SXSW 2024: Round 1 Artists Announcement

149 artists announced for SXSW 2024!

Aleighcia Scott (Cardiff UK-WALES)
alyona alyona (Kyiv UKRAINE)
Ariel & The Culture (Dallas TX)
Arielle Soucy (Montreal CANADA)
ASHY (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
ÄTNA (Berlin GERMANY)
Azahriah (Budapest HUNGARY)
BALTHVS (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
Bathe Alone (Atlanta GA)
Bay Ledges (Portland ME)
Beharie (Sandnes NORWAY)
Benét (Brooklyn NY)
Birthday Girl (Brooklyn NY)
Bisa Kdei (Accra GHANA)
Blood (Philadelphia PA)
BODEGA (New York NY)
Boogey The Beat (Winnipeg CANADA)
Candeleros (Madrid SPAIN)
C.Diab (Vancouver CANADA)
Cecilia Castleman (Franklin TN)
CHAII (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Chiedu Oraka (Hull UK-ENGLAND)
Coach Party (Newport UK-ENGLAND)
Cool Sounds (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Cosmo Pyke (London UK-ENGLAND)
cumgirl8 (New York NY)
DENDÊ & BAND (Salvador BRAZIL)
Desire (Los Angeles CA)
Dry Cleaning (London UK-ENGLAND)
Dylan Gossett (Austin TX)
Ebi Soda (London UK-ENGLAND)
Edan Archer (Gainesville FL)
El Combo Oscuro (Austin TX)
Elijah Johnston (Atlanta GA)
Faux Real (Los Angeles CA)
Fieh (Toten NORWAY)
Fire EX. (Kaohsiung TAIWAN)
fuvk (Austin TX)
Georgia Gets By (Nelson NEW ZEALAND)
Gia Ford (Sheffield UK-ENGLAND)
Giovannie & The Hired Guns (Stephenville TX)
Girl and Girl (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
Glare (Mcallen TX)
Glue Trip (São Paulo BRAZIL)
Godcaster (Brooklyn NY)
greek (Martinsville VA)
Half Dream (Austin TX)
Heffner (Athens GA)
Hello Mary (Brooklyn NY)
Hermanos Gutiérrez (Zurich SWITZERLAND)
Hinds (Madrid SPAIN)
Holiday Ghosts (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
HONESTY (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
Horse Jumper of Love (Boston MA)
Hot Garbage (Toronto CANADA)
HotWax (Hastings UK-ENGLAND)
Housekeys (Fort Worth TX)
Housewife (Toronto CANADA)
iogi (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)
Islet (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Jazzbois (Budapest HUNGARY)
Joe King Carrasco (Austin TX)
Kam Franklin (Houston TX)
Karl Vento (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
Kassa Overall (Seattle WA)
Kelz (Westminster CA)
Kibi James (Atlanta GA)
Kiwi Jr. (Toronto CANADA)
Kyra (London UK-ENGLAND)
La Sécurité (Montreal CANADA)
Le Couleur (Montreal CANADA)
The Life (New York NY)
Lika Nova (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
Lip Critic (New York NY)
Little Mazarn (Austin TX)
Living Hour (Winnipeg CANADA)
Lo Moon (Los Angeles CA)
Lord Friday The 13th (Austin TX)
Los Premios (Valencia SPAIN)
Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys (Berlin GERMANY)
Luge (Toronto CANADA)
Malice K (New York NY)
Mama Duke (Austin TX)
Mamalarky (Atlanta GA)
Marem Ladson (Galicia SPAIN)
Maria Chiara Argirò (Rome ITALY)
Maura Weaver (Cincinnati OH)
Mei Semones (Brooklyn NY)
Middle Sattre (Austin TX)
Miller Campbell (Bigfork MT)
Mim Jensen (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
Minimal Schlager (Berlin GERMANY)
Miss Kaninna (Bruny Island AUSTRALIA)
Modern Woman (London UK-ENGLAND)
Mong Tong (Taipei TAIWAN)
Moritz Simon Geist (Dresden GERMANY)
mui zyu (London UK-ENGLAND)
Nabihah Iqbal (London UK-ENGLAND)
Neptune’s Core (Chicago IL)
NEWDAD (Galway IRELAND)
OH HE DEAD (Washington DC)
Omar S (Detroit MI)
orbit (Achim GERMANY)
ORION (Providence RI)
Otto Aday (Ferndale UK-WALES)
Paisley Fields (Brooklyn NY)
Pauli The PSM (London UK-ENGLAND)
Peach Luffe (Toronto CANADA)
Pehuenche (Xalapa MEXICO)
PHILMON LEE (Atlanta GA)
Phony (Los Angeles CA)
The Pink Stones (Athens GA)
Pons (Brooklyn NY)
porij (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Psymon Spine (Brooklyn NY)
Rawayana (Caracas VENEZUELA)
Reality Club (Jakarta INDONESIA)
Red Axes (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)
Reilly Downes (Bandera TX)
Richard Spaven (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sam Tudor (Gavin Lake CANADA)
Sarah Klang (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
Sarah Morrison (Tallahassee FL)
semiwestern (Rockwall TX)
Sen Morimoto (Chicago IL)
Shelf Lives (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Silver Lines (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND)
Smut (Chicago IL)
Sorry Girls (Montreal CANADA)
Spencer Thomas (Athens GA)
Spyres (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Subsonic Eye (Singapore SINGAPORE)
Tagua Tagua (São Paulo BRAZIL)
TAUK (Oyster Bay NY)
Teethe (Dallas TX)
Telula (New York NY)
They Are Gutting A Body Of Water (Philadelphia PA)
Tomato Flower (Baltimore MD)
Tough On Fridays (Georgetown TX)
Tramhaus (Rotterdam NETHERLANDS)
Uma (Barcelona SPAIN)
Usted Señalemelo (Mendoza ARGENTINA)
Viji (London UK-ENGLAND)
waterbaby (Stockholm SWEDEN)
West Texas Exiles (Austin TX)
Winona Fighter (Nashville TN)
Winona Forever (Vancouver CANADA)
Wolves of Glendale (Glendale CA)
zzzahara (Los Angeles CA)

SXSW 2024: Round 1 Artists Announcement was originally published on Music Felon

SXSW 2023: Round 3 Artists Announcement

Today’s Round 3 announcement includes more than 300 artists.

