French Chanteuse Seduces With Synthpop
“I wan to fu** the sh** out of you” is the opening line to the song “Down My Throat” by the provocatively raunchy blues-rock duo, Hardcore Sex. Female lead singer and drummer, Bear Ryan, pummels her drum kit as her gritty and oddly seductive vocals swirl around Grandpa Johnson’s serrated guitar sound. The Austin duo…
Boan No stranger to Austin audiences, Boan is the most promising of locally-based Holodeck Record’s offering during SXSW 2016. A super-duo born out of the dark wave bands //Tense// and Ssleeperhold, Jose Cota and Mariana Saldance are proficient in pleasing audiences with their infectious synth lines and aggressive analog beats. Morbid and menacing, the…
The infectious guitars and pop-infused rhythms of mid-2000’s rock continues to reintroduce itself through the charismatic incarnate bands like Spectral Sea. Tenured musicians who cycled through a slew of different acts throughout the years, Spectral Sea brings together an eclectic amalgam of rock n’ roll talent. This local quartet has found their voice as they…
It’s a rarity to see a band hit the ground running quite like Billy King and the Bad Bad Bad have in the past few months. House shows, a Do512 event, and a few other tune up gigs have all lead up to their much-anticipated upcoming headline show at the Mohawk on July 25th. Ominous…
An artist creates to evoke a reaction, and Forrest and Isaac Ross Lemaire of Mr. Kitty are electro-goth sorcerers who succeed in creating an 8-bit dreamworld for their listeners. Not quite neophytes, Mr. Kitty have had five previous releases, and their discography runs the gamut between wistful tracks of wintered melancholy to frenetic electro-bangers of…
A genre born within our own city, it is only appropriate that the annual mecca for psychedelic rock is held in the same town that gave birth to psych-pioneers like the 13th Floor Elevators, Shivas Headband, and Janis Joplin. Psych Fest, which for many years has been over-shadowed by the likes of ACL, SXSW &…