Like its electronic dance music contemporaries, DJ duo Justice wants its fans to dance. Since its inception in 2003, Justice members Gaspard Auge and Xavier de Rosnay have released multiple EPs and two...
Artist name: Andrew Bird
Album title: Hands of Glory
Record label: Mom+Pop Music
Songs to download: “Three White Horses,” “If I needed You”
The last four years have been...
The second annual Josh Abbott Band Festival hits Austin on Saturday with a lineup of established and up-and-coming country artists. Josh Abbott spoke to The Daily Texan about the festival and his band’s...
The sprawling lines that were once a common occurrence in the College of Communication’s plaza have disappeared since “Austin City Limits” moved its taping facility to a bigger venue...
Artist name: Gary Clark Jr.
Album title: Blak and Blu
Record label: Warner Bros.
Songs to download: “Bright Lights,” “The Life”
It has been truly incredible to watch Gary...
There is a reason Taylor Swift’s current hit “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” with its guileless, brand-name gloss, sounds like the music Kelly, Avril and Britney made their...
Antiquated art meets modern science in the University of Texas Wind Ensemble’s dynamic performance of Gustav Holst’s original composition, “The Planets.”
Holst’s most famous...
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Artist name: Pinback
Album title: Information Retrieved
Record label: Temporary Residence LTD.
Songs to download: “Drawstring,” “True North”
Over...
Eli Young Band’s Texas country sound and heartfelt lyrics have brought the band a long way from their garage jamming sessions at the University of North Texas.
From humble beginnings, EYB...
Eager young composers at UT are given the chance to have their music heard through the Collective Labors of the UT Composition Hub, or CLUTCH. CLUTCH is a student organization that presents concert series...
Somewhere in an unassuming East Austin neighborhood, a duplex-turned-homemade recording studio lends its space to the rapidly ascending local talent Quiet Company.
The sound booths are a work in progress,...
Patrick Watson’s debut Austin City Limits Music Festival performance may turn out to be more of a magic show than a musical performance.
Patrick Watson is not the lonely, goateed singer-songwriter...
