The CYNICS have been around for 25 years now, born in 1983 at a small recording label is Pittsburg during the height of garage rock's second wave. Singer and mastermind Gregg Kostelich (who also owns Get Hip Records) has kept the band together through personnel changes, the coming and going of grunge music and whatever else a quarter-century of touring might throw at a band. During that time, the CYNICS have played numerous festivals in......

When it comes to music in Texas, we all know that Austin pretty much has the scene in an awkward and uncomfortable chokehold position. Between South by Southwest, ACL and Fun Fun Fun fests, the state capital has music festivals down to a science. But instead of making that trek up 290 and finding the perfect seat between the broseph who can't stop talking about how cool it would be if DMB was on......