By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist Artist: Ian Sweet Album: Crush Crusher Release Date: October 26, 2018 Label: Hardly Art Website: https://www.iansweetmusic.com/ Jilian Medford, the quintessentially indie frontwoman behind Ian Sweet, is remarkably reminiscent of the grungey queens of the ‘90s. … Continue reading Ian Sweet: Crush Crusher Album Review
By Tanner Meadows Music Journalist Artist: Grapetooth Album: Grapetooth Release Date: November 9th, 2018 Label: Polyvinyl Record Co. Website: https://grapetooth.com/ “Are you violent?” That’s the question to set the tone for the eponymously titled, debut release of the youthful, eclectic, … Continue reading Grapetooth: Grapetooth Review
By Eric McKeefer Local Music Journalist A train whistle blows into the first seconds of Indoor Creature’s new single, “Selfish Liars.” Like waking up on the wrong side of the bed, after you slept through your first class on a … Continue reading Indoor Creature: New Single and Interview
By Danielle Ortega Local Music Journalist Artist: Tommy Guerrero Album: Road to Knowhere Release Date: October 26, 2018 Website: https://www.tommyguerrero.com/new-page/ Tommy Guerrero, a man mostly known for his career in skateboarding, also makes music, and I’ve gotta say, it’s fantastic. … Continue reading Tommy Guerrero: Road to Knowhere Album Review
By Clayton Chaney Local Music Director Nov. 9, 2018 will go down in history as one of the greatest new age indie rock shows of all time. The environment in downtown Austin at Stubbs was impeccable. It was a packed … Continue reading Hippo Campus Show Review
By Tanner Meadows Music Journalist Artist: Cloud Nothings Album: Last Building Burning Release Date: October 19, 2018 Label: Carpark Records (US), Wichita Recordings (UK/Europe) Website: http://www.cloudnothings.com/ Evolving from compressed lo-fi garage rock and distantly electronic, through-the-phone vocals, Cloud Nothings’ most … Continue reading Last Building Burning Album Review
By Samuel Cravey Music Journalist Artist: Exit Group Album: Adverse Habitat Release Date: October 12, 2018 Website: https://exitgroup.bandcamp.com/releases Adverse Habitat is the debut post-punk album of Berlin, Germany based band Exit Group. Made up of band members from acts like … Continue reading Exit Group: Adverse Habitat Review
By Nicholas Volpe Music Journalist Artist: Nothing Album: Dance on the Blacktop Release Date: August 2018 Website: https://nothing.bandcamp.com/music Label: Relapse Records The third album and newest release by Philadelphia’s Nothing, Dance on the Blacktop, is a record that blurs the … Continue reading Nothing: Dance on the Blacktop Album Review
By Iliana Ramirez Music Journalist Artist: Sunny War Album: With the Sun Release Date: February 2nd, 2018 Label: Hen House Studios Website: http://www.sunnywar.com/ Ten years ago, singer-songwriter Sunny War was homeless and busking as a street performer in the tourist-filled … Continue reading Sunny War: With the Sun Album Review
By Nicholas Volpe Music Journalist New York’s LVL UP is officially finished. The four-piece lo-fi indie rock band announced their end to the band back in June. After seven years of playing shows, recording, and touring, LVL UP decided to … Continue reading Concert Review: LVL Up, Skirts, Caroline Says
By Aimee Huckeba Music Journalist Artist: LANY Album: Malibu Nights Release Date: October 5, 2018 Website: https://thisislany.com/ The sophomore album Malibu Nights from synth-pop band LANY has taken the charts for one of the most direct breakup albums this year. … Continue reading LANY: Malibu Nights Album Review
By Guarionex Molina Martinez Rap Director Having been a fan of Kero Kero Bonito for a couple years now I was incredibly excited to finally be able to see them live and see just how well their Japanese-influenced pop music … Continue reading Kero Kero Bonito Show Review
By Tanner Meadows Local Music Journalist Artist: Roaming Herds of Buffalo Album: Mountain Rabbit Release Date: October 16, 2018 Website: http://www.rhobmusic.com/ Seattle based pop-rockers, Roaming Herds of Buffalo (RHOB), are a band that is comfortable in its variety. Continually experimenting … Continue reading Mountain Rabbit: Album Review
By Danielle Ortega Local Music Journalist Artist: Jibberish Album: Meantime Release Date: September 28, 2018 Bandcamp: https://jibberish.bandcamp.com/album/meantime Jibberish, a local Texas band, has just released their first EP. The EP has five mellow tracks that you can sit back and … Continue reading Meantime: Album Review
By Thomas Dunlap Music Journalist Selfsteam is a soft, smooth and sensual musical outfit comprised of members Vince and Christopher. Currently based out of Vancouver, the duo met in Chile in 2015 during a family trip to Santiago. The two … Continue reading Selfsteam’s Summer Singles
By Samuel Cravey Music Journalist Artist: Peter Bibby Album: Grand Champion Release Date: September 28, 2018 Label: Spinning Top Website: https://spinningtopmusic.com/pages/peter-bibby Straight out of the land down under, Peter Bibby is unmistakably an Aussie through and through. Whether it’s his … Continue reading Peter Bibby: Grand Champion Review
By Iliana Ramirez Music Journalist During the summer of 2009, Fox Searchlight released the quirky “romantic comedy,” “500 Days of Summer.” The story centers around Tom, played by Joseph Gordon Levitt and Summer, played by Zooey Deschanel. Tom, a hopeless … Continue reading Music in Film: A Look Inside the Soundtrack of “500 Days of Summer”
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist Artist: winded Album: Schwartz Goes to Heaven Release Date: June 22, 2018 Label: Community Records Website: https://winded.bandcamp.com/ Bedroom pop can be twee, plain-borderline-boring and uninspired. It can also be intimate, carefully crafted and some of … Continue reading winded: Schwartz Goes to Heaven Album Review
By Eric McKeefer Local Music Journalist New music from a local favorite is always exciting and a just little nerve-wracking. The Bright Light Social Hour released their newest EP Missing Something on the Austin label Modern Outsider (who host 17 … Continue reading The Bright Light Social Hour EP and Release Show
By Jennifer Romero Rap Music Journalist Artist: Father Album: Awful Swim Release Date: September 21, 2018 Label: RCA Records 2018 proved to be in Father’s favor, with not only the announce of his creative partnership of his label Awful Records with RCA Records, but … Continue reading Father: Awful Swim Album Review
