Feels Like the First Time

The 36th annual Austin Music Awards mark a number of debuts

"...Third Root, who dropped knowledge on last year's third LP, Libertad (see "Trill Pedagogy," Feb. 2). The dynamic trio..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Bill Converse Shapes Texas Techno

Underground turntable maestro needs no introduction to local DJs, but to the broader community he's flown under the radar

"...For the release party of his 2016 debut LP Meditations/Industry at End of..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 18-20

Soundtracking this weekend’s sweat-fests

"...the millennium. El Caro left but with Randy Malcom Martinez the group broke internationally on “Bailando” in 2014. The..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

The Sour Notes Ride It Out

Life’s tedium and passion captured in black & white

"...the moments between the grind of modeling and ritzy parties...."

May 24, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

Dining Out for Life raises funds for HIV/AIDS related care

"...across the country, raises approximately $4 million each year. Participating eateries (we have 60-plus) donate a percentage of their..."

April 21, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Music Live: Spoon Nite 2

Two nights down, one to go

"...a vintage Merseybeat combo, and unleashed that day’s new LP, Wild Kingdom, which split the set with last fall's..."

March 16, 2017 SXSW Post by Tim Stegall

SXSW Music: Must-See International Acts

10 trending bands scanning the globe from Brazil and Israel to Austria and Australia

"...melodic spells of guitar hero Benke Ferraz. Their self-titled LP was nominated for Best Portuguese Language Rock Album at..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The 2016/17 Austin Music Awards Reveal

"...act had a bigger 2016 than the local synth quartet that soundtracked Netflix's smash hit and released an LP..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Aaron Behrens Doesn’t (Always) Feel Like Dancing

Ghostland Observatory frontman takes us on a Midnight Stroll

"...Wilson, stages an official release show for their summer LP, Heartbreak Bugaloo...."

Aug. 29, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Force of Circumstance

Houston honky-tonks + Americana surrealism = Robert Ellis

"..."I used to live in these apartments near here when I first moved to Houston," whispers..."

June 3, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

ACL Fest 2016 Lineup

Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar, Mumford & Sons, LCD Soundsystem

"...C3 Presents/Live Nation venture will be headlined by British art-rock titans Radiohead, who teased their ninth studio LP on..."

May 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Tuesday SXSW Interview

Argentine rockers Capsula cover Bowie's Ziggy Stardust to open SXSW Music 2016

"...CapsulaTuesday, March 15, 6:15pm, Maggie Mae's (SXSW Music Opening Party)..."

March 11, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Believe

Moving Panoramas flicker to life in the aftermath of a home invasion

"...around 4:30am that rainy December morning. She says her partner found him crouched by the door waiting for someone..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Walker Lukens Bakes NYC

Loops, balding accountants, and penis postcards

"...The song sets up a forthcoming sophomore LP, Baked Goods. While that album finishes cooking, the ginger..."

June 29, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Sun Also Rises

Out of tragedy blooms East Cameron Folkcore.

"...windows into the renovated studio. East Cameron Folkcore unloads cathartic energy even at practice...."

April 3, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

All or Nothing

Ian McLagan: Small Face, Face, auxiliary Rolling Stone, A-list sideman, Austinite

"...polished them, and went out there and played his heart out." There Are But Four Small Faces..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Tuesday SXSW Music Picks & Sleepers

"...Eyed Fly Formerly known as Kay Leotard, this local quartet has altered both its lineup and sound in the..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature

Nick Drake

A new tome sheds light on the mythic UK folkie

"...left feeling, like one contemporary reviewer of Drake's final LP Pink Moon, that "sometimes I don't believe there is..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Velvet Underground

Out of the basement and under the tree!

"...member John Cale, who was absent, the New York art rockers were hardly the legends of today. Two months..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Wheezing Spools: Cassettes in Electronic Music – Part II

A half-dozen tape bombardments that hardly toe the line

"...Cassettes occupy a reclusive distance from the whims of..."

July 23, 2014 Music Post by Conor Walker

Playback: White Hats at the White Horse

The White Horse expands its empire – into nonprofits and a record label

"...up whether they want to go to college or start their own business," explains O'Donnell...."

May 30, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Long Journey Home

The Houston Kid comes full circle

"...on Enfield Road, but there was Lake Travis and Barton Springs and there was sunshine. And I was young."..."

April 18, 2014 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Tuesday Showcases

Park your hiney at a Tuesday night SXSW showcase

"...you are. The hilariously lost-in-translation Crying Nut are a quartet that make thrashing, sneering, emo-pop, while Kiha & the..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Bands break up, sure, but were they even trying?

"...new band Sweet Spirit played in place of her departed hard-pop crew. "I'm optimistic," she reported post-performance...."

Jan. 24, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Connecting to the Cosmos at Utopia Fest

I got in the van, the psych beehive, and Silent Disco

"...San Antonio. After a couple trips to the auto parts store and one to a mechanic, we made it..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Clash

"...In 1976, the Clash was three UK art students and a scab drummer patched together by a..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Playback

Fun Fun Fun Fest reels off some greatest hits and more

"...liver failure in May, and that the infamous, Eighties-vintage quartet made a best-of showing here with his replacement in..."

July 12, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Steady As He Goes

From cosmic cowboys and Americana to punk rock and legacy acts, Freddie Steady Krc keeps the beat

"...more interested in the ensemble serving the song. I started hearing records from Michael Martin Murphey and B.W. Stevenson,..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Thursday International Bands

Thursday, pace yourself

"...riffs into propulsive, streamlined bits on its second Relapse LP, Taste the Sin...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Lagniappe Mac

A review of Rob Trucks' 33 1/3 novella ‘Tusk.‘

"...Girls, which arrived here at the paper alongside this particular volume...."

July 15, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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