Austin Music Minute

June 13, 2022

Me Mer Mo Monday at The Volstead

Welcome to another excellent round of musical exploration with the Me Mer Mo music series, happening tonight, Monday June 13, at The Volstead on E. 6th. Doors open at 7 p.m., and this evening’s show begins with a set by Evil Triplet founder Steve Marsh performing with longtime collaborator, multi-instrumentalist and Bad Livers founding member […]

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June 11, 2022

The Ghost Wolves at The ABGB

Dig the wild and racy ride of The Ghost Wolves‘ “Elsa” video, one of the scorchers on the Austin duo’s latest LP Never Die. Whips, chains and lobo-esque nuptials beguile in this wicked rocker, featuring fab appearances by video creative team Lord Friday the 13th, all within the rustic setting of Tiny T Ranch and […]

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June 10, 2022

KOOP’s 27th Birthday Bash at Antone’s

Since moving to Austin in the early aughts, your Austin Music Minute host got a lesson on what is actual “church” day, which is not Sunday but Saturday. Going to church on Saturday meant starting the day marveling over fascinating clips and blips about dead celebrities on DJ Harris’ Graveside Service; soaking in the fantastical […]

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June 9, 2022

NITE SCHOOL at Cheer Up Charlie’s

If you know, you know. To simply call this one a “show” is insufficient. Perhaps…a vibe, honoring all moods, styles, fashion, artistic expression from the darkest recesses of the spectrum. Live music and guest DJs are essential to the alchemy of NITE SCHOOL, but there’s more that emerges from this 2nd Thursday electronic dance soirée […]

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June 8, 2022

Madison Baker residency at Hotel Vegas

Initially, when Madison Baker began writing songs a few years ago, the Austin-based artist set out to create music reflecting their personal experiences from a queer, non-binary perspective. But they found they were also intrigued by the extraordinary ways music brings people closer together, as well as the myriad of emotions that, while connecting all […]

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June 7, 2022

Magic Rockers of Texas Residency at HITW

If you got to see some of the Instagram video from last Wednesday’s blowout at the Magic Rockers of Texas residency kickoff at Hole In the Wall, you won’t need much convincing to go. Crocodile Tears and The Bad Lovers started things out with a bang, and now this week’s gang of hoodlums bring more […]

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May 25, 2022

Jack White at The Moody Center

It’s a lot of music. As with many artists, songwriting didn’t stop for Jack White during lockdown. It’s not a faucet. You can’t shut it off. But as each song began to take form, White realized it would be too much for just one album. The flow felt interrupted when he tried to piece it […]

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May 24, 2022

Chucky Blk at Far Out Lounge

Writer. Poet. Hip-hop artist. Spoken word performer. All of these things. Austin-based artist Chucky Blk tackles racism and the illusion, the fallacy, of the “American dream” with unflinching honesty on his 2020 release, A Scathing Critique of Current Affairs. Today’s AMM featured track, “Top of My List,” unfolds as an ode to seizing life by […]

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