Lisa Cameron & Sandy Ewen – See Creatures
See Creatures by Lisa Cameron & Sandy Ewen I was down at the rail yards. There had just been a tremendous accident….
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Borzoi – A Prayer For War
Have no fear, because Borzoi are doing their very most to keep Austin weird. Blending elements of speedy McSpeedpunk, old-school lo-fi, surf-psych…
Illegally Blind Presents: Institute, Dame, Nice Guys, Ursula
Subordination by Institute Charm School by Dame NICE GUYS / BLACK BEACH SPLIT by NICE GUYS HAIR SALON by URSULA
Mirror – Universal Dismay
If you have your ear to the ground, looking for new punk records, then you’re going to want to know about the…
Gal Pals – Velvet Rut
If Rookie magazine had a soundtrack, I would picture it sounding like Gal Pal’s Velvet Rut. This is a girl-power, teenage angst,…
Spray Paint — Punters On A Barge
Austin has a reputation for being weird. There’s the Cathedral of Junk, which is more or less what it sounds like, and…
Institute — Catharsis
As the Hassle’s resident reviewer of pretty much all things Sacred Bones, you better believe I’ve been enjoying the hell out of…
Parquet Courts/Joey Pizza Slice — Pretty Girls/Picture of Health split
Joey Pizza Slice, sometimes known as Son of Salami, embodies everything it means to be an underground weirdo musician. No, really– if…
INSTITUTE — SALT EP
INSTITUTE is an Austin-based anarcho-influenced postpunk band who formed early in 2013. The group features members of WICCANS, BLOTTER, GLUE, and RECIDE….
SPAY PAINT – CLEAN BLOOD, REGULAR ACID
Let’s talk ATX; more specifically about the Austin noise-rock trio SPRAY PAINT. Their new LP Clean Blood, Regular Acid is an exciting…
ON STAGE: BURNT SKULL
Outta sight second installment in CASEY HERZ’s ON STAGE series of close ups of performers maniacally doing their thing @ HASSLE FEST…
LOVE INKS- “SKY MACHINE”
LOVE INKS, a minimalist three-person band out of Austin currently signed with REPUBLIC OF MUSIC, just released a video for SKY MACHINE…
