October 23, 2012 7:40 am by: Laurie Gallardo
The
Austin Music Minute maven digs the triple bills. This week, I present three songwriters to keep an eye on:
Wil Cope,
Christy Hays and
Ali Holder, all Austin-based artists who've turned heads with their impressive solo acoustic sets and with full-on bands.
Cope made his official debut with his
Sunset Craves last year, produced by
Heartless Bastards drummer
David Colvin and featuring backing vocals by HB frontwoman
Erika Wennerstrom. His new album,
Drunk Are the Stars, should be coming out next month. Hays has made the rounds performing with her band,
Christy Hays and Her Sunday Best, and released her...
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I think it's safe to say that my Texas Music Matters peeps were (and still are) in agreement when we first got a taste of JEFF the Brotherhood. After checking out some tracks from We Are the Champions (2011) and Heavy Days (2009), I was hooked. This year's release, Hypnotic Nights (chances are good this one ends up on my top ten list for 2012) absolutely sealed the deal.
The Nashville-based duo are brothers, by the way. Jake and Jamin Orrall are the sons of singer, songwriter and producer Robert Ellis Orrall, so music was a part of everyday life. They'd been releasing... » read more
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The Black Hollies could’ve taken the easy route and planted themselves into one genre with their impressive 2005 debut, Crimson Reflections, a massive blend of ’60…...
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Got Nuffin is the sixth EP that Spoon has released in it’s 16 years as a band – and it’s twelfth recording, if you count their six full-length albums. This new thr…...
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Dale Watson isn’t bogged down by genres. Don’t waste the man’s time. He does what he does, and he does it with great conviction. If you simply must find a term to describe his mi…...
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Here’s a sweet two-for-one deal: A double CD release party, courtesy of Austin bands Til We’re Blue Or Destroy and New Roman Times.
There’s a boundless live-p…...
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It could be the wood panelling. It could very well be the overall old-school vibe of the Moose Lodge in East Austin. Above all else, it’s just a great setting and laid-back atm…...
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Indie singer-songwriter John Vanderslice is a true believer in analog recording. In 1997, he founded Tiny Telephone, an all-analog studio in the Mission District of San Francis…...
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More often than not, you’ll find Scott Miller on tour. This is usually with the entire band, so it’s Scott Miller and The Commonwealth on the marquee. But the folk-roc…...
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It’s true. From their earlier releases to this year’s Until the Autumn, there is something incredibly uplifting about The Story Of. The lush layers and textures, th…...
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Ft. Worth native Collin Herring first swept hometown fans off their feet with his 2002 debut, Avoiding the Circus. He was regarded as an up-an-coming alt.-country star, combinin…...
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You undoubtedly have a very busy Fourth of July weekend ahead – parties, cookouts, fireworks – and, for those of you who are musically inclined (duh), lots of shows to…...
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It’ll be a stellar line-up this Thursday night at La Zona Rosa – all to benefit the Austin Child Guidance Center.
This will mark the second annual Super Hero Show, a nig…...
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You can’t follow the fingers. They’re just too dang fast. Jake Shimabukuro has turned speed-of-light plucking into an artform on the ukulele.
Ever since Shimabuku…...
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The question should be this: Where to begin in the story of one W.K. Burchenal? There’s just too much to include.
Full disclosure, first: I, your Austin Music Minute hostess…...
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There’s a sort of general consensus that fans and music reviewers have when it comes to Austin-based garage rock-pop quartet Wine and Revolution. The band pairs rough, raw…...
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