Paul Stinson – It’s that time of year when Austin’s overpriced boutique bistros or ridiculous BBQ food lines are replaced by snaking corridors of humanity huddled outside of music clubs, makeshift venues and open spaces, celebrating -and testing the limits of- the sprawling hotel and convention center identity of the city. Oklahoma has earthquakes. Austin has conventions.
PT Stinson – Austin-Texas punk revival tent-crashers A Giant Dog bring their ten-armed god of destruction to Seattle’s Substation this Thursday, July 30, before heading to Portland’s Pickathon (7/31 @ Mountain Stage, 4 p.m. + 8/2 @ Galaxy Barn 4:40 p.m.) as part of a West Coast tour following a 2014 that saw them woo untold millions opening for Spoon, and garner buzz from the British music press.
PT Stinson – Hey Seattle—are you tired of punk rock that dresses the part but lets you down in the flavor department? Tired of that empty feeling that comes with lip service to punk affectations but doesn’t have anything to say? Fear not, Austin’s Feral Future will make you believe in punk again, arriving July 16 @ Hollow Earth Radio.
PT Stinson – Resurfacing following a near half-year hiatus, Austin’s Mirror Travel provided an early SXSW highlight, reminding locals at Cheer Up Charlie’s of the mystical power generated by the band’s wall of sound –a sound that captured the attention of the Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe in 2014.
PT Stinson – Punk rock that throws rocks at cathedrals with graceful brute force. Welcome to Austin’s Feral Future.
