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Greg Ackerman
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Editor: The Cosmic Clash ( @thecosmicclash.bsky.social‬ ) 💀🤘🎶
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Austin / Salt Lake City
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In honor of this week's Kilby Block Party 2026 lineup announcement... @lcdsoundsystem.bsky.social “Dance Yrself Clean” at youtu.be/XgCtRotLD08?... 🎶🪩✨
#kilbyblockparty #lcdsoundsystem #nowplaying
LCD Soundsystem “Dance Yrself Clean” at Kilby Block Party
YouTube video by Greg Ackerman
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November 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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NOW PLAYING: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets live at Metro Music Hall, November 8, 2025 🎸🔥
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#psychrock #livemusic #nowplaying
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets live at Metro Music Hall
YouTube video by Greg Ackerman
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November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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NEW - Live music review: @pigeonsplaying.bsky.social packed Mohawk last Friday thecosmicclash.com/2025/11/19/l...
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✏️'s: @casebaylor.bsky.social
📷's: Drew Doggett
#PPPP #livemusic #review
Live music review: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong packed Mohawk last Friday
Baltimore funk jam outfit Pigeons Playing Ping Pong soared into Austin for another musical extravaganza, their third visit since 2022, in celebration of their eighth studio LP Feed The Fire. This t…
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November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Took me a minute (emotionally & technogically) to get this together, but RIP Todd Snider. Here's my interview with him in 2019. 🙏🏼

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Todd Snider 5-2-19
YouTube video by Jeff Sweatman
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November 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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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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#LosBlenders #livemusic #preview
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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OUT TODAY: @thecosmicclash.bsky.social writer @robertdean.bskyverified.social asks if Hip Hop is dead. Good question…
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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OUT TODAY: @thecosmicclash.bsky.social review of Mix Master Mike and a raft of Austin artists at Been There 4 is now live on our website 👇
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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This is excellent news, and if you want to know anything about music in #Austin follow Greg!
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Austin, Texas ~ 🦇 Bats! #bats #austin #texas #mammals #photography #wildlife #nature #night
November 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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BIG NEWS: Antone's secured the future of the club with a $1.3 million investment..
Congrats to Will Bridges and his team 👏👏👏
www.austinchronicle.com/music/antone...
#musicnews #Austin
Antone’s Announces 50-Year Lease Extension, Blues Museum • The Austin Chronicle
For a locally owned music venue, 50 years can feel like eternity, but the Antone’s team isn’t letting the milestone stall their imagination for the future of Austin’s Home of the Blues.  Today, still ...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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TONIGHT: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets live at Metro Music Hall youtu.be/XeqR_6LIEeI?... 📹👀
#psychedelicporncrumpets #livemusic #SLC
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets live at Metro Music Hall
YouTube video by Greg Ackerman
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November 9, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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OUT TODAY: April’s recap of Halloween Freakend with @houseofbmsr.bsky.social @stereolabgroop.bsky.social plus surprise guests is now live at @thecosmicclash.bsky.social 👇👇👇
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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NEW - Live music review: @viagraboys.bsky.social sold-out night one of LEVITATION's Halloween Freakend at The Far Out Lounge thecosmicclash.com/2025/11/05/l...
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📷's: @delaluna67.bsky.social
#ViagraBoys #livemusic #review
Live music review: Viagra Boys sold-out night one of Levitation’s Halloween Freakend
Viagra Boys performed at South Austin’s Far Out Lounge in front of a sold out audience, in what might have been the most crowded the venue has ever been. 3500 fans showed up for the opening night o…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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NEW - Live music review: @borisheavyrocks.bsky.social brought metal shapeshifting to Mohawk on 20th Anniversary of "Pink" thecosmicclash.com/2025/11/04/l...
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✏️'s: @casebaylor.bsky.social
📷's: Drew Doggett
#Boris #livemusic #review
Live music review: Boris brought metal shapeshifting to Mohawk
Heavy metal in 2025 is in a healthy, hell-charged state. Bands are experimenting with the genre like Deafheaven, Full of Hell, Sunn O))), and even Austin acts like Portrayal of Guilt. For Tokyo, Ja…
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November 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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NEW - Live music review: Nuclear Daisies make a splash at Hotel Vegas last week at album release show thecosmicclash.com/2025/11/03/l...
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📷's: Justin Clark
#nucleardaisies #livemusic #review #newmusic
Live music review: Nuclear Daisies make a splash at Hotel Vegas
Every once in a while, you’ll be at a show and wag your finger because you just know. That familiar light pops on that a music nerd can recognize when the band onstage isn’t just another local band…
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November 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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LAST NIGHT: @houseofbmsr.bsky.social (Black Moth Super Rainbow) w/ special guests The Octopus Project live at Halloween Freakend by LEVITATION at Far Out Lounge and Stage 🌈🐙🎶✨ youtu.be/z19jOxU1WBY?...
#BMSR #octopusproject #lelvitation #halloween
Black Moth Super Rainbow w/ guests The Octopus Project live at Halloween Freakend by Levitation
YouTube video by Greg Ackerman
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November 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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WATCH: The War On Drugs live at Austin City Limits Music Festival 2022 - sidestage view youtu.be/yEmVLE2hj7M?... 📹👀
#thewarondrugs #aclfest #nowplaying
The War on Drugs live at Austin City Limits Musical Festival
YouTube video by Greg Ackerman
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October 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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WATCH: Pile live at LEVITATION 2025 at 29th St. Ballroom presented by @thecosmicclash.bsky.social youtu.be/KpTl4QpOgcE?...
🎸🔥📹👀
#Pile #livemusic #nowplaying
Pile live at Levitation 2025 presented by The Cosmic Clash
YouTube video by Greg Ackerman
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October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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This is a lovely song... #nowplaying
theocelots.bsky.social The Ocelots @theocelots.bsky.social · Oct 22
Hi BlueSky, We're The Ocelots. We are twins who play Alternative folk from Wexford, Ireland.
We released this single in February, it's called 'The Good of a Bad Year'
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The Ocelots - The Good of a Bad Year (Official Video)
YouTube video by The Ocelots
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October 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Our review of @meowwolf.com Houston is now live at TCC 👇
October 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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OUT TODAY: Recap & photos of Die Spitz’s sold-out Stubb’s show 👇👇👇👇 @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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This @bandcamp.com list of Central American acts to check out is kind of perfect for #newmusicfriday listeners
bandcamp.com Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 28d
Meet the scrappy new generation of shoegaze, dream pop, and post-punk bands shaking up the seven-country strip that bridges North and South America.
Shoegaze, Post-Punk and Central America’s Echoing Melancholy
The seven-country strip that bridges North and South America is floating on waves of distortion.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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sounds right...
ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 28d
I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.
October 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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As my friend Chris Alvarez pointed out, Flo has two open dates when Kilby Block Party in SLC takes place in May 2026. Just saying...
October 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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THIS... stream and BUY MUSIC from artists directly or from @bandcamp.com where they get to keep most of the money
etherdiver.bsky.social Ether Diver @etherdiver.bsky.social · 29d
Y'all, when Spotify stops running those ICE ads, they're still going to be a terrible, evil company.
October 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM