Laurie Gallardo

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Flags at Hotel Vegas

1 week ago | kutx.org | Laurie Gallardo

AMM June 17 2025Flags residency show tonight at Hotel Vegas, with Campaigner and TILT. Quick backstory: The longtime friendship of drummer Carson Braymer and guitarist/vocalist Reid Haynie is at the root of Austin-based pop-punk outfit Flags. Soon guitarist/vocalist Cait McCoy and bassist Lucy Weatherby got on board. You could say their mutual love of Rickenbackers solidified the deal, but it was mostly their love of writing songs together.
Peach Pit & Briston Maroney at Moody Amphitheater

1 week ago | kutx.org | Laurie Gallardo

AMM June 16 2025Peach Pit and Briston Maroney’s Long Hair, Don’t Care tour, tonight at Moody Amphitheater. Vancouver pop outfit Peach Pit‘s fourth studio release Magpie gets its name from a flock of magpies vocalist Neil Smith saw flying overhead while in Australia. He recalls writing “magpie” down in his phone because the image struck him. A possible song title?
Coco Jones at Emo's

1 week ago | kutx.org | Laurie Gallardo

AMM June 14 2025Coco Jones tonight at Emo’s, with Lady London. For Coco Jones, recording her debut LP Why Not More became a personal experiment, and playing the sonic field guided her decision to push beyond R&B parameters to expand upon a broader scope styles and make bold selections. Nostalgia and old-school share the creative space with contemporary finesse, simultaneously evocative and reflective. “Why Not More?
Firehouse 13th Anniversary

2 weeks ago | kutx.org | Laurie Gallardo

AMM June 13 2025Firehouse Lounge’s 13th Anniversary party tonight, with KindKeith and DJ Eli Arbor. All right, Voorhees, just chill. Firehouse Lounge knows how to throw a party, and they’re pulling out all the stops for their 13th anniversary celebration. Ditch the hockey mask and head to Firehouse’s Friday the 13th party tonight to catch an incredible set by keyboard wizard KindKeith – a live performance that puts the fire in Firehouse.
Songs in the Key of Elevation

2 weeks ago | kutx.org | Laurie Gallardo

AMM June 12 2025Songs in the Key of Elevation, tonight at Cozy Canna. It’s an evening celebrating the art, innovation and trailblazers of Black expression. In other words, there’s a lot to celebrate at Cozy Canna with Songs in the Key of Elevation, the Black Music Month edition. Austin jazz ensemble Shades of Blue leads an evening of performances by Alesia Lani, Ryn Codee, Blakchyl and Jay Writes (poet Jonathan Ezemba).
Evan Charles at The 13th Floor

3 weeks ago | kutx.org | Laurie Gallardo

AMM June 5 2025Evan Charles tonight at The 13th Floor, with Freund and Cheetah Cheetah. “…and now you’re looking for someone; no you don’t know who / a question flashes through the darkness, as if on cue— / am I the ghost of you?”Summoning some of the enigmatic soul-searching of Between Two Worlds, Austin-based songwriter Evan Charles approaches the light in the distance with cautious optimism on his next solo release, Echoes at Dawn, out Sept. 12.
Thursday at The White Horse

3 weeks ago | kutx.org | Laurie Gallardo

AMM June 4 2025Valley Flower, Gus Cark, and Libby & The Loveless tomorrow at White Horse. This time, the AMM heads over to The White Horse for an outstanding line-up tomorrow night. The music starts at 8 p.m. with KUTX-featured groovy folkgrass outfit Valley Flower, followed by classic country honky-tonkers Gus Clark & The Least of His Problems, and wrapping up the night with songs from their latest release Call It A Night, Libby & The Loveless. It’s all tomorrow night at The White Horse on Comal.
R.O. Shapiro & Motenko at Radio East

3 weeks ago | kutx.org | Laurie Gallardo

AMM June 3 2025R.O. Shapiro and Motenko play tomorrow at Radio East. A double header on this upcoming bill: Songwriters R.O. Shapiro (formerly of Odell Fox) and Motenko serve up folk/alt.-country and rock ‘n’ soul, respectively, at their show tomorrow night at Radio East. Doors at 7 p.m. And a couple of recommended tracks for your listening pleasure – Motenko’s “Screen Time” (as featured on today’s AMM) from the EP To Grow, and the title track to Shapiro’s recent release Worthy.
Perfume Genius at Emo's

3 weeks ago | kutx.org | Laurie Gallardo

AMM June 2 2025Perfume Genius tonight at Emo’s, with urika’s bedroom. Perfume Genius revels in the interconnectedness of life’s contradictions on their seventh studio release Glory, as songwriter/vocalist Michael Hadreas confronts an ever-present anxiety of engaging with the world.
Sunflower Bean at 29th Street Ballroom

3 weeks ago | kutx.org | Laurie Gallardo

AMM May 31 2025Sunflower Bean tonight at 29th Street Ballroom, with Gift. It took some creative exploration and metamorphoses for New York trio Sunflower Bean to find their footing creatively. But their fourth studio album Mortal Primetime allowed Julia Cumming, Nick Kivlen, and Olive Faber to pause and reenvision their soundscape, revealing a bolder and more introspective approach crossing myriad genres with self-assured resilience.