November 12, 2012 5:00 am by: Art Levy
Austin's Aimee Bobruk claims that a number of paintings, cartoons, and films inspired her upcoming album, and you can certainly hear that fantastical nature in "Two Of A Kind."...
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The band, usually clad in jaunty suits and Prohibition-era gear, bangs out early jazz, ragtime and hillbilly music with enough vaudeville cheek to make a Ziegfeld Girl blush... » read more
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The vocals of David Berman, lead singer and songwriter for the Silver Jews, kind of sound like a really lazy, tone-deaf Bill Callahan. But, at the same time, there’s something in…...
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Austin 5-piece, The Lemurs, had a largely successful 2007 – licensing tunes to television shows and touring with the Canadian power-pop group, Stars –
as well as opening show…...
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Michael Franti and Spearhead are one of the latest in a line of bands fusing hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock. The band gained massi…...
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At the end of 2004, the members of The Hot Club of Cowtown decided that they just didn’t want to play music together anymore. But, lucky for us, the hiatus only lasted a couple of yea…...
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Bruce Robison is a veteran of the Austin music scene. He’s scored hits for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, as well as The Dixie Chicks. But on his latest release, he’s tapping into wha…...
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Land of Talk is an up and coming band from Montreal, Canada. They’ll be releasing their debut album on Saddle Creek Records later in the fall. But we’ve got a little preview for y…...
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Huntington Beach, California native Matt Costa thought his claim to fame was going to be his skateboarding skills – until a severe crash left him with a broken leg and some seriou…...
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Shawn Jones, the lead singer and songwriter of the Austin indie-rock group, The Lovely Sparrows, started out as a jazz musician. But after about a year of formally studying the cra…...
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Drew Smith’s Lonely Choir is a band spearheaded by local indie songwriter Drew Smith. Smith admits he’s heavily influenced by artists like Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson a…...
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Ross Flournoy, lead singer and songwriter for the LA-based band, The Broken West, spent some time here in Austin, writing music and gigging around town. But eventually, he follow…...
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David Newbould came to Austin all the way from Toronto. And for his latest release, Big Red Sun, he assembled a ‘who’s who’ of Austin musicians, including Jon Dee Gr…...
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Magic Hero .vs. Rock People is an interesting band from right here in Austin. On their webpage, they implore the listener to “involve yourself in strange situations. Become a Ma…...
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Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings first hit the scene in 2001 with a summer residency at a club in Barcelona. Now, less than ten years later, the band is widely considered to be leading th…...
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James Jackson Toth began his career writing psychedelic folk jams in the band Wooden Wand. Since then, the Tennessee native has decided to perform under his own moniker and pare ba…...
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