James Friley — a.k.a. Idiot Glee — makes fuzzy, lo-fi doo wop that would not sound out of place emanating from a radiator in a David Lynch film. The twelve tracks on Idiot Glee’s debut LP, …

What I like most about One Hundred Flowers is that they are utterly impossible to pigeonhole into any one musical genre. Their debut LP, Mechanical Bride, could be over-simplified as complex and heady indie-pop, one might …

Originally from Mozambique, Africa, Sergio Machado studied at Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX), where he graduated with honors. During his four years at Southwestern, Machado was known for being an all around great guy who made friends …

It all began during the summer of 1994. I was Sebadoh’s biggest fan — at least in my own mind — and I had heard about an obscure collection of lo-fi audio cassettes self-recorded by Lou …

Originally from Michigan, Dana Falconberry went to a small college in Arkansas and then blindly moved to Austin about seven years ago with the hopes of thriving in a dynamic music scene. After playing open mics …

What better way to start 2012 than with one of our favorite annual traditions in Austin — Free Week!!! From January 1st through 8th (with a few shows on December 30th), there will be FREE MUSIC …

I cannot recall a single calendar year in which Austin was privy to a deep well of varied, talented musicians. If 2011 was not the best year for our local, independent music scene here in Austin, …

Gold Beach is a town in Oregon where the Rogue River meets the Pacific Ocean. Gold Beach is also the code name of one of the D-Day landing beaches that Allied forces used to invade German-occupied …

While Antibalas was reigniting the underlying fire of the Afrobeat scene,Grupo Fantasma and Brownout! were making Latin grooves awesome again; so when the respective leaders of those bands,Martín Perna (Antibalas) and Adrian Quesada (Grupo Fantasma, Brownout!) …

One of my favorite discoveries of 2011 has been The O’s, and I have Tiger Darrow to thank for that. I first saw The O’s when they opened for Tiger at the Cactus Cafe in Austin …