“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…
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…
Josh Hodges never dreamed his once “novelty” project,STRFKR, would gain enough momentum and popularity for him to still be releasing albums nine years after his debut in 2007. Yet, now on his fourth album, Being No One, Going Nowhere,Hodges has elevated his music writing to a personal zenith. This latest album combines retro sounds that…
It’s time to start feeling dated when you realize that Kings of Leon released their first album over 13 years ago. On their seventh album WALLS, Kings of Leon returned to Los Angeles to record in an apparent effort to recapture the magic of their first two albums. Yet the rowdy Southern ‘kick the bucket’…