French Chanteuse Seduces With Synthpop
Local surf-rock quartet, Shark Rider, features members from various other Austin bands that found commonality in the sun-drenched Summer vibes of rowdy beach music. Borrowing heavily from classic surf-rock pioneers like the Ventures and Dick Dale, Shark Rider mixes in their own signature sauce of New Wave hooks and infectious choruses. Shark Rider is…
“Baby When I Close My Eyes” – Sweet Spirit It is no surprise that the best music video of 2016 so far, belongs to the local garage melody makers, Sweet Spirit, and their perfectly paired video director, John Valley. Puppets haven’t been used this dramatically and morbidly in a music video since Interpol’s 2004 “Evil” music…
“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…
Psychedelic videos, college dropouts, slacker vibes all swirl together in the Austin-based surf punk band, Soaked. A true Austin creation, Soaked formed after guitarists Jimmy Minter and Maxx Eaton met hanging around East side music hotbeds like Hotel Vegas. Soaked springs from the same vein as other mischievous surf bands like Jacuzzi Boys, Diarrhea Planet,…
US Weekly has been banging around the Austin live music circuit for the past year, emitting nihilistic punk diddies while their fans craved an official release. The time has come, April 22nd marks the release of their self-titled debut LP on Night Moves Records. The quartet’s first single “American Piss” is a commentary on the…
Jess Ledbetter grew up in Texas, but spent time in New York playing music under the moniker, JACKIE. Upon moving back to her home state, Jess became the frontwoman of 90’s nostalgia-influenced band, Honeyrude. However Jess also wanted to try writing, recording, and playing everything on her own in a home studio, hence this new…