New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...the top of your Black Pumas RIYL, even though 2020 marks Farrell & Trube gigging together 20 years...."

July 10, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Iron Age's Seminal Album Reverberates Through Texas' Metal Scene

The Sleeping Eye turns 10 with a reissue, its creators and other Texas metal icons consider its influence

"...This month, the second album by Austinites Iron Age, 2009 LP The Sleeping Eye, sees reissue from knowing Pittsburgh..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Kevin Curtin's Top 100 Austin Albums of 2020

Why stop at 10 when 10 times that still only scratches the surface of year-topping ATX releases?

"...... several hundred albums emerged from Austin artists in 2020. One of COVID-19's undisputed truths is that art matters..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Last September, Late Iron Age Sonic Architect Wade Allison Spoke About Composing a Crossover Metal Standard

Eighteen days after the death of Power Trip frontman we uncover an unseen interview with the late guitarist

"...seminal influence on Lone Star heaviness after them. About 2009 Iron Age lodestone The Sleeping Eye, Lincoln Mullin of..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Top Tens

Tired of Brooklyn indie rock? Me too.

"...7) Oranssi Pazuzu, Valonielu (20 Buck Spin)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Top 10 National

One hundred lines of album art

"...4) Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience (RCA)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Feature

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

Spirit Adrift, Luvencie, Jonathan Terrell, American Friend, TSO Jrag with Quin NFN, and Rod Gator

"...a series of increasingly phosphorous platters for Pittsburgh farriers 20 Buck Spin, three cuts in 20 minutes is all..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Terror Fest Record Reviews

Tomb Mold, Come to Grief/Fistula, Chrch, Wayfarer, and Gnaw

"...Tomb MoldManor of Infinite Forms (20 Buck Spin) Despite a name indicating the well is..."

June 15, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Drank the Lemonade

As album sales give way to streaming services, how much longer will we be able to purchase music?

"...Lamar gouged one particular pop culture curio for almost $20 – the reason consumers stopped paying for music in..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: FREE WEEK!

2014, you're up

"...Free Week's growing. What started in 2003 as a weekend at Emo's devised by the club's..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

George Clinton, Caramelo Haze, Hulder, RippleFest, and more local shows worth seeing

"...These blurbs take more work than you probably think,..."

July 22, 2022 Music Column by Julian Towers

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...of purpose. Here, the rapper sounds like Superman – spinning the globe backward, reversing time, pulling our star back..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Spirit Adrift Album Review

Enlightened in Eternity (20 Buck Spin)

"...continues an evolution of possessed delivery hinted at on 2019's Divided by Darkness, but a cosmos away from his..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Taylor Wallace Takes Over KUTX Morning Show

KUTX replaces morning show mainstay John Aielli with Taylor Wallace after the iconic ATX deejay suffers a stroke.

"...The Texan entered the station as an intern amid 2012 transitions: digitization of the catalog, a move into the..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Checking In: Skeleton Releases Best Death Metal in Recent History

20 Buck Spin debut puts blackened ATX death metal on the map

"...Writes Decibel magazine: “Iron Age’s 2009 sophomore blindside The Sleeping Eye forged a crossover template..."

July 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Top 10 National Albums of 2016

Our favorite picks from across the country

"...2) Oranssi Pazuzu, Värähtelijä (20 Buck Spin)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Mammoth Grinder

Metallurgy

"...Mammoth GrinderUnderworlds (20 Buck Spin)..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Music Review by Michael Toland

Qmmunity: More Pride, Less Prejudice

In a way, we're all gay Darcys looking for our gay Elizabeths in the thrush of Pride parties

"...– but special one-night subs will be available for $20 buck-a-roos...."

June 9, 2023 Column by James Scott

Sxsw

"...the new Starjob pegs them at the top of 120 Minutes' most-wanted list. Not for airplay, for extermination. (Liberty..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Vinyl Ashes

A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?

"...to our intimate music geek cell on August 31, 2010. It led with a URL (www.andvinyly.com) and punch line:..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...work of brothers Rick and Mark del Castillo, this 2003 Austin Music Award-winning sixpiece has earned national buzz. 2004's..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos

Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...under-construction roadway and rammed a small, white Buick sedan, buckling the front ends of both vehicles. On the sidewalk..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Live Shots

"...Cleveland, Ohio, September 20-29..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Music Feature

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...Austin History Center celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Austin Asian American Film Festival with..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...SXSW schedule look, then? Well, if you can't find 20 or 30 bands worth seeing in that time period,..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"......"

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Reissues

"...represented on the first set of releases from the 20-title Capitol Blues Collection series...."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature

While Council's Away the Mayor Will Play

Council seeks to feast on the good of the land

"...policies ("Council Considers the True Cost of Saving a Buck," March 10), calling Council Member Ellen Troxclair's omnibus resolution..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Anthem of the Sun

Non-commercial frequency Sun Radio broadens its solar-powered Americana throughout Central Texas

"...Seventies. Decades of steady market growth meant that by 2004 states began offering rebates for solar panels...."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Postmarks

A right, a left, another right: our letters column takes it on the chin.

"...hope to do even better this year). It's October 20-21. Hope to see you there!..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

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