Checking In: Josh Baca Perfects Zydejunto and Mexicajun

Los Texmaniacs accordionist dishes his own Hot Tamales

"...Just as San Antonio conjunto kings Flaco and Santiago Jimenez followed in their papa’s boot..."

Sept. 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking in With Area Musicians Yielded 80,000 Words of Pandemic Realness

Stay TF home

"...On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 10:10am – all area schools having shut down suddenly..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Michael Ramos Signs the Tiarra Girls

“I’m an A&R guy for Lucky Hound Music [and] a staff producer”

"...Ramos grew up mostly around San Antonio. He’s a multi-instrumentalist specializing in keyboards and accordion, but also singing and..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Matthew Logan Vasquez Lives In Parallel Universes

Delta Spirit frontman experiences ‘other 2020’ at home and virtually

"...First disc since 2014, Delta Spirit’s fifth LP What Is There leans..."

Oct. 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Tameca Jones Supports A Black Live Music Fund

“I am chilling in da Braunf”

"...Tameca Jones’ dramatic new single “IDK” belongs in the Erwin Center: big, bold, booming...."

July 21, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Brannen Temple Stays Hyper Vigilant

“These are strange times with heightened social unrest”

"...“Max Roach,” said Brannen Temple, sitting in my kitchen big as life. “My father was..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Country Soul Healer Charley Crockett Can Take This and Whatever’s Next

“I’ve made a career out of the most unlikely circumstances”

"...lonesome by its classic crooner’s warmth and reassurance even in the face of sobering truths. Experience it on today’s..."

July 24, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Nagavalli Brings Peace, Comfort & Joy

Eastern soul fusion or more traditional Indian devotionals?

"...“Nagavalli Medicharla plunges into her classical Indian training for a deeply spiritual, meditative..."

July 20, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Go Fever’s Acey Monaro Paints Houses Down Under

“So, so, so relieved about the outcome, can’t wait to get back now”

"...election from New South Wales, where the Go Fever singer and bandmate/hubby Ben Burdick fled. “My hometown is Maitland,..."

Nov. 30, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Zyclops Cooks Up Some Post-Doom Ps-EYE-Chosis

“I’m hoping artists get more creative with the [livestream] format”

"...locally by Chico Jones at Estuary Studios, last month’s Inheritance of Ash super collides Skycrawler doom duo Ryan Pankratz..."

Aug. 19, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Tara Bhattacharya Stages Interference Fest – Women Making Noise 2020

Sound artist and festival curator promotes the creative class

"...“Over a decade in Austin, [tonal producer] Tara Bhattacharya invited performance and sound..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Caroline Rose Dreams of England

“I’ve had this really awful travel bug”

"...“On Superstar, Caroline Rose follows a protagonist fueled by blind ambition en..."

Sept. 8, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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..."

July 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Los Coast Frontman Trey Privott Maintains Balance

“I’m doing my best to take care of myself and create things”

"...puts my family at risk,” revealed Trey Privott back in May. “My parents own a medical practice, where my..."

Dec. 15, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Bonnie Whitmore Sticks to What She Does Best

“I’m hoping to have a lot more stories to share after all this”

"...Assesses Doug Freeman to open a lead review in the Chronicle on news stands now: “Bonnie Whitmore works..."

Oct. 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Como Las Movies Cumbias Despite Performance Shutdown

“[We] won’t be playing live for a long time to come”

"...Como Las Movies projectionist Nelson Valente Aguilar minds your children. “I teach 5th grade,” emails the bandleader...."

Aug. 12, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Seela Side Hustles

“I’m known as the South Austin Bread Fairy”

"...About Cool, the sixth full-length by three-decade Austin song medium Seela (Misra), Doug Freeman writes in Thursday’s..."

Aug. 11, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In (Again): Kevin Russell Hasn’t Wavered Amidst the Great Wall of Empty Time

Shinyribs Santa closes the questionnaire circle on No. 100

"...On March 25, I emailed Shinyribs ringmaster Kevin Russell five quickly-conceived COVID queries in order..."

Dec. 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: The Still is Still Moving to Oliver Rajamani

ATX’s Romani Lone Star makes another auto doc, My Mind

"...“In your series, I noticed a musician added videos they..."

Nov. 10, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: A. Sinclair (& Family) Rises Into the Eye of the Tiger

ATX indie trueheart sings “time to find out what really matters”

"...“Risin’ up, back on the street/ Did my time, took..."

April 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Caleb De Casper Persists Glamorously

Flamboyant expressionist needs to hook up, yo

"...Caleb De Casper, a UT student delivered his appraisal in class: Jaw-dropping one to watch, homies. Indeed, local trends..."

April 10, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Pa’lante Superfónicos

Afro-Latin fusionist weighs in on the whole arepa

"...From their first notes of self-described Colombian funk in 2014, Superfónicos proved unique in Austin for roots music..."

June 23, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: BettySoo Invents the Corona-Gram™

Inside the beautiful mind of a reluctant livestream breakout

"...someone whose most dreaded part of work before was having to see themselves on video to transition to spending..."

May 8, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Young Jazz Lions Atlas Maior Double Down

Bandleader Joshua Thomson forges a pandemic soundtrack

"...“‘You’ve never heard anything like this before’” is a hoary cliche that’s nearly..."

Dec. 8, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Holodeck Records CEO Adam Jones Postpones Entire Release Schedule

First installment of a update triptych from the label

"...Jones sends electric current through all three local chill inducers via his analog synthesizers and programming. As owner of..."

Oct. 6, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Tiarra Girls Can’t Stop the World

Full-time school and a new record label engage in a tug of war

"...Final cut on the Go-Go’s groundbreaking 1981 bow, “Can’t Stop..."

Oct. 20, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Eliza Gilkyson Predicts a Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

Lifelong folk leader unleashes 2020 into current political cycle

"...Keep” could have posted to Bandcamp yesterday: “I’ve been hoping they’ll be some way through/ And all our loved..."

April 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Dylan Cameron Revisits the Rave Music of A Jilted Generation

IDM experimentalist notches third entry in a Holodeck triad

"...A skittering upbeat overlays melodic ambiance on Dylan Cameron’s Holodeck Records..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking in With Beto and Castro's Post-Debate Presidential Chances

¿Cómo se dice "do your homework" en español?

"...Well, hey! We didn't actually think the Bet-O-Castr-O-Meter would so quickly be measuring the two..."

June 27, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Checking In: Sweet Spirit Alights to Trinidad

Austin glam rockers’ third LP casts a deep digi/Tropi spell

"...“Instead of doing interviews from the road, we get to..."

May 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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