Pretty much as soon as Vandoliers began playing Thursday night, I thought about when the last time was that I’d heard anything that could be described as “cowpunk,” or even heard the term. Even in[…]
Continue reading …
A short roundup of a music search to beat the summertime blues: The Deer, Primo the Alien, Party Van
Someone needs to cover “Summertime Blues.” That’s a thought that’s been kicking around in my head for a few weeks now. Cover the Eddie Cochran classic and change the lyrics to match the moment —[…]
Continue reading …
Shows: Y’all Out Boy’s Far Out party makes pop-punk feel like the perfect genre it definitely isn’t
If I wanted to detail my complicated personal relationship with pop-punk, I could probably go on for awhile. I might even bore the ever-loving crap out of you in the process. For concision — because I really[…]
Continue reading …
Album review: A. Sinclair, South Padre
The last 30 seconds or so of “Lean Into It,” the opening offering on A. Sinclair’s new album, are an awakening, gravel-coated cannon shot of noise-rock tacked onto a standard-issue, slow-burn acoustic tune. It emerges[…]
Continue reading …
Interview: Deezie Brown on internal “malice,” his hip-hop fairytale and NFTs
(Top photo by Justin Cook) For awhile, I’ve been fascinated by the idea of how our makeup as humans — whether genetics or nurture — might have left us just a DNA strand, a[…]
Continue reading …
Shows: Snail Mail @ Moody Theater
“You guys wanna know something crazy? We’ve never played a bad show in Austin,” Lindsey Jordan — aka Snail Mail — told fans early in her show at the Moody Theater on May 2. “I[…]
Continue reading …