NOW PLAYING: Die Spitz - Groping Dogs Gushing Blood - Live at Coachella 2026 💀🤘https://youtu.be/LAqO0zaSHw8?si=UTXYcvcU3m6dXFdI
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Live event preview: Fairy Fest 420 or No Tech Bros at the Altar of Frankie G And at the altar of groove, with her candles burning bright, is Frankie G, Austin’s Grand Madame of the Night. She’s a little bit Elysium — our beloved goth institution — but also lurid…

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Song premiere: Austin music scene veterans Mean Jolene drop single Private Plane today Veteran Austin power-pop and garage-rockers, Mean Jolene release a new single “Private Plane” today.  The track is on their up and coming third studio album, Play Nice, recorded and mixed at Estuar…

NEW MUSIC - Song premiere: Austin music scene veterans Mean Jolene drop single Private Plane today thecosmicclash.com/2026/04/15/s...

✏️'s: Mike Cosmic
#meanjolene #premiere #newmusic

Live music review: Punk rockers Touché Amoré celebrated ten years of Stage Four at Mohawk One of the greatest joys of live music is when you can tell the band is having a blast. There’s an explosive connection when the music and the people collide. And for Touché Amoré, they came out sw…

NEW - Live music review: Punk rockers @toucheamoreband.bsky.social celebrated ten years of Stage Four at Mohawk thecosmicclash.com/2026/04/14/l...

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#ToucheAmore #livemusic #review
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Video premiere: supergroup Primitive Ring drop new single and video today – play Metro in SLC Friday If you’re a garage or punk rock music fan then you likely know who Ty Segall is. The prolific musician is known for releasing a wide range of music under various names that all stem from the …

NEW - Video premiere; Supergroup Primitive Ring drop new single and video today - play Metro Music Hall (SLC) Friday thecosmicclash.com/2026/04/14/v...

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#primitivering #video #premiere #newmusic

Ratboys live at Urban Lounge YouTube video by The Cosmic Clash

SATURDAY: @ratboysband.bsky.social live at Urban Lounge in Salt Lake City 🎸✨
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OUT NOW: Check some amazing images from @luckreunion.bsky.social and beautiful copy to go with it at @thecosmicclash.bsky.social 👇

Live music review: Philly Sludge legends Baroness stopped at Radio East on Friday The band, Baroness came into Texas on the circumstances of opening for Louisiana sludge legends Acid Bath in Dallas, but the great folks at Resound Presents couldn’t let them leave Texas without an…

NEW - Live music review: Philly Sludge legends @yourbaroness.bsky.social stopped at Radio East on Friday thecosmicclash.com/2026/04/08/l...

✏️'s: @casebaylor.bsky.social
📷s': Justin Clark
#baroness #livemusic #review
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Girl In A Coma live at Ace’s High Saloon YouTube video by The Cosmic Clash

LAST NIGHT: Girl In A Coma rolled through SLC to play Aces High Saloon near the end of their current tour segment
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Live music review: Luck Reunion moved at a different speed to close SXSW 2026 After a week of SXSW, time starts acting strange. Days blur. Nights stretch. Everything feels loud, urgent, and time is slightly out of reach. Luck Reunion on March 19 at the tail end of Sx (a day …

NEW - Live music review: @luckreunion.bsky.social moved at a different speed to close @sxsw.com 2026 thecosmicclash.com/2026/04/07/l...

✏️'s & 📷's: Drew Doggett
#luckreunion #livemusic #review #sxsw
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Live music preview: SLC act The Groanies dropped new EP, album release show April 10 One of the first Salt Lake City acts we saw after dipping into the SLC underground music scene was The Groanies who played Urban Lounge a couple years back. The garage punks impressed with a hard h…

NEW - Live music preview: SLC act The Groanies dropped new EP, album release show April 10 thecosmicclash.com/2026/04/05/l...

✏️s': @g-ack.bsky.social
#thegroanies #newmusic #livemusic #preview
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Live music review: Acid Bath headlined killer extreme metal bill in Houston The 2025 reunion of Louisiana hardcore metal legends Acid Bath has been triumphant, as it heads into its second year of gigs featuring stacked lineups and fans showing up by the thousands to experi…

NEW - Live music review: Acid Bath headlined killer extreme metal bill in Houston 💀🤘 thecosmicclash.com/2026/04/02/l...

✏️'s: @casebaylor.bsky.social
📷's: Justin Clark
#acidbath #livemusic #review

Live music review: Redd Kross and their Rock n Roll Party swept through Austin On March 27, longtime L.A. indie rockers, Redd Kross brought their “Rock ‘n’ Roll Party” to the 29th St Ballroom on a somewhat chilly Austin night. During a run Steve McDonald has dubbed their “Vic…

NEW - Live music review: Redd Kross and their Rock n Roll Party swept through Austin thecosmicclash.com/2026/04/01/l...

✏️'s & 📷's: @delaluna67.bsky.social
#ReddKross #livemusic #review
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Live music review: Author & Punisher delivered relentless spectacle to Far Out Lounge crowd The industrial hardcore underground thundered into Austin on Sunday March 8, bringing a stacked bill to South Austin’s The Far Out Lounge and Stage showcasing some of the genre’s heaviest and…

Live music review: @authorpunisher.bsky.social delivered relentless spectacle to The Far Out Lounge crowd thecosmicclash.com/2026/03/31/l...
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✏️'s: @casebaylor.bsky.social
📷's: Justin Clark
#livemusic #review
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Interview: Hard living writer Robert Dean has gotten sober and his work is better than ever Robert Dean is sober, home by eleven most nights, and still writes about the years he wasn’t. The author, reporter, and jack-of-all-trades commentator arrived in Austin after a lengthy stint in the…

NEW - Interview: Hard living writer @robertdean.bskyverified.social has gotten sober and his work is better than ever thecosmicclash.com/2026/03/27/i...