81355 (Indianapolis IN)
1st Base Runner (Austin TX)
9m88 (Taipei TAIWAN)
The Accidentals (Nashville TN)
Adrienne Mack-Davis (Rochester NY)
Afrotronix (Ndjamena CHAD)
Aguava (Chapel Hill NC)
AIDA (San Francisco CA)
AJ Smith (Nashville TN)
Alexandra Whittingham (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Alexia Bomtempo (Brooklyn NY)
Al Lover (Los Angeles CA)
Amra (Ulaanbaatar MONGOLIA)
Andrew Cashen (Austin TX)
Annabelle Chairlegs (Austin TX)
Anwan “Big G” Glover (Washington DC)
Arya (Milan ITALY)
Ashli (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Aubrey Haddard (Queens NY)
Austin Unconducted (Austin TX)
Ava Maybee (Los Angeles CA)
AyseDeniz Gokcin (Los Angeles CA)
Baba Kuboye (Dallas TX)
The Bad Ends (Athens GA)
Bailen (New York NY)
Banditos (Nashville TN)
Barrie (Ipswich MA)
Beks (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
Belén Cuturi (Montevideo URUGUAY)
Bial Hclap (Guadalajara MEXICO)
Big Mountain County (Rome ITALY)
Big Special (Walsall UK-ENGLAND)
Big zeeks (London UK-ENGLAND)
Bitch (Los Angeles CA)
Blacklist (New York NY)
Blaketheman1000 (New York NY)
Blvck Hippie (Memphis TN)
Bodywash (Montreal QC)
BÖNDBREAKR (Austin TX)
The Boneshakers (Los Angeles CA)
Bonny Doon (Detroit MI)
BOYO (Los Angeles CA)
Brandt Brauer Frick (Berlin GERMANY)
Brass-A-Holics (New Orleans LA)
Brekky Boy (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Brendan Abernathy (Atlanta GA)
The Bright Light Social Hour (Austin TX)
Brigitte Calls Me Baby (Chicago IL)
Brixx (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND)
Broken Gold (Austin TX)
Buenos Diaz (Austin TX)
Caballo Prieto Azabache (Madrid SPAIN)
Calder Allen (Austin TX)
Call Me Spinster (Chattanooga TN)
Caramelo Haze (Austin TX)
Caravanchela (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
Casey Neill & The Norway Rats (Portland OR)
Catherine Moan (Philadelphia PA)
Causeway (Boise ID)
Cecilia and The Broken Hearts (Austin TX)
Charlotte Rose Benjamin (Brooklyn NY)
ChihiroYamazaki＋ROUTE14band (Kawasaki JAPAN)
Chris “Rapper Dude” Black (Washington DC)
Clarence Ward III & Dat Feel Good (Baltimore MD)
Club Intl. (New York NY)
Coco & Clair Clair (Atlanta GA)
Colin Houlihan’s Utopia Quartet (Austin TX)
Como Las Movies (Austin TX)
Cotton Mather (Austin TX)
Couch Prints (New York NY)
Crank Caviar (Washington DC)
Curse Mackey (Austin TX)
DADDY LONG LEGS (New York NY)
Dale Watson (Austin TX)
Daniel Brandt (Berlin GERMANY)
Daniel Fears (Austin TX)
David Wax Museum (Charlottesville VA)
Dawn Avenue (Mexico City MEXICO)
The Dead Coats (Austin TX)
Dea Matrona (Belfast IRELAND)
DEAN FOREVER (Prospect AUSTRALIA)
Debby Friday (Toronto ON)
The Debtors (Lafayette LA)
Deca (New York NY)
DEETRANADA (Baltimore MD)
Dende (Houston TX)
Desire (Palm Springs CA)
The Deslondes (New Orleans LA)
Devon Thompson (Los Angeles CA)
Diana Burco (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
Dippers (Naarm AUSTRALIA)
DJ Ace (London UK-ENGLAND)
DJ_Dave (New York NY)
dj poolboi (Austin TX)
Dr. Pushkin (Bolgatanga GHANA)
Drama Club (Brooklyn NY)
Dresage (Los Angeles CA)
Dumbo Gets Mad (Reggio Emilia ITALY)
Dutch Criminal Record (Portsmouth UK-ENGLAND)
Eichlers (Oakland CA)
EKKSTACY (Vancouver BC)
Elephant Gym (Kaohsiung TAIWAN)
El Gran Poder De Diosa (Santo Domingo DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
El Hula featuring Blair Jollands and Rose Spearman (London UK-ENGLAND)
El Laberinto del Coco (San Juan PUERTO RICO)
Emily Nenni (Nashville TN)
Emma Worley (Toronto ON)
Enzo Baruffaldi (Bologna ITALY)
Esther Abrami (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Fabio Rojas (Queens NY)
Felix Fast4ward (Englewood CO)
Fionn (White Rock BC)
Flamingosis (New York NY)
Frankie Rose (Brooklyn NY)
Frank “Scooby” Sirius (Washington DC)
Friko (Chicago IL)
frogi (Los Angeles CA)
Fuck Money (Austin TX)
Fuse (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
GeeXella (Jacksonville FL)
Gen and the Degenerates (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Georgia Harmer (Toronto ON)
Geto Gala featuring Jake Lloyd & Deezie Brown (Austin TX)
GIUNGLA (Milan ITALY)
Go_A (Kyiv UKRAINE)
Goodnight, Texas (San Francisco CA)
GOON (Los Angeles CA)
Guido Spannocchi (London UK-ENGLAND)
Haley Blais (Vancouver BC)
Half Dream (Austin TX)
Hansom Éli (Montreal QC)
Hans Pucket (Wellington NEW ZEALAND)
Heavy Salad (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Hello Mary (Brooklyn NY)
Holiday Sidewinder (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Homeboy Sandman (Queens NY)
Honeyglaze (London UK-ENGLAND)
Hope D (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
Humour (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Husbands (Oklahoma City OK)
ill peach (Los Angeles CA)
Immersion (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
INFAMOUSIZAK (London UK-ENGLAND)
Irene Diaz (Los Angeles CA)
Isabella Lovestory (Tegucigalpa HONDURAS)
Jack Barksdale (Fort Worth TX)
Jackie Mendoza (San Diego CA)
Jaime Wyatt (Nashville TN)
Jake Blount (Providence RI)
James Vickery (London UK-ENGLAND)
Jamz Supernova (London UK-ENGLAND)
Jane Leo (Austin TX)
JaRon Marshall (Austin TX)
Jason D. Williams (Memphis TN)
Jeff Lofton (Austin TX)
Jesse Jo Stark (Los Angeles CA)
J Güero (Santiago CHILE)
Jhoniván y su Cumbia Loop (Monterrey MEXICO)
J-Live (New York NY)
