Want to go to Brooklyn without spending money on airfare? Go to East Austin. Sixth street, east of I-35, has earned the moniker ‘Little Williamsburg’, mainly because its plethora of bars are chock full of patrons with facial hair, skinny jeans, obscure music interests, and particular diet preferences. So when a Brooklyn band like Tanlines…
Tragedy was ripe in the minds of those gathered at the Mohawk. Paris was under attack and the epicenter of the carnage had been focused around a rock concert. Yet here they were; punks, goths, hipsters, scenesters, and the undefined had gathered in solidarity to shirk the fear-mongering hate intended to paralyze us with fear….
The incense was lit. Classical music and Nordic metal flowed out from the PA’s into the ears of the horde that had gathered at the Mohawk on Saturday night. Like an ancient clan gathering before battle, the black-clad cretins of heavy metal were angsty and restless for their music show. Swedish death metal showmen Tribulation…
These past five years have been fruitful for punk rock fans whom appreciate a lo-fi garage and surf sound. Groups like King Tuff, The Orwells, FIDLAR, and a wave of others have found large audiences eager to get rowdy and dance to their millenial interpretation of punk. Two bands that have found themselves at the…