(All photos by Nicole Berlin Photography) The Mohawk was sold out on Thursday night, and Sabrina Teitelbaum felt every inch of it. Toward the end of her hour-plus performance, the alternative singer-songwriter known as Blondshell[…]
Sara Houser’s long-developed reputation in Austin’s music community hasn’t come by way of putting herself out there as a solo artist. Yet, in emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic with solo billing and a new musical direction, the Austin[…]
(Top photo by Greg Noire, ACL Festival) An assessment of the success of any music festival — or any entertainment event — in the U.S. in 2025 seemingly has to include the following “pro” as[…]
We all hear it, particularly if you regularly interact with Austinites over about the age of 40: some variation of the perception that ACL (and popular music in general) are leaving rock ‘n’ roll behind, or words[…]
Fourteen years ago, I saw an ascending (and polarizing) Cage the Elephant at a one-and-done music festival in Kansas City, Kan., that was called — and this still makes everyone who hears it wince —[…]
The release of the ACL schedule inevitably brings a measure of disappointment for anyone serious about submerging themselves in the entirety of one, two or all three days of music. For months, you’ve had a[…]
