by Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director I recently attended weekend two of Austin City Limits Music Festival alongside KTSW music staff and experienced some great live music! If you were unable to attend this year, or only caught the artists from weekend one, I will fill you in on what you missed. Unfortunately, because of my student schedule I only attended Saturday and Sunday of the three-day festival but packed […]
By Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director My disappointment in ACL’s lineup this year was resolved with the announcement of Sloppy Jane’s set scheduled for Weekend 2. I was excited to see the band on a smaller stage after seeing the band perform at Mohawk in March and the Moody Amphitheatre in May supporting Phoebe Bridgers. The intimacy allotted by festival settings allows for casual viewings of lower-profile artists. At the […]
By Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director After my first listen to Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky, I knew I wanted to see the creative aesthetic album visually. Traveling from the U.K., Porridge Radio was accompanied by Sean Henry & The Valley Social Club of New York at Austin’s Parish. Sean Henry and band maintain a consistently indie rock sound of catchy rhyme schemes appealing to a young and […]
By Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director We are in the midst of ACL season here in central Texas! Many traveling to Austin will fall in love with our city and contribute to the city’s overcrowding and housing crisis. But let’s focus on the festival… This will be my second time attending ACL. I attended in 2019 and have since been to festivals of varying degrees, molding my opinion of the […]
by Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director When I cover shows I typically get a plus-one to bring along with me. Sometimes I bring my roommate if she is interested in the music, maybe another journalist or photographer to split the coverage, or a friend, if they’re lucky. Momma’s Household Name tour created quite the commotion amongst my small circle. Selling out the indoor stage at Mohawk, Momma has […]
By Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director And just when you thought I was done talking about Ireland, a favorite Irish band of mine travels to Austin, allowing me to revel in my reminiscence a little longer. Following the release of their most recent album Skinty Fia in April, Fontaines D.C. (Dublin City) takes to the road in the States before heading through the UK on the way back to […]
By Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director College radio holds a special place in my heart after being involved with KTSW for three years. Upon travelling to Ireland to study for the summer I wanted to ensure I had some dose of music to balance my studies of Irish Literature and Mythology. I checked out a guitar from the Cork County Library to play in my dorm apartment and met with […]
by Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director After spending my night in a soggy tent, I awoke early to begin my second and final day at All Together Now. While I folded up my tent and gathered my belongings to take to the press lounge, I took in the foggy mountain views surrounding the festival grounds. Although my Sunday schedule was less stacked than the previous day, the performers were acts […]
Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director If you frequent Austin, TX near Red River, you may be familiar with the iridescent sticker pasted throughout the streets reading “GHOST A POST-PUNK BOY TODAY.” I became familiar with this motto - and began practicing it myself – when I realized the connection between a band my professor recommended that I see while studying abroad in Cork, Ireland. I now own a tote […]
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