Anderson East is skilled, confident, and exudes passion. He’s got a full – and huge – backing band that shares those attributes, too. On top of that, East works in a genre that, perhaps as[…]
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Arctic Monkeys’ latest is just too tranquil
If this is musical evolution, frankly, Arctic Monkeys could stand to stunt their just growth a bit. Through five albums – particularly on their previous two – the Monkeys have allowed their sound to expand[…]
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Review: Dream Wife brings chops, attitude to promising, imperfect debut
The ingredients are almost in place for Dream Wife to become something great someday. The Brighton, U.K.-originated trio are clearly lovers of some of the best female-empowering garage punk of all time, and they’ve absorbed[…]
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Shows: Lexi and the Bleached Roses @ Radio Coffee & Beer
Just one album into their catalogue, Austin’s Lexi and the Bleached Roses have already figured out something other bands might struggle to pull off – that is, a marriage between easy acoustic indie rock/pop and[…]
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Shows: Julian Acosta, She Sir at the ABGB, SXSW HAAM Benefit Day
If somebody asks you to form an image of the typical Austin musician, that’d probably be an impossible task. There’s so much music and so much musical diversity within these city limits … (see what[…]
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Shows: Mohawk set suggests Waxahatchee can still grow as a live act
When the light hit Katie Crutchfield right, she looked like an apparition. And that fits well enough for Crutchfield, now touring her fourth album as Waxahatchee. A white outfit plus the occasional white light made[…]
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