Promises

Jumping on this bandwagon a midge too late perhaps, but if there’s even one person out there who hasn’t heard about the utterly phenomenal heirs to the indie-Scot-rock throne We Were Promised Jetpacks, let us here at Cannibal Cheerleader let you know this group can only be described as utterly life-altering in their musical ways. [...]

Love Thy Neighbor

BORIS BLOWS AUSTIN AWAYIt goes without saying that when it comes to metal, Japanese trio Boris remains in a completely different league than the majority of other ‘heavy’ bands working today. With a combination of sludge, drone, and stoner metal built on top of a framework of mind-blowing virtuosity by guitarist Wata, guitarist/vocalist/bassist Takeshi, and [...]

The One-Two Punch

FRIGHTENED RABBIT/OXFORD COLLAPSE IN AUSTINLast night at Mohawk here in Austin audiences were treated to the indie-rock equivalent of the 0ne-two punch, with Scottish crooners Frightened Rabbit teaming up with poppy-punksters Oxford Collapse for an evening of scorching numbers, all played with such effortlessness the boys in the bands made it look easy.Oxford Collapse opened [...]

Pink, Like the Drink

PINK NASTY LIVE AT MOHAWKPink Nasty’s show Saturday night at the Mohawk was sadly, sparsely attended. However, that didn’t stop PN and her excellent backing band from delivering the hits, from Mold the Gold favorites like “Away Message” to new tracks like the garage-rock goodness of “Curses”. Sounding more like an alt-country songstress than her [...]

Love is in the Metal

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs website has undergone a complete transformation and this new, cleaner look to the site comes with the welcome announcement that the band is hard at work on a new album. With rumors of the band’s breakup afoot and the dearth of live tracks that haven’t been committed to studio, the outlook [...]

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