Written and Photos by Bang Ho The Thompson Twins have not performed in nearly three decades, but thankfully lead vocalist Tom Bailey has started touring with a new band and playing Thompson Twin’s music as well as new music he’s written. Playing to a huge crowd at the ACL Live Moody …
Written and Photos by Bang Ho Up on the Emo’s stage before a sold out crowd, ELOHIM is a one-woman song shop –the lone siren songstress sang and made beautiful melodies with a myriad of buttons at her fingertips (there seemed to be a synth/midi looper and a drum pad). Not only …
Written and Photos by James_ATX Declan McKenna kicked off this huge, 45 concert world tour in Austin last night, hitting the stage to screams from adoring fans at the sold out show. The crowd was ravenous for the British tinged indie rock that Declan and the band have perfected. The …
Written and Photos by Bang Ho Molly Burch‘s strong soulful voice boomed in the Stubbs Jr venue, bringing to life an era of music not oft remembered. A cross of the Nashville sound with a touch of surf rock/lounge, Molly’s voice conjured sounds of singers like Dusty Springfield and Patsy Cline …
Written and photos by James_ATX The multi-talented MOBLEY performed a spectacular show at Emo’s for 101x’s Indie Xmas! The recent Black Fret grant winner was quite at home on the huge stage. MOBLEY even brought his very intimate living drum machine, where four audience members are transformed with wristbands …
Minneapolis three-piece Bad Bad Hats played a killer set at Emo’s Austin, opening for The Front Bottoms. The indie rockers are Kerry Alexander (vocals, guitar,), Chris Hoge (drums), and Noah Boswell (bass), together that make some beautiful music with a smidge of the Midwest accent. Kerry’s vocal are airy, pure, …
Written by Bang Ho Everclear certainly embodies 90s rock, but they showed their range at Emo’s last night with songs that ran the gamut between grunge, alt, and pop rock. Regardless of what genre they’re categorized in, the one thing that is certain is that they still know how to rock …
Written by Bang Ho Quiet Company embraces the dark real side of life in their music with a comedic edge, power chords, and a beat that keeps you dancing. In a perfect match, they opened for Everclear at Emo’s, covering topics of divorce and self introspection while keeping the audience …
Written by Phil Barton L.A.’s indie rock band, Cherry Glazerr, stopped in Austin to set the mood for headliner Foster the People. Not being on my music radar, I was unsure of what I was in for but was pleasantly surprised. The female fronted band brought tons of energy …
