Playback – Lift to Experience: Back at the Crossroads

Lift to Experience returns to Texas-Jerusalem, X Games music crashes, and Prince-a-plenty

"...Year one boasted three nights of amphitheatre shows including Kanye West, the Flaming Lips, Dillon Francis, and Gary Clark..."

June 3, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Friday SXSW Picks

"...noir. The London-dweller pairs that innate cultural influence with Western-indie pop, like a folk-flecked Florence & the Machine. Debut..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Aging Gracefully with Slug

MC matures ahead of Friday’s sold-out Atmosphere show

"...AC: Artists like Kanye West have taken that route at times. Southsiders has..."

March 1, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

I Like to Watch

Girls and Togetherness: straight white people crying

"...truly original in any way, like her spirit animal Kanye West, combining the best parts of both. Triumphant and..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Fun Fun Fun Fest: Hudson Mohawke

Glaswegian producer doesn’t jell

"...Glaswegian producer remains best known for his work on Kanye West’s Yeezus. His latest release, Lantern, repositioned the onetime..."

Nov. 7, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Fun Fun Fun Lists

"...Fri., 6:25pm, Blue stage Risk-taking Scottish master collagist and Kanye West/GOOD Music go-to demonstrates crack skills at creating the..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Deadmau5 vs. Drake: Saturday ACL Face-Off

Which Saturday headliner?

"...Precursor act: 808s-era Kanye West, Carl Thomas, Jay Z, mid-Nineties LL Cool J..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Local Tech Roundup

Gadgets and apps to keep you and your electronics healthy

"...your interests. Be the first to know about the newest singles and diva beefs, or check to see if..."

June 12, 2015 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Playback: James Petralli's Constant Bop

Has White Denim become Bop English? Which festival might relocate to the new superstage at Circuit of the Americas? Is LBJ turning over in eternity over the Beatles exhibit at his library? That and other Q&As in this week's music news.

"...conceived a year ago after 2014 X Games performer Kanye West maxed out COTA's 14,000 capacity amphitheatre. Utilizing a..."

June 12, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Björk

"...here aligning herself with space-pop producer Arca (FKA Twigs, Kanye West), and dark ambient auteur the Haxan Cloak. Though..."

May 1, 2015 Music Review by Rob Cohen

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...his sophomore output, February's Driver, released on local label Western Vinyl, which hosts Thursday's showcase. – Neph Basedow..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Playback: SXSW Mission Statement

Six lists to get you through SXSW 2015

"...South by Southwest's clamor resembles 1,000 competing conversations. Within the buzz and..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

D’Angelo’s Intimate SXSW

Samsung’s invite-only rooftop set for 100

"...D’Angelo’s presence became official on Friday, when news broke..."

March 16, 2015 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Bass Drum Heard 'Round the World

How the Roland TR-808 drum machine revolutionized music

"...Kanye West, "Love Lockdown"..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

SXSW Music Keynote: Snoop Dogg

Doggfather becomes first rapper to address conference

"...finally have a keynote. Addressing the 2015 South by Southwest Music Conference & Festival from the marque spot: Cordozar..."

March 10, 2015 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Rooster Teeth Community Mourns Death of Monty Oum

Creator of anime RWBY succumbs to freak allergic reaction

"...Oum, "The Full Monty," he was described as the Kanye West to RT boss Burnie Burns' Bruce Springsteen. Beginning..."

Feb. 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mo’ Music Monday: Björk’s Vulnicura

An Icelandic broken heart just in time for Valentine’s Day

"...aligns herself with of-the-moment space-pop producer Arca (FKA Twigs, Kanye West), and dark ambient auteur The Haxan Cloak on..."

Jan. 26, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

All Samples Cleared

The ramifications of Grand Upright Music v. Warner Bros. Records

"...late Nineties through today, only artists like Jay Z, Kanye West, and those with unusually talented in-house production teams..."

Jan. 6, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Friday Listings

FFF Friday by the blurb

"...Def Jam, changing his stage name, and allying with Kanye West, the hardest-working man in rap has earned every..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Saturday Interviews

"...Nails, Foo Fighters, Lady Gaga, Jack White, Beck, and Kanye West – besides the diminutive Minneapolitan genius. Not bad..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Weird City Hip-Hop Live Shot: Dilated Peoples

Los Angeles triumvirate lets fly a headlining victory

"...with underground hits “Worst Comes To Worst” and the Kanye West-helmed “This Way,” their signature track. Take a bow,..."

Sept. 28, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

The Death of Rap Lyrics

What hath Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt wrought?

"...Lifetime, Vol. 1 to the emergence of Drake and Kanye West (post My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy), Jay Z..."

Sept. 17, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

The Luv Doc: What is Wrong

The last person in the world who should be handing out advice

"...Being the youngest of four brothers, I have a..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

X Games X-Factors: Heat, Booze, and Meth

EMS almost forced to activate disaster plan

"...activate disaster plans that would have halted that evening's Kanye West performance...."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: Mac's Love Letters

Ian McLagan got that mojo working

"...This one girl tried to turn me on to Kanye West. I said 'I think this evening's over.' It's..."

June 20, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

X Games Music

"...Kanye West..."

June 9, 2014 Photo Gallery

X Games Info

Don't know a railslide from a tailslide? Not sure if you got roosted or yard saled? We're here to help.

"...Music hunkers down at the Austin360 Amphitheater with headliners Kanye West and the Flaming Lips (see preview on p.50)...."

June 6, 2014 Sports Feature

X Offenders

Music freaks and sports fanatics become indistinguishable

June 6, 2014 Music Feature

X Games Austin: What To Do Before, During and After

Your cheat sheet for the very first X Games Austin.

"...stages all day and night, with headliners Pretty Lights, Kanye West, and the Flaming Lips. Check out the X..."

June 4, 2014 Events Post by Adam Gestwicki

The Luv Doc: Scoring Chicks

What woman doesn’t love to go shoe shopping?

"...If none of the above works, there is one..."

May 16, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

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