On either side of a door in Sean “Lou” Lewis’s Lockhart home, there are built-in shelves stuffed with hundreds of VHS tapes, like an Ishtar Gate to a long-forgotten Blockbuster. Tucked behind the opening is Rattlesnake Milk’s recording studio: a creamy room draped in sarape and Navajo-inspired fabrics, with makeshift sound-isolating barriers strewn throughout. Cowboy hats and a sand painting adorn a white fireplace, while smaller tchotchkes glitter in the periphery above the equipment wires. Here, guitarist and vocalist Lewis, lead guitarist Andrew Chavez, bassist Eric Pawlak, and drummer Corey “Chencho” Alvarez hold band practice, prep demos, and curate the setlist for their upcoming Austin City Limits debut.I ask Lewis where he found a shimmering, ornamental fabric depicting La Virgen de Guadalupe; it hung above…
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