Editor’s note: In this recurring column, staff writer Katie Walsh recommends free events in Austin for the week.
Monday, Sept. 14
Motown Mondays
Where: The Highball, 1120...
The devaluation of music has led to drastic shifts in the way artists release their content, making free albums the new trend. Instead of battling the changes, groups such as Donnie Trumpet & The Social...
Since the release of his first major studio album in 2012, Blak and Blu, Gary Clark Jr. has made a name for himself as a genre-bending blues guitarist. After recent performances with legends Eric Clapton...
Fans roared in approval when West Virginia-native and country superstar Brad Paisley put up the hook’em sign during his performance Thursday at the UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
To kick off the football...
Sounds of claps, shouts and doo-wops bounce off the recording studio’s walls as indie rock band The Manifest Electric records it’s debut album, Wild. The group’s lyrics explore the chaotic...
In Rodeo, Travi$ Scott delivers detailed, personal storytelling in the syrupy tones of homegrown Texas screw music. Scott's sound is influenced by artists such as Kanye West and Kid Cudi, but the lingering...
Editor’s note: In this recurring column, music writer Chris Duncan suggests two albums to listen to this week. Have a suggestion? Send a tweet to @chr_dunc, and your pick might appear in next week’s...
Nothing says Austin like live music — and City Council is taking steps to make sure it stays that way.
When the City of Austin released its first-ever music census in June, findings showed over...
On a muggy Wednesday night at Seventh Street’s Holy Mountain, local band Hovvdy took a break in their set to give special mention to Phil Hutchinson of Merdurhaus Records.
The label got started...
At 36, Dan Auerbach seems too old to be an up-and-coming rock star. Thanks to an explosion in popularity in 2011 with the platinum release of his album with The Black Keys, El Camino, Auerbach has been...
Artists such as Mac DeMarco, who sold 6,000 vinyl copies in the first week of his new mini-LP, Another One, are seeing a clear benefit from the resurgence of wax. Vinyl is a definite way to support your...
In the world of digital streaming and underpaid artists, vinyl record sales have overcome a two-decade slump. With rapidly increasing vinyl sales, record stores are seeing a resurgence of an old-fashioned...
