16 May 2013
Posted by Armand Diagle 
The weekend was supposed to be a big, wet mess all the way through, but hard rain lasted only a couple of hours on Friday, the first day of the 6th annual Pachanga Latino Music Festival at Fiesta Gardens. Even with the Friday downpour, since Austin's dirt is now impenetrable from years of drought, Saturday...
Read more → 15 May 2013
Posted by Clayton Hodges 
Austin Psych Fest 2013 came and went, but the six year old festival’s first foray into having a campground, vendors, and large stages was not without its growing pains. Previous festivals were held in various locations around the downtown area like The Mohawk, Emo’s, and The Beauty Ballroom. It was a simple...
Read more → 08 May 2013
Posted by Armand Diagle 
"It was the first time we got to play for people who had never seen us suck," says Matt Puckett, multi-instrumentalist for orchestral-indie band Mother Falcon, describing his excitement for the 35 Denton (formerly 35 Conferette) music festival, which was the group's first show outside of Austin, back...
Read more → 23 Apr 2013
Posted by admin 
For decades, Austin’s downtown district has been known around the world as a place where one can wander into countless clubs to find an assortment of musical styles and an abundance of rich culture. Antone’s was the first music venue to open on Sixth Street (the main drag) almost 40 years ago....
Read more → 12 Apr 2013
Posted by Clayton Hodges 
Walker Lukens is a man who wears his devotion to his craft on his sleeve. His second album release, Devoted, is testament to this. Devoted is a collection of sad, sad, songs of loneliness and longing; a longing for friends, for love or at least a lover, for something greater than himself. The...
Read more → 01 Apr 2013
Posted by Clayton Hodges 
I pull up to the home of Troy Wayne Delco of the Beaumonts on an unseasonably warm Sunday afternoon just outside of Lubbock. The double wide trailer is common enough to this flat expanse of ranch land, but the late 60’s El Camino with a .50 caliber machine gun mounted in the bed and the semi-completed,...
Read more → 30 Mar 2013
Posted by Armand Diagle 
Groovy, minor notes are played on a clean guitar. A sultry voice, simultaneously tender and aggressive, comes from a woman who plays sweet and coy; but behind her back, her fingers rub a detonation switch. The drums sneak up behind her voice as she throws the switch and an explosion of metal and steel...
Read more → 29 Mar 2013
Posted by admin 
VH1 kicked off music at SXSW with a bang at their exclusive party held at the W Austin on March 13th. VH1's "Hello Austin!" party featured a killer line up from Youngblood Hawke, St. Lucia and the Doll's DJ Mia Moretti accompanied by stellar electronic violinist Caitlin Moe. We danced the night away...
Read more → 26 Mar 2013
Posted by admin 
Thousands climbed up the the long staircase onto the Whole Foods Flagship store rooftop for the Quantum Collective Amazon MP3-sponsored showcase over the course of two days packed full of music from all over the world. Based in LA and run by powerhouse trio Liz Leahy, Dan Silver, and Allison Shaw, Quantum...
Read more → 24 Mar 2013
Posted by Blair Barnett 
The 2013 edition of South by Southwest has come and gone, giving music fans a glimpse for what the year ahead will entail in the world of new music. By most accounts, it will prove to be yet another exciting one with quite a few new bands rising to star status and some well established favorites releasing...
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