Checking In: Tara Bhattacharya Stages Interference Fest – Women Making Noise 2020

Sound artist and festival curator promotes the creative class

"...TB: Minimalist composer Julius Eastman has been on my playlist since March...."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Sanctifying Saliyah

The electronic producer focuses inward on a striking sophomore EP

"...jazz artist Sonia Flores and local Thor & Friends composer Sarah La Puerta. Austin post-punks Chronophage continue irresistibly energetic..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 4-10

"...23-Oct. 22): "I made the wrong mistakes," said Libran composer and jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. He had just completed..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Staging Human Resources: The Musical Despite the Pandemic

Mallory Schlossberg knew she'd face challenges staging her new musical now, but she decided to just do it and figure it out

"...weekend. Human Resources: The Musical, co-created by Schlossberg and composer/arranger Alexandra Smith, livestreams this Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Arts Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...– describes both the songs and their native Texan composer. He didn't need a band to underline them either...."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Grassy Knoll composer Nolan Green allows so much time to elapse between..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

How a Local Drummer Inspired Riz Ahmed’s Character in Sound of Metal

Revisiting Fuckemos drummer Sean Powell's Austin dives and Hollywood highs

"...friendship occurred when Ahmed, Marder, and the director's brother, composer and co-writer Abraham, all met up to play music..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

It's Gonna Get Pitch Black at Other Worlds

David Twohy named this year's Defender of the Universe

"...and The Thing from Another World. German-Sorbian musician and composer Carolina Eyck has taken the instrument to new heights...."

Nov. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sound Unseen Review: Zappa

or "The Impossibility of a Primer About an Obtuse Genius"

"...music” until a teen dalliance with French organized sound composer Edgar Varèse and awakening into domestic R&B alongside early..."

Nov. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Damn, Kathy Valentine Can Write!

Go-Go's local Kathy Valentine reflects on her memoir at three Austin fall events

"...and John Cale. Producer and Berklee faculty Daedelus, Harlem composer VHVL, and San Diego turntable wiz Sir Froderick also..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

AFF Short and Sweet: "The Recordist"

Award-winning short plays with ASMR psychohorror

"...of the soundscape, rather than something entirely different. Our composer Jack Davis used electronic elements that suited the idea..."

Oct. 28, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFI Review: Sound of Metal

The musician's nightmare becomes a catalyst for change

"...Darius Marder (who wrote the script with his brother, composer Abraham Marder, from a story by Blue Valentine director..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nightstream Review: Honeydew

Keep an ear open for this new tale of backwoods malice

"...complimenting writer/director/editor Devereux Milburn's pacing - but most especially composer John Mehrmann, who painstakingly patched together a mixture of..."

Oct. 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Eastside Kings Fest Preview: Bobby Rush Talks Pandemic Life, Dolemite & Race

Blues showman appears virtually from Austin on Monday

"...respect, because there’s so many of them! “Hard Times” [composer Lane Hardin] was the only guy I didn’t know..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Seeking Stress Relief at Austin’s Center for Music Therapy

What the opposite of anxiety sounds like

"...participants, listening to the choral piece "Miserere" by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri prior to a stressful task made their..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Kevin Curtin

All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey

The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle

"...ancient story, and at the suggestion of her husband, composer Chad Salvata, she settled on The Odyssey. "I immediately..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Last September, Late Iron Age Sonic Architect Wade Allison Spoke About Composing a Crossover Metal Standard

Eighteen days after the death of Power Trip frontman we uncover an unseen interview with the late guitarist

"...As primary composer, guitarist Wade Allison proved a major architect of Iron..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Faster Than Sound: Taylor Wallace Takes Over KUTX Morning Show

KUTX replaces morning show mainstay John Aielli with Taylor Wallace after the iconic ATX deejay suffers a stroke.

"...expect," said Allison, who served as the band's chief composer. "We were always just wholly compelled by our own..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Wasota Vegan Paradise Is Simple, Savory, Life-Sustaining

Two local vegans, Lawrence Eguakun and Graham Reynolds, talk meatless meals and The Movement

"...Vegan Paradise was conducted by Graham Reynolds – the composer and bandleader of Golden Arm Trio fame, yes –..."

July 31, 2020 Food Feature by Graham Reynolds

Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, Austin Choirs Seek Community Through Virtual Worship

Music remains an integral part of most religions, so what happens when the choir can't meet?

"...A man after God's heart and majority composer of the Psalms, King David worshipped with exuberance. When..."

July 10, 2020 Music Feature by Nataleah Small

Watch: Urban Heat’s “Running Out of Time”

Pandemic fosters a literally post-punk ATX trio

"...“Gun in Your Hand,” the song thrives on its composer’s knack for penning a potent hook...."

July 6, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Symphony Orchestra Keeps Playing From Beyond the Stage

For the second time in its 109-year history, the ASO weathers a global pandemic

"...Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland – a distinctly American composer – has been selected to close out the season..."

June 19, 2020 Arts Feature by David Sotelo

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Here's what we're listening to

"...Following 2018 Parks Projects disc Space Jazz, ATX drummer/composer Aaron Parks expands his perspective and musicians' pool with..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"..."You just try to adapt," sighs composer/pianist Justin Sherburn, artistic director behind local orchestral rock ensemble..."

June 5, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Summer Fun Playlist: Forget the Piñatas

"...cleansing, insistent piano plink of Holodeck Records' trending local composer Juan Cisneros...."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards Goes Digital

The Long Center’s annual celebration of excellence in high school musical theatre moves center stage to center screen

"...Composer/writer/director/performer Allen Robertson, who composes the show's opening and closing..."

May 29, 2020 Arts Feature by Nataleah Small

ATX TV Heads to Room 104

Duplass anthology show and more from HBO for free fest

"...a panel including EP/director Sydney Fleischmann, EP/writer/director Mel Eslyn, co-EP/composer/writer/director Julian Wass, director Karan Soni, and director Natalie Morales...."

May 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 8-14

"...AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Grammy-winning musician and composer Pharrell Williams has expertise in the creative process. "If..."

May 8, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Austin’s Beatstars Partners with Sony/ATV

Biggest beat marketplace links with world’s largest music publisher

"...“Admin deal” means the composer retains full ownership of the musical work, while an..."

May 6, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Now Streaming in Austin: Blood Simple

Tweet along with us to the Lone Star Noir that gave us the Coens

"...the careers of long-time Coen collaborators Frances McDormand and composer Carter Burwell, plus it features an all-time banger of..."

April 23, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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