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Tessa Murray at Austin Psych Fest

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Enigmatic Sounds: Still Corners Mesmerizes Austin Psych Fest 2024

By Ashlee Harcar Local Music Journalist Amidst the kaleidoscopic lights and ethereal energy of Austin Psych Fest this year, Still Corners emerged as a shimmering gem, casting a spell over the audience with their mesmerizing performance. The British duo, comprised of vocalist Tessa Murray and multi-instrumentalist Greg Hughes, transported the crowd into a dreamlike realm with hypnotic melodies and visuals. As the evening descended, the crowd gathered, some springing from […]

todayMay 6, 2024

Image of the band Mannequin P***y on stage at Mohawk in Austin,TX. Lead singer, Missy is throwing rose petals on herself.

Concert Review

Concert Review: I Got Heaven at Mannequin P***y’s Concert

By Lillian Jones Music Director  Throughout the day of April 20, drizzling precipitation foreshadowed the calm before the storm that was Mannequin P***y’s performance at Mohawk in Austin. Alongside some friends, I packed into a car filled with anticipation as we made the gloomy I-35 journey downtown. Mannequin P***y released their newest album I Got Heaven on March 1st and shortly began their tour after. The band has a unique […]

todayApril 24, 2024

album covers one green, green and pink, and with ducks.

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Upcoming albums to be on the lookout for this summer

Grace Wartman Music Journalist My friends and I are leaving Sewell Park with more bug bites each day which is infuriating but also a friendly reminder that summer is creeping up on us – thanks bugs! As the temperatures rise, albums are dropping – lots of them. From an album suggestion tease to a full affirmative announcement, this summer is looking like a hot one in terms of the new […]

todayApril 20, 2024

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Hunter Schafer’s horror debut screens at SXSW: “Cuckoo” review

By Grace Wartman Music Journalist Tilman Singer’s upcoming horror film "Cuckoo" had its national premiere at this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival. Euphoria star Hunter Schafer leads the movie with teenage angst, a killer scream and a stellar performance – the most captivating element in the film. I left my Paramount theatre seat feeling many things, but nothing could shake how utterly impressed I was by Schafer’s acting in […]

todayApril 9, 2024

mage includes various album covers by Faye Webster, Automatic, bar italia, Gel, and wilt

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SXSW: A few women of SXSW’s music festival

Grace Wartman  Music Journalist  Austin's most hectic month is always March thanks to South by Southwest (SXSW)! With March also being Women’s History Month, I couldn’t not go over some of the many amazing women who performed at SXSW’s music festival. Women have made astonishing contributions to the music industry and we're lucky to watch this happen in real time. So here are some of the all-women/women-led groups and women […]

todayMarch 28, 2024

three album covers for the bands, Pure Hell, Death and Bad Brains.

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My favorite black punk influences

By Grace Wartman  Music Journalist  The music industry as a collective wouldn’t be where it is today if not for the endeavors of many brilliant black talents. This can be seen in all facets of the industry and is evident across all genres, and their efforts deserve to be acknowledged and applauded. Punk-rock is a prominently white genre, but most people do not realize that this genre, along with many […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024

Photo includes Lana Del Rey on stage wearing white dress and black belt while she is singing.

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Ten years of Ultraviolence

By Grace Wartman  Music Journalist  Mark your calendars: Lana Del Rey’s third studio album, Ultraviolence, hits double digits in age this year on June 13. Since I’m a big fan, my social media algorithm is filling with fan theories and hopeful forecasts of what a tenth-anniversary edition album may have in store – including Lana’s unreleased deep cuts of “Is This Happiness” and “Flipside.”A deluxe edition album would, without a […]

todayFebruary 16, 2024

Vic Fuentes of the band Pierce The Veil

Concert Review

Pierce The Veil dropped Jaws as they take The Espee’s stage

By Grace Wartman Music Journalist Pierce The Veil took The Espee’s stage in San Antonio on Nov. 10 with openers Destroy Boys, Dayseeker and L.S. Dunes on their Jaws of Life tour. This concert marked the second of three times the band will be visiting San Antonio in the span of three years. The Sacramento four-piece, Destroy Boys, has had a loaded year, from performing at Coachella to opening for […]

todayNovember 21, 2023

: Image includes an orchestral bass on its side behind a drum set

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Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Why you should check out a local jazz show.

By Grace Wartman Music Journalist Barry B. Benson from Dreamworks’ Bee Movie changed the world with his infamous one-liner: “ya like jazz?” This meme buzzed around the Internet for a few years and then eventually collected dust and decayed into cringey Internet nostalgia territory, but unlike the lifespan of this Bee Movie meme, my love for jazz never came to a halt. The temperature dropping has caused the jazz music […]

todayNovember 13, 2023

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