Skylar Spence promised he wouldn’t “Suck so bad next time he comes to Austin”, when he was actually the highlight of the night. Madeon got college kids and people with their brains melted by ecstasy to jump up and down to his electronic button-pushing;)
“We haven’t been to Austin in almost four years,” Alex Scally reminisced to the sold-out crowd at ACL Live on Monday night. The dark dream-pop duo from Baltimore had, in fact, played an installation show the night before at Brazos Hall, for only a select few. Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally may need multiple shows…
The Motor City rock sound ignited by the Stooges and MC5 is still alive and well as evidenced by the latest release from Detroit post-punkers, Protomartyr. Their third album, The Agent Intellect, descends into your psyche like a black cloud of angst, accompanied with sardonic quips and thinly-veiled rage. The mood of the album is a…
Favorite Albums of All TIme 1. Good News For People Who Love Bad News – Modest Mouse 2. Speakerboxx and The Love Below – Outkast 3. Bleach – Nirvana 4. Black Holes and Revelations – Muse 5. Is This It – The Strokes Honorable Mention: Scissor Sister – Scissor Sisters And The Glass Handed Kites –…
It was on the eve of the second weekend of ACL, that King Tuff and Wavves took the stage at Antones on Riverside to re-light the ceremonial fires of Rock & Roll in preparation for yet another weekend of stellar acts. Like every other official C3 ACL Aftershow, Thursday’s show was sold…
Transmission Events and Learning Secrets bring out Austin’s finest choices at the W Hotel for the Last Splash Swim Club pool party. Bikinis, sunshine, and ambient electronica made this Summer day a memorable one.
Wern and I hanging backstage with James Franco at Emos during SXSW 2013