Austin Sound

It’s starting to look a lot like ACL out there. After all the wet hipsters got enough of the indie crooning of Atlas Sound, they made their way over to the Blue Stage for veteran of the electro circle Alaska in the Winter a.k.a. Brandon Bethancourt. Backed up by a band of himself projected overhead, [...]

Bradford Cox can seemingly do no wrong for the indie crowd, and while both Deerhunter and Atlas Sound have been more than hyped past their due, it’s refreshing to be reminded that Cox, and especially the latter band, continually impress beyond the mere accolades. “I like to make people moist,” Cox deadpanned from the stage, [...]

For L.A. punk band Mika Miko, the taste is sour. They’re on the last fumes of a strong career blaring blistering punk to audiences of misguided youthfulness. Today, they played FFFFest in the slow rain, but somehow maintained as much grace as a two female-led punk band can have without losing its edge. Their spirits, [...]

Astronautalis loves Austin, and Austin has always held a huge fan base for Astronautalis, rather its Andy Bothwell’s incomparable freestyles, or the more emotional punch of his electronic tunes. Standing out in front of the crowd on the divider, Bothwell declared Fun Fun Fun Fest the only festival he would beg to play, both because [...]

Fuck Buttons: I don’t get the name, but the music makes sense. It looked like the Bristol, UK gearheads felt more than comfortable in the Texas rain, which played host to their sardonic and dark beat/synth mash ups. Taking cues from other electro pop/rock gurus, such as last night’s Ratatat, Fuck Buttons pumped and pounded [...]

Hmm, this is the forecast at 2:30. Gonna be some wet Fun Fun Fun:

I don’t believe in fate and I certainly don’t believe in the gods, but it’s an eerie coincidence that moments after Bankrupt & The Borrowers finished their set, the heavens opened up and the rain began. Back in early October, a house fire took the life of Bankrupt guitarist/trombonist Jon Pettis and the band opted [...]

Oh my god. Why the Black & White Years keep getting slated with opening jaunts at indie rock festivals, I can’t say. They’re much, much better than that. Divining electropop like the reincarnation of Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, lead singer Scott Butler’s squelching and whinnying sounded eerily accommodating to the B&WY’s danceable rock with [...]

Following the Roller on the Black stage, fellow local heavy hitters the Pack of Wolves sounded downright melodic. Extra points for Trey Ramirez’ guitar, which was as wild as the quartet themselves. And make no mistake, these boys could fillet some riffes, ripping into almost speed metal at times as they rallied behind debut Betrayer. [...]

The slight misting from the morning seemed to be dissipating by the opening sets of Fun Fun Fun Fest, but the Roller still brought the thunder. The local quartet growled out ferocious sludge and doom metal from their eponymous Monofonus Press debut to the small spattering of fans fearless enough to brave the aural storm [...]