Saturday SXSW Picks

"...Drake and Future's What a Time to Be Alive mixtape. – Kahron Spearman..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Thursday SXSW Showcases

"...DJ RayRay, the musical polymath whose recent Catching Stars mixtape finds her on a trap/grime tip...."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

"...I can go in the garage and make a mixtape together."..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...scary, and has a soundtrack that is the perfect mixtape (read our review here)...."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fun Fun Fun Fest: Joey Bada$$

Young, fresh, Brooklyn MC ain’t sleep, sleep, sleeping

"...year. Instead, it was a nod to his debut mixtape, which doubles as a love letter to the the..."

Nov. 8, 2015 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

ACL Fest 2015 Sunday Listings – Second Weekend

"...us all on notice with Acid Rap, a heartbreaking mixtape. His elastic flow thrilled, but this was still the..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Music Feature

ACL Review: The Weeknd

The crowd was singing louder than he was

"...“High for This,” from his critically acclaimed mixtape, House of Balloons, opened on slow jam rhythm before..."

Oct. 5, 2015 Music Post by Michael Toland

ACL Fest 2015 Sunday Listings

Final first-weekend handicapping

"...us all on notice with Acid Rap, a heartbreaking mixtape. His elastic flow thrilled, but this was still the..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Feature

Ernie Cline Gets His Game on With Armada

Novelist Ernie Cline's Eighties arcade love fuels his new sci-fi blockbuster, Armada

"...it?" He also finds a Raid the Arcade cassette mixtape – heavy on the AC/DC and Queen – that..."

July 31, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

Death Grips Bash & Dash Mohawk

Experimental hip-hop trio make grand exit

"...for “Spread Eagle Cross the Block” from 2011’s Exmilitary mixtape. By then, Hill had eclipsed Ride as the star..."

July 20, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Weird City Hip-Hop Festival Re-Ups

ATX’s early fall classic serves up a sophomore swang and bang

"...resident hooligan MC (and Austin constant) Freddie Gibbs. Former mixtape maven turned Interscope signee Charles Hamilton arrives trending up,..."

July 15, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Earl Sweatshirt Q&A

Odd Future rapper knows his mind

"...until you have a handful of songs for a mixtape, just put them out one at a time?..."

May 21, 2015 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Earl Sweatshirt

"...off to boarding school following the release of debut mixtape Earl to keep him out of trouble. Unlike his..."

May 1, 2015 Music Review by Nina Hernandez

SXSW Live Shot: Mick Jenkins

Southside Chicago MC and game changer

"...issues, Mick Jenkins’ The Water(s) proved a top 2014 mixtape. Live, a DJ, drummer, and backing vocalist aided the..."

March 22, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...showcase at Scoot Inn. The 28-year-old's third and latest mixtape remains 2013's fierce Footprints on the Moon. – Neph Basedow..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...him on a whirlwind prodigy fast-track and a warped mixtape in Freebasing With Kevin Bacon three years ago. January's..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Father

"...head. Father produces everything on his Young Hot Ebony mixtape, bringing the world to a slurring, wormy halt. Marquee..."

March 20, 2015 Music Review by Luke Winkie

Your Old Droog

"...of YOD is re-release of last summer's acclaimed EP mixtape. Issues arise on the other eight tracks, produced by..."

March 20, 2015 Music Review

SXSW Live Shot: Vic Mensa

More Drake than a Tyler, the Creator

"...the crowd with a few of his earlier, angrier mixtape cuts, but this set was primarily focused on his..."

March 18, 2015 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Seven Samurai

SXSW Picks 2 Click: Austin acts cutting through the din

"...they've been on the scene since 1999. A 2006 mixtape featured Paul Wall and Trae the Truth before a..."

March 6, 2015 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Beethoven to Beyoncé

SXSW Music panels – topics over talent. Except they're also star-studded.

"...artists who can afford the fees. Then there's the mixtape. – Kahron Spearman..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Conspirare's Christmas at the Carillon with Ruthie Foster

The season's most glorious sounds – performed beyond the Carillon.

"...and the baroque, it's like getting a live holiday mixtape from your smartest artist friend...."

Dec. 5, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: Chilling With ScoreMore

Austin promoters ScoreMore tap San Antonio

"...Up Charlie's. "It going to be like a live mixtape of Ikey's favorite songs and originals," said longtime friend..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: Wiz Khalifa

Trust your mofo MC

"...on his wheels with “Foreign” from May’s 28 Grams mixtape, and let his dreads wiggle like purple earthworms on..."

Nov. 10, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

ACL Live Shot: Iggy Azalea

Former Miami scavenger and underage immigrant lives the dream

"...coyly, launching into the raunchy “Pussy,” from her 2012 mixtape Ignorant Art. From the hands pumping in the air,..."

Oct. 5, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

ACL Music Fest 2014 Sunday Review

"...45s" could segue into "Little Red Corvette" on a mixtape. Go ahead, laugh at tongue-in-cheek lines like, "You're a..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

'Sure Thing (Live!)'

The joke's on CD as Austin comedy gets its own record label

"...Or to put it another way: "Just like a mixtape, you can't have 'Stairway to Heaven' back-to-back," says O'Grady...."

Aug. 15, 2014 Arts Feature by Ashley Moreno

Pulsewidth

Texas Platters go mondo

"...is House of Mutes, Vol. 1, a sprawling (literal) mixtape vacillating between intimate living room techno (Mannequinz's "Shiyan36"), drip-drop..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Keeping Score

With a bumper crop of musicals onstage in August, musical directors give some notes on what they do

"...of [atonal composer Arnold] Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire and a mixtape from the Nineties." Serving as musical director on the..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Kevin Gates: By Any Means Necessary

Baton Rouge rapper returns to the Scoot Inn Wednesday

"...second South by Southwest showcase and with a new mixtape, March’s By Any Means. The 55-minute collection blends the..."

July 11, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

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