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The “Bonus Tracks” area at Austin City Limits Music Fest on October 4, 2024.

Photo Gallery: ACL Fest 2024 Weekend 1 Friday

Coco Becker, Associate Photo Editor October 5, 2024

Clairo performs at ACL Live at The Moody Theater on Oct. 1, 2024. The show was her second in Austin and third stop on the Charm Tour.

Photo Gallery: Clairo at ACL Live

Naina Srivastava, Senior Photographer October 3, 2024

Singing, rapping duo outside of Jester hope to inspire students to stay present, follow their dreams

Singing, rapping duo outside of Jester hope to inspire students to stay present, follow their dreams

Brynn Dominguez, General Life&Arts Reporter September 30, 2024

Tianshi Suo stood on Speedway singing 50 Cent songs hoping to share his love for music. Just across the way, Mason Talarico stood doing the same. They soon decided to combine their efforts and have serenaded...

UT student band discusses ACL fest, future goals

UT student band discusses ACL fest, future goals

Riddhi Bora, Senior Life&Arts Reporter September 29, 2024

Two years after their debut, UT student-rock band West 22nd went from performing at frat parties to receiving an invitation to perform at Austin City Limits this year. The band’s achievements include...

Gracie Abrams lets Austin be close to her for the night on ‘The Secret of Us Tour’

Gracie Abrams lets Austin be close to her for the night on ‘The Secret of Us Tour’

Amelia Engstrom & Flora Farr, Life&Arts Editors September 27, 2024

“(The Secret of Us album) is the result of feeling very big feelings in a very short amount of time,” Gracie Abrams said to her audience as the sun set behind the Moody Amphitheater stage.  The...

Mike Hidalgo (left) and Adam Diener (right) of Obsolete Machines perform at Antone's Record Shop on Sept. 24, 2024, for HAAM day. The duo incorporates a mix of Dream Pop, Electro Punk, and Alt Pop sound into their songs.

Health Alliance for Austin Musicians provides affordable healthcare to 3,000 Austin musicians, hosts fundraising festival

Bailey Raymond, General Life&Arts reporter September 27, 2024

Mariachi and rock ‘n’ roll collided on the stage of Radio/East as a trumpeter, viper violinist, electric guitarist and bassist performed to fund health insurance for musicians in Austin.  On Health...

UT senior Jake Aiger looks at records at the Headliners Exchange event in the East Patio of the Union on Sept. 25, 2024.

Headliners brings together UT music community with record and CD exchange

Charlotte Karner, General Life&Arts Reporter September 26, 2024

The sound of conversation and vinyl records flowed from the Texas Union East Patio on Wednesday night. Headliners, an organization under Campus Events and Entertainment, hosted their first-ever...

‘Avatar: The Last Airbender in Concert’ allows audiences to relive shared childhood nostalgia with immersive musical experience

‘Avatar: The Last Airbender in Concert’ allows audiences to relive shared childhood nostalgia with immersive musical experience

Analise Pickerrell, Senior Life&Arts Reporter September 24, 2024

With the amount of teary eyes in the audience, the orchestra seemed to possess water-bending abilities when playing the music of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” at Bass Concert Hall on Sunday. Fans relived...

Amanda Pascali performs a solo set at Butler School of Music on Sept. 18. Pascali is a billingual singer/songwriter who sings in both English and Italian..

Singer Amanda Pascali brings Sicilian folk sound to UT

Maria Rodriguez, General Life&Arts Reporter September 20, 2024

Amanda Pascali’s Spotify profile includes a quote by Nigerian poet Ijeoma Umebinyou reading, “too foreign for here, too foreign for home, and never enough for both.” For Pascali, the daughter...

Singer and songwriter Caroline Hale performs at the Ballroom at Spider House on Sept. 12. She performed songs from her debut EP, which released Sept. 6.

UT alumna performs first headlining show at Ballroom, releases live EP

Charlotte Karner, General Life&Arts Reporter September 16, 2024

Alumna Caroline Hale, class of 2024, said she always knew she wanted to be a musician. At just 14 years old, Hale was discovered and mentored by Martin Strayer, an audio engineer who worked with Ariana...

Doctoral candidate publishes book on Latin American music made during COVID-19

Doctoral candidate publishes book on Latin American music made during COVID-19

Bailey Raymond, Life&Arts General Reporter September 16, 2024

Without live audiences to listen, thousands of Latin American musicians used social media to express their feelings about the COVID-19 pandemic. Authors J.A. Strub and Daniel Margolies worked tirelessly...

Suki Waterhouse’s Memoir of a Sparklemuffin feels nostalgic, new all in one

Suki Waterhouse’s Memoir of a Sparklemuffin feels nostalgic, new all in one

Analise Pickerrell, Senior Life&Arts Reporter September 15, 2024

Suki Waterhouse — best known for her hit “Good Looking” — released her second studio album Memoir of a Sparklemuffin on Friday. With sounds alluding to ‘90s and early 2000s soft rock, the dream-pop...

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