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July 2, 2022

Hong Kong Wigs at Swan Dive

By: Laurie Gallardo

Whether you’re a Hole In the Wall regular or you’ve done your fair share of shows there, you’re gonna know the damn bathroom(s). It’s a living (mostly crude) monument to everybody who’s passed through, played there, drank there, partied there, all the things you may – or may not – remember. If you haven’t left some kind of scribble on the walls, you’ve left a strategically-placed sticker. So the HITW bathroom cameo in the video for “Nobody But You” by Hong Kong Wigs feels like the perfect setting for the power trio’s rock/punk/glam spree – jangly riffs, sick bops, sick drums…and cool shades.

This time around, Hong Kong Wigs brings the show to Swan Dive on Red River tonight, Saturday July 2. Doors open at 9 p.m., with a sick line-up including Pretty Little Thieves (new single “Cold River” out July 22), mad Punkacana trio Spit City, and electro-rock outfit Grand Maximum (premiering their new track “Ghosts Walking On Your Path” this evening). The weekend is yours.


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July 15, 2023

Sabado Jigante

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July 14, 2023

But So Alive!

Okay, let’s skip the animatronics. It’s a love/hate relationship, actually. They can be really cool, but it…it sends your AMM host into a freaky mindset. Like, some crazy Five Nights scenario-type stuff. So if Falcon Bitch and Gumball from Being Dead actually did meet as animatronic mechs at Chuck E. Cheese, I have mental images […]

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July 13, 2023

Children of the NITE

For those avoiding the unbearable sunlight, take heed. NITE SCHOOL is at your service. Every second Thursday of each month, NITE SCHOOL emerges from the shadows to present an array of artists and DJs representing the darkest of genres. Curated by DJ Scorpio (Sky Hutchens), this month’s event includes performances by heavy darkwave trio Troller; […]

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July 12, 2023

Los Hermanos Sparks

Yes, this is the band that your Austin Music Minute host won’t shut up about, and mentions on her afternoon show at least every other day. And if it’s not to reference a specific album, of which there are now 26, then it’s to repeatedly recommend the phenomenal Edgar Wright documentary that your AMM host […]

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July 11, 2023

Face To Face

It’s swoon at first listen with opener “Many Hours,” today’s AMM featured track from Tearjerk‘s Face To Face. Right after some dreamy swirls of pedal steel, vocalist/songwriter Vanessa Jollay calls forth some all-too familiar pangs of regret: “Berate myself on Sunday morning / I’m used to it…” Though heartbreak and frustration are common threads throughout […]

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July 10, 2023

Superstar

It’s devastating. And it’s spot on. LA-based artist Wallice paints a self-effacing portrait illustrating the high-adrenalin elation and soul-obliterating pitfalls of fame on ‘90s American Superstar, the tale of a fictional pop star’s rise and fall in mega-stardom. Though it’s not autobiographical, Wallice didn’t shy away from examining her own dealings with fame, and the […]

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July 8, 2023

Body Pillow at Hotel Vegas

It seems impossible to shake off a romantic interest turned sour. Nothing erases the memory. They even have the nerve to show up in one’s dreams. But now, it’s time to reclaim the love. Body Pillow vocalist/songwriter Leslie Crunkilton examines the unfaltering desire in “Want It Back,” the new single featured on today’s AMM, coming […]

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July 7, 2023

Four Fathoms Deep

The Belle Sounds‘ 2013 self-titled debut moved in a direction similar to that of songwriter/vocalist Noëlle Hampton‘s solo work, weaving lush and delicate acoustic folk pop that holds a quiet power beneath its gentle surface. But even then, Hampton and husband/creative partner André Moran knew an evolution was brewing in the band’s style. And since […]

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