J. Navarro & The Traitors (Detroit MI)
Jonathan Suazo (Quincy MA)
Jon Muq (Austin TX)
JOON (Dingli MALTA)
Joshua Hedley (Nashville TN)
J. Serrato (Austin TX)
J Soulja (Austin TX)
Juani Mustard (Rancagua CHILE)
Julianna Riolino (St. Catharines ON)
Kaia Kater (Montreal QC)
Kami Lyle (Cape Cod MA)
Karen Jonas (Fredericksburg VA)
Karen Y Los Remedios (Guanajuato MEXICO)
Kash’d Out (Orlando FL)
K-efe (Santiago CHILE)
Kelley Mickwee (Austin TX)
Kibi James (Atlanta GA)
Killer Mike (Atlanta GA)
Konrad Wert/Possessed by Paul James (Kerrville TX)
Kristeen Young (New York NY)
La Marimba (Santo Domingo DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
Lara Price (Austin TX)
Larry Seaman (Austin TX)
La Sécurité (Montreal QC)
Laura Pérez (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
Le Fou (San Francisco CA)
Lesibu Grand (Atlanta GA)
Letón Pé (Santo Domingo DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
Lifeguard (Chicago IL)
Lil Texxan (Dallas TX)
Lisa Morales (Austin TX)
Lizzie & The Makers (Brooklyn NY)
Locate S,1 (Athens GA)
LOKRE (Toronto ON)
Lola Tried (Austin TX)
Lonesome Dave Fisher (Baltimore MD)
Loose Articles (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Lorena Blume (Lima PERU)
lovetempo (Brooklyn NY)
LÜCY (Taipei TAIWAN)
Maiya The Don (Brooklyn NY)
Majozi (Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA)
Manny Walters (Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA)
Mass Minor (Austin TX)
Mauskovic Dance Band (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
McKinley Dixon (Chicago IL)
M Field (London UK-ENGLAND)
Michigander (Nashville TN)
Militarie Gun (Los Angeles CA)
The Minks (Nashville TN)
Miss Grit (New York NY)
Model/Actriz (New York NY)
Monophonicos (Barranquilla COLOMBIA)
Moody Bank$ (Austin TX)
Moon Kissed (New York NY)
Moses Rockwell (Rochester NY)
Motherhood (Fredericton NB)
MOTHERMARY (Los Angeles CA)
Muck and the Mires (Boston MA)
my education (Austin TX)
Nanocluster [Immersion + Thor Harris] (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas (Lafayette LA)
Nat Vazer (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
NEEVE (Heilbronn GERMANY)
Nemegata (Austin TX)
New Order (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Neysa Blay (Cabo Rojo PUERTO RICO)
Night Glitter (Austin TX)
Nitefire (Los Angeles CA)
NOISY (Worthing UK-ENGLAND)
November Rose (Atlanta GA)
Ojerime (London UK-ENGLAND)
OKAN (Toronto ON)
O Tortuga (Mexico City MEXICO)
Patriarchy (Los Angeles CA)
Patricia Vonne (Austin TX)
Peelander-Z (Austin TX)
Peel Dream Magazine (Los Angeles CA)
Peter One (Nashville TN)
PINES (Adelaide AUSTRALIA)
Piquete (Santurce PUERTO RICO)
PJ Sin Suela (Ponce PUERTO RICO)
Porcelain (Austin TX)
Primer (Los Angeles CA)
Protomartyr (Detroit MI)
Rainbow Chan (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Rakky Ripper (Granada SPAIN)
Ramona (Tijuana MEXICO)
Ramon Chicharron (Montreal QC)
RANJ x Clifr (Bangalore INDIA)
Ratboys (Chicago IL)
Redbud (Austin TX)
Rich Aucoin (Halifax NS)
Rikas (Stuttgart GERMANY)
River Boy (Fitzroy North AUSTRALIA)
Robert Ellis (Houston TX)
Rodeo Boys (Lansing MI)
Roosevelt [DJ Set] (Cologne GERMANY)
R Tyler (San Francisco CA)
Ryan Cassata (Los Angeles CA)
Sabrina Ellis (Austin TX)
Sabrina Song (Brooklyn NY)
Sans Soucis (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sara Curruchich (San Juan Comalapa, Chhimaltenango GUATEMALA)
Satya (Oakland CA)
Savannah Ré (Toronto ON)
Scout Gillett (Kansas City MO)
Sea Moya (Cologne GERMANY)
Seán Barna (Philadelphia PA)
Semihelix (Austin TX)
Sevyn (Los Angeles CA)
The Sewing Club (Nashville TN)
Shaina Hayes (Montreal QC)
Shaylee (Portland OR)
Shelly Fairchild (Nashville TN)
Shoeb Ahmad (Canberra AUSTRALIA)
Shred Flintstone (Jersey City NJ)
Side Effect (Yangon MYANMAR)
SiNNER MOON (Taipei TAIWAN)
SIPHO (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND)
Sir Woman (Austin TX)
Softee (Brooklyn NY)
Sophia Sanborn (San Francisco CA)
Soran (Montreal QC)
space (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Sports Team (London UK-ENGLAND)
Steve’n’Seagulls (Jyväskylä FINLAND)
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys (Lafayette LA)
Strange Ranger (New York NY)
Summer Dean (Fort Worth TX)
Sunny War (Nashville TN)
Superfónicos (Austin TX)
Tangerine Dream (Berlin GERMANY)
Tangowhiskyman (Santo Domingo DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
Teenage Joans (Adelaide AUSTRALIA)
Teethe (Dallas TX)
THEBROSFRESH (Baton Rouge LA)
Thee Sacred Souls (San Diego CA)
Then Comes Silence (Stockholm SWEDEN)
They Are Gutting A Body Of Water (Philadelphia PA)
Thor Harris (Austin TX)
THUS LOVE (Brattleboro VT)
TiaCorine (Winston-Salem NC)
Totalement Sublime (Montreal QC)
Town Mountain (Asheville NC)
Tropa Mágica (Los Angeles CA)
Trucha Soul (Austin TX)
True Body (Richmond VA)
Tuyo (São Paulo BRAZIL)
Twain (Austin TX)
Tylor & the Train Robbers (Boise ID)
unÁnima (San Juan PUERTO RICO)
Up Around The Sun (Austin TX)
Upstrz (Minneapolis MN)
Urban Heat (Austin TX)
Venbee (Chatham UK-ENGLAND)
Veronica Fusaro (Thun SWITZERLAND)
The Virginia Valley (Medellín COLOMBIA)
Virginie B (Montreal QC)
Vision Video (Athens GA)
VivaOla (Setagaya JAPAN)
Warren Hood (Austin TX)
Water Damage (Austin TX)
Weensey (Washington DC)
Wez Atlas (Oita JAPAN)
Yaw Appiah (Los Angeles CA)
Yung D3mz (Tema GHANA)

