Do Shepherds Dream of Digital Sheep?

2178: A digital-music dystopia

"...reconfigured Radiohead vidrome for "Paranoid Android"? Or maybe the bubble-gum jump-cuts of Shelly, recently a fixture on the airborne..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Here We Go Again

The Riddlin' Kids -- DIY with a bullet.

"...With no luck on landing an indie recording deal, Baker and Stroud decided to take matters into..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Mi Son

Rick Treviño returns to his roots.

"...dropped out of school at 19 to sign a recording contract with Sony. Which doesn't mean that led to..."

June 8, 2001 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

Dancing About Architecture

NXNW news; speak of the devil and Chris Gates shall appear.

"...play a tango festival in El Rosario, ended up recording some songs in Buenos Aires. These will presumably be..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...in Europe touring with Wilco. They're currently writing and recording their next collection of songs for release later this..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...the market success of their Buena Vista Social Club recordings for finally landing Los Zafiros on American shores. Aside..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Weird Bands From Texas

"...Roky Erickson's 13th Floor Elevators, the Red Krayola, and Bubble Puppy ruled the freak roost, but IA also had..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Surfing Indra's Net

"...strain of melody was suggested by Wainwright's tune to bubble up from the shadowy depths of his memory...."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Robert Faires

... In With the New

More on Upgrades for PCs

"...use one of two methods to create an image. Bubble jet or ink jet printers use ink that is..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Screens Feature by John Avignone

Texas Platters

"...This 1992 recording features former Auschwitz 46 guitarists Powell and Titsworth running..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Music Feature

Faye Webster, Swamp Dogg, and More Reviews From Friday of SXSW

Memorable performances to close out the week

"...into whether one can play lap steel inside a bubble bath – remains indie-sized only in its twee and..."

March 16, 2024 Music Post by Julian Towers

JID & Smino’s Luv Is 4ever Tour Goes Berserk on Valentine’s Day

Sold-out Stubb’s co-headline ends in high-octane rap blitz

"...similarly excluded Carol City rhymer Denzel Curry that the Recording Academy had snubbed JID’s latest studio album...."

Feb. 15, 2023 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Janie Cowan’s Fascinating Musical Journey Finds Her Playing Alongside Bob Dylan in Shadow Kingdom

Checking in on the one-time Austin bass standout

"...not about Shadow Kingdom – given the typically impenetrable bubble of mystery that surrounds Dylan – but to muse..."

July 28, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The 2020/2021 Austin Music Awards Came Bearing a Pandemic Stimulus

Hop in the Winner Wagon and see who we surprised with this year's unique awards

"...Jackie Venson, Vintage Machine..."

March 5, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Don’t DM Me, Vote in the Austin Music Poll!

The Austin Music Poll is open all month. Go vote – online!

"...O The Teeta BEST TEXAS RECORDINGS..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Hip-Hop Artist of the Year: Magna Carda Best Texas Recordings..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

William Harries Graham’s Your “Confidant”

Onetime ATX prodigy unpacks love on new single, EP, and video

"...release with a video for “Confidant,” which documents the recording of the EP with David Goodrich, Johnny Goudie, Einar..."

Dec. 14, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: Young Jazz Lions Atlas Maior Double Down

Bandleader Joshua Thomson forges a pandemic soundtrack

"...and in Europe. We formed a closely tight knit bubble between three households. This has allowed us to practice..."

Dec. 8, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Local Musicians Perform Remotely for HAAM Day

A wide array of artists played for the health care nonprofit

"...Saxon Pub, Historic Scoot Inn, Mosaic Sound Collective, Bud’s Recording Services, and the Bubble...."

Sept. 16, 2020 Music Post by Naomi Brady

Medeski’s Mad Skillet

UtopiaFest, Sat. November 3, 10pm

"...Sun Ra into a psychedelic barnstorm. Lead single "Invincible Bubble" even pulls on Austin connections through Brownout's horn section...."

Nov. 2, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Bubble Puppy

"...Miller, and bassist Jimi Umstattd for this live studio re-recording of classic selections from BP and their sequel band..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Review by Greg Beets

The Brain Behind Ambient Trio Dallas Acid

Exploring the oscillators, envelope generators, and filters that create the band’s pastoral, spacey sound

"...more like, well, a jacuzzi. Sequences from the Brain bubble underneath gentle harmonies with distinct rhythms. Add a flute..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

ACL Review: Annabelle Chairlegs

Austin’s Joplin-esque Lindsey Mackin cuts like a knife

"...2015 bubble-gummy debut Watermelon Summer still their sole recording, townie rockers..."

Oct. 14, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music: Must-See Pop

Power-pop, French pop, mellow pop, electro pop – so many pops to choose from!

"...Mama Wed. 15, Hotel Vegas, 1am This boot-stomping bubble-glam quartet out of Chicago plies action-packed hard rock streaked..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Playback: The Westin Sues the Nook Over Sound

And “Playback” votes in the Austin Music Poll

"...Recording Studio: The Bubble..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

"Rebecca Marino: The Best Available Evidence" at grayDUCK Gallery

The exhibit drops viewers into the middle of the mystery of UFOs, but without providing any answers

"...Evidence" at grayDUCK Gallery. Combining photography, sculpture, and audio recordings, the exhibition brings us into the middle of the..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Review by H.C. Arnold

Playback: White Denim Stiffens

White Denim v.2 bows a new debut, Magna Carda raps its full-length debut, and the Austin Music Census holds on to its virtue

"...boogie-rock songwriting for their most accessible collection. A streamlined recording process – fast takes with limited overdubs – helped..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The Big Three

Remember major labels? Meet three underground locals on them.

"...Entertainment, bear almost zero influence in Austin's largely working-class bubble of musicians...."

Sept. 5, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Passionate Kisses

2013/2014 Austin Music Awards: Lucinda Williams plants one on Margaret Moser

"...of an AMA Set: Roky Erickson and Okkervil River recording together...."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A New Album From That Guided By Voices Man?

Yes, and reviewed with a little hot Robert-on-Robert action.

"...friends would gather in the basement and jam while recording it either on a boombox in the room or..."

Dec. 12, 2013 Music Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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