Written and Photos by James_ATX Declan McKenna kicked off this huge, 45 concert world tour in Austin last night, hitting the stage to screams from adoring fans at the sold out show. The crowd was ravenous for the British tinged indie rock that Declan and the band have perfected. The …
Singer/songwriter Walker Lukens (Austin, TX) is a genre bending pop, rock, blues, soul, electronic, and rock star in the making! SXSW Schedule Bio: Walker Lukens has been called ‘one of the best songwriters in Texas’. The Austin-based, Houston-bred singer, multi-instrumentalist has been called ‘wonderfully inventive’, a ‘non-sexually intimidating version of Prince’, and …
What a great year in music, these are some of the best albums we have heard! Airways – Starting to Spin Alex Cameron – Forced Witness alt-J – RELAXER Barns Courtney – The Attractions of Youth Beans On Toast – Cushty Big Thief – Capacity Black Pistol Fire – …
Our favorite music videos of 2017, some may even say the best of 2017 Watsky – Exquisite Corpse Run The Jewels – Call Ticketron Open Mike Eagle – Hymnal (feat. Sammus) Avey Tare – Ms. Secret Tuvaband – Eventually Silence Caroline Rose – Money AWOLNATION – Seven Sticks of …
An eclectic mix of the songs we could not stop listening to 2018. Family – Mother Mother Step into the Darkness – Said The Whale Polyamory – Bonaparte 3WW – alt-J Hate That You Know Me – Bleachers Juice – Lady Leshurr Confetti – Satellite Stories Die Young – …
Written and photos by James_ATX The multi-talented MOBLEY performed a spectacular show at Emo’s for 101x’s Indie Xmas! The recent Black Fret grant winner was quite at home on the huge stage. MOBLEY even brought his very intimate living drum machine, where four audience members are transformed with wristbands …
Photo and Write-up by James ATX Tall Tall Trees brought the people closer to god with their psych-folk banjo greatness! Mike Savino (Banjotron 5000, vocals) and Micah Thomas (drums, vocals) made the sanctuary sing. Apparently, there is no wrong way to play the Banjotron 5000, with Mike strumming, picking, pounding the skin with a drum …
Written by Craig McGreggor and photos by James ATX For one special night, Kishi Bashi was a shepherd and we, his flock, were gathered in the pews of Central Presbyterian Church. “What if the universe was a cosmic love affair?” This was one of the many musing thoughts multi-instrumentalist, producer, …
Written and Photos by Bang Ho Shy Beast is a local band that captivated everyone in the audience at the Swan Dive for their EP release party. They are the perfect entertainment package of a polished electro pop rock band fronted by Mariclaire (MC) Glaeser; it was surprising they didn’t …
