Author Archives: RankandRevue
A Night on the Town: X and then Agony Column … by Janet Hammer
It was one of the nights that pretty much everyone was either at the X show or the Agony Column show or like myself, both. X played at the Mohawk, and there were all sorts or people there from the young … Continue reading
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Tagged Agony Column, Billy Zoom, Chainsaw Billy, Charlie Brownell, D.J. Bonebrake, Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Richie Turner, Stuart Lawrence, X
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Bloody Valentine ~ Interview with Devallia of Bloody Hammers by Madame X
Bloody Hammers is self-described Southern Gothic Mountain Fuzz from Transylvania County (Charlotte, NC). The beautiful and bewitching Devallia shared with me the bloody love story that is key to the band’s prosperity though veiled in the macabre. Photo by Anders … Continue reading
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Tagged Anders Manga, Black Magic, Bloody Hammers, Devallia, Devallia Anders, Freak Valley Festival, Housecore Horror Film Festival, Napalm Records, Occult, Witchcraft
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FunFunFun Festival 2014 w/ KING DIAMOND & JUDAS PRIEST… by Jerry Milton
After the FFF Festival is over, soon enough it is the holiday season and the new year and right as rain there always seems to be a lull in music in the Austin area until SXSW comes along. Then … Continue reading
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Tagged FunFunFun Fest, Glenn Tipton, Ian Hill, Judas Priest, Kim Bendix Petersen, King Diamond, Richie Faulkner, Rob halford, Scott Travis
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Pocket FishRman & The Gay Sportscasters – Hole in the Wall …. by Jerry Milton
Old man night at the Hole in the Wall. I’m not sure how many times either band has played at this venue thru the years (or decades in Pocket FishRman’s case) but I’m sure it is in the double digits. … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Thomas, Bill Wise, Gay Sportscasters, Hole In The Wall, Jacob Schulze, Jeff Smith, Jesus Christ Superfly, Pocket FishRman, Robbie Rice Moorehead
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Pallbearer, Greenbeard & The Well by Jerry Milton
File this review under the stoner rock category. I decided to kick off the New Year by taking in one of my fav metal bands, not just in Austin, but the world…..THE SWORD. Opening before them was the low and slow … Continue reading
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Tagged Brett Campbell, Buddy Hachar, Chance Parker, Devin Holt, Emo's, Greenbeard, Holy Mountain, Ian Graham, Jason Sullivan, Joseph D. Rowland, Lisa Alley, Marc Maddox, Mark Lierly, Pallbearer, The Well
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The Surlys…by Aimee Lane
THE SURLYS – self-produced debut album Released Jan. 2015 Nobody ever gets away… Yeah girlzzz I’m drinking the kool-aid. Like straight-driven Stones/Ramones/Runaways hooks and tones that get to the fucking point? Listen to THIS RECORD – their first debut, … Continue reading
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Bad Habit and the Corruptions…Bek Sabbath
Bad Habit and the Corruptions Self-titled album, December 2014 At the risk of redundancy: this debut album from Bad Habit and the Corruptions is a total asskick gut-punch old-school punk rock ripper. In the realm of local dirt-budget productions, this … Continue reading
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Austin: Live Greed Capital of the World…REV JIM
AUSTIN : LIVE GREED CAPITAL OF THE WORLD Well, maybe not. There’s always Las Vegas! But you still have to wonder just how the old Austin music scene got devoured so quickly by the Greed Monster. Austin used to be … Continue reading
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The Bands of Candy Snatcher Mr. Larry May
We all remember the blood, beer and rock that involved Larry May and the Candy Snatchers. Time marches on and though the Candy Snatchers are not an active band now, there are others that are. The New York based Born … Continue reading →