Being sick, as much as it sucks, has many advantages. It's a built-in excuse to lie around and do nothing, watch TV, surf the internet, many of the things I lov...
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...
Today, I was catching up on my blog-reading, checking out local favs Austin Town Hall, and stumbled across a cool new single from The Wooden Birds, who are a lo...
Carter and I caught the indie electronic Knifight during Free Week and I was definitely intrigued by their mix of synth melodies and thundering vocals. During...
We here at OVRLD are always trying to expand the genres we cover, and one of the styles we don't listen to as much is punk rock. We've had it on the site before...
We here at OVRLD have been excited for tonight's Shears CD release party for months now, ever since we first saw them at 501 Studios back in February or March. ...
A while back, we posted about a concert we went to for local instrumental rockers My Education at the Mohawk. As much as we liked My Education, we neglected t...
With such a vibrant music scene, it's hard to remember that bands inevitably call it quits. Even the most successful of the artists we go to hear will someday t...
The depth and breadth of the music scene here continues to floor me. Just when I think that I've got a good handle on many of the great bands, I am reminded t...
As a grad student at the venerable University of Texas, I can finally say that summer has arrived. Though temperatures here in Austin have already flirted w...
