• Austin Music Map: World Music Night at Halcyon

    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

    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”

    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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Vanessa Lively CD Release Show Tuesday at the Cactus Cafe

Austin Music Minute

Vanessa Lively CD Release Show Tuesday...

For Vanessa Lively, life has been about connecting with others, and the key, the common thread throughout, is music. Lively's early songwriting experiences stem from her time living in South America, where music was an everyday part of life and...
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Old 97s – “I’m a Trainwreck”

Song of the Day

Old 97s – “I’m a Trainwreck”

After nearly two decades and nine full-length albums under their belts, Old 97s are still at it. Bassist Murry Hammond and lead singer Rhett Miller met when Hammond recorded the then fifteen-year old Miller's first demos in Dallas. Now in his 40s Miller seems to be more prolific than ever. He says...
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Texas Top 5: Week 24

Features

Texas Top 5: Week 24

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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Ximena Sariñana – “Different”

Song of the Day

Ximena Sariñana – “Different”

Here in the States, Ximena Sariñana isn't really a household name. But in her native Mexico, she's a star, having graced the pages of Rolling Stone España and other popular Spanish-language magazines. Sariñana got her start at age 11, acting in popular Mexican telenovelas (her father is...
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Rock and Role (Models)

Features, Music

Rock and Role (Models)

In the mid 90’s, Carla DeSantis Black founded a ground-breaking magazine for women in music based in Seattle. These days, Black’s in Austin, helping women break into the music biz and overcome a "boys club" culture. Black says no one should be relegated to second fiddle...unless its their...
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When Saints Go Machine: “Kelly”

Song of the Day

When Saints Go Machine: “Kelly”

Copenhagen's When Saints Go Machine have spent nearly four years together, yet they're just getting around to releasing their debut. Konkylie comes out on June 21st, and it's the result of years of serious...
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Beat Divas @ KUT 6/15/11

Music Archive

Beat Divas @ KUT 6/15/11

The Beat Divas are three of Austin's most distinctive vocal talents rolled into one singing supergroup. Mady Kaye and Beth Ullman are both respected voice teachers and Dianne Donovan is a local classical music host as well as being an accomplished performer....
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Foster & Lloyd @ KUT 6/20/11

Music Archive

Foster & Lloyd @ KUT 6/20/11

The story of Foster & Lloyd is a familiar one. Two promising young songwriters in Nashville meet at a publishing company and join forces to produce some incredibly memorable music. In 1985 the genre Americana hadn't been created yet and college radio...
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New Media Art and Sound Summit This Weekend at Salvage Vanguard Theater

Austin Music Minute

New Media Art and Sound Summit This We...

Music is unlimited, created from anywhere, through anything. Take, for example, a hands-on workshop being presented by the New Media Art and Sound Summit (NMASS) and Austin music label Artificial Sound Machine called "Get Bent! 4.0." Don't be taken aback by the name; it's in reference to the...
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Blame Sally @ KUT 6/20/11

Music Archive

Blame Sally @ KUT 6/20/11

The four-women who make up Blame Sally came together in 2000 on a whim. It was that one-off gig that began a journey that has now lasted 11 years. Even though they got together later in life than most new bands, they had but one goal: to have...
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Hot Links – Week 25

Features

Hot Links – Week 25

This week in Hot Links college radio eats it's last meal, Facebook gets Big & Rich, Clarence Clemons dies, Spotify takes aim on America, Fun Fun Fun Fest moves down the street, clouds are everywhere, and Bonaroo gets deadly. All the news you care to consume! ...
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Built By Snow Reunion Show Tonight at Red 7

Austin Music Minute

Built By Snow Reunion Show Tonight at ...

  I, your most humble Austin Music Minute maven Laurie Gallardo, have had so much fun with Build By Snow. Perhaps it’s because of their amazing live sets. Perhaps it…...
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Milk Drive @ KUT 6/17/11

Music Archive

Milk Drive @ KUT 6/17/11

Milk Drive is the newest project from multi-instrumentalists Noah Jeffries, Dennis Ludiker, Brian Beken and Matt Mefford. The connections in the bluegrass world are never ending and have lead to one amazing collaboration after the next. Milk Drive's first...
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Spin This: June 14

Violet Crown Review

Spin This: June 14

Vetiver—The Errant Charm: For their first few years, San Francisco’s Vetiver were the standard-bearers of the “freak folk” movement, often performing with like-minded psych-folk luminaries like Devendra Banhart and Jana Hunter....
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