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Austin Music Map: World Music Night at Halcyon
Monday nights at Halcyon might be the closest thing Austin has to a United Nations. Representatives from Mexico, China, India, Lebanon, and a dozen other countries come together. But then instead of debating global policy, they play music. Because this ...
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The Man, The Myth, The Legend
I'm guilty of repeating myself, but so be it. The Austin Music Minute makes no bones about it: Dale Watson is someone you need to add to your short list of must-see performers. And if you haven’t had the ...
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Ra Ra Riot: Is It Too Much
From dance-y, string-laden chamber-pop to the synth-y sounds you'll here on their new album Beta Love (out today), the band's never stopped growing and striving to be the best darn pop band they can be.
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Song of the Day

Kurt Vile: “Never Run Away”

He may be known for his less-than-polished production, but Kurt Vile knows his way around a pop song. Vile grew up in a music-loving household just outside of Philadelphia. Hi…...
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Austin Music Minute

Revealing the Black Matter Manifesto

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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Music

Michael Crockett’s Top 10

Horizontes, Music of Latin America: Ruben Blades & Cheo Feliciano – Eba Say Aha Two salsa music icons, Ruben Blades from Panama, and Cheo Feliciano from Puerto Rico, si…...
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Music Archive

Max Gomez @ KUT 12/14/12

Studio 1a is a big studio but it didn’t seem to faze Max Gomez when he sat down to play us a few songs. Gomez is a young singer/songwriter from the mountains of Northern New Mexic…...
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Features

THE GOOD MUSIC CLUB: Jack Wilson

There's one word that comes to mind: Outstanding! Welcome to a new edition of The Good Music Club, a live monthly music event and online video series documenting the phenomenal musical talent we have in Austin. The GMC records performances...
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Austin Music Minute

These Mad Dogs of Glory Play Tonight a...

I'm certain it struck me after my first listen to Sweet Appalachia by These Mad Dogs of Glory. It usually happens when I become attached to a particular song. I took my copy of the EP with me on a...
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Music, Music Archive

The Invincible Czars @ KUT 12/13/12

Calling Austin band The Invincible Czars “eclectic” or “quirky” is taking the easy way out. The band embodies those words too perfectly, and it sort of…...
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Music, Music Archive

MilkDrive in Studio 1a

Each of the instrumentalists in Austin jazz-grass band MilkDrive have earned various awards and accolades for their skill on the instrument of their choice. Of course, awards ar…...
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Austin Music Minute

Bloc Party Plays Wednesday Night at Em...

There were moments when it seemed as though Bloc Party wouldn't quite be a band again - sort of. During their hiatus, starting around 2009, the band members ' side projects were high profile and pretty solid, namely frontman » read more

Texas Music Matters

Big Broadcast: Real Good Music

On the next edition of Texas Music Matters- Austin 'found sound' from 1984: Jerry Jeff Walker at Dixies Bar and Bus Stop. Plus--A sneak preview of the forthcoming cd by one of Austin’s most celebrated sidemen and producers, Gurf Morlix. The Good Music Club cracks the vaults for its first CD, Plus...
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Song of the Day

The Blue Hit: “Graduation”

The Blue Hit's songs veer between folk and jazz, offering up a unique sound thanks to the trio's musical interplay....
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Austin Music Map, Features, Texas Music Matters

Austin Music Map: Bluegrass Night At F...

Mondays typically aren't the busiest in the Live Music Capital. But on Monday nights, a coffee house on Barton Springs Road is routinely packed beyond "standing room only" to hear music not generally associated with the "Austin sound." For...
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Song of the Day

Widowspeak: “Ballad of the Golde...

The cover art on Brooklyn-based band Widowspeak's forthcoming record Almanac is slightly misleading. At first. It features band primaries (singer Molly...
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Austin Music Minute

Holiday HAAM Jam Album Release and Ben...

Pardon my enthusiasm, but here's reason one-thousand, four hundred and seventy-five why Austin is so great: We have our house parties, our aftershows, and our jams. The local music peeps know exactly what I'm raving about. At any given time, at practically any location, musicians will...
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Song of the Day

These Mad Dogs of Glory: “Veils”

The lines between roots and rock have always been blurry at best. When you get right down to the meat and bone, rock 'n' roll is just amped-up hillbilly music. Austin quartet These Mad Dogs of Glory proudly live in the...
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Music, Music Archive

My Jerusalem @ KUT 12/12/12

Singer and songwriter Jeff Klein pulled My Jerusalem together in 2009, hoping some musicians and friends he played with in the past would click. Click they did, and – much to…...
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