SXSW 2023: Round 3 Artists Announcement was originally published on Music Felon

The Front Bottoms, 12/2/2022, Emo’s, Austin, Photos – Write-up

Written by Bang Ho

Living in Austin, we get spoiled quite often, but what a treat it was for The Front Bottoms to kick off their “Road to the Champagne Jam 2022 Tour” at Emo’s.  The band core consists of Brian Sella on vocals/electric acoustic guitar and drummer Matt Uychich with other band members varying when touring.  On this tour, they were joined by members on keys, electric guitar, and bass.  The show was riveting from start to finish, with songs that ranged from folk-punk to indie rock and the live debut of “new song d.”  The songs ranged from punk thrashy to dancey to somber with masterful ease with Sella at the helm with songs evoking different emotions that seemed to connect everyone in attendance.  It’s hard to tell which songs the crowd loved best as they sang along to every song, but it’s very likely Twin Size Mattress, Peace Sign, or West Virginia. The set was longer than the past two Austin shows with 22 songs with an encore that started apropos with the final firework of summer “Grand Finale.”

The Front Bottoms, 12/2/2022, Emo’s, Austin, Photos – Write-up was originally published on Music Felon

SXSW 2023: Round 2 Artists Announcement

Today’s Round 2 announcement includes more than 300 artists.

