M83 returned to Austin on Sunday night, touring in support of their latest album, Junk. Even with a five-year break between album releases, a fervent enthusiasm from Austinites awaited the
In 2014, Dr. Dog bassist/co-lead singer, Toby Leaman told the sold out audience at Stubb’s in Austin, “It’s always been a dream of ours to sell out Stubb’s.” In what
[rating=8.00] A style and sound can be deceptive. So it’s little surprise that with his parched vocals, weary demeanor and songs that bear a sense of worn, ragged reflection, Hayes
This past March, at the annual South by Southwest music and film conference, Philly band Low Cut Connie hauled their equipment, including a piano named “Shondra”, to approximately ten separate
[rating-6.00] Riding piggyback to Mumford and Sons as purveyors of the new populist folk, The Lumineers made a strong case their first time out that indeed, like the Mumfords, they’d
As if The Jam’s fiercely independent, willfully defiant sense of integrity needed any affirmation in these days of songs by the Clash on TV commercials, About the Young Idea ultimately
[rating=8.00] There has always been an overtly punk aura around Parquet Courts’ work despite their ability to weave through the fluxing borders of such a genre. This is perhaps because
[rating=8.00] It’s one thing to be a chameleon. However it’s quite another to change your tack completely. The former J Geils frontman Peter Wolf is, shall we say, a Wolf
Widespread Panic has turned their annual Austin stop at ACL Live into something of a tradition, managing to make a stop on an almost yearly basis for the last handful
Since their first performances at small clubs in Buffalo, New York in the early 90’s, jam band sensations moe. have continued to push boundaries, from playing small intimate venues, to
