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On Wednesday night legendary heavy rockers Tesla hit Austin for the first time in years with a show at Emo’s. Sledd and NoMara opened. Review by Lee Ackerley. As I walked into Emo’s on Wednesday night, mixed emotions swirled with excitement and skepticism flowed though me. The headliner, Tesla, a band that had formed in 1982…
TENNIS- The Parish – (SHOW REVIEW)
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…
HOLY WAVE UPHOLD AUSTIN’S PSYCH ROCK ROOTS ON ‘FREAKS OF NURTURE’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The languorous ripples in Lady Bird Lake hide an undetectable lysergic compound that has turned the Violet Crown city into a lush and fertile culture for psychedelic music to flourish. Roky Erickson, The 13th Floor Elevators, Shiva’s Headband, and other 60’s psych bands germinated Austin’s psychedelic seeds decades ago. While many other analagous bands…
ACL Aftershow Review: Classixx & Toro Y Moi @ Emos 2013
Two days of recovery from the first round of ACL was all but lost after the marathon dance party that took place at the Emo’s on Wednesday night. “Chill wave” connoisseur, Chaz Bundick of Toro y Moi, and L.A. pop electro savants, Classixx, came together in a showcase that was as danceable and funky…
10 REASONS WHY FLOAT FEST 2016 WAS WORTH THE HEAT (FESTIVAL REVIEW/PHOTOS)
Despite scorching summer heat, Float Fest, the annual music festival in San Marcos, TX featuring live music, camping and river floats went off without a hitch on July 16th and 17th. Lee Ackerley picked out his ten favorite things about the festival. 1. Small Crowds Don’t get me wrong, the festival sold plenty of tickets, but…
