Swaths of contemporary psychedelic rock bands around the country can cite the Austin 60’s psychedelic rock scene as one of their key influences. Bands like Shiva’s Headband, The 13th Floor Elevators and Conqueroo revolutionized the Austin music scene while contributing to the counter-culture wave that would sweep America by urging people to ‘tune out’. While…
It could have been 1978. Guys in jean jacket cut-offs with nothing but ink underneath, girls in tight spandex with glam makeup that would put Bowie to shame. The scene outside of Stubbs a couple of Fridays ago could have been cut from Richard Linklater’s movie Dazed and Confused. Although the crowd could very well…
The Denver-based dream-pop group, Tennis , was finally able to circle back to Austin to play their first official concert that was not warped by intense scheduling and the utter insanity of SXSW. Citing their disdain for the truncated sets and poor sound quality at their shows during SXSW week, the husband-and-wife duo more than…
I’m 22 years old( rockin’ one year of legal alcoholism), but after seeing this 10-year anniversary tribute release for Is This It, I feel like there is not much seperating the grey-haired geezer who goes into cardiac arrest after Steely Dan’s 89th reissue of their greatest hits and myself. SO on a raw and basic level, I FEEL OLD! Its been a DECADE since the…