7ebra (Malmö SWEDEN)
Abracadabra (Oakland CA)
Adwaith (Carmarthen UK-WALES)
Air Waves (Brooklyn NY)
ALASKALASKA (London UK-ENGLAND)
Ambré (New Orleans LA)
Anastasia Coope (Cold Spring NY)
Andrea Magee (Austin TX)
Andrew Farriss (Barraba AUSTRALIA)
Annie Blackman (Brooklyn NY)
Annie Hamilton (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Aoife Nessa Frances (Dublin IRELAND)
Ask Carol (Auma NORWAY)
ÄTNA (Dresden GERMANY)
Augustine (Stockholm SWEDEN)
Ava Vegas (Berlin GERMANY)
Aysanabee (Toronto CANADA)
Balaklava Blues (Toronto CANADA)
BALTHVS (Bogota COLOMBIA)
Begonia (Winnipeg CANADA)
Bellah (London UK-ENGLAND)
Bella White (Calgary CANADA)
Bells Larsen (Montreal CANADA)
be your own PET (Nashville TN)
Big Cream (Bologna ITALY)
Big Wy’s Brass Band (Austin TX)
Bilk (Essex UK-ENGLAND)
Billy King & The Bad Bad Bad (Austin TX)
Blxckie (Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA)
Bona Fide (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Boy Golden (Winnipeg CANADA)
Brad stank (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Brittany Davis (Maple Valley WA)
Caleb De Casper (Austin TX)
Camilla George (London UK-ENGLAND)
Candeleros (Madrid SPAIN)
The Carolyn (Atlanta GA)
Carver Commodore (Florence AL)
Casey Lowry (Chesterfield UK-ENGLAND)
Catbite (Philadelphia PA)
CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE (Tokyo JAPAN)
Cheekface (Los Angeles CA)
CHERYM (Derry UK-N. IRELAND)
Chickasaw Mudd Puppies (Athens GA)
Child Seat (Los Angeles CA)
Christopher Brown (Mamaroneck NY)
Cimarron615 (Nashville TN)
CIVIC (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Cloudland Canyon (Memphis TN)
CODY JON (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
The Color Brown (Carolina PUERTO RICO)
Constant Smiles (Ridgewood NY)
Corook (Nashville TN)
The Courettes (Mariager DENMARK)
cowboyy (Portsmouth UK-ENGLAND)
Coyle Girelli (New York NY)
DAIISTAR (Austin TX)
Dana Gillespie (London UK-ENGLAND)
Dan Davidson (Edmonton CANADA)
Daniel Villarreal (Chicago IL)
DAT GARCIA (Monte Grande ARGENTINA)
Death Valley Girls (Los Angeles CA)
deca joins (Taipei TAIWAN)
Decent Criminal (Santa Rosa CA)
Del Castillo (Austin TX)
DESTA FRENCH (London UK-ENGLAND)
Dhruv Sangari and The National Sufi Ensemble (Washington DC)
Diatom Deli (Taos NM)
Disco Doom (Zurich SWITZERLAND)
Dream Wife (London UK-ENGLAND)
El Combo Oscuro (Austin TX)
Elephant Sessions (Inverness UK-SCOTLAND)
English Teacher (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
Enjoyable Listens (Oxford UK-ENGLAND)
Enumclaw (Tacoma WA)
Estereomance (El Paso TX)
Esther Rose (New Orleans LA)
Evan Bartels (Tobias NE)
Fake Fruit (Oakland CA)
Fergus McCreadie (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Floodlights (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Foley (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Font (Austin TX)
Fonteyn (Salt Lake City UT)
The Foreign Resort (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Fotocrime (Louisville KY)
Fraud Perry (Montreal CANADA)
Frost Children (New York NY)
Future Crib (Nashville TN)
Garrett T. Capps & NASA Country (San Antonio TX)
The Garrys (Saskatoon CANADA)
Gay Meat (Wilmington NC)
Georgia Lines (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Geskle (Worcester MA)
GEWALT (Berlin GERMANY)
GIRLI (London UK-ENGLAND)
Girl Scout (Stockholm SWEDEN)
THE GOA EXPRESS (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Gold Fang (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Good Looks (Austin TX)
GracieHorse (Los Angeles CA)
Graham Reynolds (Austin TX)
Graham Reynolds & The Golden Arm Trio (Austin TX)
Gus Englehorn (Montreal CANADA)
Hamish Hawk (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
THE HARA (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Heartworms (London UK-ENGLAND)
Hembree (Kansas City KS)
HIEN (Budapest HUNGARY)
Holly Montgomery (Falls Church VA)
Housekeys (Fort Worth TX)
Huntly (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
The Hypochondriacs (Fredericton CANADA)
Igor Grohotsky (Kyiv UKRAINE)
Iona Zajac (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
IOTA PHI (Athens GREECE)
Ishmael Ensemble (Bristol UK-ENGLAND)
IST IST (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Jake Whiskin (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
JayWood (Winnipeg CANADA)
Jaz Karis (London UK-ENGLAND)
JER (Gainesville FL)
Jessica Winter (London UK-ENGLAND)
JM Stevens (Austin TX)
Johnny Chops (Austin TX)
Júlia Colom (Valldemossa SPAIN)
July Talk (Toronto CANADA)
Junk Drawer (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND)
Kadeem Tyrell (London UK-ENGLAND)
KALLITECHNIS (Montreal CANADA)
Kalpee (Lange Park TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO)
Kalu & The Electric Joint (Austin TX)
Kate Davis (Frederick MD)
Katie Toupin (Lexington KY)
Katy Rea (Brooklyn NY)
KAZKA (Kyiv UKRAINE)
Kid Bookie (London UK-ENGLAND)
Kill Lincoln (Washington DC)
Kindsight (Copenhagen DENMARK)
KING STINGRAY (Nhulunbuy AUSTRALIA)
KOKO (Pesaro ITALY)
Koleżanka (Brooklyn NY)
La Paloma (Madrid SPAIN)
Larkins (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Laszlo and the Hidden Strength (New York, NY)
Lauren Ann (Newry UK-N. IRELAND)
Laveda (Albany NY)
The Lemon Twigs (Long Island NY)
Lil Cherry & GOLDBUUDA (SAUCE CARTEL) (SAUCE CARTEL)
Lime Garden (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
LÓN (Reykjavík ICELAND)
Lontalius (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Lorelei K (Dallas TX)
Low Island (Oxford UK-ENGLAND)
Luna Luna (Dallas TX)
Maestro Espada (Murcia SPAIN)
Mandy, Indiana (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Manwolves (Chicago IL)
Marcus Joseph (Leicester UK-ENGLAND)
Mariel Buckley (Calgary CANADA)
Marshall Hood (Austin TX)
Mary Scholz (Los Angeles CA)
Mauvey (Vancouver CANADA)
MEERNAA (Oakland CA)
Mexico City Heartbreak (Los Angeles CA)
Micah Edwards (Houston TX)
Miranda and the Beat (Brooklyn NY)
Mnelia (London UK-ENGLAND)
Moon Panda (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Moriah Bailey (Oklahoma City OK)
Mustangs Of The West (Los Angeles CA)
Mya Byrne (Oakland CA)
Natalie Shay (London UK-ENGLAND)
Nathan Graham (Chicago IL)
Night Tapes (London UK-ENGLAND)
Noah And The Loners (London UK-ENGLAND)
Normal Echo (Vancouver CANADA)
Obongjayar (Calabar NIGERIA)
Oracle Sisters (Paris FRANCE)
OSEES (Los Angeles CA)
otay:onii (Haining CHINA)
Otis Wilkins (Austin TX)
Painted Shield (Seattle WA)
Palehound (Brooklyn NY)
Paraísos (Barranquilla COLOMBIA)
Party Dozen (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Patrick Holland (Montreal CANADA)
Peach Luffe (Toronto CANADA)
Pearl & the Oysters (Los Angeles CA)
Pearl Earl (Los Angeles CA)
PENDANT (Los Angeles CA)
Personal Trainer (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
Philine Sonny (Bochum GERMANY)
Pink Nasty Meets El Cento (Austin TX)
The Pink Stones (Athens GA)
Plastic Picnic (Brooklyn NY)
The Pleasure Majenta (Berlin GERMANY)
Pleasure Venom (Austin TX)
Poison Ruin (Philadelphia PA)
Pol (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
Poppy Jean Crawford (Los Angeles CA)
popsiclestickairport (Gilbert AZ)
POSTDATA (Halifax CANADA)
Prim (Modena ITALY)
Prima Queen (London UK-ENGLAND)
Primo the Alien (Austin TX)
Public Body (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Puppy Angst (Philadelphia PA)
Queen Millz (Leicester UK-ENGLAND)
Rae Fitzgerald (Columbia MO)
Redolent (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
Reilly Downes (Bandera TX)
Renée Reed (Lafayette LA)
Rett Smith (Austin TX)
Revenge Wife (Manchester NH)
Rhinestone Pickup Truck (Asheville NC)
Rinse & Repeat (Los Angeles CA)
Roanoke (Nashville TN)
Rob Cannillo (Florida NY)
Rock Eupora (Nashvlle TN)
Rod Gatort (Austin TX)
Rogê (Rio De Janeiro BRAZIL)
Roots From The Clay (Katy TX)
Rose’s Pawn Shop (Los Angeles CA)
Rosier (Montreal CANADA)
Ryan Pollie (Los Angeles CA)
sadie (Brooklyn NY)
SAFER (Brooklyn NY)
Salarymen (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Schatzi (Austin TX)
The Scratch (Dublin IRELAND)
Shae Universe (Watford UK-ENGLAND)
Shanghai Baby (Madrid SPAIN)
Shooks (Austin TX)
Shutups (Oakland CA)
Skye Wallace (Toronto CANADA)
S.L. Houser (Austin TX)
Snooper (Nashville TN)
Snotty Nose Rez Kids (Kitimat CANADA)
Sobs (Singapore SINGAPORE)
Solar Eyes (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND)
Sorcha Richardson (Dublin IRELAND)
Sorry Mom (New York NY)
South For Winter (Nashville TN)
SpivOberta (Dobropillia UKRAINE)
Spllit (Baton Rouge LA)
S. Raekwon (New York NY)
Stacey Ryan (Vaudreuil-Dorion CANADA)
Stoneburner (Baltimore MD)
Strawberry Guy (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Sunday Cruise (Chicago IL)
Sunflower Bean (New York NY)
Super Plage (Montréal CANADA)
SURMA (Leiria PORTUGAL)
Sweeping Promises (Lawrence KS)
Sword II (Atlanta GA)
Talia Goddess (Brooklyn NY)
Tami Neilson (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Tayls (Nashville TN)
The Tender Things (Austin TX)
Thala (Berlin GERMANY)
Theodore (Athens GREECE)
THICK (Brooklyn NY)
Thin Lear (Waldwick NJ)
Thor & Friends (Austin TX)
The Tiarras (Austin TX)
TITA (Guatemala City GUATEMALA)
Tokio Myers (London UK-ENGLAND)
Tribe Friday (Örebro SWEDEN)
Trouble in The Streets (Austin TX)
Truth Club (Raleigh NC)
T. Thomason (Halifax CANADA)
Tufan Derince (Diyarbakir TURKEY)
Tulliah (Mornington Peninsula AUSTRALIA)
TUSHAR (Adelaide AUSTRALIA)
TVOD (Brooklyn NY)
TYSON (London UK-ENGLAND)
Ulysses Wells (Isle Of Wight UK-ENGLAND)
UNI and The Urchins (New York NY)
Vanille (Montreal CANADA)
Venus Twins (Brooklyn NY)
Viper Club (Phoenix AZ)
VLURE (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Voka Gentle (Stroud UK-ENGLAND)
VooCha (Melissa E. Logan / Chicks on Speed) w/ Gaisma & Yohanna Logan (Berlin GERMANY)
Warmduscher (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Waymores (Atlanta GA)
We Are The Union (Los Angeles CA)
The Wends (Turin ITALY)
West Texas Exiles (Austin TX)
Winona Forever (Vancouver CANADA)
Woodes (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
The XCERTS (Aberdeen UK-SCOTLAND)
XENZU (Beijing CHINA)
Yacko & Tuan Tigabelas (Jakarta Selatan INDONESIA)
YAYOI DAIMON (Osaka JAPAN)
You Said Strange (Giverny FRANCE)
Youth Sector (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
YU-KA (Tokyo JAPAN)
The Zombies (St. Albans UK-ENGLAND)
zzzahara (Los Angeles CA)

