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Live music review: legendary Austin act Soulhat played holiday show at Continental Club
On December 26, legendary Austin rock outfit, Soulhat, performed in front of a packed audience for their annual holiday concert at the Live Music Capital’s oldest rock venue, Continental Club…
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January 20, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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NEW - Live music preview: Free Week starts January 9 with over 80 bands thecosmicclash.com/2026/01/06/l...

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Live music preview: Free Week starts January 9 with over 80 bands
Free Week in Austin’s Red River Cultural District returns this coming weekend on January 9 and 10, bringing yet another array of cover-free showcases to the downtown area to kick off 2026 with live…
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January 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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NEW - Live music review: Holiday Hootenanny at Radio East featured @tuneyards.bsky.social , @shanandtheclams.bsky.social & lots more thecosmicclash.com/2025/12/21/l...
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Live music review: Holiday Hootenanny at Radio East featured Tune-Yards, Shannon and the Clams
The second annual Resound and Pooneh Presents Holiday Hootenanny on December 13 at southeast Austin venue Radio/East marked another musical holiday celebration, bringing national talent and local a…
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December 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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NEW - Live music review: Primitive Man played Empire Control Room in Austin for rare late-year gig thecosmicclash.com/2025/12/15/l...
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Live music review: Primitive Man played Empire in Austin for rare late-year gig
It can be hard to gauge what attendance at late-year gigs in Austin will be like. There are tons of shows, festivals, and other events going on in town 365 days a year. People’s wallets can run dry…
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December 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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NEW - Old school punks The Bouncing Souls and H2O played Empire in Austin last Sunday thecosmicclash.com/2025/12/10/l...
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Live music review: Old school punks The Bouncing Souls and H2O played Empire last Sunday
As an official Old Head, it’s an experiment in time for me: I got into punk in the early ’90s, and now that it’s 2025, I’m somehow in my fourth decade of this thing. The people we looked up to — an…
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December 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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NEW - Live music preview: Holiday Hootenanny returns to Radio East Dec. 13 with stacked lineup thecosmicclash.com/2025/12/06/l...
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Live music preview: Holiday Hootenanny returns to Radio East December 13 with stacked lineup
The Resound-Pooneh Presents-KUTX Holiday Hootenanny returns to Radio / East on December 13, marking another year of music, vendors, and holiday-themed festivities to close out another year of Austi…
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December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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NEW - Live music review: A Charlie Brown Christmas at Parker Jazz Club evokes deep nostalgia thecosmicclash.com/2025/12/05/l...
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Live music review: A Charlie Brown Christmas at Parker Jazz Club evokes deep nostalgia
Recently, I had the pleasure of attending The Parker Jazz Club’s tribute to A Charlie Brown Christmas, and it’s now on my must-do tradition list. Hosted every Monday in December, The Ry…
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December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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NEW - Live music review: Big Bill Ball 8 at Radio East offered accurate snapshot of Austin music scene thecosmicclash.com/2025/12/04/l...
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Live music review: Big Bill Ball 8 at Radio East offered accurate snapshot of Austin music scene
The eighth annual Big Bill Ball at Radio East in the Southeast part of town, marked another celebration of the Austin scene, offering a snapshot of local music in 2025 with a six-band bill featurin…
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December 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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NEW - Live comedy review: Dave Attell at the Mothership-A masterclass in controlled chaos thecosmicclash.com/2025/11/30/l...

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Live comedy review: Dave Attell at the Mothership – A masterclass in controlled chaos
Few times in life do we get to see a true master at work. Watching someone carve stone for a temple or fling paint across a canvas gives a glimpse into creation itself — that raw place art comes fr…
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November 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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NEW - Live music preview: Mexico City rockers Los Blenders set to play 13th Floor on Saturday with Hidden Ritual thecosmicclash.com/2025/11/18/l...
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Live music preview: Mexico City rockers Los Blenders set to play 13th Floor on Saturday with Hidden Ritual
You may be too young to remember the first wave of Rock en Espagnol that spread across North America in the 90s. Bands like Caifanes, Mana, Maldita Vecindad and countless others were heard across a…
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November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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NEW - Interview: @pigeonsplaying.bsky.social talk Austin, Domefest and touring in 2025 thecosmicclash.com/2025/11/17/i...
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Interview: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong talk Austin, Domefest and touring in 2025
Baltimore funk institution Pigeons Playing Ping Pong are a staying force in the world of jam bands. Rounded out by singer and guitarist Greg “Scrambled Greg” Ormont, bassist Ben Carrey,…
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November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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NEW - Live music review: @bigthiefmusic.bsky.social played their biggest Austin show at Moody Amphitheater thecosmicclash.com/2025/11/11/l...
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Live music review: Big Thief played their biggest Austin show at Moody Amphitheater
Emotions are running deep this year. Hints of hope are dwindling, leaving the house costs $50, and making ends meet is becoming increasingly daunting. For Brooklyn’s Big Thief, cautious optimism is…
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November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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NEW - Live music review: Indie legends @deerhoof.bsky.social stopped at Radio East last weekend thecosmicclash.com/2025/10/08/r...
