Punk-and-hardcore-focused fest ThisIsAustinNTG launched its comeback after a three-year hiatus with a hip-hop showcase in tow.
Punk-and-hardcore-focused fest This Is Austin, Not That Great launched its comeback after a three-year hiatus with hip-hop.
Like metal musicians yell and loudly slash instruments, Thursday’s lineup of big-name rappers rejected meticulous rhymes and distorted carefully crafted beats with similar abandon at Mohawk.’s later enlivenment of production team Futuristic’Ideaz, alongside Cold Hart’s viral GothboiClique emo-trap – Yung Mijita knew her audience. Amidst an active thunderstorm, the Austin producer’s 20-minute set sparked moshes and sing-alongs to hip-hop and pop-punk hits.
A 28-year-old graphic design student, Demi Romero moved to Austin in 2017 and started DJing the following year, making a name for herself as Yung Mijita through work at bars, venues, and – like the other performers at Thursday’s show – online. Amongst the SoundCloud rappers and DJs of the evening, it was undeniably refreshing to see a young woman dance and jockey on a stage that was otherwise flooded with masculinity.
“When I was younger, I would go to hip-hop shows and be like, ‘Why are there no girls onstage?’” she told theRomero came up through the internet and, like her audience, she heavily listens to SoundCloud rap. Her effortless blends oninevitably blew up on the platform. Like many musicians with a heavy reliance on streaming, Romero followed suit and adopted “yung” to start her name.
Yung Mijita adds: “There were a lot of people from the punk scene and a lot of younger people who are into SoundCloud rap stuff, so I tried to range my music choices from a variety of genres and ages so that I can please everyone in the crowd, no matter the demographic.”has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene.
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