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New ACL venue to open downtown

Brendalys Lebron February 24, 2016

3TEN ACL Live, a 350-person venue, is set to open in downtown Austin next month.  The venue will be set in the same building as the regular Austin City Limits Live production facility, but contains...

Two Albums: Two rappers wax poetic

Chris Duncan February 23, 2016

Young Sinatra — Logic Robert Bryson Hall II grew up in a rough neighborhood without a father and struggled to apply himself in school, eventually dropping out in 10th grade because of poor academic...

Animal Collective reinvents sound with new LP

Chris Duncan February 22, 2016

After producing nine albums in 12 years, Animal Collective established themselves as one of the most consistently fluid bands in modern experimental music, changing their sound with ease from release to...

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Sounds of the City: How Austin artists record, release, perform music

Megan Hix and Chris Duncan February 19, 2016

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UT faculty, students use Beyonce video to explore race, feminism

Jasleen Shokar February 16, 2016

When Beyoncé released her new song “Formation” with an accompanying video and performed it at the Super Bowl last week, she danced her way straight into classrooms, too. University...

Q&A: Rapper GZA discusses science, generational differences in rap and his role with the new Wu-Tang Clan album

Chris Duncan February 16, 2016

Rapper GZA, also known as the The Genius, visited UT on Thursday to discuss the role of science in his music and using hip-hop to educate. Since the beginning of his professional career almost 30 years...

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Live Blog: Grammy Awards 2016

Chris Duncan, Katie Walsh, Megan Hix, and Cat Cardenas February 15, 2016

Follow along as Life & Arts editor Cat Cardenas, associate editors Megan Hix and Katie Walsh, and music writer Chris Duncan live tweet the 2016 Grammy Awards. Scroll down to see who they think should...

Kanye West takes his music in new direction with eighth LP

Chris Duncan February 15, 2016

Love or hate him, it’s hard to deny Kanye West’s raw talent. For more than a decade, he has set the standard for modern rap music with frequent style shifts, allowing him to explore different...

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David Bowie album cover artist discusses artistic process

Cat Cardenas February 10, 2016

On a cold January evening, David Bowie stood on London’s Heddon Street, posing for the cover of his iconic fifth album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.  Shortly...

DIIV displays new, improved sound with their second project

Chris Duncan February 8, 2016

Since the group’s first world tour in 2013, DIIV has lived a troubled existence with canceled tours, drug addictions and arrests plaguing the group’s success. After attending rehab and focusing...

Two albums to listen to: The who’s who of The Who

Chris Duncan February 8, 2016

Tommy  The Who After their first concept album, The Who Sell Out, The Who declared themselves a pop art group, living a consumerist lifestyle instead of the popular hippie culture. However,...

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Austin dream pop act MCG discusses origins, their first time in a studio, and the importance of consistency

Chris Duncan February 5, 2016

For UT alumna Mariclaire Gamble, forming her first band was as easy as asking a couple of childhood friends. “I had known two of these guys since I was seven,” Gamble said. “And I’ve...

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