Review: Dream Wife brings chops, attitude to promising, imperfect debut
The ingredients are almost in place for Dream Wife to become something great someday. The Brighton, U.K.-originated trio are clearly lovers of some of the […]
Shows: Lexi and the Bleached Roses @ Radio Coffee & Beer
Just one album into their catalogue, Austin’s Lexi and the Bleached Roses have already figured out something other bands might struggle to pull off – […]
Shows: Julian Acosta, She Sir at the ABGB, SXSW HAAM Benefit Day
If somebody asks you to form an image of the typical Austin musician, that’d probably be an impossible task. There’s so much music and so […]
Shows: Mohawk set suggests Waxahatchee can still grow as a live act
When the light hit Katie Crutchfield right, she looked like an apparition. And that fits well enough for Crutchfield, now touring her fourth album as […]
Shows: Erika Wennerstrom anything but Heartless at Continental Club
Out of all the talented victims of rock ‘n’ roll and roots becoming second-class-citizen music genres in today’s popular culture, Heartless Bastards are among the […]
Review: Mitski’s Puberty 2 is varied, moody, and fascinating
(Image courtesy of brooklynvegan.com) Uh, Puberty 2? My first instinct is to say no thanks – just speaking for myself, not a sequel I’m […]
SXSW 2016: A look back at the joy of “free”
For my second South By Southwest Music Festival, I again remained a cheapskate — no badges, no wristbands — and I didn’t come out of […]
Mutemath at Emo’s: Arena-sized thrills
When it comes to fame, most artists slot neatly into one of four categories: Mainstream famous, indie famous, locally famous and not famous. Since Mutemath’s […]
It’s 50 percent harder to be a fan of Kanye West
“Oh, whoa ho ho! I knew I was gon’ see you again! Knew I was gon’ see you again!” – “Wake Up Mr. West” (intro […]
On wide-open road, Bonnie Lang arrives at “true sound”
Three albums into her musical partnership with guitarist Maurice Munter, San Antonio singer-guitarist Bonnie Lang says the duo has finally arrived at the sound that […]