SXSW 2023: Round 2 Artists Announcement was originally published on Music Felon

Voxtrot, 11/11-12/2022, Mohawk, Austin, Photos – Write-up

Written by Noel Webber and Photos by Bang Ho

“Jared’s jacket is going on sale for $500,” Ramesh Srivastava quipped after the band was informed their merchandise had sold out halfway through their second night of playing at Mohawk in Austin. Voxtrot’s reunion tour after a 12-year hiatus was greeted with excitement from both old and new fans. Despite an unusually frigid 40-degree night, a full crowd of old friends, locals, and travelers from places like North Carolina packed the floors of the outdoor venue. The electric atmosphere was exceeded by the energy of the band. Opening with “Introduction” from their self-titled album, Ramesh, Matt, Mitch, Jared, and Jason entered the stage with smiles that rarely waned during the show. Voxtrot then launched into their diverse repertoire ranging from indie-pop tunes like “Raised by Wolves” to the heavier alt-rock tune, “Kid Gloves”. As Ramesh switched places from playing guitar to piano, the rest of the band satirically improvised a slow, jazzy interlude (it was actually smooth) that led into “Ghost”. Ramesh recounted his and Voxtrot’s rise, struggles, and learnings so closely associated with the transition from hopeful youth to sobered, sometimes melancholy adulthood as he introduced “Steven” and other songs. Bolstering the poignant nostalgia, Jennifer Moore, who had contributed to their early work, came onstage to add crisp harmony to “Long Haul”. The regular set ended with the catchy, dance-inspiring tunes of “The Start of Something” and “Wrecking Force” before the band introduced its encore set with “Warmest Part of the Winter” again joined by Jennifer Moore. Before ending their show with two of their oldest songs, “Whiskey” and “Missing Pieces”, band members discussed the thrill of performing on tour and collaborating once again. Though they didn’t tell of any further collaboration after the conclusion of their tour’s final show, I was instilled with a sense of hope that Voxtrot would return to recording new tunes for listeners to enjoy in the coming years.

