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UT band Yardsale! releases debut single

UT band Yardsale! releases debut single

Ikram Mohamed, Life & Arts Senior Reporter October 25, 2021

September of 2021, after playing the chorus of “San Francisco Way” for the fourth time, lead singer Nathaniel Ogren looked nervously over at his bandmates as they tried to entertain a ten-person audience...

Lana Del Rey embraces piano ballads, songwriting on ‘Blue Banisters’

Lana Del Rey embraces piano ballads, songwriting on ‘Blue Banisters’

Sage Dunlap, Life and Arts Reporter October 24, 2021
Just seven months after her last album release, Del Rey returns to the music scene with her eighth studio album 'Blue Banisters.'
RINI makes listeners see stars in debut project, ‘Constellations’

RINI makes listeners see stars in debut project, ‘Constellations’

Angela Lim, Life & Arts General Reporter October 20, 2021

In the saturated R&B industry with its signature smooth sound, it’s difficult to identify artists who successfully set themselves apart from other musicians in the genre. However, RINI loves to...

5 albums to listen to this fall season

5 albums to listen to this fall season

Sage Dunlap, Life and Arts Reporter October 19, 2021

With gray clouds and pumpkin scents arriving to replace the blistering summer heat, music can add to fall’s cozy ambience. For UT students celebrating cooler weather, The Daily Texan compiled a list...

Meet indie rock star Zach Person

Meet indie rock star Zach Person

Morgan-Taylor Thomas October 18, 2021

Born in New Jersey but a Lone Star State native since his teen inception, Zach Person assails typical indie-rock through invigorating electric chords and audience connection — both prevalent in his Sunday,...

Texas native band Surfaces talks ACL set, new album

Texas native band Surfaces talks ACL set, new album

Fiza Kuzhiyil, Life & Arts Editor October 13, 2021

A pink and purple ombre landscape lights up the screen behind two white lawn chairs. Thousands of people scream, some holding cardboard signs made out of broken down Boxed Water boxes. Then, accompanied...

Jon Batiste takes Austin City Limits crowd to church during Weekend 2 set

Jon Batiste takes Austin City Limits crowd to church during Weekend 2 set

Morgan-Taylor Thomas, Life and Arts Reporter October 12, 2021
Making music that speaks to all, Batiste masterfully paints a picture of counteracting negativity with love.
ACL attendees share their favorite artist discoveries from both festival weekends.

ACL attendees share their favorite artist discoveries from both festival weekends.

Sage Dunlap October 11, 2021

The Austin City Limits music festival brought artists of all different genres to the stage. While some students splurged to see big acts like Miley Cyrus or Tyler, the Creator, they came back to campus...

Mitski’s new single invites listeners to feel vulnerable alongside her

Mitski’s new single invites listeners to feel vulnerable alongside her

Kaiya Little, Life & Arts General Reporter October 11, 2021

After three years in relative silence, singer-songwriter Mitski took to social media on Oct. 5 with the surprise release of her single, “Working for the Knife.” Announcing her first tour dates since...

Phoebe Bridgers performs on the Ladybird Stage during Weekend 1 of the 2021 Austin City Limits Music Festival  on Oct. 2.

Phoebe Bridgers delivers an evocative, yet refined performance at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater for ACL Late Nights

Chandler Rowley, Life and Arts Reporter October 10, 2021

Phoebe Bridgers has come a long way since performing to intimate audiences at hole-in-the-wall Austin venues like Antone’s Nightclub in 2018. On Thursday evening, the pensive singer-songwriter taped...

The Black Pumas perform during Weekend 1 of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Oct. 1.

ACL Live Shot: Black Pumas

Morgan-Taylor Thomas, Life and Arts Associate Editor October 4, 2021

“Don’t it feel good to be back, baby,” Eric Burton exclaimed, full of swag two songs into Black Pumas’ Friday Austin City Limits headliner spot. The Austin-born soul train, made up of the lead...

Doja Cat performs during Weekend 1 of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Oct. 3.

ACL Liveshot: Doja Cat flies audience to Planet Her

Fiza Kuzhiyil, Life and Arts Editor October 3, 2021

Under the Austin skyline, thousands of fans gathered at Lady Bird Stage six hours ahead of Doja Cat’s performance. As her crew set her stage with artificial plants, stragglers flowed in from the rest...

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