You wouldn’t be alone if you were previously unaware of a local Austin band by the name of Ola Podrida. Until just recently I had never even heard the name ...
And so it finally arrived, the end of SXSW with the final day of SXSW Music. I could sit here and pontificate about how every year the festival seems more a...
Every year at SXSW there seems to be a day where I just take it easy for a while and find a place to sit and chill with a few friends and a few beers while ...
Day 2 of SXSW Music had been a bit of an oddity for me in that I had been roaming the venues alone. While I’m nothing if not a bit of a lone wolf, every previou...
For many, the music portion of SXSW began this past Tuesday as hundreds of bands and thousands of eager fans crowded onto 6th street, Red River, Rainey stre...
As a punk and local music aficionado I am no stranger to fly-by-night bands and one-EP wonders. After hearing their recent demo, I’m hoping that Austin’s Dahl...
Failure to refer to the members of Austin’s Balmorhea as anything other than world-class musicians should be a crime punishable by repeated listening of the...
“Best of” lists are often like snowflakes, no two are quite the same. Given the breadth and depth of a music scene like Austin’s this is to be expected. Becau...
When it comes to music, there are people who listen more to lyrics and there are people who listen more to music. Generally speaking, I find myself to be the ...
The Sword
It’s almost my birthday (I’ll be 34 … yeah, I’m old) so that can only mean one thing: Fun Fun Fun Fest! While I’ll be making the rounds at all the ...