Hangout Festival is a festival for everyone – the kind of music celebration that takes relaxation to the next level of intimacy. Located on the stunning beaches of Gulf Shores, Ala., the three-day festival included headliner gold. Kings of Leon, Tom Petty and Stevie Wonder graced the mega stage each evening to crowds of gargantuan
As we’ve discussed before, most notably in our SXSW coverage, The Weeks are a band to watch for. There is much to say about this raucous group of four and their extremely talented surrogate keyboardist Alex Collier who has taken a full forward position on their latest album Dear Bo Jackson. The latest effort by
I met up with Elephant Stone in a quintessential Austin-type bungalow in South Austin. Upon my arrival, the group offers me tea and coconut water. We sit down in the living room – myself, Rishi Dhir (bass, vocals, sitar) Gabriel Lambert (guitar, backing vocals), Stephen (Venk) Venkatarangam (keys, bass), Miles Duprie (drums), Rishi’s wife Kirsty,
The dust from the farm has been kicked up – everywhere folks have sun-kissed skin, hazy eyes, are dripping with sweat and wear crescent moon smiles. They are gabbing with new friends, drinking heavily, engaging in activities to no end with any sense of time. Sunday appeared to be the day everyone had waited for
What can’t be said of Austin Psych Fest? It’s clear this outing of psychedelic proportions is of its own world – a world that inhabits creatures of color, of sound, of intellectual properties, and spew tag lines like get-me-another-expletive-beer/swig/toke while I bask in this Austin sun. Day two brought the rain – a monsoon that
Austin is known for its uniqueness, but despite the gab that surrounds the lively city, strip it down to its roots, it is just a normal place. A normal place that constantly features brilliant musicians at unassuming bars, sells Lonestar for $1.00, makes delicious salt lick BBQ, brings you SXSW and holds a festival once
What happens when Tim Nordwind of OK Go and Drea Smith of He Say/She Say bond over post-punk and ‘80s Manchester bands? The lucid and dreamlike originality of the unlikely combination is an indie-pop outfit emerging under the moniker of PYYRAMIDS. Then add to the equation the mixing genius of Dave Fridmann (MGMT, Flaming Lips) and
Even in the weeks following SXSW, Austin is continuing to crank out music. Good music, live music, music on 6th street on weekday afternoons to crowds of plenty. New York City’s Caveman braces the stage at The Parish on Monday night. The room is dark and it is packed. Front man Matthew Iwanusa sings out,
Los Angeles’ The Lonely Wild released their first full-length album The Sun As It Comes earlier this week. The Lonely Wild, made up of singer Andrew Carroll, Guitarist Andrew Schneider, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Ross, percussionist Dave Farina and the vocal harmonies of Jessi Williams, released their first full-length album this week after nearly three years
Balmorhea is the beautiful instrumental ensemble curated by Rob Lowe (no, not THAT Rob Lowe) and Michael Muller. I sat down with the two soft spoken musicians at Rob’s lovely home in Austin during SXSW to talk about their latest album Stranger and what’s on the horizon for the brainchild known as Balmorhea. Kristen Blanton: