Commercial success in the music industry is a double-edged sword; on the one hand, you’ve made it — hundreds of thousands, even millions of fans are now awaiting your highly anticipated next...
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Live from Alabama
Artist: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Album: Live from Alabama
Label: Lightning Rod Records
Songs to Download: “Outfit,” “Like...
Artist: Soundgarden
Album: King Animal
Label: Seven Four
Songs to Download: “Been Away Too Long,” “Bones of Birds”
Barrelling in with the appropriately-titled retro-grunge-rocker...
Thomas Newman; Adele - Skyfall [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Record label: Sony Classical
Songs to download: “Skyfall” [Adele single], “Breadcrumbs”
This weekend,...
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...
Denis Johnson, one of the greatest writers of his generation will return to the UT campus for a reading of his work at the Blanton Museum Auditorium on Thursday.
“It’s the literary equivalent...
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...
In the long, sprawling history of outsized Texas political personalities, former governor Ann Richards’ star shone as bright as any. Her irreverent wit, small-town charm and straight-shooting personality...
Pinback, Information Retrieved
Artist name: Pinback
Album title: Information Retrieved
Record label: Temporary Residence LTD.
Songs to download: “Drawstring,” “True North”
Over...
Hard to believe, but Austin City Limits Music Festival turns 11 this weekend. Over the years, we’ve seen some ups and downs — the dust bowl, the mud bowl, the propane tank fire, Ben Kweller’s...
In the 57-plus-year history of the rock ‘n’ roll singer/songwriter, a recognizable archetype has emerged: that of the brash blues-shouting rock band frontman who can also lay down the electric...
In many ways, Jakob Dylan is one of the most underappreciated artists in rock today. Over the last two decades, the 42-year-old singer/songwriter has been both highly prolific and highly consistent, releasing...
“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...
Of all the beautiful drives in the world, few afford such an excellent opportunity for escape and reflection as the rich, scenic ramble through the Texas Hill Country. Oak-covered hills, grazing livestock...
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...
“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...
Under a scattering of white brush-stroke clouds on a blue canvas sky, we headed out west for a day trip to Krause Springs.
Krause is about a 40-minute drive through the Texas Hill Country, but that’s...
“Listen to that Duquesne whistle blowin’/Blowin’ like it’s gonna sweep my world away”
Opening with the innocuous, melodious chimes of “Duquesne Whistle,” Bob...
Just in time for the fall semester, the Hole in the Wall — arguably the greatest college bar in the history of Western civilization — is set to unleash the Lonestar Roots Review, a two-day...
