Guest writer @manvsparty After the local Austinite rappers burned up the stage, the main show kicked off with a well produced video for The Funk Volume Tour, which became an on going story between sets, like the skits found on old school hip hop records. Jarren Benton came next with …
West Coast rapper Hopsin brought his Funk Volume tour to Austin and they tore-down the stage backed by DJ Hoppa. His rapid fire style and direct bars kept the fans screaming along the entire set. Dizzy Wright joined him for him on stage for his heartfelt apology to Fort Collins. The …
Guest writer Greg Ackerman When James asked me to cover Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls at Emo’s last night I was a bit hesitant. Not because I did not like Turner’s music but because I knew so little about the solo folk rocker who’s been a soloist since 2005, …
Guest writer Greg Ackerman Skinny Lister, the six-piece folk act from London riled up the audience with more traditional instrumentation. In fact, the band did not originally have a drummer. There was an accordion, squeeze box, balalaika, guitar, drums and a stand-up bass employed to create songs that called on all …
Jay McAllister AKA Beans on Toast, British folk singer-songwriter brought his very direct, highly entertaining self to open for Frank Turner. This stop, being towards the end of the the tour he had completed his folk song about the US presidential race but had forgotten the ending and allowed Austin to …
Guest writer @manvsparty While many events around town were cancelled due to the storms brought as a result of Hurricane Patricia, you wouldn’t know nearly a foot of rain fell on Austin based on the crowd at Kingdom last night. When I arrived many were still waiting in the rain, …
Fruit Bats rocked out opening for My Morning Jacket in front of a sold out crowd. Eric Johnson’s perfectly folky vocals flowed smoothly into the large venue. The band covered all their bases; playing songs that reminded fans how deep their catalog is. For indie folk rock it’s hard to beat …
Guest writer @manvsparty Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Stranger Cat open up for Chad Valley at Sidewinder. Stranger Cat is an electro-pop due from Brooklyn fronted by singer songwriter Cat Martino. Despite the small group, Martino was able to evoke a lot of depth of sound through …
JR JR (FKA Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.) lit up The Mohawk! The amount of light produced by huge JR JR letters matched the uplifting indie pop anthems that they are known for. They turned the mid-sized club into a full on dance party, even bringing out a Donald Trump piñata …
