and Photos by Bang Ho Cults filled Antone’s with their slightly dreamy synth pop that approaches the shoe gaze genre but is too lively to be labeled so. The band’s mid tempo beat is combined perfectly with Madeleine’s sometimes soft and drawn out vocals that linger around out sweetly, …
Written by Steve Benham Photos by Bang Ho I had the privilege of seeing the Blue October concert at Stubbs in Austin on Saturday, November the 18th. This was the first time I have caught a Blue October performance in over 10 years, and they did not disappoint… not for one …
Minneapolis three-piece Bad Bad Hats played a killer set at Emo’s Austin, opening for The Front Bottoms. The indie rockers are Kerry Alexander (vocals, guitar,), Chris Hoge (drums), and Noah Boswell (bass), together that make some beautiful music with a smidge of the Midwest accent. Kerry’s vocal are airy, pure, …
New Jersey’s own The Front Bottoms never cease to impress. This stop in Austin, touring their exceptional new album Going Grey, was no different. They hit the stage hard with the new single You Used to Say (Holy Fuck) and the crowd dug it, with some displaying their excitement by …
