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Texas Top 5: Week 37
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Music, Violet Crown ReviewTexas Top 5: Week 35This is the Texas Top 5 – where we bring you the week’s top five albums from Texas artists. Our friends at Waterloo Records compile a list of their top selling albums each week and we put our spin on it.
5. Suzanna Choffel, Steady Eye Shaky Bow
Austin crooner Suzanna Choffel is at number five this week with her most recent album Steady Eye Shaky Bow.... |
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Hot Links June 4th
Guacamole Queen Dies
Last weekend Austin lost one of its original spirits. Henrikke Lee Moursund, better known as Big Rikke, passed away in Spicewood Springs where she had lived for the past few years. New Austinites may not know who Big...» read more
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Trans-Texas Express 6/2/11
Every week we hop in the old minivan to visit our relatives in San Antonio and Dallas for their local music recommendations. Keeping us plugged into the music scenes on either side of I-35 are our brothers from other mothers, San Antonio...
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Trans-Texas Express 5/27/11
Every week we hop in the old minivan to visit our relatives in San Antonio and Dallas for their local music recommendations. Keeping us plugged into the music scenes on either side of I-35 are our brothers from other mothers, San Antonio...
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Trans-Texas Express 5/20/11
Every week we hop in the old minivan to visit our relatives in San Antonio and Dallas for their local music recommendations. Keeping us plugged into the music scenes on either side of I-35 are our brothers from other mothers, San Antonio...
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Spin This: May 10
On this week's Spin This, Austin gets subtler with Love Inks' debut, but its tempered by the rousing theatrics of Okkervil River's latest. All that and more after the jump.
Other notable releases: Man Man—Life...
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Spin This: May 3
On this week's Spin This, Fleet Foxes raise the bar again with another stunning album, and the Beastie Boys return to form to teach the kids how it's done.
The meteoric rise of Seattle's Fleet Foxes is somewhat astounding given the time period. Their music is unabashedly antiquated, drawing from...
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Shearwater Signs to Sub Pop
Johnathan Meiburg, frontman of the Austin quartet, has confirmed to KUT that the band has signed a record deal with the "major-indie" label, Sub Pop, based in Seattle. Meiburg also told KUT's Andy Uhler that the band is set to begin recording...
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Texas Top 5: June 3
This is the Texas Top 5 – where we bring you the week’s top five albums from Texas artists. Our friends at Waterloo Records compile a list of their top selling albums each week and we put our spin...
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The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Music
The Kerrville Folk Festival kicks off this weekend for three weeks of late night campfires, folk music, and vigorous hula-hooping. Now in it’s 40th year the
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Texas Top 5: May 27
This is the Texas Top 5 - where we bring you the week's top five albums from Texas artists. Our friends at Waterloo Records compile a list of their top selling albums each week and we put our spin on...
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Spin This: May 17
On this week's Spin This, Texas gets a nod to its spaghetti western past through the stunning new project from Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi. When most non-Texans think of Texas, their minds turn to desert landscapes filled with bone-dry valleys and stunning canyons. Blame it on movie Westerns,...
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Trans-Texas Express May 5th
Every week we hop in the old minivan to visit our relatives in San Antonio and Dallas for their local music recommendations. Keeping us plugged into the music scenes on either side of I-35 are our brothers from other mothers, San Antonio Express-News music critic Hector Saldana, and KXT 91.7 music...
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Spin This: April 26
Explosions In The Sky—Take Care, Take Care, Take Care: You’d be forgiven in thinking that All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone would be Explosions In The Sky’s last album. The West Texas quartet toured triumphantly behind it, scoring prestigious dates at festivals around the world, a slot on...
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Trans-Texas Express 4/21/11
Every week we hop in the old minivan to visit our relatives in San Antonio and Dallas for their local music recommendations. Keeping us plugged into the music scenes on either side of I-35 are our brothers from other mothers, San Antonio...
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