ACL Fest Sunday Reviews

"...was a slice of raw, untamed arthouse energy, the London quartet's follow-up offers a more polished effort, albeit shaped..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

ACL Fest Live Shots

Saturday, Sept. 16, Zilker Park

"...guitar to sing her cleverly literate, melancholy, and melodic songs with the sun going down at her back. She..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

ACL Music Fest Interviews

"...Son Volt..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Ray Lamontagne

"...Ray Lamontagne..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Tom Petty

"...Highway Companion (American)..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

ACL Fest Interviews

"...of America stage Named for the Serbian archduke whose assassination sparked World War I, Franz Ferdinand has caused a..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Rachael Yamagata

Record review

"...(RCA Victor) In the never ending Attack of Norah Clones, Rachael Yamagata's major label debut could become the phantom..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

Solid Roots Support the Tiarras' Indie Chicana Sound

No longer Tiarra Girls, the outspoken sister trio still puts family first

"...Sophia sensed a creeping tension in the air from behind the drum set. Tiffany..."

July 28, 2023 Music Feature by Wayne Lim

Faster Than Sound: Gary Keller Now Owns West Austin's One World Theatre

Austin music benefactor adds One World to real estate portfolio, alongside Saxon Pub

"...After a year of rumors regarding changes at One World Theatre, a new landowner has emerged. Gary Keller,..."

April 1, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Wait, How Does SXSW Music Work Again?

Breaking down the basics, and some favorites, after three years away

"...Flip-flopping spring weather and a familiar tension in my upper back can only mean one thing...."

March 11, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: KUTX Beacon Jay Trachtenberg Retires

Jay Trachtenberg retires from KUTX, Rick Carney steps down as Music Commission chair, and Johnny Bush ascends to honky-tonky heaven.

"...Men of KUT" – Jay Trachtenberg, John Aielli, Larry Monroe, and Paul Ray – graced the cover of the..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Fantastic Fest Interview: Playing With the Tracking With Tim Robbins on VHYes

It's a father-son deal in this home movie insanity

"...a supportive parent. Just ask Tim Robbins, who not only appears in his son Jack Henry Robbins' latest brainmelting..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: 523 Thompson Sticks Around

DIY venue co-runners recap a year ahead of Vans event, Rev. Merrill Wade ends the Soul of a Musician Series, and Hi, How Are You Project announces Daniel Johnston tribute

"...big horse mural at Callahan's General Store, carefully cross Thompson Lane – a side street off the construction hell..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Willie and a Movie

The Red Headed Stranger rides again at Luck Cinema's kickoff, thriving Austin rapper Ladi Earth can't be categorized, and more music news

"...Stranger never made it to DVD. Following a limited national release in 1986, the onscreen adaptation of Willie Nelson's..."

July 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Vivien Goldman’s Lasting Echoes of Feminist Punk

Vanguard journalist brings new book to Austin, the Larriva family remembers their friend Elliott Smith, and local musicians pop up all over the place

"...scribe Vivien Goldman's new book, due out May 7, mentions feminist writer Tillie Olsen's Silences. The landmark 1978 text..."

April 26, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Cracking the SXSW Music Algorithm

If my phone broke and clickbait subsided, where would bring me joy at SXSW?

"...up a black hole of endlessly "Chill Hits," while personalized recommendations regurgitate our listening habits. At South by Southwest,..."

March 15, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: 15 SXSW Buzz Bands to Cure Millennial Burnout

By legs, Lyft, or Lime scooter, get to the following 15 acts

"..."Millennial burnout," a new affliction just becoming known to medical science, went viral in..."

March 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

ACL Interview: Live Wire Genesis Owusu Talks New Band and Unboxable Sound

"In America, I have to sort of reset and do everything again"

"...for how many diverse Spotify playlists he popped up on, from funk to post-punk to abstract hip-hop. But in..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

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

"...up a Play-Doh-looking sculpture of his own head. The wonky likeness of the blond and smiley songwriter emblazoned his..."

June 21, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Kreayshawn

"...label debut sold so poorly in its first week on racks. Somethin 'Bout Kreay did 3,900 units in mid-September,..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

ACL Music Fest Friday Interview

Proving the suede-to-silk theory

"...5pm, Honda stage..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

ACL Music Fest Saturday Interview

Austin's Will Johnson sounds off on the Monsters of Folk

"...Monsters of Folk6pm, Austin Ventures stage..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Foals

"...Even before hyperbolic 2008 debut Antidotes, Foals, on breakaway singles "Hummer" and "Mathletics," had already mapped out..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Shonen Knife/Melt-Banana

"...Shonen Knife/Melt-BananaWaterloo Park, Nov. 7..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Mission of Burma

"...Mission of BurmaWaterloo Park, Nov. 8..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

ACL Music Fest Friday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2009

"...Though Nelo moved to Athens, Ga., to establish its sound, the quintet returned to Texas in 2007 as finalists..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

ACL Fest Friday Reviews

"...The last time Byrne and Eno met on record was 1981's My Life in the Bush of..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

ACL Fest Sunday Interviews

Escape from St. Elsewhere

"...This month's issue of Esquire lists Danger Mouse as one of..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

ACL Fest Saturday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2008

"...Bonnie Bishop..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

ACL Fest Saturday Reviews

"...Langhorne Slim's 2005 debut, When the Sun's Gone Down, was raucous and charming, an off-kilter indie folk..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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