Michael Toland
Michael Toland started writing about music in 1988 on the Gulf Coast, moved to Austin in early 1991, and has inflicted bylines upon the corporeal and digital pages of Pop Culture Press, The Big Takeover, Blurt, Amplifier, Austin.citysearch, the Austin American Statesman, Goldmine, Sleazegrinder, Rock & Roll Globe, High Bias, FHT Music Notes, and, since 2011, The Austin Chronicle.
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SXSW Music Interview: Joe Armon-Jones / Ezra Collective
Avant-garde jazz collective brings genre back to its roots
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SXSW Music Interview: Swervedriver
British shoegaze icons tune out doom and gloom with latest music
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Free Week 2019 Is in the Rearview Mirror, but These Homegrown Standouts Aren’t
10 local showcases that got us excited for what’s to come this year
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Our Music Critics Pick Their Top 10 Austin Albums of 2018
80 local picks from Molly Burch to Brownout
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Best Live Music Performances of 2018
The bands and venues that kept our critics on their feet
