Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...Friday, June 21, 2019: Summer solstice tilts our overcooked globe..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...swing over, and touch the needle down on the record. Then, out of the speakers, comes the music."..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

We Have an Issue: “The Light That’s Leaving”

On Bill Callahan’s likably melancholy new record, and another month of painful closures of Austin fixtures

"...like a neutral face emoji. His newest album, Gold Record, is one of his finest: witty, character-driven, alert to..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Vinyl Nation

Reports of death of physical media have been greatly exaggerated

"...Vinyl Nation opens with a line. It’s Record Store Day, the international event when vinyl-selling shops see..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

In a Previously Unpublished Interview Late Power Trip Frontman Riley Gale Talks SXSW, COVID, & American Health Care

“I’m having nightmares about what [COVID] is going to do to the status quo”

"...Actually, I'm missing our bass player's [Chris Whetzel] wedding today. I self-quarantined, because I had a really terrible sinus..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Austin Record Stores Hang On, Together

Online and curbside pivots support an altered Record Store Day for Austin vinyl emporiums this Saturday.

"...Gabe Vaughn, co-owner of North Loop's Breakaway Records, remains hurt by an impassioned email from a would-be..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

In 1990, Austin Audiences Watched Slacker... and Saw Themselves

Richard Linklater’s indie milestone celebrates 30 years

"...of high school, living at 31st and Speedway, splitting days between being a good student at ACC and hanging..."

July 24, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Musicians of Color Talk About the Pandemic's Outsized Impact on Their Communities

COVID-19 extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality

"..."I could feel it a few days before the grocery stores got crazy, so we got..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Debut on North Carolina indie royalty Merge Records and third LP overall for the raw, glammy Austin..."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Edith Frost Returns

Austinite once again, Edith Frost offers first new songs in over a decade, plus Natalie Jane Hill's debut and Red River Cultural District requests

"..."The music life never ever stopped for even a day. I'm always playing," she messages...."

May 22, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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

Lifelong folk leader unleashes 2020 into current political cycle

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

April 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Other Music

History of a lost Manhattan record store keeps a basic tune

"...where I went in college, there were three independent record stores, plus a whole bunch of second-hand dealers, and..."

April 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: "Vulcan Video: The Exit Interviews"

New series looks back at the local movieloving institution

"...to local movie lovers. It was never just the store's immense catalog, or the way it served its customers..."

April 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...Go-Go's assembled for a listening session at the IRS [Records] office. Track after track, we listened in frustrated despair..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

Vinyl Saved My Life Tonight: Record Stores Deliver in a Crisis

Local media emporiums maintain online shipping during C-19 lockdown

"...When local schools shut down suddenly on Friday, March 13, my wife swiftly descended on H.E.B. –..."

March 24, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

We Have an Issue: Hang In There

"...The grocery store workers and bus drivers and sanitation workers and mail..."

March 20, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Local Music to Livestream, Download, and Otherwise Enjoy Digitally

What we’re watching and listening to

"...Online Songwriting Challenge (CV-19 Edition)" Facebook event page until Friday night. It's a novel concept for putting a little..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Cancellation “Devastating” for Grassroots Austin Music Businesses

Coronavirus shutdown impacts all levels of Austin music

"...of $350,000-400,000 from clients scrapping events. That individual called Friday the darkest day they had experienced in the local..."

March 13, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Nine Austin Juice Bars to Boost Your Immunity

You really can’t go wrong with fresh fruit and vegetables

"...Though JuiceLand is bigger than life these days, the Duval location still feels like a local spot...."

March 10, 2020 Food Post by Zelly Martin

SXSW Cancellation “Devastating” for Austin’s Grassroots Music Businesses

Coronavirus shutdown impacts all levels of Austin music

"...scrapping events due to coronavirus concerns. That individual called Friday the darkest day they’d experienced in the local production..."

March 6, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Awards Honor Old & New

Recapping the ceremony, plus local trio Nevil pack shout-along garage rock, and concert site ShowList Austin relaunches

"...all levels of the Austin Music Industry Awards on Monday night. In its second year at Emo's, the event..."

March 6, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...and our fishing poles. We'd go fishing! Cutting school nowadays is different [laughs]. The whole Friday Night Lights thing..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Demons & Delights – The Art of Billie Buck

Local illustrator makes “Hot Soup” at the relocated Austin Museum of Popular Culture

"...weeknight, Billie Buck is behind the counter at Antone's Record Shop. Enter a stonery young guy clutching an unwrapped..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Renovated Beerland Opens, Dozen Street on Its Way Out

Rounding up 2020 venue news plus all things Hi, How Are You Day

"...space. Near closing time in the early hours of Sunday morning, Beerland was empty, with both ESPN on TV..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Parisian Chanteuse Lou Rebecca Is the Complete Pop Package

Personas, dance, fashion, and Holodeck-ian synth transform into the electro crooner

"..."Is she just daydreaming, or is she really dancing around in the restaurant?"..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

14 Austin Food Events to Add to Your Social Calendar

Ice cream/biscuit combos, a local luau, and more to keep you satiated

"...and Bird Bird Biscuit are teaming up for a one-day Biscuit Ice Cream Sandwich available at all Lick Austin..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...York for three nights to promote his all-star Atlantic Records country rock masterpiece, Doug Sahm & Band, the San..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Faster Than Sound: School’s Out for Dayglow

Nineteen-year-old Sloan Struble leaves UT for the bedroom-pop big leagues, while two new area record stores make their debuts

"...The day before moving to Austin for college last summer, Sloan..."

June 21, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Los Coast Doubles Down on Its Psych-Soul for Label Debut

Local fivepiece embraces the spirit of wandering

"...and during creation. Los Coast's debut for New West Records, the rewarding Samsara, strikes rightfully present in both rhyme..."

June 14, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Help Save Vulcan Video at Today's Big Fundraiser

Special all-day party to keep the Austin movie institution open

"...Ever watched Empire Records and got to the Save the Empire party at..."

June 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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