✏️'s: @casebaylor.bsky.social
📷's: Justin Clark
#interview #writing #culture

Live music review: Experimental rockers Puscifer played Bass Hall on their Normal Isn’t Tour Maynard James Keenan is 61 years old and still works with three bands, releases music at a steady rate, and still tours the globe like he’s 31. From fronting the progressive metal behemoths Tool, h…

NEW - Live music review: Experimental rockers @puscifermusic.bsky.social played Bass Hall on their Normal Isn't Tour thecosmicclash.com/2026/03/25/l...
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✏️'s: @casebaylor.bsky.social
📷's: @delaluna67.bsky.social
#puscifer #livemusic #review

SXSW review: Robots, driverless cars and rad bands (Lime Scooter not included) This SXSW was the year of the Lime scooter for me. I also took a driverless Waymo and saw a robot bartender at Faregrounds on Congress Avenue. Kicking off SXSW this year, I was not optimistic about…

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✏️'s: @robertdean.bskyverified.social
📷's: @delaluna67.bsky.social Drew Doggett & Ryan Vestil
#livemusic #review #SXSW

Museum review: Saturday Night Live is at Harry Ransom Center for one more weekend It’s impossible to hate Gilda Radner or John Belushi. Chevy Chase, on the other hand, that’s a different story. The cultural impact of Saturday Night Live is a challenge to quantify. After 50 years…

LAST CHANCE - Museum review: Saturday Night Live is at Harry @ransomcenter.bsky.social at @utaustin.bsky.social for one more weekend thecosmicclash.com/2026/03/20/m...
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✏️'s: @robertdean.bskyverified.social
#SNL #RansomCenter #museum #review

Marijuana Death Squad live at the Marlow - SXSW 2026 YouTube video by Greg Ackerman

CANNOT GET IT OUT OF MY MIND: two nights ago I witnessed a show that I'm still thinking about two days later after seeing over 40 acts this week at @sxsw.com youtu.be/a7RIDecawMo?...
#MarijuanaDeathSquad #SXSW2026

Osees live at Hotel Vegas 15th Anniversary - SXSW YouTube video by Greg Ackerman

LAST NIGHT at Hotel Vegas: Osees live at HV 15th Anniversary for an unofficial #SXSW kick off party 💀🤘 youtu.be/UcTHmK7646M?...
#Osees #livemusic #Austin

Surfbort live at Hotel Vegas 15th Anniversary - SXSW YouTube video by Greg Ackerman

LAST NIGHT at HOTEL VEGAS: @surfbort.bsky.social live at HV 15th Anniversary - youtu.be/W51NoMFNtxs?...
#livemusic #Austin #SXSW

Live music preview: Six SXSW 2026 day parties music fans should show up for What’s South By Southwest (SXSW) without daytime shenanigans? For each year’s SXSW installment, different activations pop up all over the city to bring SX-goers daytime programming befo…

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#livemusic #preview #dayparty #SXSW
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OUT NOW: #SXSW2026 BUZZ BANDS part II... Side Note: GAHD I can't wait to see Nug perform #truestory

Live music preview: Six more buzz bands to see at SXSW 2026 The 2026 South By Southwest (SXSW) music festival is days away. The roster of music festival artists can seem overwhelming at first glance. With a lineup that can satisfy every kind of music lover,…

NEW - Live music preview: Six more buzz bands to see at @sxsw.com 2026 thecosmicclash.com/2026/03/10/l...
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#buzzbands #livemusic #preview #SXSW

SXSW 2026 We’ll find the best unofficial parties and link their show posters to RSVP or ticket links where we can on this page. As always, tip your bar staff, buy merch from artists and be courteous an…

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Video premiere: SoundMass releases new single, prepares for SXSW 2026 shows On March 14, SoundMass will gather at The 13th Floor for Cosmic Plants Clash IV, the SXSW day party our publication and Play to the Plants has produced at the venue the past four years. We’ve…

NEW MUSIC - Video premiere: SoundMass (my education + Theta Naught) releases new single, prepares for @sxsw.com 2026 shows thecosmicclash.com/2026/03/03/v...
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#SoundMass #video #premiere #newmusic #postrock #SXSW

In memoriam: We lost Adam Morehead of The Cavalier so we’re having a block party I think when a person passes, how those in their wake tell their stories is an important, but telling way to show how much that person impacted their lives. Recently, Adam Morehead, one of the owne…

NEW - In memoriam: We lost Adam Morehead of The Cavalier so we're having a block party thecosmicclash.com/2026/03/05/i...
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✏️'s: @robertdean.bskyverified.social
#eulogy #Austin #SXSW #RIPAdamMorehead

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Live music preview: Six buzz bands to see at SXSW 2026 The 2026 edition of South By Southwest (SXSW) is fast approaching with the festival running March 12-18. The list of acts making their way to Austin for the seven-day music festival spans multiple …

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#livemusic #preview #buzzbands #SXSW

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