By Dylan Reynolds Music Journalist Artist name: iLLism Website: https://www.illismmusic.com/ Album: Illuminate Release Date: January 31, 2019 iLLism is a Twin Cities based hip hop and R&B husband/wife duo comprised of members Envy and Fancy. Their first full length studio album Love and Loyalty released August 2017. In October 2017, it debuted at #13 on the NACC (North American College and Community Radio) Top 30 Hip Hop chart and peaked at […]
By Claire Barker Local Music Journalist Sydney Harding-Sloan playing synth for Hey Cowboy during their live set at Cheer Up Charlies. Photo by Claire Barker. Hey Cowboy! is an experimental synth-pop band hailing from Denton, Texas. The trio is comprised of Micah Vargas on bass, Sydney Harding-Sloan on synth, and Gaby Rodriguez on drums. Punk influence combined with bedroom pop and atmospheric harmonies create the band’s signature sound. Their first and only album, […]
By Chantal Green Music Journalist Artist: A Fragile Tomorrow Album: Generation Loss Release Date: Feb. 22, 2019 Label: MPRESS Records Website: http://afragiletomorrow.com A Fragile Tomorrow’s sophomore album with MPress Records is a testament to the present social climate. The album, Generation Loss, experiments with motifs of reinvention and political activism in response to current issues in the world today. The four bandmates, composed of the three Kelly brothers (Brendan, Sean, […]
By Elise Montemayor Music Journalist Artist: Toro y Moi Album: Outer Peace Label: Carpark Records Release Date: January, 18, 2019 Website: https://toroymoi.com Toro y Moi has an important spot in millenium indie royalty which he ensures in his synth-groovy LP, Outer Peace. Chaz Bear, fka. Chaz Bundick, never shies away from blending different genres found in previous albums to make his own sound. For example, in Causers of This (2010) […]
By Clayton Chaney Local Music Journalist At a quarter to seven, Evans Auditorium was packed full of enthusiastic jazz listeners and musicians. There was standing room only available on the first floor, and the entire second story balcony was seated with students who had participated in the Hill Country Jazz Festival earlier that day. The group of five people I had come with had to split up as there was […]
By Mili Murillo Music Journalist A few days ago I got the opportunity to hear the band GOOD. live, it was truly a remarkable experience to see them perform for the first time. They were playing an event called Winter Fires at Buzz Mill here in San Marcos, Texas. You could tell the audience was thoroughly enjoying watching them play on stage and there was good energy all around. It […]
By Syd Smith Music Journalist Not to be confused with Simon Fellow’s 2004 campy horror movie with the same title, though equally as entertaining, Supreme’s BLESSED is in short Bill Strobeck’s magnum opus skate film dedicated to the recently deceased pro-skater Dylan Rieder. The grainy footage of a skaters flying down hills into busy streets and busting the back of their buzzed heads on the pavement; the slow motion jaw-dropping […]
By Madisen GummerMusic Journalist Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, will go down as one of the greatest nights of about 15,000 people’s lives. Every seat was filled at Frank Erwin Center for the legendary Fleetwood Mac. They began the night with “The Chain,” which was a nice ode to their everlasting importance and endurance as a band. The original members, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood were joined […]
By Faith Vara Music Journalist Artist: The Cure Album: Disintegration Release Date: May 2, 1989 Website: http://www.thecure.com/ This year marks the 30th anniversary of The Cure’s eighth studio album, Disintegration. Released in 1989, Disintegration helped The Cure stray away from their pop icon status that had been established through their previous work Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me in 1988. Despite the universal success and a no. 35 spot on […]
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