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Fourth annual WXWC introduces film fest

Alexandra Hart February 21, 2013

Deep in the heart of West Campus, a network of housing cooperatives lend themselves to affordable, social student living, as well as notoriously wild parties. This weekend, six of these co-ops —...

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An improved STRFKR, and others

Shane Miller February 19, 2013

Portland band Starfucker, or STRFKR, has a reputation for producing electronic dance hits and live shows as provocative as their name. 2011’s Reptilians hooked music critics and, with Miracle Mile,...

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Full Service to play at this week’s Local Live

Alexandra Hart February 15, 2013

Don’t call Full Service a reggae band. Or a metal band, or a surf-rock outfit. In fact, trying to assign the rockers a specific genre is futile. Even the guys in the band don’t like to classify...

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Owner of ‘Singing Telegrams of Austin’ Prepares for Valentine’s Day

Stuart Railey February 14, 2013

Armed with an arsenal of comical costumes, Mardi Wareham, the proprietor of “Singing Telegrams of Austin,” is spending her Valentine’s Day traveling all over the city to deliver personalized...

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Adagio, musicians with sea legs

Shane Miller February 13, 2013

David Kovacs’ mother tongue is Hungarian, but he’s also proficient in German, Spanish and French. “This is going to be my first interview in English,” he said as he set down his...

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The Record profiles a true Rock and Roll band

Lindsey Cherner February 12, 2013

Follow The Record on Twitter. Without an introduction, Scorpion Child is obviously a rock band. Clad in lightwash jeans, boots, button-down shirts and moppy curls that look tousled in an  effortless...

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Band debuts mature new sound on album

Shane Miller February 12, 2013

After 2008’s dance-punk album Antidotes and 2010’s relaxed Total Life Forever, Foals could have gone in any direction imaginable, but with Holy Fire it matures into a guitar-driven rock band.  Following...

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Grammys 2013

Kelsey McKinney February 11, 2013

A live recap of what happened at Sunday night's Grammys. Here is everything you missed, and some things you really didn't.  10:30 LL Cool J "does a lil' rapping"...

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Driver Friendly reflects on road to recognition

Alexandra Hart February 8, 2013

In a cozy apartment complex just east of the iconic stretch of South Congress Avenue, all seven of local pop-rock heroes Driver Friendly are packed into the living room of one of the units, laughing, joking,...

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Piano professor releases performance album

Alexandra Hart February 6, 2013

In the halls of the Butler School of Music, muffled melodies barely escape the soundproofed practice rooms as students diligently rehearse on an array of instruments. But it is not only students working...

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Listening to music isn’t just entertaining, it’s also therapeutic

Hannah Smothers February 5, 2013

Music will probably not save the human race or bring about world peace, but according to current psychological research, it does possess certain healing powers. From the prehistoric chanting of primitive...

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The Bronx proves itself in polar opposite genres; other recent releases excel and languish

Shane Miller February 5, 2013

The Bronx has proved itself in polar opposite genres. After three self-titled punk albums, The Bronx I, II and III, the band turned heads in 2009 when it announced a transition to classical mariachi music...

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