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Austin Music MinuteLex Land Plays Thursday Night at FrankIt's interesting to note that Lex Land originally set out to make a career in opera. Of course, things moved in an entirely different direction for the young, vibrantly-voiced songwriter. She released her debut album, the critically-acclaimed Orange Days on Lemon Street, in 2008 at age 19. Then, she moved from Los Angeles to Austin a few years ago, deciding that the stints in LA, amidst the vast anonymity in a sea of people clamoring to be famous, were just not cutting it for her career.
She finished writing songs for her next album, Were My... |
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Features, Texas Music MattersThe Loop: Butcher BearButcher 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.... |
This Week in Texas Music History
This Week in Texas Music History: Carl...
Carl Gardner, lead singer of the pop group the Coasters, was born on April 29, 1928, in Tyler, Texas. In the early 1950s, Gardner moved to Southern California and started the doo-wop band the Robins. By 1955, Gardner and bassist Bobby Nunn had relocated to New York and formed a new...
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Austin Music Minute
AUSTIN PSYCH FEST through Sunday at Em...
With increasing popularity and the addition of more bands to the bill, the AUSTIN PSYCH FEST now celebrates year number five of bringing together numerous psych-rock, garage, pop, experimental and drone music artists for one of the...
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Austin Music Minute
FUSEBOX Festival Continues Through May...
Fusebox is literally an exchange or creative interaction. Then eventually, it feels as though every piece, every bit of work comes together in a brilliant and connected way.
The annual contemporary art and performance festival, held...
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Music, Music Archive
Karl Wallinger @ KUT 4/25/12
Welsh musician and multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger is best known by the moniker he uses for his solo work, World Party, a project he kicked off in 1986, after a year-long stint with The Waterboys. When you've been playing music as long as he has, it...
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Music, Music Archive
Timber Timbre @ KUT 4/25/12
Canadian folk trio Timber Timbre have been twice nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, an award given to the best Canadian album every year. They were longlisted for their first release as a signed act (the self-titled Timber Timbre) in 2009 and...
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Features, Texas Music Matters
The Loop: Ntropy
Beat music is a form that has grown out of various strains of electronic music, right in our backyard. Several local collectives are going strong with monthly live showcases and online compilations, and Texas Music Matters wants to shine a light on the scene. Each week, we’ll...
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Music Archive
Slaid Cleaves @ KUT 4/25/12
Slaid Cleaves like to keep things simple. His website bio says "Slaid Cleaves. Grew up in Maine. Lives in Texas. Writes songs. Makes Records. Travels around. Tries to be good." That brief description is a perfect example of Slaid Cleaves songwriting. Brilliant,...
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Music, Music Archive
Lee Fields @ KUT 4/26/12
Brooklyn based soul artist Lee Fields is a soul artist in the truest sense. Today, it's easy to throw something in the music industry and have it land on an artist or band that plays "soul/______ fusion." That is not the case with Lee Fields. Lee...
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Song of the Day
Chip Taylor: “I Know Dark”
Songwriters are more often than not obscured by the artists that make their songs famous, but that's not the case with Chip Taylor. You know him as the writer of "Wild Thing" and "Angel of the...
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Song of the Day
Husky: “History’s Door”
The band Husky hails from Melbourne, Australia, and their brand of lush, introspective pop has earned them fans down under and over here. Their forthcoming record Forever So (out in North America on July 10) is...
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Music
Public Radio Music Month: Public Radio...
Sara Hickman’s clear voice, moving music and poetic lyrics are an inspiration to many. In fact, she’s been called an “angel” on more than one occasion. But even artists and angels need inspiration from time to time.
“I’m always inspired by what I hear on public...
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Music Archive
Oliver Rajamani @ KUT 4/26/12
Musicians like Oliver Rajamani are the soul of Austin music, adding to the diverse range of styles and genres that make up the city's rich musical tapestry. He is both a master and a student of several Middle Eastern/South Asian/Gypsy schools...
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Texas Music Matters
Big Broadcast: Into the Vaults
Austin City Limits has just won the Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting--coinciding with the 50th anniversary of its home station, KLRU. This week, longtime producer Terry Lickona offers a rare peek behind the scenes at Studio 6A, birthplace of ACL, with stories and music from the longest...
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Austin Music Minute
Triple Bill: The Happen-Ins, Leopold &...
Oh, these selfish pleasures. I, your Austin Music Minute maven Laurie Gallardo, am pleased to announce another killer triple bill that you shouldn't miss. This one's going down Thursday night at Antone's, 213...
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