Fresh Meat: Dollhouse, Killer T**s, Vice In The Doorway, The Jeans and Lid

Fresh Meat: Dollhouse, Killer T**s, Vice In The Doorway, The Jeans and Lid

By Lillian Jones Local Music Director On Sunday, May 21st, Bluekeys Magazine presented their “Fresh Meat” event at Mohawk in Austin, giving a platform to newly developed bands. The lineup was a whiplash of genres ranging from shoegaze to hardcore punk/screamo from young and passionate artists. Friends, family and Austin locals sold out the event to support the up-and-coming bands. Dollhouse Luckily for me, I was able to score […]

May 30, 2023 302 5

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Hot Whips & Soma Jerome at the San Marcos Secret Room

By Tara Davis Music Journalist San Marcos’ hottest new commodity on the square has been dominating every weekend since they opened. Hosting drag shows, music shows, thrift markets, and more every Thursday through Sunday, the venue has been a bit busy. The San Marcos Secret Room is located on the square behind the beloved Gil’s Broiler & Manske Roll Bakery. They are known for setting posters and artwork made by […]

March 10, 2023 241

Andy Shauf is seening playing his guitar and singing into the microphone while by illuminated by purplish lighting and covered by shadows casted by leaves. His bassist is seen behind him playing.

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Concert Review: Andy Shauf at Scoot Inn

By Kenlie Golleher Rap Music Director Saskatchewan-native singer-songwriter Andy Shauf has a true gift for storytelling through concept albums. His latest 2023 project, Norm, further proves that statement. It’s the crazy story of a guy named Norm, who essentially is a stalker. Elements of God and Christianity are intertwined throughout the narrative as well, with Shauf posing the record's motivating question to be, “What if God didn’t understand what […]

March 3, 2023 392 2

The left is a picture of JID. A pink fence can be seen behind him. He is wearing a white wife beater shirt that displays the tattoos on his upper body along with multiple gold and silver chains around his neck. He is wearing a black bandana across his forehead with his dreads hanging overtop. The right is a picture of Smino. He is seen looking directly into the camera with two women’s hands caressing his face. The women’s hands have long acrylic nails with one wearing red nail polish and the other wearing blue nail polish.

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Concert Review: JID & Smino Luv Is 4Ever Tour in San Antonio

By Kenlie Golleher Rap Music Director 2022 saw a lot of hot releases from the rap community, two in particular from artists that I love immensely and bump often, which would be Atlanta’s very own JID and Smino. The Forever Story by JID and Luv 4 Rent by Smino were some of my favorite albums that dropped last year, so when announcements for the duo’s co-headlining tour, the Luv Is […]

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Concert Review: Suki Waterhouse

By McKenzie McGuire Assistant Music Director The English singer, model and actress lit up the stage this past Tuesday at Emo’s in Austin. Her set felt like a cinematic experience of feminine power. I was very excited to see Suki Waterhouse because, although I’m not super familiar with her music, I’ve been following her career for the past year. From what I have seen, 2022 was a very successful year […]

February 13, 2023 684 5

Sabrina Fuentes of Pretty Sick on a red bass guitar.

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LOCAL BAND SETS THE STAGE FOR PRETTY SICK HEADLINER: DIE SPITZ & PRETTY SICK @ MOHAWK

Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director Pretty Sick made a pit stop at Mohawk in Austin in the midst of “The Makes Me Sick” tour. Although the band was accompanied by MILLY and Mitsubishi Suicide on tour, local Austin band Die Spitz took the place of the opening act for the night’s show. When I saw on Instagram that the band I interviewed the week prior was on the bill, my […]

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Image features DIE SPITZ’ vocalist Chloe singing and playing guitar; Chloe is positioned front and center. The left side of the photo features Boogey playing another guitar alongside her. The right side of the photo features bassist Kate swinging her instrument to the side. Multicolored stage lights illuminate both the band and the dimensions of the stage. A red drum kit can be seen peaking out from behind Chloe’s left side.

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Boy Band With T*tz: DIE SPITZ at Levitation 2022

By Ashley Farnie, Assistant Music Director and Avery Viers, Local Music Director On Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, we arrived early for day three of LEVITATION, the established psych music fest hosted annually in Austin’s Red River District at the end of October. We arrived at Mohawk with anxious anticipation, nervously reviewing before our interview with Austin-based grunge band, DIE SPITZ, as they prepared to open for Pleasure Venom and legendary Hard Rock […]

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Kivlen (left), Faber (drums), and Cummings (bass) underneath purple lights.

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Levitation 2022: Psych Rock Feels So Good!

By Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director I decided to take my weekend at Levitation easy, only driving up to Austin for Saturday and Sunday sets. I was overwhelmed with music consumption despite only attending half of the festival. With a packed set scheduled for Saturday evening featuring headliner Sunflower Bean, Feels So Good Records quickly and kindly assisted Parish in relocating the show due to an unfortunate electrical fire the […]

November 15, 2022 143 2

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Concert Review: Omar Apollo at the Aztec Theatre in San Antonio

By Karys Lay Music Reviewer Everyone has heard of the song Evergreen by the artist Omar Apollo by now. It’s a song that is trending all over social media. This song comes from Omar Apollo’s most recent album, "Ivory," consisting of 14 songs. One of his songs features R&B artist Daniel Caesar and another song with bilingual singer Kali Uchis. Apollo is also a bilingual singer, producing songs with a […]

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