Austin - New Year’s Eve in Austin is generally referred to as amateur night, due to the packs of Jagerbomb-happy frat boys stumbling from bar to bar. The Mohawk is safely tucked away on Red River, a couple of blocks from the mayhem, giving the hipsters a little Lonestar-filled Oasis.
It does catch you off [...]

(San Diego, CA 12/12/07) Grand Ole Party must drink gasoline before going on stage. The band, consistently hell bent frenzied, resurrects all the ghosts of the voodoo that brewed rock and roll. Within the trio’s sound, the rough and tumble rawness of the blues thunders a strutting pathos converging with the manic intensities [...]

If it ain’t Schwinn, don’t bring it in

(July 17, Dante’s) When The Spokes roll into a joint, they don’t mess around. They bring all the menace and unadulterated machismo that you’d expect from a biker (bicycle) gang, complete with cissy (sissy?) bars and banana seats.
The band is comprised of members of the fearsome Belligerantes, [...]

(May 15, Mississippi Studios) The list of famous twins is long.
A personal favorite are the Dioscuri, those meddlesome twin sons of Zeus, known as Castor and Pollux (a famed horseman and boxer, respectively). These two kidnapped the daughters of Leucippus and were sentenced to spend alternate days as gods on Olympus, and as [...]

(White Eagle, May 4, 2007) As far as grooving goes, Pilar French is one of this town’s more melodic acts to catch.
French’s intelligent, passionate songwriting lends itself to a sultry, longing, lounge-like sound that is smooth and gravelly all at once. It’s a sound spawned from her background in the local music scene, which [...]