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November 6, 2018

Wrongbird: “The Plot”

By: Jack Anderson

Happy Election Day! We hope you’ve voted for your state and local offices…and if you haven’t, get out there! Speaking of local, perhaps you’re familiar with the Austin-based alternative rock outfit Wrongbird. For the uninitiated, Wrongbird began as the solo project of Chicago-born singer-songwriter Eric Baker and has since blossomed into a high-energy piano-heavy quartet.

And while we don’t yet know the answer to, “who will win this election?”, on Friday we’ll have a definitive response to, “who is Wrongbird?” in the form of their upcoming EP of the same name. This sophomore album, Who Is Wrongbird?, pays tribute to the band’s current home base and it’s eclectic live music scene, and you can catch the group’s release show this Saturday at Stubb’s. For now, here’s a bluesy and brassy introduction to Wrongbird, “The Plot”!


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Going back to their 2016 debut single “Where I’ll Be”, guitarist-vocalist Matt Salois and violinist-pianist-vocalist Alyssa Kelly have been making listeners feel all warm and fuzzy inside with their project Deer Fellow. True to their name, this Austin duo’s shown a real camaraderie with the calming powers of nature thanks to an indie-folk-pop sound slathered […]

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January 6, 2022

Pleasure Venom: “Severed Ties”

As the nation marks one year since a high-profile socio-political event,Love Austin Music Month continues with theAustin Music Foundation’s Artist Development Program and one of our city’s most politically outspoken punk bands Pleasure Venom. Fronted by fierce vocalist and unapologetic lyricist Audrey Campbell, Pleasure Venom’s been seeping its way into all the sub-genres of punk […]

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January 5, 2022

Quentin And The Past Lives: “Friends”

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January 4, 2022

Natalie Price: “Tell Me”

Austin Music Foundation’s Artist Development Program has just entered their fifth year and in honor of Love Austin Music Month they’re releasing their third record, ATX Gen Next: Adventures in Person – recorded at The Bubble and produced by Chris “Frenchie” Smith and Einar Pedersen. The album officially drops mid-January and the vinyl edition is […]

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January 3, 2022

Ben Buck & BoomBaptist: “Gene Wilder”

No one can deny how taxing 2021 was, and though we can’t make any guarantees for 2022, we’d be remiss if we didn’t recognize some gems that made the Winter season a little less bleak. Case in point: two of Austin’s most outspoken hip-hop creators, Ben Buck (who’s had a fruitful solo career as a […]

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December 17, 2021

Stephan Moccio: “Winter Waltz (The Music Box Version)”

Here we are at the final Song of the Day for 2021 and with just one week away until Christmas Eve, this one’s an extra sentimental seasonal pick. It comes from the mind of L.A.’s Stephan Moccio, who, outside of a successful solo career has some seriously impressive co-writing credits: “Wrecking Ball” from Miley Cyrus, […]

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December 16, 2021

José James: “Christmas in New York”

Born in Minneapolis and now based out of New York, guitarist-vocalist José James continues to inspire joy at the intersection of jazz and hip-hop. His discovery in London about a decade back led to legendary jazz label Blue Note Records signing James and releasing five of his albums between 2012 and 2018. Since then José […]

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December 15, 2021

Jeremy Lister: “Christmas in Rio”

Like so many others before him, blue-eyed, Mississippi-born vocalist Jeremy Lister first fell in love with singing in his childhood church. Fast forward to 2003 when Lister relocated to Nasvhille and released his debut EP Shooting Star and jump ahead again to 2010, when he joined acclaimed a cappella outfit Street Corner Symphony, who landed […]

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