Austin Sound

Somewhere down the line, indie bands forgot how to use amplifiers. Bands like The Replacements and Sonic Youth made it fucking cool to be loud, fast, and messy, but lately, our musical world is dominated by glossy keyboard-pop and idyllic twee. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy these bands immensely, but sometimes I just want to get loose and cold-rock it.

Ladyhawk is playing at Emo’s Inside tonight. They’re not loud, fast, and messy to the extent that the great indie bands of the 80’s were, but they are surely a rock n’ roll band in a twee-pop world. Their second album Shots came out this year on Jagjaguwar, and it’s somewhere between Wolf Parade and Guided By Voices.