• Austin Music Map: Mt. Zion Baptist Church

    Austin Music Map: Mt. Zion Baptist Church

    KUT's Texas Music Matters is partnering with the national Localore initiative to create the Austin Music Map: a yearlong effort to go beyond the well-traveled streets of the Austin music scene in search of the hidden places where music is ...

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  • Kerrville Folk Festival: Stayin the Same Since 1972

    Kerrville Folk Festival: Stayin the Same Since 1972

    It’s faced torrential downpours --- near bankruptcy—and an even greater threat: fickle tastes in music. Yet somehow, four decades after its founding, the Kerrville Folk Festival not only survives --but thrives. Join us as we pay tribute to ...

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  • The Loop: Butcher Bear

    The Loop: Butcher Bear

    Butcher Bear is fast rising up the ranks of Austin's beat scene, thanks to a punk rock past that inspires his own music as well as the DIY nature of the scene.

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Mother Falcon @ KUT 2/20/12

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Mother Falcon @ KUT 2/20/12

At the intersection of pop, rock and classical music, stands Austin band Mother Falcon. It's a careful balancing act, but the group strikes it quite well with their approach to modern music but classical instrumentation. The band has a rotating cast of more than 20 members, of which anywhere from...
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Megafauna: “Wiretappers”

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Megafauna: “Wiretappers”

Austin's own Megafauna is a power trio that combines elements of atmospheric indie, big classic rock and monster riffage from guitarist and vocalist Dani Neff. Holding down the rhythm section for Megafauna are Will Krause on...
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THE GOOD MUSIC CLUB: Quiet Company

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THE GOOD MUSIC CLUB: Quiet Company

Hello again from The Good Music Club! The GMC is both a live music event and an online video series highlighting Austin-based bands and solo music artists making an impact on the local music scene. This week, we feature performances by Quiet Company, who made the cover story on this week's Austin...
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Islands: “This Is Not A Song”

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Islands: “This Is Not A Song”

It's almost fitting that indie-pop alchemists Islands released their fifth record A Sleep & A Forgetting on Valentine's Day this week. From the lonely rose on the black-and-white cover to song titles like "Never...
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Trombone Shorty @ KUT 2/16/12

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Trombone Shorty @ KUT 2/16/12

It's very easy to exaggerate and say that someone has been "playing music their entire life," I know I've been guilty of it on more than one occasion. But for Troy Andrews, that's actually true. He played drums and a child's trumpet at 3 years old. At 4 years old he was marching in a street parade...
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SXSW ’12 Artist Profile: Cotton Mather

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SXSW ’12 Artist Profile: Cotton Mather

Given all the surprise headliners and famous keynote speakers, sometimes good Texas talent can get lost in the South By Southwest shuffle. In anticipation of this year's festival, Texas Music Matters will be profiling some of the best showcasing acts that the Lone Star State...
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SXSW ’12 Artist Profile: My Jerusalem

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SXSW ’12 Artist Profile: My Jerusalem

Making your live debut at South By Southwest doesn't sound like a recipe for success, but My Jerusalem bucked that notion fairly easily with a packed house. That's because the Austin-via-New Orleans group is made up of a...
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Kinky Machine Plays Tonight at the Hole In the Wall

Austin Music Minute

Kinky Machine Plays Tonight at the Hol...

he spirit of DIY music promotion is alive and well in our city. While some bands admittedly need a fire lit beneath them because of their apprehension toward self-promotion, quite a few artisans go out of their way to deliver their work to the audience, even if it's simply CD sleeves designed by...
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Big Broadcast: Underground Music

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Big Broadcast: Underground Music

On the next edition of Texas Music Matters, Austin's underground live music scene no one talks about--until now. Also, brand new stuff from Lyle...
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The Dead Left EP Release Tonight at the Hole In the Wall

Austin Music Minute

The Dead Left EP Release Tonight at th...

If ever the question crosses your mind, you have the most direct answer without hesitation from The Dead Left: "The Dead Left are ready if you are." They certainly are. Songwriter and frontman Neal Kassanoff is stoked about his band's new EP, A Robot Does It...
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Matt the Electrician Plays Thursday Night at The Saxon Pub

Austin Music Minute

Matt the Electrician Plays Thursday Ni...

Tinkering is exploring. And it's especially cool when, as a musician, you can tinker around with different sounds and figure out what works the best, and what fits where. That might've been the case with Matt the Electrician (a.k.a.,...
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Tennis: “Origins”

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Tennis: “Origins”

Even though they are based in Denver, Co., deep in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the band Tennis has an aesthetic and a backstory that seems more at home on some sunny coastline. Husband and wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley...
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Mike Doughty Reads From Memoir and Performs Tonight at The Cactus Cafe

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Mike Doughty Reads From Memoir and Per...

Mike Doughty (I kept pronouncing it "DOW-tee" but Matt Reilly tells me it's "DOH-tee") is not the sort of individual who relies on a publicist to mediate the words that describe what he does, what he creates, or his observations on...
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Shearwater: “Breaking the Yearlings”

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Shearwater: “Breaking the Yearlings”

Shearwater is probably one of the most cerebral rock bands working today. There have been hints to a grand conceit at work in their music since it began over a decade ago. Take, for instance, the zoological themes that abound throughout the...
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