By Savannah Olson Music Journalist The bars and music venues of San Marcos have transformed from their usual valor of serving drinks and presenting music, to becoming venues for MR Fest 2017. Here at AquaBrew, the same change is happening before our eyes. The bands performing on this sunny day at AquaBrew are The Cold Tony’s, Fly Coco, Muff, Taiga, NightClerk, Glaze, SHMU and The Sun Machine. As bands set […]
By Martin Ramirez Live Reporter Local artist Cory Mann kicked off MR Fest at the Buzzmill with only his guitar and voice. The San Marcos musician first began his music career in a thrash metal band with his brother in Waco for three years. I got to sit down and do a small interview with Mann, and he said that he has many musical influences that help shape his musical […]
By Ana Belen Cobos Live Blogger Since 1 p.m., at Dahlia Woods Gallery, I’ve observed the open support San Martians give artists. Some girls said she was speeding on the freeway from the anticipation of making it on time to see TXNY perform. And then there’s Blu Moon. I’ve seen Blu Moon vocalist, Kendra Sells present during almost all of the other artists performances at Dahlia Woods, dancing along wholeheartedly. […]
By Austin Cowan Assistant Web Content Manager MR Fest is in full swing at the Courthouse Lawn. Volunteers for the festival have long since finished setting up the festival, and there are vendors selling and giving away their merchandise all while bands play on stage. Families are enjoying picnics on the lawn while listening to music. People are feeding off the contagious energy of the festival. Come on out to the […]
By Asia Daggs Web Content Director It is Saturday morning and we are up early preparing The Square for the biggest day of MR Fest. The managers, executives and assistants met up early this morning to move equipment to all of our 10 venues and register dozens of volunteers. The atmosphere is high-energy and optimistic as volunteers rev up for the 10th annual MR Fest. The volunteers are in overdrive […]
By Lindsey Petterson Music Journalist Austin based indie-rock band, Taiga, originally formed in 2012 as a two piece. The like-minded founding members include Brad Pendleton on guitar and Jack Alden on drums. Their debut was an EP called For Starters… Briefly after the release the band added another member to play bass, Owen Platt. In 2014 the three-piece outfit released another EP titled A Dreamer’s Debt. Greg Shamburek joined […]
By Allison Johnson Blog Content Contributor If you’re a frequent music festival go-er, you probably already know how to prepare for the majestic mayhem. But if not, I got you. Item #1: Water bottle Water is so important to bring to a music festival. Bring a reusable water bottle if you have one. MR Fest is April 29th and 30th so it will most likely be hot. If you’re walking around venues all […]
By Allison Belcher Assistant Music Director Bogan Villa (pronounced viLL• ah) is a soulful, three piece psychedelic rock group hailing from San Marcos, Texas. The band consists of guitarist and vocalist Will Webb Wells, bassist Brandon Alvis, and drummer Matt Ewaniszyk. The power trio came together in January of 2016, and have blown up locally ever since. Alvis met Wells at Valentinos, a pizza joint and MR Fest venue located […]
By Asia Daggs Web Content Director Unknown Relatives coming in from Austin, Texas, came to partake in our Live in Studio C sessions. They performed music off of their album, Lagniappe Per Capita, which was released back in January of this year. The band will be performing at MR Fest this weekend! You can catch their set on Saturday at 6pm at Buzz Mill. Check out Unknown Relatives' session below. Video […]
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