My last piece, on the ACL lineup the day after its release, ended with an acknowledgment that “my own verdict on Dayglow is incomplete and evolving,” nodding to Sloan Struble’s inclusion on the ACL bill[…]

Ever listen to something that makes you think about your evolution as a music lover? So You Think You Found Love?, the first full-length from Austin-via-Massachusetts dream-pop fivesome Sasha and the Valentines, just did that for me.[…]

(Photo by Nicole Berlin Photography)   Nostalgia is often a trap, when you think about it — one free of crucial perspective. Over-romanticizing the past is something we all do from time to time. You might remember[…]

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[…]

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[…]