#Austin

PREMIEREBeth // James Process Grief Through "Voicemails"

The song was penned by the husband-and-wife duo of Mikaela and Jordan Burchill, an indie-Americana duo based out of Austin. Mikaela’s father passed away in...

Cillea Houghton

PREMIEREStretch Panic Tells Spooky Stories on Debut LP 'Glitter and Gore'

Austin-based indie rock band Stretch Panic fills an unusual niche: their songs are based around witches, vampires, demons, and other Halloween creatures. Their debut LP, Glitter and Gore, delves deep into this quirky theme, not only for the fun and humor of it but also as a means to make incisive...

Annie White

Sasha and the Valentines Cast a Spell With Premiere of Silent-Film Inspired "Witches" Video

.. or is it? Austin-based quintet Sasha and the Valentines want you to consider those feelings as carefully as they have on their debut LP, So You Think You Found Love? out April 16 via Oof Records. They've released...

Lindsey Rhoades

Erin Ivey Finds Inner Peace on Solace in the Wild LP

Gifted to her by friend and fellow artist Raina Rose, Ivey habitually takes the pretty pink crystal (meant to strengthen the heart chakra) into the recording studio with her to...

Cillea Houghton

PremiereCari Hutson Defines Emotional Limits With “Take The Day”

Cari Hutson is stepping out into the world as her most authentic self. Her new EP, Salvation and Soul Restoration, arrives next month (Feb. 12) and captures her grit, resilience, and tremendous growth since the release of 2018’s Don’t Rain on My Sunny Day. The singer-songwriter works through the...

Bee Scott

Ley Line Brings Brazilian Tour to Life on Sophomore LP We Saw Blue

All-female, multilingual folk fusion band Ley Line is based in Austin, Texas, but the quartet formed in Brazil, where founding members Kate Robberson and Emilie Basez first met and began playing shows together in 2012. Five years later, after twins Maddy and Lydia Froncek joined the band and they'd...

Annie White

PREMIEREBonnie Whitmore Critiques Rape Culture with "Asked for It"

It's in media reports drawing attention to survivors' past sexual behavior, in lawyers' questioning over what victims wore, and in...

Annie White

Sabrina Ellis Explores Empathy, Mexican Heritage, and Queer Identity on New Sweet Spirit LP 'Trinidad'

Sweet Spirit's music sounds like something you'd see high school kids slow-dancing to in an '80s movie, but if you listen closely, their lyrics contain far more depth than any rom-com. The Austin-based sextet's latest LP, Trinidad, out last Friday via Merge Records, covers everything from rejection...

Annie White

PREMIEREHeather Thomas is "Waitin' on the Times to Change" While Quarantined in Austin

Seattle-based drummer and singer-songwriter Heather Thomas had grand plans for 2020. After releasing her sophomore EP Open Up last year, Thomas hit the road, planning a nearly year-long journey with the intention of spending each month in a different city, exploring different music scenes and...

Alexa Peters

Austin Synthpop Duo Moonray Document Marital Bliss with Honeymoon EP

Indie Pop duo Jonray and Barbara Higginbotham may be living the ultimate millennial dream: they live in Austin, Texas and are making sweet, synth-infused music together. Their latest EP Honeymoon is mellifluous without being saccharine, tonally reminiscent of early Matt and Kim or Mates Of State. The...

Ashley Prillaman

LIVE REVIEWAustin City Limits Live Morning Broadcast

It’s a hot day in October. The summer hasn’t ended yet in Austin, Texas. Nevertheless the Austin City Limits Festival began last weekend and continues this afternoon through Sunday in Zilker Park - and thousands of people will stand in the sun to experience it. Last Friday, a smaller crowd had...

Laura Kobylecky

VIDEO PREMIEREKae Astra "Medicate"

Its verses describe the quest to heal inner pain, and the agony of empty...

Ashley Prillaman