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Austin Music MinuteThat Sexy, Rockin’ VoiceThe Heartless Bastards did, in fact, get together in Cincinnati in 2003, but I selfishly claim the band for Austin. Vocalist and guitarist Erika Wennerstrom makes her home here, for the time being, and Austin is where the band recorded and produced Arrows, the bands fourth full-length release, at Jim Eno's Public Hi-Fi studio.
Quite a few critics hailed Arrows as the band's best album to date, although there were plenty from The Mountain camp declaring that their third album would not be topped. Fair enough. But throughout it all, there is one defining element that makes Heartless Bastards tunes stand out... |
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Music, Song of the DayJohn Fullbright: “Gawd Above”There’s a lot of rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma, both geographically and on the gridiron, but there’s also been a great back-and-forth cultural exchange between the sta…... |
Song of the Day
Brownout: “Oozy”
The eight-piece band Brownout started as a side project for the members of the Grammy-winning ensemble Grupo Fantasma. As the band's evolved into the Latin-funk juggernaut it is today,...
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Austin Music Minute
AUSTIN PSYCH FEST Preview Party Tonigh...
The AUSTIN PSYCH FEST is celebrating its fifth year of bringing together numerous psych-rock, garage, pop, experimental and drone music artists for one of the biggest celebrations of its kind. Founded by
Austin Music Minute
The Tontons Play Sucré Show Tonight a...
This is how it went down: As you probably have guessed, the Texas Music Matters posse spends a great deal of time checking out new music, and follows any good leads that point us in the right direction. TMM production assistant Haley Howle was recently checking...
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This Week in Texas Music History
This Week in Texas Music History: Sacr...
This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll learn about one of the oldest and most distinctive musical traditions in Texas. On April 28, 1900, the South Union Singing Convention first met at the Round Top schoolhouse in Caldwell County, Texas. Later renamed the Southwest Texas Sacred Harp Singing...
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Austin Music Minute
Triple Bill: Sounder, Monahans, and A....
Yes, your Austin Music Minute maven Laurie Gallardo, has gone on another one of those tangents. But it's fun to run with it. It's three times the local goodness, and a great way to find out about bands you might not have heard yet.
This time, I'm recommending a...
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Music, Music Archive
Shelby Lynne @ 4/20/12
Country musician Shelby Lynne never didn't think that she would be a singer. Raised in Alabama by a musical family, she grew up listening to her parents' 45s, mostly old pop stuff that really opened her eyes to the music world. As soon as she could,...
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Song of the Day
Belaire: “This Could Take All Night”
Absence really does make the heart grow fonder. While they never truly went away, it's been almost five years since Austin's own Belaire graced us with a new full-length record. But, thankfully, that's about to...
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Music Archive
Del Castillo @ KUT 4/23/12
Award winning Latin rock group Del Castillo started with brothers Rick and Mark's shared love for all things rock n' roll. After years of playing in their own projects the brothers united to create an album their parents could enjoy. The...
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Song of the Day
Diamond Rugs: “Out On My Own”
John McCauley is a busy man. He's the leader of the folk-rock act Deer Tick. His collaboration with Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes and Delta Spirit's Matthew Vasquez led to the band Middle Brother, which released an excellent self-titled record last year. Now McCauley has teamed up with...
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Song of the Day
English Teeth: “Roadrunner”
From their name down to their faux-accents, it's hard not to love the cheekiness of local outfit English Teeth. Their sense of humor is certainly British-dry, but the Austin group is also...
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Features
Trombones To Dance To: An Interview wi...
I had yet to experience BK & Mr. E live when I was asked by Republic of Austin editor Chris Lynn to host the Roary Awards show a few years back. So...
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Music, Music Archive
Brownout @ KUT 4/20/12
Austin band Brownout plays latin funk music like nobody else does. It's loud, it's raucous, it's wild, and most of all it's just plain fun. Since their debut in 2003, they've been known for their live shows around town, and in 2008 the band started...
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Ha Ha Tonka @ KUT 4/19/12
Taking their name from a state park in central Missouri, Ha Ha Tonka puts an rock edge to the folk sounds that have been bubbling out of the Ozarks for generations. True to their rootsy sound Ha Ha Tonka's recent album Death of a Decade was...
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Music
Public Radio Music Month: Going Beyond...
There are so many new music releases each year that – in an effort to save the radio station the “trouble” of listening to an entire CD – record labels typically ide…...
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