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Live music review: Indie legends Deerhoof stopped at Radio East last weekend
On a warm Saturday, October 4 evening, San Francisco-based, indie-rock quartet, Deerhoof, headlined a stellar show at Radio/East on a night that also marked the first weekend of ACL Festival, Resou…
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October 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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NEW - Live music review: Unwound marked 30 years of The Future of What at Mohawk thecosmicclash.com/2025/10/07/l...
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Live music review: Unwound marked 30 years of The Future of What at Mohawk
On Thursday September 11, one of the 90’s most influential post-hardcore bands, Unwound played at the Mohawk as part of their ‘30 Years of The Future of What’ tour, which would see the band play th…
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October 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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NEW - Live music review: A Funky LEVITATION Full of Surprises or How April Spent the Fest thecosmicclash.com/2025/10/03/l...
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Live music review:  A Funky Levitation Full of Surprises or How April Spent the Fest
Adulting is mostly a bummer, and Levitation weekend (September 26-28) coincided with a very important work event happening all day Saturday. Thankfully, the big boss sent an email to the team instr…
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October 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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NEW - Live music preview: Six must see bands at ACL Festival 2025 thecosmicclash.com/2025/10/01/l...
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Live music preview: Six must see bands at Austin City Limits Music Festival 2025
Austin City Limits Music Festival is an annual music extravaganza that takes place in the heart of Austin every Fall, and the curated talent ranges from worthy up-and-coming artists and legacy acts…
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October 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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NEW - Live music review: The Dandy Warhols assert legacy at LEVITATION Night Show at Mohawk thecosmicclash.com/2025/09/30/l...
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Live music review: The Dandy Warhols assert legacy at Levitation Night Show
Portland, Oregon indie rock socialites The Dandy Warhols aren’t just surviving the volatile world of music, but thriving for the generations of vinyl collectors that hold them dear as a formative f…
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September 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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September 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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NEW - Live music preview: DAWA benefit to feature Killer Mike of @runthejewels.bsky.social at Radio/East this Friday thecosmicclash.com/2025/09/09/l...
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Live music preview: DAWA benefit to feature Killer Mike of Run the Jewels at Radio/East
There is some big news for Austin music fans this weekend. This Friday, September 12, Atlanta-based MC, Killer Mike (Run the Jewels), will headline Radio/East as part of the Sixth Annual 4DAWA char…
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September 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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NEW - Live music review: @kingyosef.bsky.social with Austin's Street Sects or How TikTok kids found real Industrial music
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Live music review: King Yosef with Street Sects or How TikTok kids found real Industrial music
The kids are all right. For a while there, it seemed like the industrial scene was dead as disco, but after catching Austin’s Street Sects open for King Yosef and Youth Brigade at the 29th St…
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September 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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NEW - Opinion: Mark Lanegan should be in same conversation our greatest songwriters thecosmicclash.com/2025/08/29/o...
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Opinion: Mark Lanegan should be in same conversation our greatest songwriters
I get that Jeff Buckley is beloved. I know people with tattoos of his lyrics. Listening to it, I was taken to a place of feeling like, it was too dated for me, that I felt like people loved this re…
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August 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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NEW - Live music preview: MeadowFest Saturday at The Far Out Lounge and Stage to benefit SIMS Foundation thecosmicclash.com/2025/08/20/l...
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Live music preview: MeadowFest Saturday at Far Out Lounge to benefit SIMS Foundation
This Saturday, September 23 the punk to funk, MeadowFest benefiting music mental health organization, The SIMS Foundation takes place at Far Out Lounge and Stage in South Austin. The event is the b…
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August 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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NEW - Live music review: Tear Dungeon tour kick off at Radio East with stage dives 💀🤘 thecosmicclash.com/2025/08/11/l...
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Live music review: Tear Dungeon tour kick off at Radio East with stage dives
I’ve seen a lot of things in my years of going to rock and roll shows. I have experienced a man in a rubber sex mask spit fake blood into a child’s face. Whenever Tear Dungeon plays, there is alway…
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August 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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NEW - Live music review: @mymorningjacket.bsky.social got inducted into @acltv.bsky.social Hall of Fame and I missed it thecosmicclash.com/2025/08/05/l...
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Live music review: My Morning Jacket got inducted into ACL TV Hall of Fame and I missed it
I sent The Cosmic Clash crew a text about the upcoming Austin City Limits taping of My Morning Jacket, when I realized the band was being inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame on Friday…
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August 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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NEW - Album review: latest record moisturiser by Wet Leg shows creative growth thecosmicclash.com/2025/07/18/a...
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Album review: latest record moisturiser by Wet Leg shows creative growth
Isle of Wight duo (now a five-piece quintet) Wet Leg, released their sophomore LP on July11.  The album, moisturiser, continues with the energy of their debut release, but also displays more focus …
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July 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM