On first listen, Michael Kiwanuka’s debut album Home Again does not sound like it was recorded a mere year ago. The deep, fuzzy warmth of the album makes sounds like some long-lost American soul...
In a town overflowing with indie rock bands, Dana Falconberry’s alternative musical style is as refreshing as the “Crooked River” she depicts in her latest release, Leelanau.
Falconberry...
“Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive / do every stupid thing to try to drive the dark away.”
So opens the Mountain Goats’ new album “Transcendental Youth,” their...
On Tuesday, more than 250 musical acts will be taking the stage at venues all over Austin for the seventh annual Benefit Day for the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians. HAAM Benefit Day 2012 will bring...
Slowly replacing the spandex-clad, ultra feminine pop stars of the early 2000s is a new breed of unabashed, bold female musicians like Nona Marie Invie, the feminist front-woman of Minneapolis-based folk-pop...
In the western hills outside San Antonio is Utopia, Texas, a small town with a population of 227, according to the 2010 census. In addition to being known as an idyllic rural community, it has recently...
The last three years have been very kind to the West London folk scene, specifically to its flagship ensemble Mumford & Sons. The Celtic-inspired quintet scored a major label record deal within two...
It’s rare when a band’s music can be enjoyed by listeners of every genre, but the Ben Baxter Band’s wide diversity of influences makes it just that. Drawing heavy influence from blues,...
“Shields,” the fourth album by Brooklyn-based indie rock band Grizzly Bear, ostensibly finds the quartet painted into an art-rock corner. After the widespread critical acclaim for “Horn...
There is a line that separates cool impartiality from blatant unprofessionalism, and local alternative-rock band Whalers is attempting to build their career by flirting with that line.
Made up of five...
Across from East End Barber Shop and next door to several abandoned buildings in East Austin, the Orun Center of the Cultural Arts looks to be little more than a run-down, graffitied shack. But this multicultural...
As Subito Bones co-creator Alex Glen begins to set up his trombone, his eyes become fixated on the instrument. He carefully attaches the horn to its slide. The mouthpiece is the final part of this musical...
