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THE DARKNESS @ STUBBS (SHOW REVIEW)
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…

Atlas Genius at Stubbs Wednesday Night 10/23/13
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FIDLAR AND THE ORWELLS @ HOLY MOUNTAIN (SHOW REVIEW)
On Friday night Lee Ackerley caught two young punk bands, FIDLAR and The Orwells, at their sold out ACL after show at Holy Mountain. There are a small but growing contingent of punk bands that are carrying the torch for the music genre that supposedly died in September 1983, when Joe Strummer kicked Mick Jones…

MY BLOODY VALENTINE @ AUSTIN MUSIC HALL (SHOW REVIEW)
My Bloody Valentine at Austin Music Hall – Review By Lee Ackerley It has been over two decades since the Irish alternative rock group My Bloody Valentine released their debut album, Loveless. However, the influence and appreciation for what is widely considered to be ‘the seminal Shoegaze album,’ has not diminished in the least. Friday night…

Tesla Rocks Emos
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…