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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
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
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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Austin Music Minute

Kinky Plays Tonight at Stubb’s Indoor Venue

One of the best things about Sueño de la Maquina by Kinky is how it leaps all over the map in terms of styles. The five-piece band from Monterrey, Mexico brings it all together well, from funky dance grooves to synth-pop melodies to some insane electro-rock. Each of the ten tracks has a way of defying expectation, but one would expect no less from a band that's been churning out massive rhythms for ten years. The album's contagious blends of rock, electronica, dance and Latin sounds is just further proof of the band’s staying power. Kinky got its start a decade ago after submitting their demo to the Latin Alternative Music Conference’s...
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Music, Music Archive

Guy Forsyth & Carolyn Wonderland @ KUT 12/18/12

Known for his impressive live shows, Guy Forsyth has been a force in Austin music for the past 20 years. His style is a wholly unique blend of sounds, making for something that’…...
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Song of the Day

Ha Ha Tonka: “Usual Suspects”

Ha Ha Tonka is a state park in the Ozarks of Missouri, but it’s also the inspiration behind the band that shares the same name. Originally called Amsterband, the quartet...
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Song of the Day

The Preservation: “Modern Dance”

Mario Matteoli has been a fixture in the Austin music scene since he was nineteen. For years, you could see him around town (or at a number of clubs around the country) as the frontman for the Weary Boys, a cow-punk...
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This Week in Texas Music History

This Week in Texas Music History: Cedr...

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll celebrate one of the state’s most versatile and prolific jazz musicians....
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Music, News, Texas Music Matters

Music Matters to Kids in Juvenile Corr...

The juvenile justice system doesn’t seem to get a lot of positive press. But a recent program launched locally is not just getting rave reviews, it’s having a positive effect on convicted teens. At the Gardner Betts Juvenile Correction Center in southeast Travis County, some students are...
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Song of the Day

Twin Sister: “Bad Street”

Twin Sister started turning heads with last year’s Color Your Life, an EP that showed the Brooklyn group to be master dance-pop makers. But this year's full-length debut, In Heaven, was an even bigger...
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Song of the Day

Robert Ellis: “Westbound Train”

In a Texas Monthly article a few months back, Robert Ellis admitted that his LP, Photographs, doesn’t fit nicely into a particular genre. “I...
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Austin Music Minute

Paul Banks & The Carousels Wraps ...

The story goes like this: When I, your Austin Music Minute host Laurie Gallardo, first heard songwriter Paul Banks sing, I was so struck by his singing that I approached the unsuspecting musician and...
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Austin Music Minute

The Lonesome Heroes Play Tonight at 29...

Landry McMeans and Rich Russell formed The Lonesome Heroes in 2005. As they progressed in their songwriting, it became apparent that they weren’t confined to an alt.-country comfort zone. And with the...
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Austin Music Minute

Mike & The Moonpies Play Tonight ...

I will humbly admit to you that I, your friendly neighborhood Austin Music Minute maven Laurie Gallardo, couldn’t two-step to save my life, but I do have this profound appreciation for old school country. Call me stubborn or old-fashioned, but tend to ditch the...
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Song of the Day

Lindi Ortega: “Little Lie”

What might you expect from a back-up singer who primarily works with Brandon Flowers, the lead singer of The Killers? Indie-rock? Dance-pop, even? For » read more

Austin Music Minute

The Lost Pines Play Balam Bar Grand Op...

Bluegrass band The Lost Pines was formed in 2007 by Talia Bryce and Christian Ward. At the start, the band spent many a time busking on South Congress, but now they’re getting lots of attention in the...
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Austin Music Minute

Shakey Graves Performs Tonight at the ...

I first had the pleasure of seeing songwriter Alejandro Rose-Garcia perform a few weeks ago at Hole In the Wall. He goes by the name Shakey Graves,...
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Texas Music Matters

Big Broadcast: A Very KUT Christmas

This week on Texas Music Matters hands the mic over to KUT staff for their favorite holiday stories and the songs that go with them. Join us Friday at noon and again at Friday night at 11 for a very special KUT Christmas....
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Song of the Day

tUnE-yArDs: “Bizness”

tUnE-yArDs is the typographically-challenged name for Merrill Garbus, a songwriter who’s quickly making a name for herself in indie-rock. 2009 saw the quiet release of her debut, BiRd-BrAiNs, which soon became an online hit with its...
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