The Reputations: Loving Them Is Easy
The Reputations radiate in what would best be called the Stevie Nicks effect. Loving them is easy.
Mixtape Monday: The Reputations Takeover!
As part of The Reputations taking over the site today they have put together one of the best mixtapes for getting yourself feeling right before putting that shine on tonight getting optimistic for the new year! Check in on our Instagram throughout the day to see what they are up to. Read more about The...
The Reputations: Begging For More
The Reputations: Begging For More By Jay Armstrong With the psych ship sinking, as the old dogs of sleeze and sweat continue fading off into the sunset, while most nights get spent with our eyes rolling at yet another band to show up sadly trying to align themselves with the 90’s soulless resurgence of disaffected...
The Reputations and the Necessity of Pop Music in the Wake of Sadness
The Reputations and the Necessity of Pop Music in the Wake of Sadness By Jay Armstrong I can’t speak for certain about the rest of the country but Austin specifically has an eye-roll approach to all things which might possibly fall in the realm of being labeled “pop.” What a disgusting reaction to see...
Premier: Sweetfeed – “Highway of Hearts”
"Highway of Hearts" continues the can't-get-the-volume-high-enough excitement. These songs hype themselves. There is a rhythmically layered catchiness as each line dances on its own as though an entire chorus plays out with every five words that pass.
Our 100 Favorite Songs of 2020
Find part two (1-50) here. 100. New Druids – “Hearts That Can Mend” Some of the bests from around town got together and shaped up an album with the same feel-good vibe the members themselves put off in real life. A much rarer feat than it should be. Looks like there are still a few...
New Music – Blue Jean Queen Explodes Our Hearts With “Wild Wild Woman”
Between Stevie Nicks on "Edge of Seventeen" and Deana Carter with "Strawberry Wine," now there is an equal which somehow manages to draw comparisons to both at the same time. "Wild Wild Woman" is powerful, perfect, and rises into the realm of greatness by transcending forever beyond the person who created it to represent a...
New Music: Blue Jean Queen
Is anyone else over completely the perpetual reminders that Rockyanne Bullwinkle is perfect?
New Music: Country Legend Roky Moon – “Choo Choo”
It seemed impossible to love Roky Moon any more than we already did. We were wrong.
Drunk Mums: US Tour | New Songs | World Domination
Having gone hard for five solid years now, spoon feeding Drunk Mums to every poor bastard I rub shoulders with, now less than a week until these Australian gods finally (FINALLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) smell up Hotel Vegas, I daydream of the halo hazed optimism, the restored faith in a very alive still kicking spirit of rock n...
10 MUST SEE BANDS AT SXSW 2019
The definitive unarguably best bands you would be an idiot to miss at SXSW 2019.
Missing Pages: Long Way Down and a Love Letter To Stephen Svacina
There was though a spirit crying out to us from the wilderness of our small nowhere nothing nobody towns which tempted us to risk the comfort of the familiar to land in a foreign place of culture shock and suffocating all alone and to know even on the darkest defeated nights that if we kept...
Mixtape Monday: Fresh Leather
Amyl and the Sniffers – “Balaclava Lover Boogie” Got turned on to these dudes a few months back, been Jonesing for em ever since. Full article coming in January. Links – Bandcamp | Instagram | Facebook | Website . Küken – “I’m Not Fucked Up” Few bangers have been devastatingly overlooked more than Küken’s...
Mixtape Monday: Free Week ATX
Free Week in Austin, Texas is the best excuse to beat the cold and lethargy that sometimes sets in in the cold month of January. For an entire week, venues located in the historic music district of downtown open their doors to the hustle and bustle of attendees eager to find their next favorite local...
Schwein! An Interview and Single Release
Schwein! Interview and “Cindy Make Him” Single Release Interview by Jay Armstrong Photographs by Isaiah Mancha More often than not the people you encounter with music have an ego overshadowing their skill, the art taking a backseat to the caricature they align their lives to portray. Then there is the anomaly that is Matt...
Secret Bad Boys: They Said They’d Never Win, We Knew They Had To
Here's to Secret Bad Boys for giving us something gloriously shitty to believe in.
The Me You Know Is A Reactionary Me: Part Three
The Me You Know Is A Reactionary Me Being A Burnout in the Face Of Consumerism Caleb Dawson, Corey Baum, & Jimmy Wildcat interviewed by Jay Armstrong This is the third of a three part interview series; Check out our first with Caleb Dawson here and our second with Corey Baum here. Part 3...
