Took me a little while to finalize Ear Traffic ATX’s HI-35 for 2019. I’ll offer no extensive year-summing preamble for my annual ranking of the year’s best tracks (as opposed to my previous ranking of my favorite[…]
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Ear Traffic’s top local tracks of 2019
(Photo by Nicole Berlin Photography) Always arguable, but always fun: Year-end lists are a jam of mine. Here are my 15 favorite tracks by local artists in 2019, with a few honorable mentions to kick us[…]
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Traffic Jam: Holiday cheer from Molly Burch, the Black Pumas’ land speed record, Torino Black
It’s rare that anything ever stands between me and listening to music. (Between listening to music and I? Eh, I’m not going to bother checking. ) But every now and then, life stands between me[…]
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Interview: Mike Melinoe, back in his real domain
(Photo by Caitlin Rounds) This summer, Mike Melinoe was homeless. It was only for a couple of weeks, but there’s no “only” in homelessness, is there? He was sleeping at the Domain. Yes, the shopping[…]
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Here are some of my musical limits. Where are yours?
“This is too hard for me.” “Too soft for me.” “Too poppy for me.” “Too punk for me.” Chances are, if you listen to music with any regularity, you’ve thought something along these lines, and maybe[…]
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ACL Performer Interview: The subtle rebellion of Houses
If you listen to Houses, or saw the person/project known legally as Dexter Tortoriello at Austin City Limits Music Festival this year, rebellion probably isn’t the first thing you’d associate with him. Tortoriello has made atmospheric,[…]
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