Austin Music Minute

November 16, 2021

Catch the Vibes

  This summer, November was officially designated as Hip-Hop History Month, prompting license and publishing company BMI to spotlight hip-hop artists across the country. You can check out playlists assembled by the BMI crew featuring countless innovative songwriters, rappers, DJ’s and producers who paved the way for emerging hip-hop artists. To celebrate here in Austin, […]

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November 15, 2021

Me Mer Mo

From the jarring to the trippy, the breathtaking and the baffling, mesmerizing or maniacal, you’re presented with a broad spectrum of musical discovery with the Me Mer Mo Monday music series, an exploration of experimental and uncharted sonic creativity. This week’s Me Mer Mo Monday brings another mind-blowing array of badassery with the fire and […]

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November 13, 2021

Rev It

The fine folks of screen-printing/design outfit Fine Southern Gentlemen bring back another round of the Feels So Good Fest, this time celebrating the release of POZER Magazine. The womxn-run SoCal-based platform, founded by Ashlee Haeri, was created for badass womxn with a passion for their motorcycles, vans and classic cars. They got their own rigs, […]

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November 12, 2021

Surf’s Up

Austin-based songwriter/bassist Greg Rhodes got the ball rolling for a cool project back in 2013 inspired by his growing interest in playing guitar, and a love of surf music. So began the evolution of The Avocados. And, if you wanna get into bragging rights: The band’s current line-up includes fellow heavy-hitters Ben Prentice, Alex Marrero, […]

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November 11, 2021

Sweet Honey

It’s like they’re channeling that James Brown energy. The crowd can’t keep still. The beats, the horns, the funk, the soul – you get the whole deal with ATX R&B renegades Honey Made. It takes some incredible talent to play a stage that’s also hosting the likes of Lee Fields, George Clinton & The Parliament […]

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November 10, 2021

To The Wire

The Wires are crossed – and it’s the best damned thing ever. Deezie Brown‘s Wire Wheel Opera musical residency continues this week with another spectacular guest on the bill: Tony Kamel of Wood and Wire. Get ready for some of the biggest, baddest rounds Bastrop-bred hip-hop and rap, and Texas Gulf Coast-inspired bluegrass/folk fury when […]

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November 9, 2021

Hardliner

It’s the real deal. Nashville artist Hannah Juanita hits all the right heartbreak ‘n’ heartache notes on Hardliner, Juanita’s debut LP delivering country with a more traditional twang, the original call-and-answer of the old school. It’s probably why you feel all them lonely ol’ feels double time, from the album’s pedal-steel starter “Call Yourself My […]

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November 8, 2021

A Few Stars Apart

Lukas Nelson was on the phone when he got word that a dear family friend had passed away. She had lost her battle with cancer, while COVID was still keeping the world under lockdown at the time. No one was even able to be with her family to mourn such a devastating loss. As Nelson […]

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