Erik Casarez

Reinventing Tom Gabel

Rock and roll derives off the element of change. It's not just a genre or culture, it's a philosophy. Bob Dylan plugging into an amp, David Bowie transforming into Ziggy Stardust, and the Beach...

Art is Hard: Cursive plays the Mohawk 04.14

Amidst the aroma of cannabis and crusty punk attire, Omaha's premiere alt-rockers Cursive tore up the Mohawk Saturday night. Halfway through the set, frontman Tim Kasher exclaims there are more songs to come, "Some old...

Reunited and it feels so good: The Early November reunite for SXSW 2012

Under the influence of four dollar tallboys and high school nostalgia, we all gathered to see The Early November for the first time in four years. Nearly half a decade after calling it quits, Ace Enders and co. have...

Dear Coachella, get out of my mind: At the Drive-In and Refused reunite

Every year, it seems like the Coachella organizers get together and take turns in some kind of mind reading-telepathy room a la Cerebro in X-Men, only instead of locating mutants, it locates bands that high school kids...

Mamas don't let their babies grow up to be rock stars anymore

It has been more than a week since Glenn Danzig did his best Axl Rose impression and allegedly had one of the biggest rock star moments that nobody is really talking about. It was explained at Fun Fun...

They say the classics never go out of style, but they do: Emo's Outdoor closing

Walking down Dirty Sixth just got a little weirder. This isn’t the kind of weird that recent Austin transplants have come to relish about the city, but rather the kind of weirdness lacking of familiarity. As of this...

Amy Winehouse and the 27 club

According to sources at BBC News, Amy Winehouse was found dead at her Camden flat. If confirmed, Winehouse will become the latest member of the 27 club. The 27 club consists of artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Janis...

Blink 182.1 - Mall punkers release first new single in almost a decade

There's this one episode of MTV's Diary from the turn of the century where a crew follows Blink 182 on a European tour culminating with a performance closing out The MTV VIdeo Music Awards. The...

Fall in love all over again: Weezer rock Pinkerton at Stubbs 06.07

The guitar chord cracks out flat and grizzly like garbage disposals trying to harmonize. Rivers looks down to his guitar adjusts the tuning knob before peering up and politely asking through the mic "Can I get an '...

Refused are only kinda sorta dead: tribute band Refused are F&#@ing Dead

Four years ago, some friends and I had one of those girly bro chats of things we would do to see bands that were broken up play another show. We listed five bands* that we would make like Lance...

Reinventing Tom Gabel

Art is Hard: Cursive plays the Mohawk 04.14

Reunited and it feels so good: The Early November reunite for SXSW 2012

Dear Coachella, get out of my mind: At the Drive-In and Refused reunite

Mamas don't let their babies grow up to be rock stars anymore

They say the classics never go out of style, but they do: Emo's Outdoor closing

Amy Winehouse and the 27 club

Blink 182.1 - Mall punkers release first new single in almost a decade

Fall in love all over again: Weezer rock Pinkerton at Stubbs 06.07

Refused are only kinda sorta dead: tribute band Refused are F&#@ing Dead

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