Austin Music Minute

October 8, 2022

ACL Fest First Weekend: Saturday & Sunday

All right. Ready for day two? The Austin City Limits Music Festival continues at Zilker Park, and your AMM host presents another quick round of must-see performances. Don’t forget to hydrate: Among the Saturday heavy-hitters, you’ll find duo Sofie Tukker, Atlanta rap artist Big Boi, The War On Drugs, Australian artist Flume, and the incredible […]

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October 7, 2022

ACL Fest Picks, First Weekend

Open the gates, unleash the throngs. ACL Fest 2022 has arrived, and with it comes your AMM host’s humble mini-guide for weekend number 1. But first, shout-outs are in order for KUTX Music Editor Jeff McCord and his essential list of badass local artists playing the fest this year; as well as the Austin Chronicle […]

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October 6, 2022

For the Corn Lovers!

Quick – hide the family! It’s that time of year when a certain music festival rears its terrifying head…and it’s so punk rawk. That’s right. It’s the 13th annual Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta, hosted by ATX/San Antone punk hoodlums and corn hustlers Hickoids. It also happens to have the same acronym as another big event […]

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October 5, 2022

¡Que Rico!

Aquí es donde tienes que estar esta noche. Perfect for date night because it’s got a little bit of everything. Cumbia Wednesdays takes over the house at Hotel Vegas on E. 6th, with a night of live music, dance lessons and a spectacular DJ set to top off the evening. Don’t worry if you’ve not […]

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October 4, 2022

Heart Races

It’s excitement mixed with a feeling of losing one’s footing. Questions race through the mind. What’s going on here? Flora and Fawna songwriter/lead vocalist Lili Hickman captures fleeting moments of pleasure mingled with angst in “Never Mine,” as the young narrator navigates an emotional rollercoaster while struggling with their identity. Hickman explains that the song […]

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October 3, 2022

Wednesday Dreamin’

Giving you advance notice about a must-see October residency at Hole In the Wall! Today’s Austin Music Minute track is the KUTX-featured “Too Much” by ATX dream folk outfit Half Dream. Produced by Elijah Ford and mixed by Nick Joswick at 5th Street Studios, the track is songwriter Paige Renée Berry‘s ode to the resurgence […]

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September 30, 2022

The Sheriff

A recent KUTX Song of the Day featured an incredible collaborative work by two ATX badasses, The Bright Light Social Hour and Riders Against the Storm. On the surface, this version of “The Sheriff” is an extension of the previous BLSH piece. But RAS’s powerful imagery is added fuel as the story unfolds. This time, […]

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September 29, 2022

What Time Is It?

Apparently, the answer to the aforementioned question would be 11:11. And it’s all from the mind of KindKeith on his EP Don’t Talk To Me >:(. Songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Keith Galloway takes us on an eclectic and experimental trip riffing on everything from electronic to R&B, jazz, pop and hip-hop. And there’s today’s AMM-featured track, “11:11 (WHAT […]

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