Friends had been raving to me about the quirky catchiness of indie rock-pop outfit Driver F, and they were absolutely right on the mark. Is there such a thing as intensely awesome…...
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Yes, this is the very thing that makes your humble Austin Music Minute maven swoon. It’s that beloved triple bill, all local talent gracing the stage of the newly-reloc…...
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It was over five years ago when James Mays came up with the idea. Having had a lot of experience as a musician, music instructor, founder of the Band Aid School of Music, and a fo…...
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You can rock an acoustic show. The Austin Music Minute has reminded you of this before. The proof? The Austin Steamers, a local quartet slinging some mighty solid original a…...
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It could very well be that the idea of percussion instruments illustrates a limitless realm of possibilities. You can use almost anything as a percussion instrument. However, lo…...
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The track I used on today's Austin Music Minute from Mayeux and Broussard's 2012 release While the Gittin's Good (and yes, indeed, that is spelled with an "i") is the unflinchingly irreverent"Hollow Ground," which I love, but the one I first heard and got completely hooked on was the swaggering and...
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Despite the detailed decision-making within the recording process of Brooklyn band Beach Fossils' 2012 full-length Clash the Truth, the basic formula was simple: Record the drums and bass live, in the same room, and get Ben Greenberg of The Men to produce the album. ...
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I’ve had so much fun with songwriter/guitarist/mysterious dude Mrs. Glass. Too much, perhaps. Your humble Austin Music Minute maven cannot help herself. I love th…...
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I’d first heard of The Hi-Tones a few years back, and was always struck by their psych-pop sound, sort of vintage groovy garage with hints of Bowie and early Pink Floyd wi…...
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The most I could decipher from the mystery that is Slow Magic - it struck me as mysterious, in some ways – was that it was a one-man show, a single performer with synth and a d…...
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This is a delightful discovery for your friendly neighborhood Austin Music Minute maven. What we have here is a band that basks in black humor, embraces the extraordinary, and can make a song called "Raise the Dead" so full of hand-clapping, foot-stomping life. ...
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I say that songwriter Kurt McMahan knows a lot about music from Texas, but actually, his knowledge is vast on a wide range of styles and not just the Texas variety. You could chat…...
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