(Courtesy photo: We Don’t Ride Llamas) Everyone who lived through Winter Storm Uri — more commonly known to Texans as “Snowpocalypse,” Ted Cruz’s infamous dereliction of duty, or simply the 2021 storm that broke Texas’[…]
Category: artist feature
Artist interview: Blakchyl rolling into SXSW as East Austin’s most dedicated ambassador
(Courtesy photo: Blakchyl) She’ll appear at South by Southwest in a month, but if Te’aunna Moore ever wrests control of the festival — or puts on one of her own — it’s safe to wonder if[…]
Artist interview: Charlie Faye uses her classic sound to become a purveyor and proponent of kid-friendly music
(Top photo by Eryn Brooke) Upheaval, self-reflection and redirection were hallmarks of the pandemic. Some people — seemingly thousands — converted their isolation into sourdough-making class. Others realized their needed professional and spiritual direction and their actual[…]
Interview: Pleasure Venom defines “letting it out” as mental health fuels first full-length
(Photo by Ismael Quintanilla III, www.iq3photo.com) Audrey Campbell won’t offer a lot of specifics about the harrowing personal experiences that have helped make her spiky, four-piece punk animal, Pleasure Venom, the snarling force it[…]
Interview: Urban Heat’s Jonathan Horstmann spins neurodivergence into gold
Usually, when you interview local musicians at Austin City Limits Music Festival whom you know to be playing their first ACL — like longtime local Jonathan Horstmann — it’s an easy, early warmup question soon after[…]
ACL Day 2 quick recap: Pink, War on Drugs and Death Cab are musical sundials; Sloppy Jane commits to the method
This will sound like a strange premise, but I can be strange, so stay with me for a second: Imagine that you’re blind, you fall asleep on a blanket at ACL, and you wake up[…]