Voxtrot, 11/11-12/2022, Mohawk, Austin, Photos – Write-up was originally published on Music Felon

Metric, 9/30/2022, ACL Live, Austin, Photos – Write-up

Written and Photos by Bang Ho

Metric had the packed venue enthralled with their thrilling lights and larger-than-life sound for their Doomscroller Tour.  Everything about the show was crisp; the songs, the performance, and the banter were captivating.  The stage was huge but their presence made it feel just right for the four in the band as they played and moved around and included every audience member in the show with a gaze or seemingly personal performance.  They even came together at the center of the stage perfectly posed for a band photo.  They saved Black Sheep for their penultimate song in the encore, to the crowd’s delight.  Metric put on a great show with their perfect unique blend of electronic sound and traditional instruments!

Metric, 9/30/2022, ACL Live, Austin, Photos – Write-up was originally published on Music Felon

SXSW 2023: Round 1 Artists Announcement

Today’s Round 1 announcement includes more than 190 artists.

250 (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Ailbhe Reddy (Dublin IRELAND)
Albertine Sarges (Berlin GERMANY)
Algiers (Atlanta GA)
Alien Tango (London UK-ENGLAND)
Amber Arcades (Utrecht NETHERLANDS)
Anna Salman (Lahore PAKISTAN)
Ariel & The Culture (Dallas TX)
Armani White (Philadelphia PA)
ASHY (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND) Automelodi (Montreal CANADA)
Avalanche Party (Middlesbrough UK-ENGLAND)
Baby; Baby: Explores the Reasons Why That Gum is Still on the Sidewalk (Providence RI)
Balimaya Project (London UK-ENGLAND)
Balming Tiger (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Beatenberg (Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA)
Been Stellar (Brooklyn NY)
Beenzino (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Being Dead (Austin TX)
Beverly Kills (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
Bibi Club (Montreal CANADA)
Big Bill (Austin TX)
BIRTHH (Florence ITALY)
bj wnjn (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Blondshell (Los Angeles CA)
Bloomsday (Brooklyn NY)
Bones and Jones (Geelong AUSTRALIA)
Brighde Chaimbeul (Isle Of Skye UK-SCOTLAND)
Cafuné (Brooklyn NY)
Cailin Russo (San Diego CA)
Campfire Social (Wrexham UK-WALES)
The Chairs (Taiwan TAIWAN)
Chief Cleopatra (Austin TX)
Chiiild (Montreal CANADA)
Choses Sauvages (Montreal CANADA)
CHROMA (Pontypridd UK-WALES)
Coach Party (Newport UK-ENGLAND)
Colin Gilmore (Austin TX)
Constant Follower (Stirling UK-SCOTLAND)
Crawlers (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Criibaby (San Francisco CA)
Darling West (Oslo NORWAY)
Data Animal (Berlin GERMANY)
Dead Gowns (Portland ME)
Dead Pony (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Death And Vanilla (Malmö SWEDEN)
Demob Happy (Newcastle Upon Tyne UK-ENGLAND)
Die Spitz (Austin TX)
Disq (Madison WI)
DoomCannon (London UK-ENGLAND)
Dream, Ivory (Lake Elsinore CA)
DYGL (Tokyo JAPAN)
Edie Bens (Swansea UK-WALES)
ena mori (Parañque PHILIPPINES)
Exit Kid (London UK-ENGLAND)
Far Caspian (Enniskillen IRELAND)
Fat Tony (Houston TX)
Flowerkid (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
foamboy (Portland OR)
Folly Group (London UK-ENGLAND)
Foyer Red (Brooklyn NY)
Fragile Rock (Austin TX)
fuvk (Austin TX)
Germein (Adelaide AUSTRALIA)
Ghouljaboy (Jerez SPAIN)
GHUM (London UK-ENGLAND)
Ginevra Nervi (Rome ITALY)
Gloria de Oliveira (Berlin GERMANY)
Godcaster (New York NY)
The Golden Dregs (London UK-ENGLAND)
Grace Pettis (Nashville TN)
Great Gable (Perth AUSTRALIA)
HARU NEMURI (Yokohama JAPAN)
Hayley Warner (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Helen Ganya (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Her Skin (Modena ITALY)
Hope (Berlin GERMANY)
Housewife (Toronto CANADA)
Iguana Death Cult (Rotterdam NETHERLANDS)
iLe (San Juan PUERTO RICO)
Immaterial Possession (Athens GA)
Izzy Heltai (Boston MA)
Jad Fair and The Placebos (Austin TX)
Jaguar Jonze (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
James and the Cold Gun (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Jane Weaver (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Jazz re:freshed DJ’s (London UK-ENGLAND)
Jealous (Berlin GERMANY)
Jeannel (Berlin GERMANY)
Jembaa Groove (Berlin GERMANY)
JessB (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
JESSWAR (Gold Coast AUSTRALIA)
JEVERSON (Nashville TN)
Jobber (Brooklyn NY)
Julie Doiron (Memramcook CANADA)
Julie Odell (New Orleans LA)
Kalush Orchestra (Kyiv UKRAINE)
Kidd Kenn (Chicago IL)
Kiwi Jr. (Toronto CANADA)
Knifeplay (Philadelphia PA)
Krooked Kings (Salt Lake City UT)
Kym Register (Loamlands) (Durham NC)
Ladaniva (Lille FRANCE)
layzi (Boston MA)
Le Couleur (Montreal CANADA)
Lee Bains + The Glory Fires (Birmingham AL)
Leesuho (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Lemonade Shoelace (Newcastle UK-N. IRELAND)
Letting Up Despite Great Faults (Austin TX)
Living Hour (Winnipeg CANADA)
Lola Brooke (Brooklyn NY)
The Lounge Society (Hebden Bridge UK-ENGLAND)
MANE (Adelaide AUSTRALIA)
Marina Allen (Los Angeles CA)
Max Cooper (London UK-ENGLAND)
Medium Build (Anchorage AK)
Meltt (Vancouver CANADA)
M(h)aol (Dublin IRELAND)
Mightmare (Chapel Hill NC)
milk. (Dublin IRELAND)
modernlove (Drogheda IRELAND)
Moritz Fasbender (Leipzig GERMANY)
MOSES (London UK-ENGLAND)
Mudd the student (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
mui zyu (London UK-ENGLAND)
Mynolia (Berlin GERMANY)
Nadeem Din-Gabisi (London UK-ENGLAND)
NEMOPHILA (Tokyo JAPAN)
N’famady Kouyaté (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Nisa (Brooklyn NY)
NTsKi (Kyoto JAPAN)
Núria Graham (Vic SPAIN)
Omega Sapien (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Orchestra Gold (Oakland CA)
The Orielles (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Orions Belte (Oslo NORWAY)
Otoboke Beaver (Kyoto JAPAN)
Paisley Fields (Brooklyn NY)
Panic Shack (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Pearla (Brooklyn NY)
Pickle Darling (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (Newcastle Upon Tyne UK-ENGLAND)
Plàsi (Stockholm SWEDEN)
Plattenbau (Berlin GERMANY)
poolblood (Toronto CANADA)
Poster Paints (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Quarters of Change (New York NY)
Red Rum Club (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Rett Madison (Los Angeles CA)
Ric Wilson (Chicago IL)
Robocobra Quartet (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND)
Ron Gallo (Philadelphia PA)
Rosie Darling (Boston MA)
RVG (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Saloon Dion (Bristol UK-ENGLAND)
San Saba County (Austin TX)
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers (Chapel Hill NC)
Scorey (Syracuse NY)
Sea Lemon (Seattle WA)
Sego (Los Angeles CA)
Shadow Show (Detroit MI)
Sid Simons (Brooklyn NY)
Silverbacks (Dublin IRELAND)
Smut (Chicago IL)
Snøw (Salem MA)
Somebody’s Child (Dublin IRELAND)
Son Rompe Pera (Naucalpan MEXICO)
Sophia Galaté (Los Angeles CA)
SPARKLING (Cologne GERMANY)
spill tab (Los Angeles CA)
Steam Down (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sug Daniels (Philadelphia PA)
Sweet Pill (Philadelphia PA)
Tamzene (Cromarty UK-ENGLAND)
TC Superstar (Austin TX)
Teenage Halloween (Asbury Park NJ)
Thanya Iyer (Montreal CANADA)
Thao (Oakland CA)
TmbaTa Orchestra (Yerevan ARMENIA)
Tomato Flower (Baltimore MD)
The Trials of Cato (Wrexham UK-WALES)
Tribe Mafia (Austin TX)
The Vices (Groningen NETHERLANDS)
Vox Rea (Vancouver CANADA)
The Wandering Hearts (London UK-ENGLAND)
Warm Human (Chicago IL)
Why Bonnie (Austin TX)
Wynona Bleach (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND)
Yazmin Lacey (London UK-ENGLAND)
Yogetsu Akasaka (Setagaya-Ku JAPAN)
Your Grandparents (Los Angeles CA)

