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Deftones at ACL Live

April 2, 2013 at 12:12 pm / Articles, Bands, Featured Stories, National Bands, National Shows, Show Reviews

Staying power is a rare commodity found in bands today, but its something that Sacramento-based alt-metal band, the Deftones, have unequivocally proven they still possess. The band is still reeling from having replaced bassist Chi Cheng in 2009 after an auto accident, and went on hiatus while lead singer, Chino Moreno, pursued a witch-house influenced side project called, Crosses. On tour for their seventh studio album, Koi No Yokan, the Deftones have consistently been one of the most unique [...]

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SXSW Interview: Poolside

March 22, 2013 at 3:16 pm / Bands, Homepage Feature, Interviews, National Bands, National Shows, SXSW 2013

SXSW Artist Interview: Poolside Jeff Paradise, Filip Nikolic, Michael Gold, and Jason Pipkin are Poolside. These Californian lounge lizards create ‘Daytime Disco” that is the perfect score to an afternoon lounging by the pool. Their new album, Pacific Standard Time, was one of my favorite albums of 2012 and it was a blast getting to meet these guys during SXSW before their showcase at the Red Eyed Fly. Jeff, Michael, and Filip took some time to answer some questions about [...]

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Purity Ring at the Mohawk

January 29, 2013 at 1:41 pm / Articles, Bands, Featured Stories, National Bands, National Shows, Show Reviews

A line snaked around the corner of Red River and 10th St. last Tuesday night, teeming with an eclectic mix of Austinites, all gathered in anticipation of the most unique acts in recent memory. Newcomers, futuristic, pop duo, Purity Ring, were due to make their headliner Austin debut later that night,and hype was not in short supply. How had two Canadians gone from simple anonymity, to selling out almost every date on their European/North American tour? And more importantly, how [...]

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Interview: Jeff the Brotherhood

January 7, 2013 at 9:39 pm / Articles, Bands, Homepage Feature, Interviews, National Bands

The last time you were in Austin you were on tour with the Kills. Will you be back for SXSW this year? Jake: No we don’t do that anymore. CMJ, SXSW and festivals like that are the worst. Jamin: Yea we think we’re done with that stuff. Are you done with festivals altogether? Jake: No, no we play festivals all the time. Its just the like music business-run, meat market type festivals, where you have to play [...]

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Jordan Tanner (Austin, TX)

August 19, 2012 at 12:24 pm / Bands

If you’ve spent any time in downtown Austin in the past five years, chances are, you’ve witnessed Jordan Tanner’s slew of one-man-band-ishness, guitar pyrotechnics, and memorable vocal moments. Last winter, Tanner recorded with platinum producer Rick Beato (Charlie Mars, Needtobreathe, Crowfield) to create his sophomore effort, Cold City EP. “When I was writing for the new record, a lot of times I would think about dead people [laughs]. I guess it helps me create the vibe I want.” Indeed, the [...]

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No Holiday (Austin, TX)

August 10, 2012 at 12:42 pm / Bands

No Holiday takes no shortcuts when it comes to brewing the classic recipe of skate punk with an infusion of thrash. With influences from Dead Kennedys, Bad Religion, Screeching Weasel, a dash of Minor Threat, 2 tablespoons of Face to Face, a half-cup of NOFX and 2 ounces of Up Yours! WHO COULD GO WRONG? As their name says, these boys take no breaks when it comes to energy and diversity. Rex, Chris, and Tommy all hail from “The Valley”, [...]

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Zeale – Anticipating First National Tour (Austin, TX)

August 6, 2012 at 12:58 pm / Bands

Zeale aka Zeale Rapz, an emerging hip-hop artist out of Austin, TX, awaits a long anticipated national tour this fall with AWOLNATION and Imagine Dragons. Backing him up is DJ Rockwell 9000 on the turntables and Gibran Nassif on the drums. Zeale is known for his free styling abilities, but has made leaps and bounds the past couple of years with popular mash-ups which integrate beats from Metric and Austin favorites, AWOLNATION. He just recently dropped his new EP titled [...]

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The Soldier Thread (Austin, TX)

July 26, 2012 at 12:37 pm / Bands

You know that feeling when you’re at a venue and it’s more of an experience than just a plain old show? Well that’s how I felt at 101X’s Homegrown Live show at The Parish on June 29th with Zeale and The Reynolds Number. Playing to a sold out crowd, The Soldier Thread played all of their local fan favorites and featured local hip-hop artist Zeale for their track “Anybody” as well. We were very grateful to have a table at [...]

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Headcrusher (Austin, TX)

May 16, 2012 at 10:32 am / Austin Bands, Bands

Formed in early 2001 in Pereira, Colombia, South America. HEADCRUSHER’s blend of thrash, death metal and hardcore climbed them to the top of the growing Colombian and South American metal scene. They initially moved to New York in 2007, before relocating to Austin in the summer of 2008, where they recorded their self titled EP in 2009. The tracks were then mastered by Juan Urteaga (Exodus, Testament, Machine Head) at Trident Studios in Northern California. In March of 2011, they [...]

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Rebecca Butler (Austin, TX)

May 16, 2012 at 10:23 am / Austin Bands, Bands

Rebecca Butler and The Richards are a pop-rock band from Austin, Texas. The band started as an acoustic venture of Rebecca Butler’s (vocals/rhythm guitar), but was soon joined by Sam Ogden (lead guitar). Early in 2011 the rest of the band came together: Patrick Young (bass), Jordan Cook (drums), and Pierce Saxon (keyboard/ukulele). With the addition of the full band, the musical style of Rebecca Butler and the Richards gained the dance/ pop-rock vibe it has now. They’ve recently made [...]

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