Sound on Sound Review: Beach House

Cocooning ethereal ambience

"...a half hour after Beach House’s slated start time on the Dragon’s Lair main stage Saturday night, the quiet..."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

Sound on Sound Review: Thursday

Reunited ragers wait out the rain to bring fire

"...ago,” grinned screamer Geoff Rickly broadly as the post-hardcore pioneers ripped Sound on Sound apart Sunday night...."

Nov. 7, 2016 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Sound on Sound Review: Lindstrøm

Celestial Norwegian atmospherics

"...and space with the man who helped put cosmic electronic disco on the map nearly a decade ago, one..."

Nov. 11, 2017 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Decoding the Sound on Sound Leak

Medieval music convergence reveals lineup tease in video

"...Sound on Sound Fest returns to Sherwood Forest Nov. 10-12..."

June 12, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Sound on Sound Review: Ariel Pink

Media-savaged savant or indie pop’s biggest asshole?

"...night performance at Cheer Up Charlies proved the first Sound on Sound makeup show to sell out...."

Nov. 13, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Sound on Sound Review: Citizen

Plus the Hotelier, Sorority Noise, and Alex Napping

"...Sound on Sound crammed a whole lot of emotion into..."

Nov. 11, 2017 Music Post by Libby Webster

Sound on Sound Fest Canceled

Promoters cite loss of financial backing

"...Sound on Sound Fest has been aborted five weeks before..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Fest Pops!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Electric Wizard, and king Stooge himself

"...Iggy Pop performing at a renaissance fairground …. You don’t have to promise much more than that to get..."

June 20, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Fest’s Renaissance

Beach House, Explosions in the Sky, Death Grips get medieval

"...Sound on Sound Fest has staked out a one-of-a-kind location..."

June 28, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Review: Dillinger Escape Plan

Farewell tour exhausts the metallurgists’ rabid fanbase

"...“You motherfuckers!” Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato teased a dwindling but hysterical audience from..."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

Sound on Sound Review: Descendents

Milo Aukerman and the punks for president!

"...“Are you like me and you just want this election to be over?” Milo Aukerman polled the audience at..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Review: Wild Nothing

Shoegaze ascenders build their festival set

"...On this year’s third LP Life of Pause, Wild Nothing..."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Playback: Sound on Sound Gets Medieval

Sound on Sound’s über headliner: 23 acres of Sherwood Forest

"...R.R. Martin novel, that's the bloody battlefield of Austin concert promotions. Last spring, Fun Fun Fun Fest organizers Transmission..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Review: Japandroids

Anthem after anthem after anthem

"...Rock & roll conviction lives and dies onstage, something Japandroids proved during a..."

Nov. 12, 2017 Music Post by Michael Toland

Sound on Sound Fest Q&A: Power Trip

Riley Gale talks medieval beheadings, awards, and his bucket list

"...On the heels of sophomore platter Nightmare Logic, a perfect..."

Nov. 9, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Fest Make-Up Shows

Salvage includes Grizzly Bear, Cannibal Corpse, Noname

"...ACL Fest, the Austin music community received crushing news: Sound on Sound Fest had been canceled. The medieval-themed genre..."

Oct. 16, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Review: Carcass

Liverpudlian doom, thrash, and NWOBHM melodies

"...Closing the inaugural Sound on Sound as the only extreme metal band to..."

Nov. 7, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Sound on Sound Review: Girls Against Boys

Bass-gorged NYC noirists erase their absence

"...Girls Against Boys at Sound on Sound arrived as the kind of booking its..."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Sound on Sound Review: Boyfrndz

Icy prog-noir locals help inaugurate first year fest

"...daily, but music festivals facilitate the miraculous. Like a fusion soundcheck by Thundercat at 11:30am on a hillside an..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Sound on Sound Review: Bob Mould

Hüsker Dü/Sugar frontman revives might + melody

"...Bob Mould relies on a simple formula: smashing pop hooks and sweet melodies..."

Nov. 7, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Sound on Sound Review: Cherubs

Reunited torrential Austin trio restarts a storm

"...Like Richard Pryor may have cracked: Someone says “evacuate,” I get the f-u-c-k out. At 2:21pm,..."

Nov. 7, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Sound on Sound Review: Damian Abraham

Fucked Up frontman podcasts from Sherwood

"...Slotted between the Air Sex Championships and a wedding officiated by Circle Jerks/Flag/Off! frontman Keith..."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Review: Midgetmen Perform This Is Spinal Tap

Local slop punks bloat up for classic rock messpertiece

"...A festival keying on the incongruity of punk, metal, indie rock, and hip-hop..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Sound on Sound Review: Yelle

The book of David Byrne with a chapter on French seduction

"...they learned in high school, but it hardly mattered. Frontwoman Julie Budet proved effortlessly transfixing outside at Mohawk on..."

Nov. 12, 2017 Music Post by Lauren Modery

Sound on Sound Review: Youth of Today

Earth-first NYC hardcore

"...On Saturday, Youth of Today frontman Ray Cappo drove to..."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sound on Sound Review: Hot Chip

London synthesists’ DJ set pushes the EDM envelope

"...Stationed behind a Frankenstein board of digital turntables, Joe Goddard..."

Nov. 13, 2017 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Sound on Sound Review: Grizzly Bear

Sure and vital

"...Angeles-based experimental indie rock quartet Grizzly Bear aligned themselves along a horizontal plane on the ACL Live at the..."

Nov. 11, 2017 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Sound on Sound Review: Noname

Windy City MC unpacks strife and struggle in blooming metaphor

"...On last year’s debut Telefone, rising rap star Noname focused..."

Nov. 12, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Sound on Sound Review: Thundercat

South Los Angeles Renaissance jazz oddity cuts loose

"...thrift store, Thundercat played to his musical quirk in donning a blanket at the Keep stage near midnight on..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Sound on Sound

"...While the designation of the Music Department and its charge of developing..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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