SXSW 2023: Round 1 Artists Announcement was originally published on Music Felon

My Chemical Romance, 9/27/2022, Toyota Center, Houston, Photos

Photos by Bang Ho

My Chemical Romance, 9/27/2022, Toyota Center, Houston, Photos was originally published on Music Felon

The Mountain Goats, 9/16/2022, Paramount Theatre, Austin, Photos – Write-up

The Mountain Goats played an amazing 25-song set at the Paramount Theatre. They rocked the theatre with their signature lo-fi indie rock. The music got the crowd on their feet for the favorites like No Children, Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome, and Heel Turn 2. It was an extraordinary night of live music. Be sure to check out The Mountain Goats!

The Mountain Goats, 9/16/2022, Paramount Theatre, Austin, Photos – Write-up was originally published on Music Felon

The Killers, 9/9/2022, Moody Center, Austin, Write-up

Written by Bang Ho

Photos by @robloud

A Johnny Marr and The Killers double bill is a dream come true.  Johnny and his band started the night with a great mix set.  Of course that included some of The Smith’s songs not only with him reprising his original role in that band on guitar but also taking over vocal duty, some original songs with his new band, and even brought out a song from the supergroup Electronic (Bernard Sumner of New Order and Neil Tennant of Petshop Boys).  Johnny stated the next song was a disco song from Manchester, and played the hit song “Getting Away With It” by Electronic.  The drummer bounced between a standard drum kit and an electronic one.  At one point during the set, Johnny asked the audience if they had any requests and admonished one request stating “sir, that is not one of our songs” to laughter.  Johnny is a wizard on guitar and gave everyone in the crowd exactly what they wanted –a wonderful performance picking effortlessly hard licks so fast on his guitar while also singing.

What more can be said about The Killers than they are not only absolute musicians that have mastered their craft and consummate entertainers that put on a show that brings you to your feet.  The band has been together for just over two decades and their polished show and music reflect that.  The band set out to thrill, and they did right out of the gate with a confetti cannon going on to start the show and two other times during the hit-packed 23-song set.  While the show was a treat for everyone in attendance, one die-hard fan Bryan in a homemade “Killer Drummer” shirt was acknowledged by lead singer Brandon Flowers.  Flowers saw him in the crowd and stated that the band already had a Killer drummer, but relented and let him join the band on stage with drummer Ronnie Vannucci moving to bass guitar (if memory serves) for the song “For Reasons Unknown.”  Flowers joked before starting the song saying, “You know all the stops?  There are a lot of people here, Bryan.”  Bryan had gone to Denver and tried unsuccessfully to play with the band on stage, Flowers later told him they were very tired so they declined.  Luckily for Bryan, the band recognized him and let him on stage this time, and Bryan played perfectly in sync.  The Killers ended a great show with Spaceman and Johnny Marr joining the band on guitar for “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby” and of course the finale “Mr. Brightside.” 

The Killers, 9/9/2022, Moody Center, Austin, Write-up was originally published on Music Felon