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By: Taylor Wallace

There’s something uniquely intriguing about the banjo, whether it’s punchy and almost whimsical or subdued and blissful. The new song from Austin’s Rita Bliss is staunchly in the latter, reflective and mantra-like, and a bit melancholic without being despondent. Take this one to heart next time you find yourself being haunted by ghosts from your past out in the wild. And remember it’s okay if the experience hits you sideways. Look out for yourself and go home.

“You Can Go” is out tomorrow. Rita Bliss plays a show Sunday night, January 18th, at Batch Craft Beer and Kolaches with Haley Anna Finlay.

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By: Taylor Wallace

Austin’s Danny Golden may be having a new album coming out this summer, but we have the privilege of giving you a sneak peek of what’s to come.“Hungry Ghost” is an indie Americana song delivering a dopamine shot to the brain, creating feelings of warmth, freedom, and joy, while simultaneously exploring deeper, more challenging themes. It captures the scarcity loop we all experience on a societal scale; the cycle of fleeting satisfaction followed by the pressure of what comes next. Through his journey of addiction recovery, Danny doesn’t offer easy answers to these pressures but instead finds a way to embrace acceptance, perseverance, and resilience, both in his music and in life. He illustrates these themes through the song’s darkly humorous music video about befriending a ghost after a relentless chase.

“Hungry Ghost” is out now. Danny Golden plays a show tonight at the 04 Center.

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By: Taylor Wallace

Big Bill, in a word, is clever. From earworm hooks to songs ranging from government rage to salad toppings, the group keeps your ears perked and your attention undivided. Their latest album Sick Myth puts the state of our country squarely in their crosshairs. The album, released via TODO. records, explores themes of late-stage capitalism, corporate psychopathy, and the “rotten soul of America.” Fed-up commiseration reigns on this new album, and they brought that energy to Studio 1A last month ahead of their 8th annual Bill Ball.

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By: Rebecca McInroy

During the holidays, we have things to buy, people to see, and places to go; specific goals that shape our daily lives.  But, we may also find that we have time off work, time to sit back and do nothing, time to get lost. 

In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman, Dr. Bob Duke, and Rebecca McInroy, talk about the psychological value of “getting lost” and the beauty of discovery.

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By: Taylor Wallace

The smooth yet bold globally-inspired grooves of our September Artist of the Month the Point have made them booked and busy. In addition to going on tour with Nigerian psych rock artist Mdou Moctar (including his Levitation show), they released the deluxe edition of 2024’s Maldito Animal and played ACL Fest in addition to performing up to half a dozen local shows monthly. Keeping with their prodigious momentum, the Point will be opening for the Head and the Heart on New Year’s Eve at Auditorium Shores, taking the stage of the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar, and playing Spaceflight Record’s annual holiday party this Friday at Radio/East with Heartless Bastards. And all of that before hitting the road with St. Paul and the Broken Bones next February.

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By: Taylor Wallace

Tony Joe White. The Swamp Fox. The chameleon of sound and environment. The “Polk Salad Annie” singer’s five-decade legacy spanned country, rock, and other genres that fit his real-time fancy, all injected with a little bit of swamp funk to stamp it positively his own. And as it goes with many prolific musicians, not all of his music was released to the public. His son Jody White has set out to rectify this injustice by re-releasing the overlooked 1980 album The Real Thing and combining it with some unreleased gems he dug out of the dusty archives.

Little is known about the actual recording date or place for the new-to-the-world single “Goodbye L.A.,” a country tune that, if not written during his time hanging and working with Waylon Jennings in 1970s Los Angeles, certainly carries that Jennings outlaw energy. The new 18-track album lays out a journey from Texas to Louisiana, starting with this track about a cowboy who’s been in LA for too darn long. It’s time to journey home.