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SXSW Live Shot: San Fermin

Pale, male, and Yale: three words that when lumped together conjure the epitome of American privilege. And yet, despite his degree in classical composition from that vaunted Ivy League realm, Ellis Ludwig-Leone has managed to compose a deeply American document of youthful existentialism, while also capturing the sheer, messy joy of existence.

11:55AM Sun. Mar. 16, 2014, Melanie Haupt Read More | Comment »

SXSW Live Shot: Foster the People

Butler Park, the green space adjacent to the Long Center, teemed with humanity on Friday evening, with young couples toting newborns and sorority girls chugging $10 cans of Fosters beer to confused grandpas and bros buying fistfuls of enormous plastic syringes filled with green Jell-O shots.

2:20PM Sat. Mar. 15, 2014, Melanie Haupt Read More | Comment »

SXSW Panel: Rock, Rattle & Roll

Moderated by Holly George-Warren, author of the new A Man Called Destruction, a biography of the late Alex Chilton, this panel provided a tiny peek behind the curtain of how music biographies are written.

12:25AM Sat. Mar. 15, 2014, Melanie Haupt Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Sweet Pill, Zeta, Equipment

Parish

Concert in the Dark: Full Moon edition w/ Will Taylor & Ryan Murphy (the Beatles tribute) at ATX Unplugged

Friends Trivia
at Waterloo Ice House

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

SXSW Live Shot: Haden Triplets

Springing from a show-business legacy – their father is jazz bassist Charlie Haden – the Haden Triplets arrive mostly ready for prime time. And yet, perhaps because this was their third performance of the day and they were justifiably beat, Rachel, Tanya, and Petra Haden could’ve used a bit of a spit-and-shine. Or maybe they’re still a little green.

11:00AM Thu. Mar. 13, 2014, Melanie Haupt Read More | Comment »

SXSW Interview: St. Vincent

“Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.” Let’s go ahead and apply that to music journalism, particularly in reference Ann Powers’ interview with Annie Clark – St. Vincent.

5:45PM Wed. Mar. 12, 2014, Melanie Haupt Read More | Comment »

SXSW Live Shot: Agnes Obel

Agnes Obel’s Tuesday night showcase proved that music made by women can be both fiercely feminine and deeply powerful. Every song by the Berlin-based singer sounded like a period piece, evoking the opening credits to Downton Abbey, dangerous men lurking in misty moors, and a heartbroken starlet lost on the labyrinthine streets of Paris.

10:15AM Wed. Mar. 12, 2014, Melanie Haupt Read More | Comment »

The Gourds: Don’t Call It A Breakup

It proved all too easy to get a little melancholy while watching the Gourds perform what they termed a “hiatus” show at Threadgill’s World Headquarters last night, especially as I reflected on how they’ve been part of the landscape of my life as an Austinite since the mid Nineties.

11:47AM Mon. Oct. 28, 2013, Melanie Haupt Read More | Comment »

Martin Sexton's Not Buying It

A dozen years ago, Martin Sexton was a freewheeling troubadour, spreading singer-songwriter joy across the small clubs and outdoor music festivals he visited over the course of his near-constant touring schedule. Today, life's a protest song and Sexton's on a mission to relive 1968. Catch him Saturday at the Moody Theater.

10:28AM Thu. Feb. 9, 2012, Melanie Haupt Read More | Comment »

Jonathan Coulton: “Internet Rock Star”

In 2005, Jonathan Coulton quit his computer programming job and for a year afterward posted a geek-culture-specific pop song per week on his website. That netted him about a half-million dollars in 2010. Who says you need a label? He opens a sold-out show for They Might Be Giants on Friday at La Zona Rosa.

3:47PM Thu. Feb. 2, 2012, Melanie Haupt Read More | Comment »

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