The Preservation are putting out some very infectious indie pop right now. Their music sounds like a less manic version of Vampire Weekend infused with the opti...
It may not seem like it initially, but Pure X shares a lot with our latest subject, Shakey Graves. On the surface, the differences couldn't be greater: Shakey...
It's been an interesting year so far for music. The national scene has seen the surprising emergence of Adele as a superstar, the reaffirmation of Lady Gaga, ...
Even (some) ubiquitous mainstream acts started out as somebody’s form of local music. Rapper Pitbull toiled in the Miami underground for three years before a ...
I’m sure a lot of people in Austin are still celebrating the Mavs recent Championship win. Congratulations, Mavs fans. But while the fact that the Blazers lost ...
In the summer of 2005, I was halfway done with college, and looking to satisfy my seemingly endless wanderlust. I somewhat randomly ended up living in Washing...
When I first got to Austin and started in on getting to know the local music scene, I downloaded everything I could get my hands on. There are still several b...
There are two things I have to start by saying. One is that I will never go to another show at Red 7 again. I first went there back in January to see No Age and...
I have to admit - when I first heard Suzanna Choffel's name I figured she fell into the Sahara Smith/Sarah Jarosz vein of female Austin-area singer-songwriter...
Mother Falcon is an orchestral pop rock collective consisting of upwards of 17 musicians. The band lists their influences as Beethoven, Beirut, Bon Iver and...
