Skip to content
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Ear Traffic ATX

Discriminating music appreciation in a congested city

Author: Joey

Meet-Me-in-the-Bathroom

How a winter apocalypse and a book about New York rock made me feel a new kinship with Austin musicians

February 27, 2021 JoeyUncategorized

I went just under 60 hours without electricity or heat last week. Judging from what I’ve heard and read about the largest winter disaster in Texas — and Austin — in recent memory, that seems[…]

Continue reading …
erika-wennerstrom-horizontal

Year-end lists: Slamming the door on 2020 with the HI-35 and the year’s 20 best local tracks

February 18, 2021 JoeyUncategorized

The way 2020 unfolded, it seemed to offer a musical choice akin to “fight or flight”: Either you 1) embraced pandemic-inspired music and/or music reflecting the turbulent social upheaval all around us; or, 2) you embraced[…]

Continue reading …
Ringo Deathstarr 2

Playing some year-end catch-up on local reviews: Jackie Venson, Bill Callahan, Ringo Deathstarr

December 30, 2020December 31, 2020 JoeyUncategorized

For me, the last few months haven’t been conducive to new posts. But the break I took from fresh entries here on Ear Traffic, I’m telling myself, was warranted because the less that’s written about 2020,[…]

Continue reading …
L-L-Swimming-With-Bears-1

Love & Lightstream, and what live music looks like in late summer 2020

September 3, 2020September 4, 2020 JoeyUncategorized

In this “Take what you can get” year, where that phrase applies to just about anything related to fun or general fulfillment, Love & Light gave us something. A sweltering, tasty, festive something that —[…]

Continue reading …
Eric Tessmer ETvert

Local reviews (Sweet Spirit, Tameca Jones, Heartless Bastards) and a brief tribute to One-2-One Bar

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Joeyalbum review

(Photo by Nicole Berlin Photography)   Last spring, when it became clear that COVID was going to grab the throat of some number of Austin music venues and force their heads into a filled bathtub[…]

Continue reading …
Sam Houston cover

What really put Blues on the Screen over the top

July 11, 2020July 12, 2020 JoeyUncategorized
Continue reading …

Posts navigation

Older posts
  • About Ear Traffic
    • Privacy Policy

Recent Posts

  • How a winter apocalypse and a book about New York rock made me feel a new kinship with Austin musicians
  • Year-end lists: Slamming the door on 2020 with the HI-35 and the year’s 20 best local tracks
  • Playing some year-end catch-up on local reviews: Jackie Venson, Bill Callahan, Ringo Deathstarr
  • Love & Lightstream, and what live music looks like in late summer 2020
  • Local reviews (Sweet Spirit, Tameca Jones, Heartless Bastards) and a brief tribute to One-2-One Bar

Recent Comments

  • JZ on On Jackie Venson’s all-Black Blues on the Screen, and Blackillac’s music of the moment
  • Naive Nelson on Austin Music Industry Awards: Waterloo’s reign continues

Archives

  • February 2021
  • December 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • May 2018
  • February 2018
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • October 2015
  • August 2015

Categories

  • album review
  • artist feature
  • concert review
  • music news
  • music opinion
  • news
  • reviews
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.org
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Oblique by Themeisle.