Imagine Dragons at the Erwin Center- Show Review It’s not surprising to hear that Imagine Dragons, one of the top grossing live acts of 2013, hail from the entertainment mecca of the world, Las Vegas. As Rolling Stone’s “Breakthrough Band of 2013,” Imagine Dragons have blazed a trail to the top of the charts, not just with…
Show Review: Tennis at the Parish Song: “Cape Dory” – Tennis A cold snap hit Austin last night when the temperature dropped over twenty degrees and a perfect day devolved into an icy unforgiving night. Yet the sudden weather swing had little effect on Austin’s loyal fans of the band Tennis, all of whom whom…
It a materialistic, superficial, and soul-crushing truth within the music industry these days, that many top selling artists are simply a product of focus groups and an institutionalized media hype machine that allows these airbrushed and auto-tuned atrocities of musical integrity to appeal to their pre-destined demographics targeted by record companies. Yet, amidst the Mileys,…
Formed in 1983, the Dead Milkmen are a satirical punk band that gained recognition in the eighties by playing up-tempo surf punk songs consisting of witty yet disturbing lyrics, which were sung in their native thick Philadelphian accents. After breaking up in 1995 and going on a 13 year hiatus, the band reformed at Fun…